CALGARY BEST SELLERS

FICTION 1

Picture Palace

Paul Theroux. A photographer must confront her past.

2

The Case of the Missing Men

Kris Bertin. Graphic novel of a small-town teenage detective club landing its first real case.

3

Jesus on the Dashboard Lisa Murphy-Lamb. A teen suddenly finds herself living in a house full of God-fearing teenagers, and seeing a mother who abandoned her.

4

Golden Hill: A Novel of Old New York

Francis Spufford. A stranger arrives at a New York counting house with an order for an enormous sum.

5

Her Body and other Parties

Carmen Maria Machado. Explosively original and contemporary, swinging from horrific violence to the most exquisite sentiment.

6

Cure for the Common Universe

Christian McKay Heidicker. A young man is sent to video game rehab treatment.

7

Sing, Unburied, Sing Jesmyn Ward. A story set in the South about a family’s hopes and struggles.

8

By Gaslight

Steven Price. Son of a famous detective must catch the criminal his father could not.

9

The Perfect Nanny

Leila Slimani. Riveting exploration of power, class, race, domesticity and motherhood.

10

Homesick for Another World

Ottessa Moshfegh. Stories of characters yearning for connection and betterment.

NON-FICTION 1

This I Know: Lessons from Under the Influence Terry O’Reilly. Adman spills marketing secrets.

2

Better Now

Danielle Martine.How to close gaps in health-care system.

3

Being Christian: Baptism, Bible, Eucharist, Prayer

Rowan Williams. An examination of four pillars common to many sects of Christianity.

4

Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic

David Frum. Critique of Trump’s presidency.

5

Winter

Karl Ove Knausgaard. Part of the Seasons quartet, reaching new heights of meditative grandeur.

6

This Wound is a World Billy-Ray Belcourt. Part manifesto, part poetic memoir of the author’s Indigenous experiences.

7

The Age of Persuasion: How Marketing Ate Our Culture

Terry O’Reilly & Mike Tennant. For those who say “advertising doesn’t work on me” and those who want to understand the industry.

8

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles. The long-living population of Okinawa.

9

12 Rules for Life Jordan Peterson. Rules to shatter modern commonplaces of science, faith and human nature.

10

Fire and Fury Michael Wolff. Exposé of the Trump White House.