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This week’s bestsellers

1. 419, Will Ferguson, Penguin. (5)*1. The Kind of Life It’s Been: A Memoir, Lloyd Robertson, HarperCollins. (5)*1. Life of Pi, Yann Martel, Vintage. (5)*1. Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into the Afterlife, Eben Alexander, Simon & Schuster. (5)*1. Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find

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1. 419, Will Ferguson, Penguin. (5)*

2. Standing In Another Man’s Grave, Ian Rankin, Orion (4)

3. A Week in Winter, Maeve Binchy, Orion. (2)

4. The Racketeer, John Grisham, Doubleday. (7)

5. The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling, Little, Brown. (10)

6. Winter of the World, Ken Follett, Dutton. (11)

7. Reflected in You, Sylvia Day, Berkley. (4)

8. The Perfect Hope, Nora Roberts, Berkley. (3)

9. Fifty Shades of Grey, E. L. James, Vintage. (34)

10. Dear Life: Stories, Alice Munro, A Douglas Gibson Book, M&S. (7)

Original non-fiction

1. The Kind of Life It’s Been: A Memoir, Lloyd Robertson, HarperCollins. (5)*

2. A Nation Worth Ranting About, Rick Mercer, Doubleday Canada. (11)

3. Waging Heavy Peace, Neil Young, Blue Rider Press. (9)

4. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, Thomas King, Doubleday Canada. (1)

5. I’m Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen, Sylvie Simmons, M&S. (6)

6. The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos, Neil Turok, Anansi. (9)

7. America Again: Re-Becoming The Greatness We Never Weren’t, Stephen Colbert, Grand Central (1)

8. Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail – But Some Don’t, Nate Silver, The Penguin Press. (4)

9. Far From The Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity, Andrew Soloman, Scribner. (1)

10. Power of Why, Amanda Lang, Collins. (1)

Reprint fiction

1. Life of Pi, Yann Martel, Vintage. (5)*

2. Fall of Giants, Ken Follett, NAL. (11)

3. Imposter Bride, Nancy Richler, HarperCollins. (5)

4. The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkein, HarperCollins. (4)

5. V is for Vengeance, Sue Grafton, Putnam. (7)

6. Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell, Vintage Canada. (14)

7. A Feast for Crows, George R.R. Martin, Bantam. (55)

8. Down the Darkest Road, Tami Hoag, Dutton. (4)

9. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War, Max Brooks, Crown. (1)

10. The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein, HarperCollins.(11)

Reprint non-fiction

1. Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey Into the Afterlife, Eben Alexander, Simon & Schuster. (5)*

2. Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy and Hard Times, Jennifer Worth, Penguin. (4)

3. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, Gabor Mate, Vintage Canada. (3)

4. Civilization: The West and the Rest, Niall Ferguson, Penguin. (5)

5. Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory, and the Conquest of Everest, Wade Davis, Vintage. (20)

6. To Heaven and Back, Mary C. Neal,WaterBrook. (19)

7. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster. (3)

8. When the Body Says No: The cost of Hidden Stress, Knopf Canada, Gabor Mate. (1)

9. A Stolen Life: A Memoir, Jaycee Dugard, Simon & Schuster. (11)

10. Heaven is for Real, Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent, Thomas Nelson (36)

Special interest

1. Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find

Your Path Back to Health, William Davis, Rodale. (55)*

2. How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You, The Oatmeal, Andrews McMeel Publishing. (9)

3. Jerusalem: A Cookbook, Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Appetite, Random House.(5)

4. The Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust, Ina Garten, Crown. (5)

5. The Smitten Kitten Cookbook, Deb Perelman, Random House, Appetite, Random House. (3)

6. Redefining Success: Still Making Mistakes, W. Brett Wilson, Portfolio Penguin. (2)

7. Guinness World Records 2013, ed. Craig Glenday, Guinness World Records. (6)

8. Looneyspoons Collection, Janet & Greta Podleski, Granet. (33)

9. I Could Pee on This and Other Poems by Cats, Francesco Marciulano, Chronicle Books. (2)

10. The Digest Diet: The Best Foods For Fast, Lasting Weight Loss, Liz Vaccariello, Readers Digest Canada. (1)

* Weeks on the bestseller list. Compiled by Joyce McKerrow.

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