CALGARY BESTSELLERS
FICTION
1 Lincoln in the Bardo George Sanders. A fantastical novel inspired by the death of Abraham Lincoln’s young son, Willie.
2 The Lottery Plus One Emma Donoghue. Novel for young readers. An unruly family who have “Grumps” move in due to his dementia.
3 Optimists Die First Susin Nielsen. A novel for young adult readers. Life is out to get you. But so is love.
4 The Wonder Emma Donoghue. A young girl in 1850s Ireland is said to be living on air.
5 The Lonely Hearts Hotel Heather O’Neill. A story of two orphans in Montreal between the wars.
6 Son of a Trickster Eden Robinson. A coming-of-age story filled with humour and heartbreak.
7 Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was Sjon and Victoria Cribb. Set in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1918, a homosexual copes with loneliness and isolation.
8 I am Radar Reif Larsen. The story of a baby boy born with jet-black skin to white parents.
9 The Light of Paris Eleanor Brown. Madeleine is trapped by her family’s expectations and her controlling husband.
10 The Dark and Other Love Stories Deborah Willis. Characters in these 13 masterful and engaging stories exist on the edge of danger.
NON- FICTION
1 When We Were Alone David Alexander Robertson and Julie Flett. A picture book dealing with the legacy of residential schools.
2 Red Notice Bill Browder. Story of an accidental activist during the breakup of the U.S.S.R.
3 One Last Cast: Reflections on an Outdoor Life Bruce Masterman. A compilation of stories from the High River author and outdoor enthusiast.
4 Feast: Recipes and Stories from a Canadian Road Trip
Lindsay Anderson. One hundred recipes gathered from a coast-tocoast trip in Canada and its Northern territories.
5 Bitten by Witch Fever Lucinda Hawksley. Toxic arsenic-filled wallpapers of the early 1800s and resulting health issues.
6 How Did We Get Into This Mess. George Monbiot. Assessing corporate domination over nature for profit, its devastation and lack of political discussion for effective change.
7 Flood Stories ed. Eveline Kolijn. Poems by Calgary’s homeless on the flood of 2013.
8 Savage Park: A Meditation on Play, Space and Risk for Americans who are Nervous, Distracted and Afraid to Die Amy Fusselmen. Is fear the true spice of life?
9 Where I Live Now Sharon Butala. An uplifting book about hope through grief and loss.
10 Ice Blink: Navigating Northern Environment History ed. Stephen Bocking and Brad Martin. The relevance of environmental history for current challenges including security and sovereignty, politics and indigenous people.