CALGARY BEST SELLERS
FICTION
1
Jesus on the Dashboard
Lisa Murphy-Lamb. Every Sunday of the summer, an abandoned daughter faces the prospect of maybe, just maybe, seeing a mother she is pretty sure she hates.
2
Reconciliation for the Dead
Paul Hardisty. In third title in Claymore Stryker series, vigilante justice-seeker returns to South Africa, seeking absolution for sins of his past.
3
The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage (Vol. 1)
Phillip Pullman. A young boy must protect an infant girl from evil forces.
4
Son of a Trickster
Eden Robinson. A high-school burnout with an often wasted mom has an immense capacity for compassion. His grandmother swears that he’s the son of a trickster, which explains why crows talk to him.
5
The Shoe on the Roof
Will Ferguson. A novel that questions our definitions of sanity and madness, while exploring the magical reality that lies just beyond the world of scientific fact.
6
Transit
Rachel Cusk. In wake of a family collapse, a woman goes through a series of personal and moral transitions.
7
Turtles All the Way Down
John Green. Love, resilience and the power of lifelong friendship.
8
Sourdough
Robin Sloan. A software engineer turned practising baker, Lois is urged to take her product to the farmer’s market, and a new world opens.
9
What I Loved
Siri Hustvedt. A painting intertwines the lives of two families until a duplicitous secret emerges.
10
Blood Fable
Oisin Curran. The new work of fiction from Oisín Curran is a Jules Verne-esque fantastical tale filled with back-to-the-land ideology and American Zen Buddhism.
NON FICTION
1
Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw: Travels in Search of Canada
Will Ferguson. In each stop on this coast-to-coast travelogue, Ferguson sneakily wraps a local history lesson in a wickedly entertaining meander.
2
How to Be an Asshole of Calgary
Kris Demeanor. A satirical guide from Calgary’s former poet laureate.
3
One Day Closer
Lorinda Stewart. On Aug. 23, 2008, Amanda Lindhout was kidnapped outside Mogadishu in Somalia. For the next 460 days, Amanda’s mother did everything in her power to get her daughter back alive.
4
East West Street: On the Origins of “Genocide” and “Crimes Against Humanity”
Philippe Sands. The development of legal concepts that came about through civilization’s attempt to cope with mass murder.
5
The Eternal Darkness: A Personal History of Deep-Sea Exploration
Robert D. Ballard. Revolutionary search techniques that led to the discovery and exploration of the Titanic, the Nazi battleship Bismarck, ancient trading vessels and other great ships.
6
How to Change the World
John-Paul Flintoff. Insights from history, politics, and modern culture to give a sense of what is possible.
7
Against Everything: Essays
Mark Greig. Essays on the tyranny of exercise, nutrition food snobbery and the crisis of policing.
8
Where I Live Now: A Journey Through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope
Sharon Butala. Memoir on finding renewal after the loss of her husband.
9
Life on the Ground Floor
James Maskalyk. Humanitarian doctor and activist draws upon his experience in the world’s emergency rooms.
10
What Happened
Hillary Rodham Clinton. Clinton reveals thoughts on one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history.