CALGARY BESTSELLERS
FICTION
1
Jesus on the Dashboard Lisa Murphy-Lamb. Teenage Gemma lives with her well-meaning father and tries to come to terms with growing up motherless in the 1980s.
2
Bellevue Square Michael Redhill. Winner of the 2017 Giller Prize. A darkly comic thriller about a woman who fears for her sanity and life when she learns her doppleganger has appeared in a local park.
3
Minds of Winter Ed O’Loughlin. Two people search for answers on a family member in Inuvik, discovering a secret tied to a famous Northwest Passage expedition.
4
A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles. An aristocrat is confined to house arrest in a Moscow hotel.
5
The Shoe on the Roof Will Ferguson. A gifted med student spent his entire adulthood struggling to escape the legacy of his father, an esteemed psychiatrist, who used him as a test subject when he was a boy.
6
Manhattan Beach Jennifer Egan. Set during the Depression and the Second World War, the plot explores a transformative moment in the lives and identities of women and men in America.
7
The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir Jennifer Ryan. The struggles, affairs, deceptions and triumphs of a village choir during the Second World War.
8
Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel George Saunders. A supernatural novel involving a father and son and Abraham Lincoln.
9
The Book of Dust: Volume 1 Philip Pullman. A child spy finds a secret message about a dangerous substance called Dust.
10
Pachinko Min Jin Lee. Four generations of an immigrant Korean family struggle in Japan in this story of love, sacrifice, loyalty and ambition.
NON- FICTION
1
How to Be an Asshole of Calgary Kris Demeanour. A humorous parody of Calgary clichés and stereotypes.
2
The Fly Fisher Thorsten Struben & Jan Blumentritt. The art and methods of fly fishing according to the experts.
3
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy Ta-Nehisi Coates.
4
The First Mess Cookbook: Vibrant Plant-Based Recipes to Eat Well Through the Seasons Laura Wright. Collection of heirloomquality vegan recipes highlighting the beauty of the seasons.
5
Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia: Camping, Fishing, Hunting, Boating, Wilderness Survival, First Aid Vin T. Sparano. Updated edition of the ultimate do-it-yourself guide for the outdoors enthusiast.
6
Whitewater Cooks: More Beautiful Food Shelley Adams. New recipes from the British Columbia series to turn home cooks into culinary rock stars.
7
How We Did It: The Subban Plan for Success in Hockey, School and Life Karl Subban and Scotty Colby. Karl Subban has dedicated his life to helping young people grow their potential — to be better at what they do, and to be better people.
8
Queer Christmas in Cowtown M. Jane Collette, et al. A baker’s dozen of queer Christmas stories for the Twelve Days of Christmas.
9
Economics for the Common Good Jean Tirole. A passionate manifesto for a world in which economics, far from being a “dismal science,” is a positive force for the common good.
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Feeding My Mother: Comfort and Laughter in the Kitchen as My Mother Deals with Memory Loss Jann Arden. One heck of an affirmation that life just keeps moving on, and a wonderful example of how you have to roll with it.