January Bestsellers

We’re a little late to the party, but January was such an amazing month for books that we couldn’t leave it behind in the dust.

Our community read a LOT last month, and we think they have preeeetty good taste, if we do say so ourselves ☺️

We analysed the data and crunched the numbers - and out of all that came our official top 5 bestsellers of January 2026. IN ORDER!

Do you think it’s a fair representation? What would you have put as number 1?

5. One Day, Everyone Will Have

 Always Been Against This

by Omar El Akkad

As an immigrant, Omar El Akkad always viewed the West as a beacon of freedom and justice for all. But, as a reporter, he has witnessed countless human rights abuses and systemic injustices that makes him question the very country he lives in.

This book is both a painful reckoning with the truth, and a call to action for those who demand better.

4. Hekate 

by Nikita Gill

An electrifying retelling of Hekate, Greek goddess of witchcraft and necromancy. Born on the losing side of the Olympians vs the Titans, Hekate takes refuge in the Underworld, raised by Styx and Hades, and yearning to find her purpose. 

When an immortal war breaks out again, her newfound powers mean Hekate is the only one who can this stop new war from waging.

3. Mad Mabel

by Sally Hepworth

In 1959, 15-year-old Mabel Waller became the youngest Australian ever to be convicted of murder.

In 2025, Melbourne, an elderly man is found dead by his neighbour, Elsie. But Elsie used to be known as Mabel. Mad Mabel.

Now everyone’s suspecting foul play, and it’s up to Mabel, aged 81, to set the record straight.

2. Last One Out

by Jane Harper

Set in a small, dying, Australian town, a community is rocked by a shocking crime that forces long-buried secrets to the surface. 

As the investigation unfolds, it exposes the fragile bonds of trust and loyalty among the town’s residents, revealing how far people will go to protect their own.

1. Heart the Lover

by Lily King

During her college years, our narrator falls hard and fast into an intoxicating world with star students, Sam and Yash.

Years later, content with her husband and children, a surprise visit from her past rocks her stable foundations, forcing her to reckon with the decisions and deceptions from her youth.