‘The Silent Invasion’ tops YA bestsellers chart
The Silent Invasion—the first book in a new YA dystopian trilogy from novelist James Bradley—is at the top of the Australian YA bestsellers chart for August. It’s followed by In the Dark Spaces, a ‘genre-smashing hostage drama’ from debut novelist Cally Black; Gap Year in Ghost Town, a ‘smart, funny and scary’ ghost-hunting adventure from prolific spec-fiction author Michael Pryor; Akarnae, the first book in Lynette Noni’s ‘Medoran Chronicles’ fantasy series; and Take Three Girls, a story about female friendship by three award-winning YA authors.
Australian YA bestsellers: August
- The Silent Invasion (James Bradley, Pan Macmillan)
- In the Dark Spaces (Cally Black, Hardie Grant Egmont)
- Gap Year in Ghost Town (Michael Pryor, Allen & Unwin)
- Akarnae (Lynette Noni, Pantera Press)
- Take Three Girls (Cath Crowley, Fiona Wood & Simmone Howell, Pan Macmillan)
- Once and Then (Morris Gleitzman, Penguin)
- The Ones That Disappeared (Zana Fraillon, Hachette)
- Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology (ed by Danielle Binks, HarperCollins)
- The Road to Winter (Mark Smith, Text Publishing)
- Draekora (Lynette Noni, Pantera Press)
© Nielsen BookScan 2017
Period covered: 30 July to 2 September 2017
Data supplied by Nielsen BookScan’s book sales monitoring system from 1000 retailers nationwide
Category: Junior Think Junior bestsellers
