BEST ON THE SHELF

FIC TION

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(1) The High Mountains of Portugal (9 wks)

Yann Martel By the author of Life of Pi.

2

(-) Journey to Munich (1 wk)

Jacqueline Winspear A new Maisie Dobbs novel.

3

(2) The Waters of Eternal Youth (3 wks)

Donna Leon This is a new Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery.

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(4) The Summer Before the War (2 wks)

Helen Simonson From the author of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand.

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(8) The Pharos Gate (2 wks)

Nick Bantock More Griffin & Sabine.

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(3) Cometh the Hour (7 wks)

Jeffrey Archer New Clifton Chronicles novel.

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(-) Fool Me Once (1 wk)

Harlan Coben This new thriller is about a former special ops pilot.

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(5) Quantum Night (3 wks)

Robert J. Sawyer Book brings psychologist and quantum physicist together.

9

(-) Treachery at Lancaster Gate (1 wk)

Anne Perry This is a new Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel.

10

(7) The Gangster (4 wks)

Clive Cussler & Justin Scott A new Isaac Bell adventure.

NON- FIC TION

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(1) When Breath Becomes Air (11 wks)

Paul Kalanithi & Abraham Verghese A young neurosurgeon faces a terminal diagnosis.

2

(2) Dark Money (7 wks)

Jane Mayer Subtitled: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right.

3

(3) The Reason You Walk (27 wks)

Wab Kinew A moving story of father-son reconciliation.

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(4) Gratitude (15 wks)

Oliver Sacks Assays written near the end of the noted neurologist’s life.

5

(6) Between the World and Me (36 wks)

Ta-Nehisi Coates A black American father shares life lessons with son.

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(5) How Can I Help? (3 wks)

David Goldbloom This book is subtitled: A Week in My Life As a Psychiatrist.

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(7) History’s People (29 weeks)

Margaret MacMillan Famous personalities of past.

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(10) Bee Time (6 wks)

Mark L Winston This book is subtitled: Lessons from the Hive.

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(14) SPQR (11 wks)

Mary Beard This book is subtitled: A History of Ancient Rome.

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(12) Furiously Happy (28 wks)

Jenny Lawson Subtitled: A Funny Book About Horrible Things. Large number is rating in the past week, number in parentheses indicates rating the previous week, third number is number of weeks on bestseller list. © TBM BookManager Ltd., bookmanager. com. Lists are compiled weekly from actual sales at more than 280 Canadian independent booksellers.