What Canadian books are popular right now? Check out this week's bestsellers
CBC Books | Posted: March 13, 2025 4:22 PM | Last Updated: March 13
Here are the bestselling Canadian fiction, nonfiction and children's books from March 1-8, 2025.
This week, all five contending Canada Reads 2025 books are on the list.
Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from over 260 Canadian independent stores.
Canadian fiction
Wild Side by Elsie Silver is the #1 Canadian fiction book this week.
Wild Side is the third book in the Rose Hill series. In Wild Side, Tabitha will stop at nothing to make sure she gets to keep her nephew, even if it means marrying a man she hates. He's secretive, broody and frustrating, but the tension between them is too much to ignore — and she's beginning to learn that maybe he's not man she thought he was.
See the full Canadian fiction list below.
- Wild Side by Elsie Silver
- Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew
- Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper
- The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight
- Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey
- The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
- The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
- Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
- We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin
- One Minute More by Robert Rotenberg
Canadian nonfiction
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad is the #1 Canadian nonfiction book this week.
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is a book that grapples with the idea that the freedom promised by the West is an illusion. As a reporter, El Akkad has covered the war on terror, climate change, Black Lives Matter protests and watched the war in Gaza. Over time, he's come to the conclusion that that there will always be human beings that the West never intends to treat as human — and uses the book to grapple with what that means for the future.
See the full Canadian nonfiction list below.
- One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
- Jennie's Boy by Wayne Johnston
- At a Loss for Words by Carol Off
- A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby, with Mary Louise Plummer
- All the Little Monsters by David A. Robertson
- Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul
- Who We Are by Murray Sinclair, with Sara Sinclair and Niigaan Sinclair
- On Book Banning by Ira Wells
- Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
- Fire Weather by John Vaillant
Canadian kids
Mallory and the Trouble with Twins by Arley Nopra is the #1 Canadian kids book this week.
In Mallory and the Trouble with Twins, Mallory is confident in her babysitting skills — after all, she's taken care of her seven younger siblings for years. But when she starts watching the Arnold twins, Marilyn and Carolyn, she quickly realizes they're more trouble than she expected! The twins play tricks, act spoiled and make her job a nightmare! Still, as a responsible member of the Baby-Sitters Club, Mallory refuses to give up.
See the full kids list below.
- Mallory and the Trouble with Twins by Arley Nopra
- Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli
- Your Forest by Jon Klassen
- Paws: Hazel Has Her Hands Full by Nathan Fairbairn, illustrated by Michele Assarasakorn
- The New Girl by Cassandra Calin
- Shark Girl by Kate Beaton
- Your Farm by Jon Klassen
- Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao
- The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
- The Animal People Choose a Leader by Richard Wagamese, illustrated by Bridget George