We were delighted to be the official booksellers at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival. Congratulations to everyone who brought this festival together!

Here is a list of the top 20 bestselling books from the festival…

1. A Dream About Lightning Bugs by Ben Folds
2. On the Other Side of Freedom by DeRay Mckesson
3. Women, Equality, Power by Helen Clark
4. Antisemitism: Here and Now by Deborah E. Lipstadt
5. White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad
6. Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
7. Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta
8. The White Girl by Tony Birch
9. The Museum of Broken Relationships by Olinka Vistica, & Drazen Grubisic
10. Monuments by Will Kostakis
11. Among the Lost by Emiliano Monge & Frank Wynne
12. The Farm by Joanne Ramos
13. Salt: Selected Stories and Essays by Bruce Pascoe
14. Accidental Feminists by Jane Caro
15. The Old Lie by Claire G. Coleman
16. Cardinal: The Rise and Fall of George Pell by Louise Milligan
17. Valentine by Jodi McAlister
18. How the Dead Speak by Val McDermid
19. Growing Up Queer in Australia edited by Benjamin Law
20. The Merry Spinster by Daniel Ortberg

Thank you to everyone who came to visit us at our Readings Festival Bookshop – and happy reading.