CALGARY BEST SELLERS
FICTION
1
Quietus
Madelaine Shaw-Wong. A totalitarian government imposes horrible measures for population control.
2
Earthly Delights
Kerry Greenwood. First in a series of mystery novels featuring a banker-turned-baker.
3
The Sun and Her Flowers
Rupi Kaur. Poetry as a journey celebrating love.
4
Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall
Suzette Mayr. An English scholar worries about her mental health and if the English department is haunted.
5
Cowboys and East Indians: Stories
Nina McConigley. The immigrant experience and collisions of cultures in the American West.
6
The Witches of New York
Ami McKay. In a time when women were corseted, confined and committed for merely speaking their minds, were any of them safe?
7
The Break
Katherine Vermette. Family saga with ties to Metis and First Nations.
8
Glass Houses
Louise Penny. Novel explores what Gandhi called the court of conscience: a court that ultimately supersedes all others.
9
The Buried Giant
Kazuo Ishiguro. A couple goes in search of a child they haven’t seen in years.
10
We Were Witches
Ariel Gore. A young mother combats queer scapegoating.
NON- FICTION
1
Game Change: The Life and Death of Steve Montador, and the Future of Hockey
Ken Dryden. The history and future of hockey through the life of one player.
2
The Game
Ken Dryden. Now in a 30th anniversary edition, Dryden’s original opus on hockey.
3
Unpacking My Library: Artists and Their Books
Jo Steffens. The reading and book collecting practices of today’s leading thinkers.
4
Chronicles of a Liquid Society
Umberto Eco. Essayist and novelist’s observations of the world around him.
5
Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol
Ann Dowsett Johnston. Journalist explores the impact on society and individual lives.
6
Pre-Sense in the True Sense
Courtney Sparks. Collection of poetry from a local author, artist and musician.
7
The Reason You Walk
Wab Kinew. A father-son reconciliation told by a First Nations broadcaster, musician and activist.
8
From Here to Eternity: Travelling the Earth to Find the Good Death
Caitlin Doughty. An adventure into the morbid unknown.
9
Full-Metal Indigiqueer
Joshua Whitehead. Poetry collection focuses on a hybridized Indigiqueer.
10
The Inner Life of Animals
Peter Wohlleben. Insightful stories into the emotions, feelings and intelligence of animals around us.