{"id":88444,"date":"2025-08-22T10:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/88444\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T10:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:04:08","slug":"the-globe-and-mail-bestsellers-for-the-week-of-august-23-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/88444\/","title":{"rendered":"The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of August 23, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hardcover Fiction: August 23, 2025<\/p>\n

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast WeekWeeks on List
\n1For Richer for PoorerDanielle SteelDelacorte Press$39.001
\n2On Wings of BloodBriar BoleynMIRA$39.501
\n3The Pumpkin Spice Caf\u00e9Laurie GilmoreHarper Collins$39.501
\n4Not Quite Dead YetHolly JacksonDoubleday Canada$37.0024
\n5The End of the World As We Know ItChristopher Golden; Brian Keene; Stephen KingGallery Books$47.001
\n6The Fallen and the Kiss of DuskCarissa BroadbentBramble$41.9913
\n7KatabasisR.F. KuangHarper Voyager$43.501
\n8The River Is WaitingWally LambMarysue Rucci Books$39.99410
\n9Every Summer AfterCarley FortuneViking$45.0032
\n10Never FlinchStephen KingScribner$43.00613<\/p>\n

Hardcover Non-Fiction: August 23, 2025<\/p>\n

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast WeekWeeks on List
\n1The Let Them TheoryMel RobbinsHay House$39.991
\n2An Accidental VillainLinden MacIntyreRandom House Canada$38.00
\n3The Anxious GenerationJonathan HaidtPenguin Press$39.993
\n4Smartphone NationKaitlyn RegehrKnopf Canada$36.00
\n5One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against ThisOmar El AkkadMcClelland & Stewart$36.004
\n6The ServiceberryRobin Wall Kimmerer; John BurgoyneScribner$25.007
\n7Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally EverythingAlyson StonerSt. Martin’s Press$42.00
\n8Everything Is TuberculosisJohn GreenPenguin Young Readers $38.009
\n9We Can Do Hard ThingsGlennon Doyle; Abby Wambach; Amanda DoyleThe Dial Press$45.0010
\n10Empire of AIKaren Hao Penguin Press$42.00<\/p>\n

Paperback Fiction: August 23, 2025<\/p>\n

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast WeekWeeks on List
\n1She Didn’t See It ComingShari LapenaDoubleday Canada$26.952
\n2We Are All Guilty HereKarin SlaughterWilliam Morrow Paperbacks$25.99
\n3My FriendsFredrik BackmanSimon & Schuster$26.998
\n4In Too DeepLee Child; Andrew ChildDell$14.9910
\n5One Golden SummerCarley FortuneViking$26.955
\n6Don’t Let Him InLisa JewellAtria Books$26.996
\n7AtmosphereTaylor Jenkins ReidDoubleday Canada$26.994
\n8The Woman in Suite 11Ruth WareSimon & Schuster$26.999
\n9Regretting YouColleen HooverMontlake Romance$21.953
\n10Broken CountryClare Leslie HallSimon & Schuster$26.997<\/p>\n

Canadian Fiction: August 23, 2025<\/p>\n

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast WeekWeeks on List
\n1She Didn’t See It ComingShari LapenaDoubleday Canada$26.951
\n2One Golden SummerCarley FortuneViking$26.952
\n3On Wings of BloodBriar BoleynMIRA$39.50
\n4Every Summer AfterCarley FortuneViking$24.953
\n5Finding FloraElinor FlorenceSimon & Schuster$24.995
\n6This Summer Will Be DifferentCarley FortuneViking$24.954
\n7The Guest ChildrenPatrick TarrHarper Collins Canada$24.99
\n8Moon of the Crusted SnowWaubgeshig RiceECW Press$22.95
\n9Meet Me at the LakeCarley FortuneViking$24.956
\n10I Hope You RememberJosie BalkaSimon & Schuster$32.009<\/p>\n

Canadian Non-Fiction: August 23, 2025<\/p>\n

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast WeekWeeks on List
\n1ValuesMark CarneySignal$28.001
\n2An Accidental VillainLinden MacIntyreRandom House Canada$38.00
\n3Smartphone NationKaitlyn RegehrKnopf Canada$36.00
\n4One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against ThisOmar El AkkadMcClelland & Stewart$36.003
\n5The Myth of NormalGabor Mat\u00e9; Daniel Mat\u00e9Vintage Canada$28.95
\n6Scattered MindsGabor Mat\u00e9Vintage Canada$26.956
\n7Children Like UsBrittany PennerDoubleday Canada$26.00
\n8Witchy StitchingMeg BlackHerbert Press$29.0010
\n921 Things You May Not Know about the Indian ActBob JosephIndigenous Relations$21.00
\n10The Lobster TrapGreg MercerMcClelland & Stewart$36.99<\/p>\n

Juvenile: August 23, 2025<\/p>\n

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast WeekWeeks on List
\n1T Is for TerryDenise Dias; No\u00e9mie Gionet LandryScholastic Canada$18.996
\n2Sunrise on the ReapingSuzanne CollinsScholastic Press$36.994
\n3Glorious RivalsJennifer Lynn BarnesLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers$27.995
\n4Dragon Masters #29: Magic of the Wizard DragonTracey West; Graham HowellsScholastic$8.992
\n5The Adventures of Super Diaper BabyDav PilkeyGraphix$19.999
\n6Love You ForeverRobert Munsch; Sheila McGraw\u00a0Firefly Books$14.95
\n7The Summer I Turned PrettyJenny HanSimon & Schuster Books For Young Readers$15.998
\n8The Very Hungry CaterpillarEric CarlePenguin Young Readers Group$14.99
\n9I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011Lauren Tarshis; Chris ChalikGraphix$16.997
\n10Baby-Sitters Little Sister #11: Karen’s GhostD.K. Yingst; Ann M. MartinGraphix$16.99<\/p>\n

Self-Improvement: August 23, 2025<\/p>\n

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast WeekWeeks on List
\n1The Let Them TheoryMel RobbinsHay House$39.991
\n2The Mountain Is YouBrianna WiestThought Catalog Books$22.992
\n3The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene; Joost ElffersPenguin Books$35.004
\n4101 Essays That Will Change the Way You ThinkBrianna WiestThought Catalog Books$20.995
\n5When the Body Says NoGabor Mat\u00e9Vintage Canada$24.008
\n6We Can Do Hard ThingsGlennon Doyle; Abby Wambach; Amanda DoyleThe Dial Press$45.00
\n7The Courage to Be DislikedIchiro Kishimi; Fumitake KogaSimon & Schuster$25.009
\n8What to Expect When You’re ExpectingHeidi MurkoffWorkman Publishing Company$23.99
\n9The Life That’s WaitingBrianna WiestThought Catalog Books$25.997
\n10The Four AgreementsDon Miguel Ruiz; Janet MillsTarcher$17.5010<\/p>\n

Historical Fiction: August 23, 2025<\/p>\n

RankTitleContributorImprint List PriceLast WeekWeeks on List
\n1The NightingaleKristin HannahSaint Martin’s Griffin$23.99
\n2Finding FloraElinor FlorenceSimon & Schuster$24.99
\n3The Frozen RiverAriel LawhonVintage$24.95
\n4The Stolen Life of Colette MarceauKristin HarmelGallery Books$25.99
\n5The Heaven and Earth Grocery StoreJames McBrideRiverhead Books$25.99
\n6There Are Rivers in the SkyElif ShafakVintage Canada$24.00
\n7The Song of AchillesMadeline MillerEcco$21.99
\n8When the World Fell SilentDonna Jones AlwardOne More Chapter$25.99
\n9JamesPercival EverettDoubleday$37.99
\n10Winter GardenKristin HannahSaint Martin’s Griffin$25.00<\/p>\n

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