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Cookbooks top all three charts 

Monday, 8 February 2021
Cookbooks are dominating the charts this week, with The Fast 800 Easy, this week's fastest selling title, back at number one in the overall top 10, and Air Fryer Express...

‘The Dictionary of Lost Words’ cracks 100k 

Monday, 18 January 2021
In a bestsellers milestone this week, Affirm Press reports Pip Williams's novel The Dictionary of Lost Words has reached sales of over 100,000 copies across its two formats in the...

‘The Dry’ becomes first number one of 2021 

Monday, 11 January 2021
After six weeks at number one on the bestseller chart and being named the top Australian Christmas bestseller for 2020 by Nielsen, Barack Obama's A Promised Land has slipped down to...

Nat’s What I Reckon debuts at number four 

Monday, 14 December 2020
For the third week running, Barack Obama's A Promised Land is at number one on the Australian bestsellers chart, while new to the top 10 is YouTube personality Nat's What I...

‘A Promised Land’ spends second week at number one 

Monday, 7 December 2020
Barack Obama's memoir A Promised Land is spending its second week at the top of the Australian bestsellers chart after debuting at number one last week, while last week's number two The Storm...

‘A Promised Land’ debuts at number one 

Monday, 30 November 2020
Barack Obama's highly anticipated memoir A Promised Land has debuted at number one on the Australian bestsellers chart, after selling over 887,000 copies in the US on its first day. Obama's book...

Bluey Christmas books top charts 

Monday, 23 November 2020
After debuting at number two last week, picture book Bluey: Verandah Santa is this week's bestselling title, ending the three-week number one run of The 130-Storey Treehouse, which is now in...

New Bluey Christmas titles debut in top 10 

Monday, 16 November 2020
The 130-Storey Treehouse is spending its third consecutive week at number one on the Australian bestsellers chart, managing to stave off Bluey for the top spot. The new Bluey picture book...

25th Jack Reacher novel debuts at number two 

Monday, 9 November 2020
The 10th book in Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton's 'Treehouse' series is spending its second week at number one on the bestsellers chart after debuting there last week. It's trailed...

Latest Treehouse book debuts at number one 

Monday, 2 November 2020
Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton’s latest book in their Treehouse series, The 130-Storey Treehouse, has debuted in top spot on this week’s bestsellers chart. The title is ahead of a...

Bestsellers: new Reilly debuts at number one 

Monday, 26 October 2020
Matthew Reilly's sixth Jack West Jr novel, The Two Lost Mountains, has debuted at number one on the Australian bestsellers chart, bumping All Our Shimmering Skies down to number two after two...

Bestsellers: New Barnes memoir debuts at number three 

Monday, 19 October 2020
After debuting at number one last week, All Our Shimmering Skies is spending its second week at the top of the Australian bestsellers chart, trailed by Jane Harper's The Survivors at number...

Bestsellers: New Harper debuts at number one 

Monday, 5 October 2020
Jane Harper's fourth thriller The Survivors has debuted at number one on the Australian bestsellers chart, shifting last week's number one debut down to second spot. Also new to the...

Bestsellers: New Galbraith novel debuts at number one 

Monday, 28 September 2020
J K Rowling's new Cormoran Strike crime novel, written under the Robert Galbraith pseudonym, has debuted at number one the Australian bestsellers chart, shifting last week's number one, Dog Man...

Bestsellers: New ‘Dog Man’ takes top spot 

Monday, 21 September 2020
After spending a week in the top spot, Yotam Ottolenghi's new cookbook has slipped to number two, replaced by Dav Pilkey's latest 'Dog Man' children's graphic novel, Grime and Punishment....

Bestsellers: New Ottolenghi debuts at number one 

Monday, 14 September 2020
Yotam Ottolenghi's new cookbook has debuted at number one on the Australian bestsellers chart, trailed by Dav Pilkey's latest 'Dog Man' children's graphic novel at number two. This week's top...

Bestsellers: 100-year-old Jaku reaches number one 

Monday, 7 September 2020
The Happiest Man on Earth, the memoir by 100-year-old Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku, has reached number one on the Australian bestsellers chart five weeks after debuting at number one on...

Bestsellers: ‘Midnight Sun’ debuts at number one 

Monday, 17 August 2020
Stephenie Meyer's highly anticipated novel Midnight Sun—which tells the story of Meyer's 'Twilight' saga from the perspective of vampire protagonist Edward—has debuted at number one on the Australian bestseller chart, selling...

Bestsellers: Latest Robotham debuts at number two 

Monday, 10 August 2020
As Bluey: Big Backyard spends its third consecutive week at the top of the Australian bestsellers chart, Michael Robotham's latest thriller is this week's highest new entry, making its debut...

Bestsellers: ‘The Yield’ cracks top 10 

Monday, 3 August 2020
Bluey: Big Backyard is spending its second consecutive week at number one on the Australian bestsellers chart, while Julia Gillard and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's Women and Leadership has moved up one spot...

Bestsellers: Walliams takes top spot from Bluey 

Monday, 20 July 2020
After a month of Bluey titles in the top spot on the bestsellers chart, David Walliams' The World's Worst Parents has climbed its way to number one. Walliams' middle-grade novel...

Bestsellers: Third Wolf Girl novel debuts at number two 

Monday, 13 July 2020
With school holidays in full swing in many states, and lockdown restrictions tightening in Melbourne, children's books are dominating this week's bestsellers chart. Bluey colouring book Big Backyard is spending...