Australians can't stop reading

Australian bought 63 million books in the last twelve months, an increase of 7.5 per cent compared with the twelve months prior. This information was released by Nielson Bookscan and discussed in the SMH.

The top in Australia are:

1. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows (J.K. Rowling)
2. 4 Ingredients (Kim McCosker and Rachael Bermingham)
3. The Persimmon Tree (Bryce Courtenay)
4. Guinness World Records
5. A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Hosseini)
6. Underbelly (John Silvester and Andrew Rule)
7. The Six Sacred Stones (Matthew Reilly)
8. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Adult Edition
9. Those Faraday Girls (Monica McInerney)
10. The Dangerous Book for Boys - Australian Edition (Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden)

Stephanie Meyer climbs the Booktagger charts

I only just came across Stephanie Myer after reading a post on ljcfyi. Blogger Jenny got Twilight on a whim, loved it, and then got a fright when she saw another of the author's books described as "Her first adult novel." The Twilight series is written for young adults, but seems to have found a much wider audience. Since then I have seen Stephanie's series everywhere and it has pushed down a Harry Potter favourite to reach #2 on the Booktagger list of most popular books.