15 best books of the week, Nov. 11

1 Chasing Smoke: A Wildfire Memoir Aaron Williams (Harbour Publishing)

2 Harry: A Wilderness Dog Saga Chris Czajkowski (Harbour Publishing)

3 Opportunity Knox: Twenty Years of Award-Losing Humour Writing Jack Knox (Heritage House)

4 On Island: Life Among the Coast Dwellers Pat Carney (TouchWood Editions)

5 The Haunting of Vancouver Island: Supernatural Encounters with the Other Side Shanon Sinn (TouchWood Editions)

6 The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief and Compassion — Surprising Observations of a Hidden World Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)

7 Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation Monique Gray Smith (Orca Book Publishers)

8 An Old, Cold Grave Iona Whishaw (TouchWood Editions)

9 Hello Humpback! Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd, illustrated by Roy Henry Vickers (Harbour Publishing)

10 Vertical Horizons: The History of Okanagan Helicopters Douglas M. Grant (Harbour Publishing)

11 You Hold Me Up Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Danielle Daniel (Orca Book Publishers)

12 The World’s Most Travelled Man: A Twenty-Three-Year Odyssey to and through Every Country on the Planet Mike Spencer Brown (Douglas & McIntyre)

13 A Day With Yayah Nicola I. Campbell, illustrated by Julie Flett (Tradewind Books)

14 The Mighty Hughes: From Prairie Lawyer to Western Canada’s Moral Compass Craig McInnes (Heritage House)

15 Chilcotin Chronicles: Stories of Adventure and Intrigue from British Columbia’s Central Interior Sage Birchwater (Caitlin Press)