Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ continued to hold top position in December selling a huge 4,534 copies (+ 2,217).
2020’s Booker Prize Winning novel, ‘Shuggie Bain’ came in a close second with 4,188 sales while Trent Dalton’s ‘All Our Shimmering Skies’ slipped to third position with 3,691 sales (+1,460).
New to the list, A Promised Land by Barack Obama was number one for November selling 2,317 copies. According to Penguin this is a riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy.
Trent Dalton’s All Our Shimmering Skies was close behind in second place with 2,231 sales (-2171).
The 130-Storey Treehouse moved up from sixth place to third with 1916 sales (+347).
The bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe, Trent Dalton returns to the top of the Bestseller list with All Our Shimmering Skies, selling an impressive 4402 copies (+ 2927).
The Survivors by Jane Harper holds its second spot with 2810 sales (+655).
Craig Silvey’s Honeybee jumps to third place from 45th with 1912 sales (+1517).
The third instalment in Yotam Ottolenghi’s multi-award-winning PLENTY series, “Flavour” is top seller this month with 2,590 sales. “The Survivors” by Jane Harper comes fairly close behind with 2,155 sales.
“The Happiest Man on Earth” drops from first to third with 1617 sales (-31).
A new title to the list, “The Happiest Man on Earth” took the no.1 spot this month with 1586 sales.
“The Yield” moved up two positions to take 2nd place with 1428 sales (-202).
Third position went to “Midnight Sun” Stephanie Meyer’s new release.
David Walliams’ new title, ‘The World’s Worst Parents’ takes the top spot this month with 1,867 sales.
This is followed closely by the hardback copy of ‘A Room Made of Leaves’ which sold 1,771 copies.
‘Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark’ dropped two places to third, selling 1,737 copies (-195).
No change to our two top titles this month. ‘Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark’ sold 1932 copies (-302).
‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ sold 1091 copies (-260).
‘Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture’ rose from #13 to #3 with 1089 sales this month (+587).
‘Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark’ was #1 with 2234 sales, up from #2 with 1239 sales last month.
‘Normal People’ rose to #2 from #16 (367) with 1451 sales this month
‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ holds at #3 with 1351
To continue the monitoring of ‘Bluey’ titles in the top 50, there are 6 titles this month and their total beats the #1 this month with a total sales of 2398.
‘A Bigger Picture (Malcolm Turnbull, HB)’ was #1 in April with 1762 units sold.
‘Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark’ was #2 with 1243 sales.
‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ dropped down one spot to #3 with 1077 sales (- 127)
As a small aside the combined sales of the six ‘Bluey’ titles in the top 50 are greater than Malcolm Turnbull’s ‘A Bigger Picture’.
‘The Mirror & the Light’ is new to the best sellers list this month and has gone straight to number one spot with 2930 units sold.