To call Thomas King one of Canada\u2019s more prolific and decorated writers is no stretch.<\/p>\n
King, who is of Cherokee and Greek descent, has written novels, children\u2019s books, short stories, poetry, radio and TV scripts, and non-fiction; and been honoured with a Governor General\u2019s Award, an RBC Taylor Prize, the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, the Order of Canada, and was the first Indigenous person to deliver the Massey Lectures.<\/p>\n
His latest novel, \u201cAliens on the Moon,\u201d is set in a small Ontario town full of idiosyncratic characters whose lives are upended when extraterrestrials land on the moon with a plan to save Earth.<\/p>\n
The book landed at No. 9 on the original fiction list and No. 5 on the Canadian list.<\/p>\n
Another book from Indigenous authors joins the original non-fiction list at No. 4 and the Canadian non-fiction list at No. 2.<\/p>\n
\u201cA Steady Brightness of Being,\u201d edited by sisters Sara and Stephanie Sinclair, is described by publisher Penguin Random House as a \u201dfirst-of-its-kind anthology (that) tackles complex questions of our times to provide a rich tapestry of Indigenous life, past, present and future.\u201d<\/p>\n
Its many contributors include authors Billy-Ray Belcourt, David A. Robertson, katherena vermette and\u00a0Waubgeshig Rice; artist Kent Monkman (and his alter ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle); actor Tamara Podemski; and Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, to name some.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
1. Katabasis, R.F. Kuang, Harper Voyager (1)*<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Jenny Cooper Has a Secret, Joy Fielding, Doubleday Canada (1)<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0She Didn\u2019t See It Coming, Shari Lapena, Doubleday Canada (5)<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0My Friends,\u00a0Fredrik Backman, Simon & Schuster (18)<\/p>\n
5. For Richer for Poorer, Danielle Steel, Delacorte (2)<\/p>\n
6. The Edge, David Baldacci, Grand Central (2)<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0Broken Country, Clare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster (22)<\/p>\n
8.\u00a0Atmosphere, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Doubleday Canada (13)<\/p>\n
9. Aliens on the Moon, Thomas King, HarperCollins Canada (1)<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0One Golden Summer, Carley Fortune, Viking (17)<\/p>\n
1. A Truce That Is Not Peace, Miriam Toews, Knopf Canada (1)<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Rock Star, Jennifer Jones, Collins (2)<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0The Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac (2026 Canadian edition), Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac (3)<\/p>\n
4. A Steady Brightness of Being, Sara Sinclair, Stephanie Sinclair, Penguin Canada (1)<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt, Penguin (61)<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0An Accidental Villain, Linden MacIntyre, Random House Canada (3)<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This,\u00a0Omar El Akkad, McClelland & Stewart (26)<\/p>\n
8.\u00a0The Serviceberry,\u00a0Robin Wall Kimmerer, Scribner (40)<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed (160)<\/p>\n
10. Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy, Simon & Schuster (1)<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0The Grey Wolf, Louise Penny, Minotaur<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0On Wings of Blood (deluxe edition), Briar Boleyn, Mira<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Jenny Cooper Has a Secret, Joy Fielding, Doubleday Canada<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0She Didn\u2019t See It Coming, Shari Lapena, Doubleday Canada<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0Aliens on the Moon, Thomas King, HarperCollins Canada<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0One Golden Summer, Carley Fortune, Viking<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0The Handmaid\u2019s Tale, Margaret Atwood, McClelland & Stewart<\/p>\n
8.\u00a0Every Summer After, Carley Fortune, Viking<\/p>\n
9. Ship of Dreams, Donna Jones Alward, One More Chapter<\/p>\n
10. You\u2019ve Changed, Ian Williams, Random House Canada<\/p>\n
1. A Truce That Is Not Peace, Miriam Toews, Knopf Canada<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0A Steady Brightness of Being, Sara Sinclair, Stephanie Sinclair, Penguin Canada\u00a0<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0An Accidental Villain, Linden MacIntyre, Random House Canada<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0Value(s),\u00a0Mark Carney, Signal<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This,\u00a0Omar El Akkad, McClelland & Stewart\u00a0<\/p>\n
6. The Cree Word for Love, Tracey Lindberg, George Littlechild, Harper Avenue<\/p>\n
7.\u00a052 Ways to Reconcile, David A. Robertson,\u00a0McClelland & Stewart<\/p>\n
8. Lessons From Cats for Surviving Fascism, Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central<\/p>\n
9. Valley of the Birdtail, Andrew Stobo Sniderman, Douglas Sanderson, HarperCollins Canada<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0Children Like Us, Brittany Penner, Doubleday Canada<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0The Night Before Kindergarten, Natasha Wing, Julie Durrell, Penguin Young Readers Group<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Love You Forever, Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw, Firefly<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Oh, the Places You\u2019ll Go!, Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers<\/p>\n
4. First Day Jitters, Julie Danneberg, Charlesbridge<\/p>\n
5. Fearful, Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0T Is for Terry, Denise Dias, No\u00e9mie Gionet Landry, Scholastic<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby, Dav Pilkey, Graphix<\/p>\n
8. Big Nate: No Harm Done!, Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel<\/p>\n
9. The Little Ghost Quilt\u2019s Winter Surprise, Riel Nason, Byron Eggenschwiler, Tundra<\/p>\n
10. StormClan\u2019s Folly (Warriors Super Edition #18), Erin Hunter, HarperCollins<\/p>\n
1. The Let Them Theory, Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House<\/p>\n
2. The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin<\/p>\n
3. The Myth of Normal, Gabor Mat\u00e9, Daniel Mat\u00e9, Vintage Canada<\/p>\n
4. The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene, Joost Elffers, Penguin<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0The Mountain Is You, Brianna Wiest, Thought Catalog<\/p>\n
6. Scattered Minds,\u00a0Gabor Mat\u00e9,\u00a0Vintage Canada<\/p>\n
7. Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata<\/p>\n
8. Man\u2019s Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon<\/p>\n
9. Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill, TarcherPerigee\u00a0<\/p>\n
10. The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills, Tarcher<\/p>\n
The bestseller lists are compiled by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited from information provided by BookNet Canada\u2019s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To call Thomas King one of Canada\u2019s more prolific and decorated writers is no stretch. King, who is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[353,49,48,75],"class_list":["post-117896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-books","tag-books","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}