CALGARY BESTSELLERS
FICTION
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The Illegal Lawrence Hill. An eye on people who turned their backs on undocumented refugees. 2
Quantum Night Robert J. Sawyer. Future struggle between Canada led by Prime Minister Nenshi and an evil U.S. president. 3
All the Stars in the Heavens Adriana Trigiani. The sometimes cruel yet dazzling lives created on screen and behind scenes. 4
The Alchemists Craig Dilouie. Two alchemists in Spain in 1529. Will science or magic reign supreme? 5
Black Dragon Blues: The Complete Serial Brent Nicols. Seven episodes and a bonus story as Yi Lan fights a gang. 6
The Book of Speculation Erika Swyler. A tale of cursed magic and family mystery. 7
Triburbia Karl Taro Greenfeld. A group of families in Manhattan wrestle with dark realities. 8
A Death in the Family Karl Ove Knausgaard. Profoundly serious autobiographical fiction. 9
Numero Zero Umberto Eco. Set in 1992, a novel on mudslinging politics, mystery and murder. 10
The High Mountains of Portugal Yann Martel. A quest for meaning, as stories of three people intersect.
NON- FICTION
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Heart Waters: Sources of the Bow River Kevin Van Tighem. Canada’s water challenges in healing wounded landscapes at our headwaters. 2
The White Road: Journey into an Obsession. Edmund De Waal. A potter’s 50-year obsession working with porcelain. 3
Unflinching: The Making of a Canadian Sniper Jody Mitic. Encompassing account of soldier Jody Mitic’s military service. 4
Makers: The New Industrial Revolution Chris Anderson. The entrepreneurial movement and an economy. 5
Shop Class As Soulcraft Matthew Crawford. A look at the challenges and pleasures of working with our hands. 6
H is for Hawk Helen Macdonald. An honest account of Macdonald’s struggles taming a hawk. 7
They Left Us Everything: A Memoir Plum Johnson. Making sense of past bonds to safeguard the future. 8
When Breath Becomes Air. Paul Kalanithi. A young neurosurgeon is diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer. 9
Why Marx Was Right Terry Eagleton. Controversial book arguing for Marxism.
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Gut: The Inside Story of our Body’s Most Underrated Organ. Giulia Enders. The ins and outs of our digestive system.