BEST ON THE SHELF
FICTION 1 1 (-) 1 wk. By Gaslight
Steven Price B.C. author takes readers back to a mysterious Victorian London.
2 2 (1) 11 wks Barkskins: A Novel
Annie Proulx A novel about woodcutters in New France, by the author of The Shipping News.
3 3 (3) 3 wks The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead This book about slavery was chosen as a new Oprah book club pick.
4 4 (5) 5 wks Truly Madly Guilty
Liane Moriarty This tale of friendships, marriage and tragedy hinges on a backyard barbecue gone wrong.
5 5 (6) 30 wks The High Mountains of Portugal: A Novel
Yann Martel This is a new novel by the author of Life of Pi.
6 6 (2) 7 wks Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Madeleine Thien This Vancouver author’s book was just longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
7 7 (4) 11 wks The Girls: A Novel
Emma Cline This is a debut novel about a group of teenage girls.
8 8 (7) 3 wks Three Sisters, Three Queens
Philippa Gregory This book is about Katherine of Aragon and her sisters Margaret and Mary, who will become the Queens of England, Scotland and France.
NON- FICTION 1 1 (1) 2 wks The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Schumer Comedienne Amy Schumer writes a book of personal essays.
2 2 (2) 32 wks When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi & Abraham Verghese A young neurosurgeon faces a terminal diagnosis.
3 3 (7) 21 wks The Rainbow Comes and Goes
Anderson Cooper & Gloria Vanderbilt This book is subtitled: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss.
4 4 (3) 14 wks Who Rules the World?
Noam Chomsky Noted American intellectual writes about international affairs.
5 5 (10) 53 wks Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates A black American father shares life lessons with his son.
6 6 (4) 6 wks Van Gogh’s Ear
Bernadette Murphy A noted historian sets out to find out what happened when the artist cut off his own ear.
7 7 (11) 11 wks But What If We’re Wrong?
Chuck Klosterman This book is subtitled: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past. 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.