Australian bestsellers 2026 YTD

Australian fiction top 10 YTD

1. Mad Mabel (Sally Hepworth, Macmillan), 71k
2. Three Reasons for Revenge (Dervla McTiernan, HarperCollins), 47k
3. Last One Out (Jane Harper, Macmillan), 35k
4. Wild Dark Shore (Charlotte McConaghy, Penguin), 31k
5. The Ballad of Falling Dragons (Sarah A Parker, Voyager), 27k
6. The Witness (Fleur McDonald, HarperCollins), 23k
7. The Heir Apparent (Rebecca Armitage, HarperCollins), 20k
8. Gravity Let Me Go (Trent Dalton, 4th Estate), 18k
9. Pilbara (Judy Nunn, HarperCollins), 18k
10. Redbelly Crossing (Candice Fox, Penguin), 18k.

Australian nonfiction top 10 YTD

1. RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan), 47k
2. Where the Light Gets In (Ben Crowe, HarperCollins), 45k
3. RecipeTin Eats: Tonight (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan), 39k
4. Nobody’s Girl (Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Doubleday), 32k
5. Simple Dinners Every Day (Nicole Maguire, Plum), 29k
6. The Titanic Story of Evelyn (Lisa Wilkinson, Hachette), 26k
7. Regime Change (Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster), 21k
8. The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape, Wiley), 20k
9. The Power of Choice (Neale Daniher, Macmillan), 20k
10. I Eat the Stars (Sarah Wilson, Penguin), 19k.

Australian children’s/YA top 10 YTD

1. Luna Roo the Kangaroo Baller (Adrian Lloyd & Adam Jackson, Little Book Press), 29k
2. Where Is the Green Sheep? (Mem Fox, Puffin), 29k
3. Wombat Stew (40th Anniversary Edition) (Marcia Vaughan, Omnibus), 24k
4. Fairy Beach (Sheila Knaggs, Affirm Kids), 22k
5. Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes (Board Book) (Mem Fox, Puffin), 21k
6. Kissed by the Moon (Alison Lester, Viking), 19k
7. Do Not Open This Book It’s Out of This World (Andy Lee, Lake Press), 19k
8. Hello Sunshine (RJ Timmis, Albert Street Books), 18k
9. Possum Magic (40th Anniversary Edition) (Mem Fox, Omnibus), 15k
10. Fairy Forest (Sheila Knaggs, Affirm Kids), 15k.

© NielsenIQ BookScan 2026. Timeframe: 2026 year-to-date (YTD), ranked by volume.

Category: Think Australian bestsellers