The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of September 20, 2025

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Hardcover Fiction: September 20, 2025

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast WeekWeeks on List
1The Secret of SecretsDan BrownDoubleday$52.00–1
2KatabasisR.F. KuangHarper Voyager$43.5023
3The Hallmarked ManRobert GalbraithMulholland Books$51.0012
4Clown TownMick HerronSoho Crime$39.95–1
5The Last LetterRebecca YarrosEntangled: Amara$43.00–1
6On Wings of BloodBriar BoleynMIRA$39.5065
7Clive Cussler: The Iron StormJack Du BrulG.P. Putnam’s Sons$42.00–1
8The Pumpkin Spice CaféLaurie GilmoreHarper Collins$39.5085
9Wild ReverenceRebecca RossSaturday Books$42.0042
10The River Is WaitingWally LambMarysue Rucci Books$39.9992

Hardcover Non-Fiction: September 20, 2025

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1All the Way to the RiverElizabeth GilbertRiverhead Books$48.0010
2The Let Them TheoryMel Robbins; Sawyer RobbinsHay House$39.991
3The Book of SheenCharlie SheenGallery Books$49.00–
4Mother Mary Comes to MeArundhati RoySimon & Schuster$39.993
5The Unexpected JourneyEmma Heming WillisPenguin Random House$39.99–
6A Truce That Is Not PeaceMiriam ToewsKnopf Canada$34.004
7Decolonization and MePhyllis Webstad; Kristy McLeodMedicine Wheel Education$30.99–
8Rock StarJennifer JonesCollins$36.995
9Sister WifeChristine Brown WoolleyGallery Books$41.002
10The Anxious GenerationJonathan HaidtPenguin Press$39.998

Paperback Fiction: September 20, 2025

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1Wild CardElsie SilverBloom Books$28.99–
2Christmas Eve Love Story: An Advent BookGinny BairdSourcebooks Casablanca$29.99–
3Pitcher PerfectTessa BaileyAvon Books$23.99–
4People WatchingHannah Bonam-YoungDell$25.99–
5Broken CountryClare Leslie HallSimon & Schuster$26.994
6The Surrogate MotherFreida McFaddenPoisoned Pen Press$27.992
7My FriendsFredrik BackmanSimon & Schuster$26.995
8She Didn’t See It ComingShari LapenaDoubleday Canada$26.953
9The Pumpkin Spice CaféLaurie GilmoreHarper Collins$23.999
10AtmosphereTaylor Jenkins ReidDoubleday Canada$26.998

Canadian Fiction: September 20, 2025

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1Wild CardElsie SilverBloom Books$28.99–
2People WatchingHannah Bonam-YoungDell$25.99–
3She Didn’t See It ComingShari LapenaDoubleday Canada$26.951
4On Wings of BloodBriar BoleynMIRA$39.503
5Ship of DreamsDonna Jones AlwardOne More Chapter$25.994
6The Handmaid’s TaleMargaret AtwoodMcClelland & Stewart$22.002
7Finding FloraElinor FlorenceSimon & Schuster$24.998
8One Golden SummerCarley FortuneViking$26.955
9The Hunger We Pass DownJen Sookfong LeeMcClelland & Stewart$26.00–
10Every Summer AfterCarley FortuneViking$24.957

Canadian Non-Fiction: September 20, 2025

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1A Truce That Is Not PeaceMiriam ToewsKnopf Canada$34.001
2Decolonization and MePhyllis Webstad; Kristy McLeodMedicine Wheel Education$30.996
3Rock StarJennifer JonesHarper Collins Canada$36.993
4Nowhere GirlCarla CicconeRandom House Canada$35.00–
5ValuesMark CarneySignal$28.004
6Smartphone NationKaitlyn RegehrKnopf Canada$36.00–
721 Things You Need to Know about Indigenous Self-GovernmentBob JosephPage Two Books$24.952
8A Steady Brightness of BeingSara Sinclair; Stephanie SinclairPenguin Canada$32.00–
952 Ways to ReconcileDavid A. RobertsonMcClelland & Stewart$25.0010
10An Accidental VillainLinden MacIntyreRandom House Canada$38.005

Juvenile: September 20, 2025

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1The Poisoned KingKatherine Rundell; Ashley MackenziePuffin Canada$26.99–
2Cozy CornerCoco WyoRandom House Books for Young Readers$12.503
3FearfulLauren RobertsSimon & Schuster Books For Young Readers$23.991
4Little Blue Truck’s HalloweenAlice Schertle; Jill McElmurryClarion Books$17.505
5Guinness World Records 2025Craig Glenday; Guinness World RecordsGuinness World Records $36.95–
6InvestiGators: Case FilesJohn Patrick Green; Steve Behling; Chris FenoglioFirst Second Books$16.99–
7Cozy CutiesCoco WyoRandom House Books for Young Readers$12.504
8Falling Like LeavesMisty WilsonMargaret K. McElderry Books$18.99–
9Dog Man #13: Big Jim BeginsDav PilkeyGraphix$19.99–
10T Is for TerryDenise Dias; Noémie Gionet LandryScholastic Canada$18.99–

Self-Improvement: September 20, 2025

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1All the Way to the RiverElizabeth GilbertRiverhead Books$48.006
2The Let Them TheoryMel RobbinsHay House$39.991
3The Unexpected JourneyEmma Heming WillisPenguin Random House$39.99–
4The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene; Joost ElffersPenguin Books$35.003
5Think and Grow RichNapoleon HillTarcherPerigee$15.008
6The Mountain Is YouBrianna WiestThought Catalog Books$22.994
7UnbreakableVonda WrightRodale Books$42.502
8It Doesn’t Have to HurtSanjay GuptaSimon & Schuster$39.995
9101 Essays That Will Change the Way You ThinkBrianna WiestThought Catalog Books$20.997
10When the Body Says NoGabor MatéVintage Canada$24.00–

Romance/Erotica: September 20, 2025

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList Price
1Wild CardElsie SilverBloom Books$28.99
2Christmas Eve Love Story: An Advent BookGinny BairdSourcebooks Casablanca$29.99
3Pitcher PerfectTessa BaileyAvon Books$23.99
4People WatchingHannah Bonam-YoungDell$25.99
5Dream Harbor #1: The Pumpkin Spice CaféLaurie GilmoreHarper Collins$23.99
6The Last LetterRebecca YarrosEntangled: Amara$43.00
7Dream Harbor #5: The Gingerbread BakeryLaurie GilmoreHarper Collins$23.99
8The Honeycrisp Orchard InnValerie BowmanAvon A$23.99
9One Golden SummerCarley FortuneViking$26.95
10Lights OutNavessa AllenZando$24.99

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