Top 10 Independents
1 The Good People HANNAH KENT, PICADOR, $32.99 Burial Rites author's second novel takes the reader to 19th-century Ireland.
2 The Boy Behind the Curtain TIM WINTON, HAMISH HAMILTON, $45 Collected non-fiction reveals much about the Cloudstreet author.
3 Working Class Boy JIMMY BARNES, HARPERCOLLINS, $45 Raised in Glasgow, a rock star in Australia.
4 The Girl on the Train PAULA HAWKINS, BLACK SWAN, $22.99 Special tie-in edition to new thriller starring Emily Blunt.
5 Artie and the Grime Wave RICHARD ROXBURGH, ALLEN & UNWIN, $16.99 First children's book by the popular actor.
6 Fight Like a Girl CLEMENTINE FORD, ALLEN & UNWIN $29.99 How and why women need to be heard.
7 The Hidden Life of Trees PETER WOHLLEBEN, BLACK INC., $29.99 German enthusiast reveals surprising secrets of the forest.
8 Born to Run BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, SIMON & SCHUSTER, $49.99 New Jersey's finest tells his life story and reveals his depression.
9 Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor RICK RIORDAN, PUFFIN, $22.99 Thor's mighty hammer has fallen into the enemy's hands.
10 Dane Swan: My Story DANE SWAN, HARDIE GRANT, $45 Memoir by former Collingwood Brownlow medallist.
Nielsen BookScan, week ending October 15.