CALGARY BESTSELLERS
FICTION
1.
Mommy Why? What Makes Me Me?
Erin Royce. An exploration into a young girl’s mind based on the questions she asks the person she trusts the most — her mom. Local author.
2.
The Mirror and the Light
Hilary Mantel. A triumphant close to the trilogy she began with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.
3.
The Lost Vintage
Ann Mah. A young sommelier travels to the vineyard once owned by her family, where secrets are discovered.
4.
Evening Class
Maeve Binchy. The Italian evening class at Mountainview School is like hundreds of others. But this class has its own special quality — as the focus for the varied hopes and dreams of teachers and pupils alike.
5.
A Month in the Country
J.L. Carr. A veteran of the Great War moves to the country to try to put his life back together.
6.
The Swan Suit
Katherine Fawcett. Stories that weave daily life with fairy tales.
7.
The 13-Story Treehouse: Monkey Mayhem!
Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton.
Andy and Terry live in the most amazing treehouse in the world!
8.
Death in Brittany
Jean-luc Bannalec. A delectable read transports readers to the French coast, where you can practically smell the sea air and taste the perfectly cooked steak frites in a page-turning mystery.
9.
The Glass Hotel
Emily S. John Mandel. Enthralling novel probes unbreakable bonds between people and the lasting effects of momentary carelessness.
10.
The Ice Monster
David Walliams. This is the story of a 10-year-old orphan and a 10,000-year-old mammoth.
NON-FICTION
1.
Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill
Sonia Purnell. The first formal biography of a woman who has heretofore been relegated to the sidelines.
2.
The Spy and the Traitor
Ben Macintyre. A thrilling true story on the fall of the Soviet Union.
3.
I Know Something You Don’t Know
Amy Leblanc. A collection of poetry.
4.
Truth. Fiction. Lies: Confessions of an Italian-irish-catholic-american Immigrant to Canada
Patrick Walsh. In his ninth decade, the author decided to write the story of his life, truthfully. Local author.
5.
The Perfectionists:
How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
Simon Winchester. Technology from the Iron Age to the digital age.
6.
Pourin’ Down Rain:
A Black Woman Claims Her Place in the Canadian West
Cheryl Foggo. As Foggo explores her ancestry, what comes to light gives her the confidence to claim her place in the Canadian west as a proud
Black woman. She celebrates the Black experience and Black resiliency on the prairies. Canadian author.
7.
Lands of Lost Borders
Kate Harris. An adventurous bicycle trip down the Silk Road.
8.
Math Adventures:
Solve Puzzles, Save the World!
William Potter and Rayanne Vieria. To progress through each of four stories, readers ages seven and up must solve a series of fun math puzzles.
9.
Midnight in Chernobyl
Adam Higginbotham. Lessons learned in resilience and ingenuity.
10.
The World Beneath Their Feet: Mountaineering, Madness, and the Deadly Race to Summit the Himalayas
Scott Ellsworth. A saga of survival, technological innovation, and breathtaking human physical achievement — all set against the backdrop of a world headed toward war — that became one of the most compelling international dramas of the 20th century.
Compiled from information from Owl’s Nest Books and Shelf Life Books