CALGARY BESTSELLERS
FICTION
1
Bury the Lead
Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti. A big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a community full of secrets ... and murder. Canadian authors.
2
Was It a Cat I Saw?
Laura Bontje and Emma Lidia Squillari. Picture book will delight readers who like their language silly and their friendships sincere. Local author.
3
The Future
Catherine Leroux, translated by Susan Ouriou. In an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own kingdom in the trees. Canadian author, local translator.
4
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Benjamin Stevenson. A fiendishly clever blend of classic and modern murder mystery.
5
Denison Avenue
Daniel Innes and Christina Wong. A meditation on the barriers that Chinese Canadian seniors experience in big cities. Canadian author.
6
Bad Cree
Jessica Johns. An ode to female relations and the strength found in kinship. Alberta author.
7
Ancillary Justice
Ann Leckie. This science fiction novel follows a warship trapped in a human body on a quest for revenge.
8
The Green and Purple Skin of the World
Paulo da Costa. Like the bubbles that the main character blows while witnessing the dissolution of a love affair, these stories dazzle.
9
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus. A scientist's career takes a detour when she becomes the star of a TV cooking show.
10
Museum of Ordinary People
Mike Gayle. A novel about memory and loss, the things we leave behind, and the future we create for ourselves.
NON-FICTION
1
Trust the Bluer Skies: Meditations on Fatherhood
Paulo da Costa. A father's vivid account of his son's early years, a sensory-rich journey through rural Portugal, and a poignant exploration of masculinities that is positive.
2
Keeping Finance Personal: Ditch the “Shoulds” and the Shame and Rewrite Your Money Story
Ellyce Fulmore. A shame-free, trauma-aware approach that explores the deeply personal relationship between your identity and your money.
3
Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
Adrienne Maree Brown. Radical selfhelp, society help, and planet help designed to shape the futures we want to live. This book invites us to feel, map, assess and learn from the patterns around us to better understand them as they happen.
4
On Not Losing My Father's Ashes in the Flood
Richard Harrison. Combining elements of memoir, essay and personal correspondence with appreciations of literary works ranging from haiku to comic book. Local author.
5
You Are Human and You Need Cake
Julie Van Rosendaal. This cosy cake book is her 13th cookbook and the third in her series of small-format, single-subject books. Local author.
6
Molly
Blake Butler. A riveting journey into the darkest and most unthinkable parts of the human heart, emerging with a hard-won understanding that expands the possibilities to comprehend and express true love.
7
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
Tim Alberta. A journalist and son of an evangelical pastor paints a profoundly troubling portrait of the American evangelical movement.
8
Grief Is for People: A Memoir
Sloane Crosley. After the pain and confusion of losing her closest friend to suicide, Crosley looks for answers in friends, philosophy and art.
9
In the Name of Humanity: The Secret Deal to End the Holocaust
Max Wallace. The dramatic, untold, true story of the secret negotiations that ended the Holocaust.
10
Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
William Bryson. One of the English language's most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage.
Compiled from information from Owl's Nest Books and Shelf Life Books.