Bookmanager has released its weekly compilation of the 30 bestselling books, based on sales statistics from more than 250 Canadian independent bookstores for the week of June 20.
New Releases
The new releases category is led by What We Can Know by Ian McEwan, followed by The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston in second place. Trash!: A Garbageman’s Story by Simon Pare-Poupart ranks third, while The Fatal Unpleasantness at Netherfield by Claudia Gray takes fourth. Rounding out the top five is I Eat the Stars: How to Live Fully and Beautifully in a Collapsing World by Sarah Wilson.
Other notable new releases include Martin Walker’s A Murder in Springtime: A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel at number six, Tropesick: A Love Story by Lauren Okie at seven, and another Martin Walker title, An Enemy in the Village: A Mystery of the French Countryside, at eight. Murder at the Spirit Lounge by Jess Kidd and Forever is the Sweetest Con by Joanna Thurlow complete the top ten.
Fiction Bestsellers
In fiction, Ann Patchett’s Whistler: A Novel claims the top spot. Maggie O’Farrell’s Land is second, followed by Virginia Evans’ The Correspondent: A Novel in third. Matt Haig’s The Midnight Train lands at number four, while The Last Mandarin: A Novel (Indie Exclusive Edition) by Louise Penny and Melissa Fung ranks fifth.
Carley Fortune’s Our Perfect Storm: A Novel is sixth, Douglas Stuart’s John of John seventh, and Matt Dinniman dominates the remaining spots with Carl’s Doomsday Scenario at eight, A Parade of Horribles at nine, and The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook at ten.
Non-Fiction Bestsellers
The non-fiction list is topped by Patrick Radden Keefe’s London Falling. David Sedaris’ The Land and Its People: Essays is second, and The Book of Birds by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris ranks third. Belle Burden’s Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage takes fourth, while Lena Dunham’s Famesick: A Memoir is fifth.
Maybell Eequay appears twice with The Little Frog’s Guide to Self-Care at number six and The Little Frog’s Guide to Life at nine. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World is seventh, Suzanne Simard’s When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World eighth, and Charlie Mackesy’s The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse rounds out the top ten.
The list is compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales statistics from over 250 Canadian independent book stores.
