CALGARY BESTSELLERS
FICTION
1 The Sleeping Car Porter
Suzette Mayr. Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the perils of white passengers, ghosts, and his secret love affair.
2 The Last Chairlift
John Irving. A ghost story and a love story, spanning eight decades of sexual politics.
3 Who Has Seen the Wind
W.O. Mitchell, illustrated by William Kurelek. This new edition commemorates the 75th anniversary of the book’s publication. 4
A World of Curiosities
Louise Penny. Chief inspector Armand Gamache returns in the 18th book in Penny’s series.
5 Loveless
Alice Oseman. Georgia and her friends discover that true love isn’t limited to romance.
6 The Christmas Nisse: A Family Christmas Tradition
Rikke Melgaard Liffiton. A Danish Christmas tradition about the magical little Nisse.
7 Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus. Elizabeth Zott is a scientist whose career takes a detour when she becomes the star of a beloved TV cooking show.
8 The Passenger
Cormac Mccarthy. The story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss and afraid of the watery deep.
9 The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue. Dublin, 1918: three days in a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu. A small world of work, risk, death and unlooked-for love.
10 The Theory of Crows
David A. Robertson. A troubled father and his estranged teenage daughter head out onto the land.
NON FICTION
1 You Are Human and You Need Cake
Julie Van Rosendaal. This cosy cakebook is author’s 13th cookbook and the third in her series of small-format, single-subject books.
2 Cookies I Have Loved: The Recipes I Make Most Often
Julie Van Rosendaal. A compilation of well-used cookie recipes.
3 The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel
Kati Marton. Biography of former German chancellor Angela Merkel.
4 On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down
James Fell. Sh!t goes down every single day of the year, year after year.
5 True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change
Jody Wilson-raybould. The ultimate goal of reconciliation is to break down the silos we’ve created that prevent meaningful change and to positively transform the country.
6 This Strange Visible Air: Essays on Aging and the Writing Life
Sharon Butala. An elegant and expansive look at the complexities and desires of aging and the aged.
7 The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Gabor Maté and Daniel Maté. A groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness and a pathway to health and healing.
8 Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
Kate Beaton. An untold story of Canada: a country that prides itself on its egalitarian ethos and natural beauty while simultaneously exploiting both the riches of its land and the humanity of its people.
9 Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir
Matthew Perry. In an extraordinary story that only he could tell, Perry lays bare the fractured family that raised him (and also left him to his own devices).
10 On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down: Number 2 James Fell. The second instalment of On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down will continue to expand your knowledge of world history in the most hilarious and profane way possible.