{"id":136852,"date":"2025-09-11T19:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/136852\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T19:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:33:13","slug":"what-canadian-books-are-popular-right-now-check-out-this-weeks-bestsellers-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/136852\/","title":{"rendered":"What Canadian books are popular right now? Check out this week&#8217;s bestsellers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the bestselling Canadian fiction, nonfiction and children&#8217;s books from Aug. 30-Sept. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Bestseller lists are compiled by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bookmanager.com\/tbm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bookmanager<\/a>\u00a0using weekly sales stats from more than\u00a0260 Canadian independent stores.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Canadian fiction<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A book cover of a apartment building with all the lights on in different colours. An author headshot in black and white with short blonde hair and glasses.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/she-didn-t-see-it-coming-by-shari-lapena.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7744360902255638\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>She Didn&#8217;t See It Coming is a thriller novel by Shari Lapena. (Doubleday Canada, Rachel Wainz)<\/p>\n<p>She Didn&#8217;t See It Coming\u00a0by Shari Lapena\u00a0is the #1\u00a0Canadian fiction book this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0She Didn&#8217;t See It Coming, husband and wife Bryden and Sam seemingly have a perfect life: thriving careers, a good support system, a beautiful daughter and a fashionable condo. But illusions are up when, one day, Bryden disappears from her own home, leaving no trace. As Sam and the rest of the community try to figure out what happened, the cracks in their perfect life begin to show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">See the full Canadian fiction list below:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   She Didn&#8217;t See It Coming\u00a0by Shari Lapena   The Grey Wolf\u00a0by Louise Penny   Snap\u00a0by Susin Nielsen   Valentine\u00a0in Montreal\u00a0by Heather O&#8217;Neill, illustrated by Arizona O&#8217;Neill   One\u00a0Golden Summer\u00a0by Carley Fortune   Finding\u00a0Flora\u00a0by Elinor Florence   Aliens on the Moon\u00a0by Thomas King   Greenwood\u00a0by Michael Christie   The\u00a0Adversary\u00a0by Michael Crummey   Endling\u00a0by Maria Reva  Canadian nonfiction<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A book cover with a canoe in front of a rising sun, with a headshot of a woman with long hair. \"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/a-truce-that-is-not-peace-by-miriam-toews.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7771084337349397\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>A Truce That Is Not Peace is a memoir by Miriam Toews.  ( Knopf Canada, Mark Boucher)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A Truce That is Not Peace\u00a0by Miriam Toews is the #1 Canadian nonfiction book this week.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In the memoir\u00a0A Truce That is Not Peace, award-winning author Toews\u00a0answers the question: &#8220;why do you write?&#8221; She&#8217;s been asked this in preparation for a literary event in Mexico City, but each of her responses are deemed unsatisfactory by the organizer. As she thinks the question over, she unearths new layers of grief and helplessness surrounding her sister&#8217;s suicide, which happened\u00a0over 15 years ago\u00a0\u2014 and realizes that one of her reasons for\u00a0writing\u00a0is to fill the gaping silence her sister left behind.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">See the full Canadian nonfiction list below:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   A Truce That is Not Peace\u00a0by Miriam Toews   Value(s)\u00a0by Mark Carney\u00a0   One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This\u00a0by Omar El Akkad   21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government by Bob Joseph   A Steady Brightness of Being\u00a0edited by Sara Sinclair and Stephanie Sinclair   Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism\u00a0by Stewart Reynolds   Universal by Alex Neve   The Myth of Normal\u00a0by Dr. Gabor Mat\u00e9, with Daniel Mat\u00e9   The\u00a0Crisis of Canadian Democracy\u00a0by Andrew Coyne   Fire\u00a0Weather\u00a0by John Vaillant  Canadian kids\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A headshot of a woman with grey hair and glasses. A book cover of a yellow car with a girl and a dog in it.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/carson-crosses-canada-by-linda-bailey.png\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7771084337349397\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>Award-winning author Linda Bailey has written more than thirty children&#8217;s books.  (Lia Grainger\/Tundra)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/books\/carson-crosses-canada-1.4194720\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carson Crosses Canada<\/a>\u00a0by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Kass Reich, is the #1 Canadian kids&#8217; book this week. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/books\/carson-crosses-canada-1.4194720\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carson Crosses Canada<\/a>, Annie and her dog Carson set out on a cross-country road trip from British Columbia to Newfoundland to visit Anne&#8217;s sister Elsie. As they drive across Canada, they see special sights in every province to finally make it Elsie&#8217;s\u00a0\u2014 where a great surprise for Carson awaits.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">See the full kids list below:<\/p>\n<p>   Carson Crosses Canada\u00a0by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Kass Reich   T\u00a0is for Terry\u00a0by Denise Dias,\u00a0illustrated by No\u00e9mie Gionet Landry   You Were Made for This World\u00a0edited by Stephanie Sinclair\u00a0and Sara Sinclair   The Inquisitive Raven by Richard Wagamese, illustrated by Bridget George   Mallory\u00a0and the Trouble with Twins\u00a0by Arley Nopra   The\u00a0New Girl\u00a0by Cassandra Calin   Aggie and the Ghost\u00a0by Matthew Forsythe   The\u00a0Marrow Thieves\u00a0by Cherie Dimaline   Love You Forever\u00a0by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Sheila McGraw   Baby Beluga by Raffi, illustrated by Ashley Wolff  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are the bestselling Canadian fiction, nonfiction and children&#8217;s books from Aug. 30-Sept. 6. 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