The Australian Publishers
Association has released its survey of the bestselling books in Australia
for the period April 1 2004 to March 31 2005. As you might expect Dan Brown
dominated the Adult Mass Market Paperback section with the top four books all
selling over 225,000 copies.
Selected Top 10s:
Adult Hardbacks
Brother Fish, Bryce Courtenay (over 250,000 copies)
Guinness World Records 2005, Clair Folkard, ed. (over 160,000)
Trace, Patricia Cornwell (over 100,000)
The Turning, Tim Winton (over 95,000)
Da Vinci Code: The Illustrated Edition, Dan Brown (over 95,000)
Instant Cook, Donna Hay (over 85,000)
Hover Car Racer, Matthew Reilly (over 75,000)
Nights of Rain and Stars, Maeve Binchy (over 70,000)
The Broker, John Grisham (over 65,000)
The Cook's Companion - 2nd Edition, Stephanie Alexander (over 65,000)
Adult Trade Paperbacks
The Reef, Di Morrissey (over 105,000)
Phaic Tan, Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner & Rob Sitch (over 95,000)
Ultimate Weight Solution, Phil McGraw (over 90,000)
3rd Degree, James Patterson (over 75,000)
Mao's Last Dancer, Li Cunxin (over 73,000)
Girl in Times Square, Paullina Simons (over 65,000)
Wild Lavender, Belinda Alexandra (over 63,000)
Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Aron Ralston (over 63,000)
The Narrows, Michael Connelly (over 63,000)
Honeymoon, James Patterson (over 55,000)
Australian Adult Fiction
Brother Fish, Bryce Courtenay
The Reef, Di Morrissey
Phaic Tan, Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner & Rob Sitch
The Turning, Tim Winton
Hover Car Racer, Matthew Reilly
Wild Lavender, Belinda Alexandra
Angel Puss, Colleen McCullough
Dirt Music, Tim Winton
The Naked Husband, Mark D'Arbanville
Shiver, Nikki Gemmell
