BESTSELLERS

FICTION 1

French Exit

Patrick DeWitt. A satirical novel of a once wealthy family that has gone bankrupt.

2

There There

Tommy Orange. A story of several people, each of whom has private reasons for travelling to the Big Oakland Powwow.

3

Unsheltered

Barbara Kingsolver. Two families who live in different times show how humans have the capacity for resiliency and compassion when their lives fall apart.

4

Moon of the Crusted Snow Waubeghig Rice. A post-apocalyptic novel set in a small northern Anishinaabe community.

5

Killing Commendatore

Haruki Murakami. After being abandoned by his wife, a painter becomes caretaker to a famous artist’s home.

6

The Tiger Flu

Larissa Lai. A group of self-cloning women face extinction.

7

Starlight

Richard Wagamese. The final novel from Richard Wagamese, centres on an abused woman on the run who finds refuge on a farm owned by an Indigenous man with wounds of his own.

8

Melmoth

Sarah Perry. A robed figure, with a soul damned to walk the earth for eternity and bear witness to the secret evil we commit and the repercussions of our actions.

9

Split Tooth

Tanya Tagaq. A 17-year old girl in Nunavut gets pregnant.

10

Jonny Appleseed

Joshua Whitehead. A novel about a Two-Spirit indigiqueer young man.

NON-FICTION 1

Adventures in Memory: The Science and Secrets of Remembering and Forgetting

Hilde Ostby and Ylva Ostby. A novelist and a neuroscientist uncover the secrets of human memory.

2

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck

Mark Manson. A counterintuitive approach to living a good life.

3

Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process

John McPhee. A guide to writing long-form non-fiction by a legendary author and teacher.

4

All things Consoled: A Daughter’s Memoir

Elizabeth Hay. A startling and beautiful memoir about the drama of her parents’ end and the longer drama of being their daughter.

5

This is Day 1

Drew Dudley. A practical guide to leadership that matters.

6

Pay No Heed to the Rockets Marcello Di Cintio. Palestine in the present tense.

7

The Real Lolita

Sarah Weinman. A gripping truecrime investigation of the 1948 abduction of Sally Horner and how it inspired Vladimir Nabokov’s classic novel Lolita.

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How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan. A look at how psychedelic drugs are being used to treat conditions such as depression, addiction and anxiety.

9

Midnight Light: A Personal journey to the North

Dave Bidini. Dave uses his time as a guest columnist at the Yellowknife newspaper to explore the Gateway to the North, the meaning of community and the issues facing residents and their daily lives.

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How to Smoke Pot (Properly) David Bienenstock. A highbrow guide to getting high,