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The bestselling Canadian books for the week of March 17 to 23, 2019

Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from over 260 Canadian independent stores.
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There are the bestselling Canadian books for March 17 to 23, 2019.

Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from over 260 Canadian independent stores.

Canadian fiction | Canadian nonfiction | Canadian kids

Canadian fiction

David Chariandy is the author of the novel Brother. (CBC )
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  1. Brother by David Chariandy​
  2. Suzanne by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, translated by Rhonda Mullins
  3. Washington Black by Esi Edugyan 
  4. The Gown by Jennifer Robson​
  5. The Quintland Sisters by Shelley Wood
  6. Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
  7. French Exit by Patrick deWitt
  8. The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley
  9. The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur​​
  10. Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny

Canadian nonfiction

A young man and a 30-something woman standing together holding a book.
Teenage refugee Abu Bakr al Rabeeah and his English teacher Winnie Yeung are behind the memoir Homes. (CBC)
  1. Homes by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah with Winnie Yeung
  2. The Woo-Woo by Lindsay Wong
  3. ​By Chance Alone by Max Eisen
  4. Claws of the Panda by Jonathan Manthorpe
  5. Lands of Lost Borders by Kate Harris
  6. ​​Embers by Richard Wagamese
  7. Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga
  8. 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
  9. A Good Wife by Samra Zafar
  10. ​​21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph

Canadian kids

A woman with glasses and long brown hair. A blue and purple book cover featuring half the face of a young boy with long brown hair.
Cherie Dimaline is the author of The Marrow Thieves. (Peter Power/CBC, Dancing Cat Books)
  1. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
  2. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Sheila McGraw
  3. Bear for Breakfast by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Jay Odjick
  4. Go Show the World by Wab Kinew, illustrated by Joe Morse
  5. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
  6. ​​Heartwood Hotel by Kallie George, illustrated by Stephanie Graegin
  7. No Fixed Address by Susin Nielsen
  8. A World of Kindness by the editors and illustrators of Pajama Press
  9. Inkling by Kenneth Oppel, illustrated by Sydney Smith
  10. Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes