LOCAL BESTSELLERS
FICTION
1
The Break
Katherena Vermette. An intergeneration family saga with ties to Metis and First Nations.
2
The Boat People
Sharon Bala. Inspired by real events, a high-stakes novel offering a deeply compassionate look at the refugee crisis.
3
The Satanic Mechanic:
A Tannie Maria Mystery
Sally Andrew. Second volume in a mystery series featuring a recipewriter turned crime fighter.
4
Go, Went, Gone
Jenny Erpenbeck. A retired professor becomes embroiled in an African refugee hunger strike.
5
The Handmaid’s Tale
Margaret Atwood. A multi-award-winning and bestselling novel in which a handmaid’s only purpose in a nearfuture social order is to breed.
6
The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn. A New York City recluse sees something she shouldn’t.
7
No One Belongs Here
More Than You
Miranda July. Tender stories that bring seemingly insignificant moments a sly potency. 8
Jesus on the Dashboard
Lisa Murphy-Lamb. Teenage years can be complicated, even when you haven’t been abandoned by your mother at age 10.
9
A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles. An “unrepentant aristocrat” is sentenced to house arrest in a luxury hotel.
10
The Last Mrs. Parrish
Liv Constantine. A woman’s obsession with a family compels her to snake her way into their lives.
NON- FICTION
1
Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic
David Frum. Former White House speech writer examines the changes the Trump administration is making.
2
Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
Gregory Boyle. For 20 years, Father Gregory Boyle has run Homeboy Industries, a gang-intervention program in the Boyle Heights neighbourhood of Los Angeles — also known as the gang capital of the world.
3
Save Your Mind
Atoine Hakim. Methods of maintaining cognitive function. 4
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
Michael Wolff. Exposé of the inner workings of the Trump White House.
5
Better Now: Six Big Ideas to Improve Health Care for All Canadians
Danielle Martin. A family doctor and a hospital vice-president reveal deficiencies in the health-care program and how to close those gaps.
6
The Great Escape:
A Canadian Story
Ted Barris. On March 24, 1944, 80 Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 102-metre tunnel and slipped into the forest beyond the wire of Stalag Luft III, a German PoW compound.
7
Whitewater Cooks
Shelley Adams. Fifth in the popular cookbook series.
8
Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus
Laura Kipnis. A feminist cultural critic’s polemic on sexual danger.
9
Fatty Legs
Christy Jordan-Fenton. Memoir of a residential school survivor.
10
Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates. A father’s letter to his son about America’s racial history.