The bestselling Canadian books for the week of Oct. 16-22, 2022
CBC Books | | Posted: December 8, 2021 2:08 PM | Last Updated: October 25, 2022
Here are the bestselling Canadian books for Oct. 16-22, 2022.
Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from over 260 Canadian independent stores.
Canadian fiction | Canadian nonfiction | Canadian kids
Canadian fiction
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good is the #1 Canadian fiction book this week.
In Five Little Indians, Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie were taken from their families and sent to a residential school when they were very small. Barely out of childhood, they leave school with nothing and are dropped into eastside Vancouver to start their adult lives. Fuelled by the trauma of their childhood, the five friends cross paths over the decades and struggle with the weight of their shared past.
Five Little Indians also won the 2020 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction and the 2021 Amazon Canada First Novel Award.
See the full Canadian fiction list below.
- Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
- Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald
- The Last Chairlift by John Irving
- The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
- A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt
- We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama
- The Theory of Crows by David A. Robertson
- We Spread by Iain Reid
- The Maid by Nita Prose
- If An Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga
Canadian nonfiction
The Myth of Normal by Dr. Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté is the #1 Canadian nonfiction book this week.
The Myth of Normal examines why chronic illness and general health problems are on the rise in Western countries with good healthcare systems. Maté explains how Western medicine, while technologically advanced, fails to treat the whole person and ignores cultural stressors. With his son Daniel, Maté untangles common myths about what makes us sick and offers a guide on health and healing.
See the full Canadian nonfiction list below.
- The Myth of Normal by Dr. Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté
- Ducks by Kate Beaton
- Healing Through Words by Rupi Kaur
- The Future Is Now by Bob McDonald
- Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard
- 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
- Making Love with the Land by Joshua Whitehead
- Permanent Astonishment by Tomson Highway
- Battle of the Atlantic by Ted Barris
- Namwayut by Chief Robert Joseph
Canadian kids
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline is the #1 Canadian kids book this week.
In the dystopian world of The Marrow Thieves, climate change has ravaged the Earth and a continent-wide hunt and slaughter of Indigenous people is underway. Wanted for their bone marrow, which contains the lost ability to dream, a group of Indigenous people seek refuge in the old lands.
See the full Canadian kids book list below.
- The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
- The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson
- With Our Orange Hearts by Phyllis Webstad, illustrated by Emily Kewageshig
- Leaves! by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
- Still This Love Goes On by Buffy Sainte-Marie, illustrated by Julie Flett
- I Hope by Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
- Enemies by Svetlana Chmakova
- Be a Good Ancestor by Leona Prince and Gabrielle Prince, illustrated by Carla Joseph
- The Stone Child by David A. Robertson
- Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks