The books Canadians bought this week
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The two best-selling non-fiction titles sold in Canada last week are essentially coffee table books, and I don’t recall that happening in recent years.
The first is “Beyond the Story: BTS’s 10-Year Record.” It’s a commemorative book celebrating the 10th anniversary of the first album by BTS, the wildly popular seven-member Korean boy group. BTS does not stand for Beyond the Story but Bangtan Sonyeondan, which translates as Bulletproof Boy Scouts. Author Myeongseok Kang is a chronicler of Korean pop culture; Anton Hur provided the English translation. (Thank goodness for Wikipedia and Amazon, my only sources for the foregoing information.)
Next up is “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: The Art of the Movie,” a tie-in to Sony’s 2018 Oscar-winning animated sequel “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” The film is currently playing in local theaters and streaming for home audiences.
The big release this week in Canadian fiction is ‘The Librarianist’, a new novel by Patrick deWitt, which is getting rave reviews everywhere. It comes in at number 6. (The book is on the Canadian list because DeWitt was born on Vancouver Island but grew up mostly in California and now lives in Oregon. He is a US citizen.)
ORIGINAL FICTION
1. Zero daysRuth Ware, Simon & Schuster (3)*
2. Love, theoreticallyAli Hazelwood, Berkley (5)
3. The Five Star WeekendElin Hilderbrand, Little Brown (4)
4. IcebreakerHannah Grace, Atria (12)
5. Meet me at the lakeCarley Fortune, Viking (10)
6. The whispersAshley Audrain, Viking (5)
7. YellowfaceR. F. Kuang, William Morrow (7)
8. TruthColleen Hoover, Grand Central (58)
9. It starts with usColleen Hoover, Atria (34)
10. It ends with usColleen Hoover, Atria (89)
ORIGINAL NON-FICTIONS
1. Beyond the storyBTS, Myeongseok Kang, Anton Hur, Flatiron (1)
2. Spider-Man: about the Spider-VerseRamin Zahed, Sony, Abrams (2)
3. Page BoyElliot Page, HarperCollins Canada (5)
4. The betDavid Grann, Doubleday (12)
5. Tell the truthMichelle Good, HarperCollins Canada (7)
6. ReservePrince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, Random House Canada (26)
7. 12 rules for lifeJordan B. Peterson, Random House Canada (152)
8. Sweetgrass braidsRobin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed (117)
9. The art thiefMichael Finkel, Knopf Canada (2)
10. I am glad my mother passed awayJennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster (33)
CANADIAN FICTION
1. Meet me at the lakeCarley Fortune, Viking
2. The whispersAshley Audrain, Viking
3. A world of curiositiesLouise Penny, Minotaur
4. The Drowning WomanRobyn Harding, Grand Central
5. I only read murderIan Ferguson, Will Ferguson, HarperCollins Canada
6. The LibrarianPatrick deWitt, House of Anansi
7. The maidNita Prose, Penguin Canada
8. One day I will find youCC Humphreys, Doubleday Canada
9. Every summer afterCarley Fortune, Penguin Canada
10. Not a happy familyShari Lapena, Seal
CANADIAN NON-FICTIONS
1. Page BoyElliot Page, HarperCollins Canada
2. Tell the truthMichelle Good, HarperCollins Canada
3. 12 rules for lifeJordan B. Peterson, Random House Canada
4. Fire BrigadeJohn Vaillant, Knopf Canada
5. OutsiderBrett Popplewell, Collins
6. 21 Things You May Not Know About Indian LawBob Joseph, Indigenous Studies
7. From the ashesJesse Thistle, Simon & Schuster
8. Indigenous WritersChelsea Klinker, High Tide
9. Run to the dangerSarah Polley, PenguinCanada
10. The Billionaire MurdersKevin Donovan, Viking
CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS
1. Let the games begin! (The Bad Guys #17)Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
2. Dog Man: Twenty thousand fleas under the seaDav Pilkey, Graphix
3. Karen’s Haircut (Babysitter’s Sister #7)Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina, Graphix
4. A good girl’s guide to murderHolly Jackson, Ember
5. If he had been with meLaura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire
6. The summer when I became beautifulJenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
7. Jumbo workbook second gradeScholastic, Cartwheel
8. Jumbo workbook for kindergartenScholastic, Cartwheel
9. Pre-K Jumbo WorkbookScholastic, Cartwheel
10. It’s not summer without youJenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
HEALTH & FITNESS
1. SurvivalPeter Attia, Bill Gifford, Harmonie
2. The body keeps scoreBessel van der Kolk, Penguin
3. The myth of normalGabor Mate, Daniel Mate, Knopf Canada
4. Fast as a girlMindy Pelz, Hay House
5. When the body says noGabor Mate, Vintage
6. The Glucose Goddess MethodJessie Inchauspe, Simon & Schuster
7. Eat to beat your dietWilliam W. Li, Grand Central
8. Ultra-processed peopleChris van Tulleken, Knopf Canada
9. The menopause resetMindy Pelz, Hay House
10. Expect betterEmily Oster, Penguin
* Number of weeks on list
The bestseller lists are compiled by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales registration service, BNC SalesData.
