CALGARY BESTSELLERS
FICTION
1 Rising Abruptly
Gisele Villeneuve. Short stories drawing inspiration from mountains and the outdoors.
2 Blue Horizon
M.R. Darling. The economy is on the brink when strange events happen in the last city capable of saving it all from collapse.
3 Commonwealth
Ann Patchett. A tender tale of the far-reaching effects of the ties of love that bind us.
4 An Indoor Kind of Girl Frankie Barnet. Montreal writer’s debut collection of short stories.
5 Nutshell
Ian McEwan. A brilliant story of murder and deceit.
6 The Nix
Nathan Hill. The strength of love and home, even in times of radical change.
7 Shelter in Place Alexander Maksik. A college grad’s life crumbles with the onset of mental illness.
8 After You
Jojo Moyes. The sequel to Me Before You.
9 Jerusalem
Alan Moore. An epic novel in what was England’s Saxon capital.
10 Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 Francine Prose. A Paris jazz club offers refuge to artists, writers and libertines.
NON- FICTION
1 Memory Illusion, Why You Might Not Be Who You Think You Are.
Julia Shaw. The brain and its unreliable memory bank.
2 The Well-Tempered City Johnathan F. P. Rose. The role of cities in the 21st century.
3 Being Mortal Atul Gawande. A surgeon examines medical limitations and failures in aging, death.
4 The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World. Peter Wohlleben and Tim Flannery. The forest is a social network.
5 Limber Angela Pelster. How we sustain ourselves throughout the life cycle on the planet.
6 The Idiot on Fire Brad Casey. Poetry debut explores love in a world of violence, disappointment.
7 Head in the Cloud: Why Knowing Things Still Matters When Things Are So Easy to Look Up.
William Poundstone. How knowledge affects our health, prosperity and happiness.
8 Calgary’s Best Walks: 35 Brand New Urban Jaunts and Nature Strolls
Lori Beattie. Walking adventures in Calgary.
9 Return of History: The Conflict, Migration and Geopolitics in the TwentyFirst Century.
Jennifer Walsh. Archaic acts of barbarism are resurfacing.
10 The Brain That Changes Itself
Norman Doidge. Guide to the science of neuroplasticity.