BEST ON THE SHELF

FICTION 1 (2) 14 wks Do Not Say We Have Nothing

Madeleine Thien

This book was just longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

2 (1) 7 wks A Great Reckoning

Louise Penny

Chief inspector Armand Gamache is back on the case.

3 (3) 4 wks The Wonder: A Novel

Emma Donoghue

A little girl claims to live on nothing but water.

4 (-) 1 wk When the Music’s Over

Peter Robinson

An Inspector Banks mystery about two young rape victims.

5 (4) 5 wks Nutshell

Ian McEwan

A classic tale of murder and deceit.

6 (6) 4 wks Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d

Alan Bradley

A new Christmas mystery from author Alan Bradley.

7 (5) 8 wks By Gaslight

Steven Price

Readers journey back to a mysterious Victorian London.

8 (-) 1 wk Hag-Seed

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood retells Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

9 (-) 1 wk Small Great Things

Jodi Picoult

Picoult tells a story of racism and its legal ramifications.

10 ( -) 1 wk Precious and Grace

Alexander McCall Smith

The latest in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.

NON- FICTION 1 (1) 5 wks The Hidden Life of Trees

Pete Wohlleben and Tim Flannery

A walk in the woods will never be the same again.

2 (2) 3 wks Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen

The story of the noted singer’s life begins in New Jersey.

3 (3) 4 wks The Return of History

Jennifer Welsh

Twenty-first century issues.

4 (5) 4 wks Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Yuval Noah Harari

A new book that explores the future of the human species.

5 (4) 5 wks Barbarian Lost: Travels in the New China

Alexandre Trudeau

An account of the changes going on right now in China.

6 (6) 6 wks The Pigeon Tunnel

John le Carré

A book of stories from the acclaimed author’s life.

7 (-) 1 wk. A Number of Things

Jane Urquhart & Scott McKowen

Stories about Canada.

8 (7) 8 wks Hillbilly Elegy

J.D. Vance

Subtitled: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis.

9 (10) 39 wks When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi & Abraham Verghese

A young successful surgeon is struck with terminal cancer.

10 (9) 9 wks The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

Amy Schumer

A book of personal essays.