CALGARY BESTSELLERS
FICTION
1
Was it a Cat I Saw?
Laura Bontje and Emma Lidia Squillari. Sure to delight readers who like their language silly and their friendships sincere. Local author
2
The Little Regent
Yewande Daniel-ayoade and Ken Daley. A girl is tasked with ruling her village in this story about leading with your heart. Local author
3
Denison Avenue
Daniel Innes and Christina Wong. A moving story about gentrification, aging in place and vulnerable Chinese Canadian elders. Canadian author
4
Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan. A deeply affecting story of hope and empathy.
5
Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder
Dav Pilkey. Our canine superhero returns in the suspenseful and hilarious 12th graphic novel in the bestselling series.
6
Bury the Lead
Kate Hilton and Elizabeth Renzetti. A journalist joins the staff of a smalltown paper and finds a community full of secrets. Canadian authors
7
The Little Liar
Mitch Albom. A powerful novel of hope and forgiveness that moves from Greece during the Second World War to America in the golden age of Hollywood.
8
Tom Lake
Ann Patchett. A moving novel about family, love, and growing up.
9
Everyone on This Train is a Suspect
Benjamin Stevenson. A fiendishly fun locked room (train) murder mystery that offers a tip of the hat to the great Agatha Christie novel.
10
Horse
Geraldine Brooks. A novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.
NON-FICTION
1
Back From the Deep: How Gene and Sandy Rolston Serve the Living by Finding the Dead
Doug Horner. The dramatic story of an unlikely duo who help law enforcement and grieving families.
2
Suing For Silence: Sexual Violence and Defamation Law
Mandi Gray. Author argues that Canadian defamation law's purpose is not to achieve justice but to intimidate and silence. Canadian author
3
The Hundred Years War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017
Rashid Khalidi. In 1899, the mayor of Jerusalem wrote a letter warning of the perils ahead.
4
Big Mall
Kate Black. Blending a history of shopping with a story of coming of age in North America's largest and strangest mall. Canadian author
5
The Prairie Gardener's Go-to for Grasses
Janet Melrose and Sheryl Normandeau. Important providers of habitat and food for numerous wildlife species, grasses also serve an integral role in erosion control. Local authors
6
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Patrick Radden Keefe. A portrait of three generations of the Sackler family.
7
The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin. Over the years, Rubin has learned being an artist is about your relationship to the world.
8
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia and Bill Gifford. A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer. Canadian author
9
Everything I know about Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton. Unforgettable debut weaves together personal stories, satirical observations, a series of lists, recipes, and other vignettes.
10
Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . .: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes
Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein. A crash course through the great philosophical thinkers and traditions. Compiled from information from Owl's Nest Books and Shelf Life Books.