Bestsellers: ‘The Testaments’ on top
Monday, 23 September 2019
The Testaments (Chatto & Windus), Margaret Atwood's long-awaited sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, has debuted at number one on the Australian bestsellers chart, knocking The 117-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths, illus by...
Bestsellers: Down under authors on top of the charts
Monday, 16 September 2019
Children’s books are dominating this week’s bestseller chart, with The 117-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan) continuing its run in the top spot. Dog Man #7: For Whom...
Bestsellers: Nothing strange about latest ‘WeirDo’ making the chart
Monday, 9 September 2019
The 117-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffths & Terry Denton, Pan) is spending its sixth consecutive week at the top of the bestsellers chart, while Jamie Oliver's latest cookbook Veg (Michael Joseph) has moved...
Bestsellers: New Jamie Oliver makes healthy debut at number four
Monday, 2 September 2019
While The 117-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan) and Dog Man 7: For Whom the Ball Rolls (Dav Pilkey, Scholastic) retain their top two positions on this week's bestsellers...
Bestsellers: New Dog Man chases its way to number two
Monday, 26 August 2019
New to this week's top 10 bestseller chart is the latest instalment in Dav Pilkey's popular series of middle-grade graphic novels, Dog Man 7: For Whom the Ball Rolls (Scholastic), which...
‘The Secret Runners of New York’ tops July YA bestsellers chart
Friday, 23 August 2019
Matthew Reilly’s dystopian time-travel thriller The Secret Runners of New York leads the Australian YA bestsellers chart for July, unseating the film tie-in edition of Storm Boy, which has dropped to...
July bestsellers: Ten new entries across fiction, nonfiction
Tuesday, 20 August 2019
There are 10 new entries across the Australian fiction and nonfiction bestsellers charts in July. In fiction, it’s all about the thriller: Petronella McGovern’s debut suburban thriller Six Minutes; Michael Robotham’s...
Bestsellers: Room on the chart for ‘The Inn’
Monday, 19 August 2019
The only new title on this week’s top 10 bestsellers chart is thriller novel The Inn by James Patterson and Candice Fox (Century), which has debuted at fifth place. The...
Bestsellers: ‘Dare to Lead’ challenges ‘Treehouse’ for top spot
Monday, 12 August 2019
The 117-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths, illus by Terry Denton, Pan) is at the top of the top 10 bestsellers chart for the second week in a row. In second spot...
Bestsellers: latest ‘Treehouse’ tale at top
Monday, 5 August 2019
Andy Griffiths’ and Terry Denton’s latest ‘Treehouse’ book The 117-Storey Treehouse (Pan) has debuted at the top of this week’s top 10 bestsellers chart. In second place is Scott Pape’s...
Bestsellers: ‘One Good Deed’ at number one
Monday, 29 July 2019
David Baldacci’s thriller One Good Deed (Macmillan) has jumped to number one on this week’s top 10 bestsellers chart, up from seventh last week. Baldacci's novel is followed by Nora Roberts’...
Bestsellers: Walliams, Blabey hold on to top spots
Monday, 22 July 2019
This week's bestseller chart sees new novels by Nora Roberts and David Baldacci entering the top 10. Roberts' latest romance Under Currents (Hachette) has entered the chart in fourth place,...
‘The Big Bad Wolf’ tops June Australian children’s fiction bestsellers chart
Friday, 19 July 2019
Aaron Blabey’s The Big Bad Wolf: The Bad Guys Episode Nine leads the Australian children’s fiction bestsellers chart in June, ahead of two titles by Anh Do, Movie Time! Hotdog!...
Bestsellers: Savva’s ‘Plots and Prayers’ debuts in top 10
Monday, 15 July 2019
This week's bestseller chart is looking markedly different to last week's, with middle-grade book The World's Worst Teachers (David Walliams, HarperCollins) moving up from number nine to take the top...
June bestsellers: Dalton, Morris keep top spots
Friday, 12 July 2019
Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe and Heather Morris’ The Tattooist of Auschwitz continue to hold on to the first and second spots in the Australian fiction bestsellers chart in June,...
Bestsellers: ‘The Fast 800 Recipe Book’ at number one
Monday, 8 July 2019
This week on the bestsellers chart, Boy Swallows Universe's (Trent Dalton, Fourth Estate) four-week run at number one has come to end, with The Fast 800 Recipe Book (Clare Bailey &...
Bestsellers: ‘Boy Swallows Universe’ tops chart for fourth week running
Monday, 1 July 2019
For the fourth consecutive week, Boy Swallows Universe (Trent Dalton, Fourth Estate) is number one on the bestsellers chart, followed by Everything is F*cked (Mark Manson, HarperCollins), while three new...
May bestsellers: ‘Alpacas with Maracas’ tops picture book chart
Wednesday, 26 June 2019
Over one million children in schools, libraries and bookshops across Australia participated in this year’s National Simultaneous Storytime on 22 May, so it was no surprise to see the chosen...
Bestsellers: Gilbert’s ‘City of Girls’ enters top 10
Monday, 24 June 2019
This week's bestseller chart is looking very similar to last week's, with Boy Swallows Universe (Trent Dalton, Fourth Estate) topping the chart for the third week running, followed by both...
May bestsellers: ‘Boy Swallows Universe’ and ‘The Barefoot Investor’ still on top
Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Trent Dalton’s multi-award-winning Boy Swallows Universe remains at the top of the Australian fiction bestsellers chart in May, while Scott Pape’s The Barefoot Investor shows no signs of relinquishing the...
Bestsellers: ‘Boy Swallows Universe’ number one for second week running
Monday, 17 June 2019
This week, Boy Swallows Universe (Trent Dalton, Fourth Estate) spends its second consecutive week at number one on the bestseller chart, followed by both of Mark Manson's nonfiction books, Everything is...
Bestsellers: ‘Dark Emu’ and ‘Young Dark Emu’ in charts
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Boy Swallows Universe (Trent Dalton, Fourth Estate) has reclaimed the top spot on this week's bestseller chart, relegating last week's number one, Everything is F*cked (Mark Manson, HarperCollins), to second....
Bestsellers: ‘Slow Cooker Central Family Favourites’ debuts at number 10
Monday, 3 June 2019
This week's top 10 bestsellers chart is looking very similar to last week's, with Everything is F*cked (Mark Manson, Macmillan) spending its second week at number one, followed by Boy Swallows...
Bestsellers: Manson’s ‘Everything is F*cked’ debuts at number one
Monday, 27 May 2019
Mark Manson's new self-help book Everything is F*cked (HarperCollins) has debuted at number one on this week's bestseller chart, while his previous book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck...
Bestsellers: ‘Boy Swallows Universe’ at number one
Monday, 20 May 2019
Following an award-winning run this month, Boy Swallows Universe (Trent Dalton, Fourth Estate) has made it to the top of the bestseller chart this week, the first Australian adult novel...
‘Girl Stuff 8–12’ tops Australian children’s/YA nonfiction bestsellers chart in April
Friday, 17 May 2019
Kaz Cooke’s go-to guides for pre-teen and teenage girls, Girl Stuff 8–12 and the original Girl Stuff, are at number one and number eight respectively on April’s Australian nonfiction children’s/YA...
Bestsellers: Blabey’s latest ‘Bad Guys’ book at number one
Monday, 13 May 2019
Aaron Blabey's latest 'Bad Guys' book (Episode 9: The Big Bad Wolf, Omnibus) is this week's number one bestseller, moving up from fifth spot last week to take out the...
April bestsellers: ‘Boy Swallows Universe’ and ‘The Barefoot Investor’ top charts
Friday, 10 May 2019
A new b-format edition of Trent Dalton’s multi-award-winning novel Boy Swallows Universe is at the top of the Australian fiction bestsellers chart for April. Three new releases have also debuted...
Bestsellers: Latest ‘Bad Guys’ book at number five ahead of official release date
Monday, 6 May 2019
Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid (Jeff Kinney, Puffin) remains at number one on this week's bestseller chart, followed by E L James' The Mister (Arrow), which has moved up...
Bestsellers: New E L James novel debuts at number four
Monday, 29 April 2019
For for the second week running, Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid (Jeff Kinney, Puffin), We're Going on an Egg Hunt (Martha Mumford & Laura Hughes, Bloomsbury) and Redemption (David...




