Here in London, England, where I’m writing this introduction, you can’t pass a bookstore without seeing the face of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, thanks to the memoir just released by her brother, Charles Spencer, “Swan Song,” which tops this week’s original non-fiction list.

The book dominated British newscasts last week after broadcaster Piers Morgan threatened to sue Spencer over “fabricated inaccuracies” and even King Charles III issued a statement suggesting the “pain of fraternal grief” had clouded his memory.

The book paints a particularly unflattering portrait of the king, who Spencer claims was “giddily elated” after Diana died in a car crash in August 1997.

“Looking back now, I suspect the prince’s first reaction must have been to think more of how this event might free him to marry the woman he loved, rather than appreciating the loss of one he did not,” Spencer writes.

Then, of course, there’s Spencer’s contention that in a heated phone call before Diana’s funeral, Charles told him, “Rest assured, we’ll forget her soon enough.”

Whether or not Charles actually said it, history has proven the sentiment spectacularly wrong. Now, with this book, a rumoured documentary from Prince Harry, and the 30th anniversary of her death next year, we’ll be remembering her for some time to come.

Another British author is on the lists, albeit one who’s been dead for 50 years.

Writing in the Guardian, Foley said she only understood the genius of the character when she reread the original books as an adult.

She said she “came to appreciate how clever and radical Christie had been in making an elderly spinster her master sleuth … She had taken one of the ‘left behind’ women — a figure typically both pitied and scorned by society — and shown her running rings around the other characters, using her invisibility as a kind of superpower.”

A couple of Canadians join the non-fiction lists with memoirs.

1. Exit Story, Emily St. John Mandel, Harper Avenue

2. Getting Away with Murder, Shari Lapena, Doubleday Canada

3. The Birthing Tree, Amanda Peters, Harper Perennial

4. Not a Word, Linwood Barclay, William Morror

5. Something about September, Julia McKay, Viking

6. Tethered, Elayne R. Gallea, Random House Canada

7. The Black Wolf, Louise Penny, Minotaur

8. The Deal, Elle Kennedy, Bloom

9. City of Gods and Monsters, Kayla Edwards, Scarlett

10. Eliza Sunshine, Michelle Good, Random House Canada

1. End Times Fascism, Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Knopf Canada

2. Playing the Changes, Colin James, Random House Canada

3. Why Not You, Jennifer Botterill, Kristina Rutherford, Viking

4. The Inbetween Leader, Jody Wilson-Raybould, Roshan Danesh, Greystone

5. Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World, ed. Bob Rae, James Lorimer & Company

6. The Wealthy Barber, David Chilton, Financial Awareness

7. Values, Mark Carney, Signal

8. Tempted, Rick Campanelli, John Meyer, Collins

9. Housing Inc., Leilani Farha, House of Anansi

10. Beyond the Trees, Adam Shoalts, Penguin Canada

1. Threshing Day, Rebecca Yarros, Entangled (1)*

2. Hollywood, Ending, John Green, Dutton (1)

3. The Calamity Club, Kathryn Stockett, Doubleday Canada (20)

4. Yesteryear, Caro Claire Burke, Knopf Canada (22)

5. Theo of Golden, Allen Levi, Simon & Schuster (30)

6. Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel, Lucy Foley, Agatha Christie, William Morrow (1)

7. Exit Party, Emily St. John Mandel, Harper Avenue (2)

8. Taipei Story, R.F. Kuang, William Morrow (2)

9. The Knave and the Moon, Rachel Gillig, Orbit (4)

10. The Pirate Queen, Ariel Lawhon, Doubleday (2)

1. Swan Song, Charles Spencer, Penguin (1)

2. End Times Fascism, Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Knopf Canada (3)

3. Redwood, Ben Macintyre, Signal (2)

4. Actually, Nevermind, Taylor Tomlinson, Gallery (1)

5. Playing the Changes, Colin James, Random House Canada (1)

6. Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain, Bloomsbury (9)

7. True North, Paul Theroux, Mariner (1)

8. London Falling, Patrick Radden Keefe, Bond Street (24)

9. Why Not You, Jennifer Botterill, Kristina Rutherford, Viking (1)

10. Regime Change, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster (13)

1. The Mirror of Infinite Endings, Stephanie Garber, Lotusbubble, Flatiron

2. Baby-Sitters on Board! (Baby-Sitters Club Super Special #1), Raina Telgemeier, Gale Galligan, Ann M. Martin, Graphix

3. Little Blue Truck’s Halloween, Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry, Clarion

4. Cozy Love and Christmas Crime, Anouk Filippini, Djohr Guedra, Éditions et Diffusions Auzou

5. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2, Jeff Kinney, Amulet

6. Gruffalo Granny, Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler, Macmillan Children’s Books

7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle, Penguin Young Readers Group

8. Big Nate: Curse of the Puffy Shorts, Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel

9. A Very Cherry Christmas, Cynthia Kafka, Jessica Molina, Éditions et Diffusions Auzou

10. Fake Skating, Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

1. The Let Them Theory, Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House

2. The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene, Joost Elffers, Penguin

3. The Mountain Is You, Brianna Wiest, Thought Catalog

4. The Creative Act, Rick Rubin, Penguin

5. Let’s F*cking Date, Serena Kerrigan, Crown

6. Making Peace with What I Can’t Control, Lysa TerKeurst, Thomas Nelson

7. Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, Anchor Canada

8. Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankel, Beacon

9. Carry Your Heart, Louis Busch, Simon & Schuster

10. The Untethered Soul, Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger

The bestseller lists are compiled by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData.