What do this week\u2019s bestseller lists tell us about books and the book-buying habits of fellow\u00a0Canadians?<\/p>\n
I\u2019m filling in for the editor who normally prepares these lists. She knows a lot. I do not. Although I am extremely well read in some areas (classic literature, such as Henry James) I am almost completely ignorant in others (Canadian books). I\u2019m an outsider. It\u2019s a dreadful handicap here.<\/p>\n
Looking at books this week in Canada through this lens, I see there are a number of new works, which probably means it\u2019s publishing season. Original fiction welcomes titles by Robert Galbraith, otherwise known as J.K. Rowling, (\u201cThe Hallmarked Man\u201d);\u00a0J.D. Robb (\u201cFramed in Death\u201d);\u00a0Rebecca\u00a0Ross (\u201cWild Reverence\u201d). A couple of policiers and a fantasy novel. You can go for the grit or leave it behind\u00a0\u2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Non-fiction sees books new to it, too: \u201cSister Wife\u201d by\u00a0Christine Brown Woolley; \u201c21 Things You Need to Know about Indigenous Self-Government\u201d by\u00a0Bob Joseph; and \u201cAll the Way to the River\u201d by\u00a0Elizabeth Gilbert. I know next to nothing about\u00a0Indigenous self-government, and I probably should. Hmm. A journey away from polygamy? Well, it won\u2019t be dull. And a book by the author of \u201cEat Pray Love,\u201d about love and loss, addiction and recovery, grief and liberation. Clearly, that will have mass appeal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Is it time to visit your local bookstore in search of something new?<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll likely visit mine.<\/p>\n
1. The Hallmarked Man, Robert Galbraith,\u00a0Mulholland (1)*<\/p>\n
2. Katabasis , RF Kuang, Harper Voyager (2)<\/p>\n
3. Framed in Death, J.D. Robb, St. Martin\u2019s Press (1)<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0She Didn\u2019t See It Coming, Shari Lapena, Doubleday Canada (6)<\/p>\n
5. The Edge, David Baldacci, Grand Central (3)<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0Broken Country, Clare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster (23)<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0My Friends,\u00a0Fredrik Backman, Simon & Schuster (19)<\/p>\n
8. Wild Reverence, Rebecca\u00a0Ross, Saturday Books (1)<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Don\u2019t Let Him In, Lisa Jewell, Atria (10)<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0Atmosphere, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Doubleday Canada (14)<\/p>\n
1. Sister Wife, Christine Brown Woolley, Gallery (1)<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy, Simon & Schuster (2)<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0A Truce That Is Not Peace, Miriam Toews, Knopf Canada (2)<\/p>\n
4. 21 Things You Need to Know about Indigenous Self-Government, Bob Joseph, Page Two (1)<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0Rock Star, Jennifer Jones, Collins (3)<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0The Serviceberry,\u00a0Robin Wall Kimmerer, Scribner (41)<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt, Penguin (62)<\/p>\n
8. All the Way to the River, Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead (1)<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0An Accidental Villain, Linden MacIntyre, Random House Canada (4)<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0The Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac (2026 Canadian edition), Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac (4)<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0She Didn\u2019t See It Coming, Shari Lapena, Doubleday Canada<\/p>\n
2. The Handmaid\u2019s Tale, Margaret Atwood, McClelland & Stewart<\/p>\n
3. The Grey Wolf, Louise Penny, Minotaur Books<\/p>\n
4. On Wings of Blood (Deluxe Edition), Briar Boleyn, MIRA<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0Ship of Dreams, Donna Jones Alward, One More Chapter<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0One Golden Summer, Carley Fortune, Viking<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0Every Summer After, Carley Fortune, Viking<\/p>\n
8.\u00a0Finding Flora, Elinor Florence, Simon & Schuster<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Jenny Cooper Has a Secret, Joy Fielding, Doubleday Canada<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0People Watching, Hannah Bonam-Young, Dell<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0A Truce That Is Not Peace, Miriam Toews, Knopf Canada<\/p>\n
2.\u00a021 Things You Need to Know about Indigenous Self-Government, Bob Joseph, Page Two<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Rock Star, Jennifer Jones, Collins<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0Value(s),\u00a0Mark Carney, Signal<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0An Accidental Villain, Linden MacIntyre, Random House Canada<\/p>\n
6. Decolonization and Me, Phyllis Webstad; Kristy McLeod, Medicine Wheel Education<\/p>\n
7. Kihiani , Susan Aglukark; Andrea Warner, HarperCollins Canada<\/p>\n
8.\u00a0One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This,\u00a0Omar El Akkad, McClelland & Stewart<\/p>\n
9.\u00a052 Ways to Reconcile, David A. Robertson,\u00a0McClelland & Stewart<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0A Steady Brightness of Being, Sara Sinclair, Stephanie Sinclair, Penguin Canada\u00a0<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Fearful, Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers<\/p>\n
2. Little Blue Truck\u2019s Halloween, Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry, Clarion<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Big Nate: No Harm Done!, Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel<\/p>\n
4. Hansel and Gretel, Stephen King; Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins<\/p>\n
5. Minecraft 5-Minute Stories, Christy Webster; Alan Batson, Random House Books for Young Readers<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0Sunrise on the Reaping,\u00a0Suzanne Collins, Scholastic<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0Falling Like Leaves, Misty Wilson, Margaret K. McElderry Books<\/p>\n
8. Powerless, Lauren Roberts,\u00a0Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers<\/p>\n
9. Dog Man: Big Jim Begins: a Graphic Novel (Dog Man #13), Dav Pilkey, Graphix<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle, Penguin Young Readers Group<\/p>\n
1. Unbreakable, Vonda Wright, Rodale<\/p>\n
2. It Doesn\u2019t Have to Hurt, Sanjay Gupta,\u00a0Simon & Schuster<\/p>\n
3. When the Body Says No, Gabor Mat\u00e9, Vintage Canada<\/p>\n
4. What to Expect When You\u2019re Expecting, Heidi Murkoff, Workman<\/p>\n
5. The Menopause Manifesto, Jen Gunter, Random House Canada<\/p>\n
6. How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend, Rachel Barr, DK<\/p>\n
7. Super Agers, Eric Topol,\u00a0Simon & Schuster<\/p>\n
8. The New Menopause, Mary Claire Haver, Rodale<\/p>\n
9. Super Gut, William Davis, Collins<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0Come As You Are (Updated), Emily Nagoski,\u00a0Simon & Schuster<\/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":"What do this week\u2019s bestseller lists tell us about books and the book-buying habits of fellow\u00a0Canadians? I\u2019m filling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[288,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-13141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}