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Fiction

THIS WEEK/LAST WEEK/WEEKS ON LIST/ TITLE/AUTHOR/PUBLISHER/PRICE
1 1 4 The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown (Doubleday, $36.95.)
2 2 4 An Echo in the Bone, by Diana Gabaldon (Doubleday Canada, $39.95.)
3 3 4 The Complaints, by Ian Rankin (Orion, $24.95.)
4 5 65 The Shack, by William P. Young (Windblown Media, $15.99.)
5 4 5 The Year Of The Flood, by Margaret Atwood (McClelland & Stewart, $32.99.)
6 - 1 Her Fearful Symmetry, by Audrey Niffenegger (Knopf, $34.95.)
7 - 1 Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel (HarperCollins Canada, $24.99.)
8 - 1 A Touch of Dead, by Charlaine Harris (Ace, $30.)
9 9 7 Too Much Happiness, by Alice Munro (McClelland & Stewart, $32.99.)
10 6 34 Still Alice, by Lisa Genova (Simon & Schuster, $17.50.)
IN PAPER
1 1 3 The Associate, by John Grisham (Dell, $12.99.)
2 - 1 Cross Country, by James Patterson (Grand Central, $12.99.)
3 2 19 The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger (Knopf, $22.)
4 - 1 True Detectives, by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine, $12.99.)
5 5 62 The Book Of Negroes, by Lawrence Hill (HarperCollins, $24.95.)
6 - 3 Say You're One Of Them, by Uwem Akpan (Back Bay, $16.99.)
7 3 2 The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown, $0.)
8 4 4 Handle With Care, by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $19.99.)
9 8 3 Through Black Spruce, by Joseph Boyden (Penguin Canada, $20.)
10 - 18 My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult (Simon & Schuster, $11.99.)
THIS WEEK/LAST WEEK/WEEKS ON LIST/ TITLE/AUTHOR/PUBLISHER/PRICE
1 - 1 Have A Little Faith, by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $29.)
2 1 4 The Greatest Show On Earth, by Richard Dawkins (Free Press, $39.99.)
3 - 1 Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls (Simon & Schuster, $34.)
4 2 2 The Time Of My Life, by Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi (Atria, $32.)
5 3 4 True Compass, by Edward M. Kennedy (Grand Central, $43.)
6 - 1 Gretzky's Tears , by Stephen Brunt (Knopf Canada, $34.95.)
7 4 46 Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $30.99.)
8 - 1 Canada and Other Matters of Opinion, by Rex Murphy (Doubleday Canada, $32.95.)
9 5 2 The Murder Of King Tut, by James Patterson and Martin Dugard (Little, Brown, $32.99.)
10 6 3 High On Arrival, by Mackenzie Phillips (Simon & Schuster, $29.99.)
IN PAPER
1 1 81 Three Cups Of Tea, by Greg Mortenson (Penguin, $18.50.)
2 2 6 Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (HarperPerennial Canada, $19.99.)
3 4 171 The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $19.)
4 3 13 Julie And Julia, by Julie Powell (Little, Brown, $16.99.)
5 - 15 My Stroke Of Insight, by Jill Bolte Taylor (Plume, $18.50.)
6 7 80 Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $18.50.)
7 5 13 My Life In France, by Julia Child, with Alex Prud'homme (Anchor, $18.95.)
8 - 16 In Defense Of Food, by Michael Pollan (Penguin, $16.50.)
9 9 127 Eat Pray Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin, $18.50.)
10 - 1 A Fair Country, by John Ralston Saul (Penguin Canada, $20.)
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The bestseller list is compiled by The Globe and Mail using sales figures provided by BookNet Canada's national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData, and from bookstores across Canada, including those named above.

Non-Fiction

Canadian Bestsellers

RANK// TITLE/AUTHOR/PUBLISHER
FICTION
1 The Book Of Negroes, by Lawrence Hill (HarperCollins, $24.95).
2 The Shack, by William P. Young (Windblown Media, $15.99).
3 Through Black Spruce, by Joseph Boyden (Penguin Canada, $20).
4 Extreme Vinyl Cafe, by Stuart McLean (Viking Canada, $36).
5 Too Much Happiness, by Alice Munro (McClelland & Stewart, $32.99).
6 206 Bones, by Kathy Reichs (Simon & Schuster, $32).
7 My Best Stories, by Alice Munro (Penguin Canada, $22).
8 Any Known Blood, by Lawrence Hill (HarperCollins, $24.95).
9 What They Wanted, by Donna Morrissey (Penguin Canada, $18).
10 Snow Job, by William Deverell (McClelland & Stewart, $32.99).
11 Frostbitten, by Kelley Armstrong (Random House Canada, $32).
12 Water For Elephants, by Sara Gruen (HarperCollins, $16.50).
13 The Cellist Of Sarajevo, by Steven Galloway (Random House Canada, $21).
14 Bitten, by Kelley Armstrong (Random House Canada, $16.95).
15 The Bishop's Man, by Linden MacIntyre (Random House Canada, $32).
Non-Fiction
1 Gretzky's Tears, by Stephen Brunt (Knopf Canada, $34.95).
2 Canada and Other Matters of Opinion, by Rex Murphy (Doubleday Canada, $32.95).
3 Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown, $30.99).
4 The Wayfinders, by Wade Davis (Anansi, $19.95).
5 The Power Of Now, by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library, $14.95).
6 Why The Leafs Suck And How They Can Be Fixed, by Al Strachan (HarperCollins, $22.99).
7 Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $18.50).
8 After the Falls, by Catherine Gildiner (Knopf Canada, $32.95).
9 The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $16.99).
10 Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller, by Jeff Rubin (Random House Canada, $29.95).
11 Tug of War, by Harvey Brownstone (ECW, $19.95).
12 Leafs AbomiNation, by Dave Feschuk and Michael Grange (Random House Canada, $19.67).
13 Prisoner of Tehran, by Marina Nemat (Penguin Canada, $18).
14 A Fair Country, by John Ralston Saul (Penguin Canada, $20).
15 Eat Clean Cookbook, by Tosca Reno (Robert Kennedy, $35.95).
RANK// TITLE/AUTHOR/PUBLISHER
1 Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel (HarperCollins, $24.99).
2 The Lovely Bones, by Alice Sebold (Little Brown, $17.99).
3 Just after Sunset, by Stephen King (Simon & Schuster, $12.99).
4 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer (Random House, $16.50).
5 My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult (Simon & Schuster, $11.99).
6 The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho (HarperCollins, $18.99).
7 Any Known Blood, by Lawrence Hill (HarperCollins Canada, $24.95).
8 Nineteen Minutes, by Jodi Picoult (Simon & Schuster, $19.99).
9 Juliet, Naked, by Nick Hornby (Penguin, $32.50).
10 Change of Heart, by Jodi Picoult (Simon & Schuster, $19.99).
RANK// TITLE/AUTHOR/PUBLISHER
1 Manhood for Amateurs, by Michael Chabon (HarperCollins Canada, $32.99).
2 Cabin Fever, edited by Moira Farr (Thomas Allen, $24.95).
3 Bad Dogs Have More Fun, by John Grogan (Running, $5.50).
4 Laid, edited by Shannon T. Boodram (Seal, $19.95).
5 The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009, edited by Dave Eggars (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $18.95).
6 Think Like a Champion, by Donald J. Trump (Vanguard, $29).
7 Utopia, by Thomas More (Dover, $2.75).
8 The Best American Essays 2009, by Mary Oliver (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $18.95).
9 Our Life Together, by Jean Vanier (HarperCollins, $21.95).
10 Love Letters of Great Men, by Ursula Doyle (Pan Macmillan, $19.99).

Literary Fiction Literary Collections The Canadian Fiction and Non-Fiction bestseller lists and the Literary Fiction and Literary Collections lists are compiled for The Globe and Mail by BookNet Canada.

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