CALGARY BESTSELLERS

FICTION The Essex Serpent

Sarah Perry. A scientifically-minded woman living in the 19th Century encounters a mythical serpent.

Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall

Suzette Mayr. A horror-satire about the perils of academia.

Exit West

Mohsin Hamid. Ordinary people driven from their homes into uncertain new lands.

Shadowbahn

Steve Erickson. A meditation on the meaning of American identity and of America itself.

The Lost Book of the Grail

Charlie Lovett. A bibliophile’s quest to discover a missing manuscript and the secret of the Holy Grail.

Kalyna

Pam Clark. Alberta author’s novel of a Ukrainian settlement on the Canadian prairies.

Wenjack

Joseph Boyden. Novella on the life and death of residential school student Chanie Wenjack.

Wonder

Emma Donoghue. An Irish girl’s fam- ily claims she’s living on air while an English nurse investigates.

The Trees

Ali Shaw. A journey through the trees takes a group of three into unimaginable territory.

Second-hand Souls

Christopher Moore. A humorous novel set in San Francisco where souls of the dead are disappearing.

NON- FICTION Strong is the New Pretty

Kate T. Parker. The strength and spirit of girls being 100 per cent themselves in pictures and words.

The Dwindling

Janet Dunnett. Memoir of twin sisters caring for their aging parents.

25 Places in Canada Every Family Should Visit

Jody Robbins. Savvy suggestions for families who are keen to explore Canada.

A World in Disarray

Richard Haass. Addressing dysfunctional politics, mounting debt and the lack of agreement.

X: A Highly Specific Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century.

Chuck Klosterman. Prolific author pens 10th title, taking readers on a tour of the past decade in these unusual times.

How Music Works

David Byrne. How music shapes the human experience and reveals the impetus behind its creation.

More Tough Crimes: True Cases by Canadian Judges and Criminal Lawyers

William Trudell and Lorene Shyba (Eds.) Cases that demanded great attention from judges and lawyers.

Less Painful Duties: Reflections on the Revolution in the Legal Profession

C.D. Evans. Reflections on revolutionary events affecting law in the last five decades.

Did You Just Call Me an Old Lady?: A Ninety-Year-Old Tells Why Aging is Positive

Lillian Zimmerman. An upbeat look at aging.

The Defiant Mind: Living Inside a Stroke

Ron Smith. A first-person account of experiencing and recuperating from a stroke.