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    • Raina Telgemeier's new graphic novel, Ghosts

    Bestsellers

    ORIGINAL FICTION

    1. The Couple Next Door, Shari Lapeña, Doubleday Canada (4) *

    2. The Perfect Girl, Gilly Macmillan, HarperCollins (3)

    3. The Nest, Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, Harper Avenue (26)

    4. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins, Doubleday Canada (82)

    5. A Great Reckoning, Louise Penny, Minotaur Books (3)

    6. A House Without Windows, Nadia Hashimi, HarperCollins (6)

    7. Pirate, Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell, G.P. Putnam’s Sons (1)

    8. Rushing Waters, Danielle Steel, Delacorte (3)

    9. Commonwealth, Ann Patchett, HarperCollins (1)

    10. I Let You Go, Clare Mackintosh, Berkley (21)

    ORIGINAL NON-FICTION

    1. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy Schumer, Gallery Books (5)*

    2. Love Warrior, Glennon Doyle Melton, Flatiron Books (2)

    3. In Such Good Company, Carol Burnett, Crown Archetype (1)

    4. The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books (1)

    5. Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari, McClelland and Stewart (2)

    6. Killing the Rising Sun, Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, Henry Holt and Company (1)

    7. Barbarian Lost, Alexandre Trudeau, HarperCollins (1)

    8. When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi, Random House (33)

    9. A Field Guide to Lies, Daniel J. Levithin, Penguin Canada (2)

    10. Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance, HarperCollins (4)

    CANADIAN FICTION

    1. The Couple Next Door, Shari Lapeña, Doubleday Canada

    2. A Great Reckoning, Louise Penny, Minotaur Books

    3. Milk and Honey, Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel

    4. The Wonder, Emma Donoghue, HarperCollins

    5. The Heart Goes Last, Margaret Atwood, McClelland & Stewart

    6. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d, Alan Bradley, Doubleday Canada

    7. The Fortunate Brother, Donna Morrissey, Penguin Canada

    8. Still Mine, Amy Stuart, Simon & Schuster

    9. The Best Kind of People, Zoe Whittall, House of Anansi Press

    10. Vinyl Café Turns the Page, Stuart McLean, Penguin Canada

    CANADIAN NON-FICTION

    1. Barbarian Lost, Alexandre Trudeau, HarperCollins

    2. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America, Thomas King, Anchor Canada

    3. This is Happy, Camilla Gibb, Doubleday Canada

    4. A House in the Sky, Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett, Scribner

    5. Campaign Confessions, John Laschinger, Dundurn

    6. Alone Against the North: An Expedition into the Unknown, Adam Shoalts, Penguin

    7. The Memory Illusion, Julia Shaw, Doubleday Canada

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    8. You are Here, Chris Hadfield, Random House of Canada

    9. The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything, Neil Pasricha, Putnam

    10. Unflinching: The Making of a Canadian Sniper, Jody Mitic, Simon & Schuster

    CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT

    1. Ghosts, Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic

    2. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, J.K. Rowling, Scholastic

    3. The Darkest Dark, Chris Hadfield, Tundra Books

    4. Pokemon, Cris Silvestri, Scholastic

    5. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Movie tie-in edition), Ransom Riggs, Quirk Books

    6. Big Nate: Revenge of the Cream Puffs, Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel Publishing

    7. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs, Quirk Books

    8. Empire of Storms, Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury USA

    9. Dog Man, Dav Pilkey, Scholastic

    10. LEGO Star Wars: Build Your Own Adventure, Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff, Dorling Kindersley Publishing

    Self-Improvement

    1. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Mark Manson, HarperCollins

    2. You Are a Badass, Jen Sincero, Running Press

    3. The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown, Hazelden

    4. How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie, Pocket Books

    5. The Power of Gratitude, Amy Newmark and Deborah Norville, Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing

    6. Mind over Mood, Second Edition, Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky, Guilford Press

    7. Daring Greatly, Brené Brown, Penguin Publishing

    8. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey, Free Press

    9. The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle, New World Library

    10. The Untethered Soul, Michael Singer, New Harbinger Publications

    The bestseller lists are compiled by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData

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