The new novel from literary heavyweight Thomas Pynchon, whose \u201cVineland\u201d served as inspiration for the new Paul Thomas Anderson film \u201cOne Battle After Another,\u201d debuts at No. 7 on the original fiction bestsellers list this week.<\/p>\n
The Washington Post says it\u2019s\u00a0\u201cbonkers and brilliant fun.\u201d\u00a0The Telegraph calls it\u00a0\u201ca masterpiece.\u201d And the Los Angeles Times has, well, this to say: \u201cDark as a vampire\u2019s pocket, light-fingered as a jewel thief, \u2018Shadow Ticket\u2019 capers across the page with breezy, baggy-pants assurance \u2014 and then pauses on its way down the fire escape just long enough to crack your heart open.\u201d<\/p>\n
A bit further up, retired Canadian astronaut\u00a0Chris Hadfield\u2018s new thriller, \u201cFinal Orbit,\u201d about China\u2019s role in the space race of the 1970s, debuts at No. 4 (and No. 1 on the Canadian fiction list).<\/p>\n
Over on the non-fiction list, it\u2019s heavy metal heaven. \u201cLast Rites,\u201d the posthumous memoir by Ozzy Osbourne,\u00a0debuts at No. 1, while \u201cIron Maiden: Infinite Dreams,\u201d drops in at No. 8.<\/p>\n
1. Mate, Ali Hazelwood, Berkley (1)*<\/p>\n
2. The Intruder, Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen (1)<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0The Secret of Secrets, Dan Brown, Doubleday (5)<\/p>\n
4. Final Orbit, Chris Hadfield, Random House Canada (1)<\/p>\n
5. Twice, Mitch Albom, Harper (1)<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0Alchemised, SenLinYu, Del Ray (3)<\/p>\n
7. Shadow Ticket, Thomas Pynchon, Penguin (1)<\/p>\n
8. Alchemy of Secrets, Stephanie Garber, Flatiron (1)<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Circle of Days, Ken Follett, Grand Central Publishing (3)<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0The Impossible Fortune, Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books (2)<\/p>\n
1. Last Rites, Ozzy Osbourne, Grand Central (1)<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Vanished Beyond the Map, Adam Shoalts, Allen Lane (1)<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Guinness World Records 2026, Craig Glenday,\u00a0Guinness World Records\u00a0(4)<\/p>\n
4. Hostage, Eli Sharabi, Harper Influence (1)<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0107 Days, Kamala Harris,\u00a0Simon & Schuster (3)<\/p>\n
6. John Candy, Paul Myers, House of Anansi (2)<\/p>\n
7. Exploring Ezekiel, Amir Tsarfati, Rick Yohn, Harvest House (1)<\/p>\n
8. Iron Maiden: Infinite Dreams, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson, Thames & Hudson (1)<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy, Simon & Schuster (7)<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0Truly, Lionel Richie, HarperOne (2)<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Final Orbit, Chris Hadfield, Random House Canada<\/p>\n
2. The Hitchhikers, Chevy Stevens, St. Martin\u2019s<\/p>\n
3. The Marionette, Terry Fallis, McClelland & Stewart<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0Every Summer After,\u00a0Carley Fortune, Viking<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0The Spirit of Scatarie, Lesley Crewe, Vagrant<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0Wild Card, Elsie Silver, Bloom<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0One Golden Summer, Carley Fortune, Viking<\/p>\n
8.\u00a0The Handmaid\u2019s Tale,\u00a0Margaret Atwood, McClelland & Stewart<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0She Didn\u2019t See It Coming, Shari Lapena, Doubleday Canada<\/p>\n
10. Tourist Season, Brynne Weaver, Zando<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Vanished Beyond the Map, Adam Shoalts, Allen Lane<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0John Candy, Paul Myers, House of Anansi<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0A Truce That Is Not Peace, Miriam Toews, Knopf Canada<\/p>\n
4. John Horgan,\u00a0John Horgan, Rod Mickleburgh, Harbour<\/p>\n
5. Enshittification, Cory Doctorow, MCD\/FSG<\/p>\n
6.\u00a052 Ways to Reconcile, David A. Robertson, McClelland & Stewart<\/p>\n
7. The Game: 30th Anniversary Edition, Ken Dryden, HarperCollins Canada<\/p>\n
8. Value(s), Mark Carney, Signal<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Rock Star, Jennifer Jones, Collins<\/p>\n
10. At a Loss for Words, Carol Off, Vintage Canada<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Jessi Ramsey, Pet-Sitter: a Graphic Novel (the Baby-sitters Club #18), Ellen T. Crenshaw, Ann M. Martin, Graphix<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0Secret Santa, Sophie Jomain, Manon Bucciarelli,\u00a0\u00c9ditions et Diffusions Auzou Lt\u00e9e<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0Little Blue Truck\u2019s Halloween, Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry, Clarion<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #3, Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess, Sara Goetter, HarperAlley<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0A Heart for Christmas, Sophie Jomain, Manon Bucciarelli, \u00c9ditions et Diffusions Auzou Lt\u00e9e<\/p>\n
6. Lots of Knock-Knock Jokes for Kids, Whee Winn, Zonderkidz<\/p>\n
7. Love You Forever, Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw, Firefly<\/p>\n
8.\u00a0Bluey: The Most Amazing Advent Calendar Book Bundle, Penguin Young Readers<\/p>\n
9.\u00a0Fake Skating, Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers<\/p>\n
10. Spy School Blackout, Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0The Myth of Normal, Gabor Mat\u00e9, Daniel Mat\u00e9, Vintage Canada<\/p>\n
3.\u00a0When the Body Says No, Gabor Mat\u00e9, Vintage Canada<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0What to Expect When You\u2019re Expecting, Heidi Murkoff, Workman<\/p>\n
5.\u00a0The Complete Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Beginners, Dorothy Calimeris, Lulu Cook, Callisto<\/p>\n
6.\u00a0The New Menopause, Mary Claire Haver, Rodale<\/p>\n
7.\u00a0Unbreakable, Vonda Wright, Rodale<\/p>\n
8.\u00a0Meals That Heal Inflammation, Julie Daniluk, Penguin Canada<\/p>\n
9. The Biblio Diet, Jordan Rubin, Josh Axe, Worthy<\/p>\n
10.\u00a0In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, Gabor Mat\u00e9, Vintage Canada<\/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":"The new novel from literary heavyweight Thomas Pynchon, whose \u201cVineland\u201d served as inspiration for the new Paul Thomas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[489,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-82637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-books","tag-books","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}