CALGARY BEST SELLERS

FICTION

1 The Note

Christopher Cromwell. Novel about a schizophrenic musical prodigy.

2 Walking on the Moon

Stephen Shawcross. Two Canadian young men head for Woodstock.

3 The Break

Katherena Vermette. A crime shocks Metis women living in Winnipeg.

4 Stranger

David Bergen. How far a mother will venture to reclaim her stolen child.

5 Moshi Moshi

Banana Yoshimoto. A daughter tries to move forward after her father’s suicide pact with a woman.

6 Judas

Amos Oz. A powerful, yet exquisite coming-of-age love story.

7 Slade House

David Mitchell. A cycle of linked ghost stories perfect for any dark and stormy night.

8 Wenjack

Joseph Boyden. An Ojibwe boy runs away from a North Ontario Indian School.

9

Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?

Kathleen Collins. Humorous stories dealing with race, gender, family and sexuality.

10

Multiple Choice

Alejandro Zambra. Written in the form of a standardized test complete with language exercises and short narrative passages.

NON- FICTION

1 Red Notice

Bill Browder. Story of an accidental activist during the breakup of the U.S.S.R.

2 The Skoki Cookbook

Katie Mitzel. Recipes from the celebrated lodge.

3 The Boys in the Boat

Daniel James Brown. Story of the 1938 U.S. Olympic rowing team.

4 Birds Art Life

Kyo Maclear. Two artists on a yearlong adventure, a meditation on the nature of creativity and the quest for a good and meaningful life.

5 Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Waterlilies

Ross King. How Monet found healing in painting his favourite subject.

6 The Banker and the Blackfoot: A Memoir of my Grandfather in Chinook Country

J. Edward Chamberlain. A place in Canada after its founding, showing us what Canada was and still could be.

7 Firewater: How Alcohol is Killing My People and Yours.

Harold R. Johnson. Calls for decisions about communities and living on our own terms.

8 Upstream

Mary Oliver. Essays about nature and literature.

9 This is That: Travel Guide to Canada

Chris Kelly. An unusual guide to Canada.

10 Wendy’s Revenge

Walter Scott. Wendy seeks revenge on the art worlds of Vancouver, Toronto, and L.A.

Information provided by Owl’s Nest Books, Pages on Kensington and Shelf Life Books