CALGARY BEST SELLERS

FICTION 1

The Young World

Chris Weitz. A sickness wipes out the population with the exception of teens who fight to save humankind.

2

Manhattan Beach

Jennifer Egan. Historical novel follows a young woman into a world of gangsters, sailors, divers, bankers and union men.

3

Origin

Dan Brown. Robert Langdon, made famous in The Da Vinci Code, flees pursuers to Barcelona with a museum director to evade an enemy whose all-knowing power seems to emanate from Spain’s Royal Palace.

4

First Snow, Last Light

Wayne Johnston. Mythic characters are embroiled in events that leave us contemplating the forces that compel us to act in ways that surprise and, sometimes, terrify us.

5

Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie

Jordan Sonnenblick. A high school teen and his family deal with a young brother’s cancer diagnosis.

6

Flannery

Lisa Moore. A girl makes a love potion for entrepreneurial class. When rumours fly that it works, a series of shattering events makes her realize that real-life love is far more potent.

7

Hour of the Bees

Lindsay Eagar. A young girl bonds with her grandfather, fascinated by his stories of a healing tree and bees that will end the 100-year drought.

8

Son of a Trickster

Eden Robinson. Jared is a burnout with a mom who’s often wasted, but he’s also a kid with immense capacity for compassion. His grandmother swears he’s the son of a trickster; which explains why crows talk to him.

9

Bellevue Square

Michael Redhill. A woman fears for her sanity — and then her life — when she learns that her doppelganger has appeared in a local park.

10

Transit

Rachael Cusk. In the wake of a family collapse, a writer moves to London with her two young sons, which becomes a catalyst for transitions.

NON- FICTION 1

full-metal indigiqueer

Joshua Whitehead. Poetry about a trickster character named Zoa who brings together the organic and the technologic to rebeautify and remember queer Indigeneity.

2

Something is Always On Fire

Measha Brueggergosman. Memoir by the Juno-winning soprano.

3

Arrival: The Story of CanLit

Nick Mount. Published to coincide with Canada’s 150th anniversary, Arrival helps explain how we got from there to here.

4

Prison Industrial Complex Explodes

Mercedes Eng. Poetry based on the discovery of a cache of her father’s prison correspondences.

5

I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)

Malala Yousafzai. Memoir of the young girl shot by the Taliban for going to school, for readers 10 and up.

6

Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation and the Loss of Aboriginal Life

James Daschuk. Historical account of the mistreatment of First Nations.

7

Cartography of Exhaustion: Nihilism Inside and Out

Peter Pal Pelbart. In landscape of communication excess, the exhaustion exacerbated by our relation to the ever-present post-digital terrain.

8

The Patch: The People, Pipelines, and Politics of the Oil Sands

Chris Turner. The story of Fort McMurray’s oilsands, showing impacts of the patch around the world.

9

The Sun and Her Flowers

Rupi Kaur. A poetic journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising and blooming. A celebration of love in all its forms.

10

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

Ta-Nehisi Coates. Essays examine election and presidency of Barack Obama and subsequent backlash.