Here are the bestselling Canadian fiction, nonfiction and children’s books from Aug. 2-9.

Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from more than 260 Canadian independent stores. 

Canadian fictionA composite image of a book cover that shows a man and woman in a boat on the water on the left and a smiling woman with long brown hair sitting with a laptop decorated with stickers One Golden Summer is a novel by Carley Fortune. (Penguin Random House Canada, Jenna Marie Wakani)

One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune is the #1 Canadian fiction book this week. 

One Golden Summer is a follow-up to Fortune’s debut book Every Summer After and tells the story of Alice, a photographer seeking a quiet, restorative summer at her childhood cottage with her grandmother. But her plans for peace are upended when Charlie — charming, flirtatious, and impossible to ignore — unexpectedly reappears. Soon, Alice finds herself feeling like she’s 17 again, questioning whether this summer might hold something more than she ever expected.

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One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune She Didn’t See It Coming by Shari Lapena Valentine in Montreal by Heather O’Neill, illustrated by Arizona O’Neill Snap by Susin Nielsen Greenwood by Michael Christie Finding Flora by Elinor Florence The Adversary by Michael Crummey The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters The Deepest Fake by Daniel Kalla Canadian nonfictionA book cover of scaffolding around the globe. A headshot of Mark Carney.Values is a nonfiction book by Mark Carney. (Signal, Toby Madden)

Value(s) by Mark Carney is the #1 Canadian nonfiction book this week.

Values is a book by the former Bank of Canada governor and current prime minister, Mark Carney. Published in 2021, Values looks at the “fault lines” that divide contemporary society — racial, geographical, cultural and economic — and argues that they all stem from the same thing: a crisis of values. In the book, Carney offers a vision of a “more humane society” and a map toward getting there.

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Value(s) by Mark Carney  One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism by Stewart Reynolds The Crisis of Canadian Democracy by Andrew Coyne Theory of Water by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson The Myth of Normal by Dr. Gabor Maté, with Daniel Maté A History of Canada in Ten Maps by Adam Shoalts Fire Weather by John Vaillant Dominion by Stephen R. Bown The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant Canadian kids T is for Terry is a book written by Denise Dias, illustrated by Noémie Gionet Landry.T is for Terry is a book written by Denise Dias (left), illustrated by Noémie Gionet Landry (right). (Scholastic Canada)

T is for Terry by Denise Dias, illustrated by Noémie Gionet Landry, is the #1 Canadian kids’ book this week.  

T is for Terry, celebrates the life and work of Canadian icon Terry Fox, the Winnipeg-born athlete, humanitarian and cancer research activist. The picture book tells the story of Fox’s life — his ambitions, personality and legacy — through an ABC format.

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T is for Terry by Denise Dias, illustrated by Noémie Gionet Landry Carson Crosses Canada by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Kass Reich The Marrow Theives by Cherie Dimaline The New Girl by Cassandra Calin Mallory and the Trouble with Twins by Arley Nopra I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen You Were Made for This World edited by Stephanie Sinclair  and Sara Sinclair Your Forest by Jon Klassen The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko Shark Girl by Kate Beaton