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Australian bestsellers 2025 YTD

Top 10 Australian authored fiction

  1. The Unquiet Grave (Dervla McTiernan, HarperCollins), 44k
  2. Here One Moment (Liane Moriarty, Pan Macmillan), 42k
  3. The White Crow (Michael Robotham, Hachette), 27k
  4. Lyrebird (Jane Caro, Allen & Unwin), 23k
  5. The Prospect (Fleur McDonald, HarperCollins), 21k
  6. The Mademoiselle Alliance (Natasha Lester, Hachette), 20k
  7. Blood Pact (Fiona McIntosh, Penguin), 20k
  8. VANISH (Shelley Burr, Hachette), 20k
  9. Wild Dark Shore (Charlotte McConaghy, Penguin), 18k
  10. When the Moon Hatched (Sarah A Parker, Avon), 16k

Top 10 Australian authored nonfiction

  1. RecipeTin Eats: Tonight (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan), 110k
  2. RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan), 84k
  3. Bake with Brooki (Brooke Bellamy, Penguin), 48k
  4. Cosy Calm (Cherry Lam, Penguin), 42k
  5. Easy Dinner Queen (Steph de Sousa, Are Media Books), 31k
  6. The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape, Wiley), 26k
  7. The Simple Dinner Edit (Nicole Maguire, Plum), 18k
  8. Air Fryer Queen (Steph de Sousa, Are Media Books), 18k
  9. Baby Food Bible (Julia Tellidis & Lauren Skora, Hardie Grant), 17k
  10. The Liver Repair Plan (Sarah Di Lorenzo, S&S), 16k

Top 10 Australian authored children’s titles

  1. The Truck Cat (Deborah Frenkel, Hardie Grant), 41k
  2. Silverborn (Nevermoor 4) (Jessica Townsend, Lothian), 26k
  3. Wombat Stew (Marcia Vaughan, Scholastic), 23k
  4. Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (Mem Fox, Picture Puffin), 22k
  5. Runt (Craig Silvey, A&U), 20k
  6. Where Is the Green Sheep? (Mem Fox, Viking), 20k
  7. Kissed by the Moon (Alison Lester, Viking), 20k
  8. Ninja Girl (Anh Do, Scholastic), 19k
  9. Do Not Open This Book (It Stinks) (Andy Lee, Lake Press), 17k
  10. Girl Stuff 8–12 (Kaz Cooke, Viking), 16k.

© NielsenIQ BookScan. Timeframe: 2025 year to date (to week ending 6 September). Titles are ranked by volume.

Data supplied by NielsenIQ BookScan’s book sales monitoring system from over 1300 outlets nationwide.

 

Category: Think Australian bestsellers