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Fiction

THIS WEEK/LAST WEEK/WEEKS ON LIST/ TITLE/AUTHOR/PUBLISHER/PRICE
1 - 1 The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown (Doubleday, $36.95).
2 2 2 The Year Of The Flood, by Margaret Atwood (McClelland & Stewart, $32.99).
3 - 1 The Complaints, by Ian Rankin (Orion, $24.95).
4 3 62 The Shack, by William P. Young (Windblown Media, $15.99).
5 1 2 The Last Song, by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central, $29.99).
6 5 4 206 Bones, by Kathy Reichs (Simon & Schuster, $32).
7 6 31 Still Alice, by Lisa Genova (Simon & Schuster, $17.50).
8 - 1 An Echo In The Bone, by Diana Gabaldon (Doubleday Canada, $39.95).
9 8 4 Too Much Happiness, by Alice Munro (McClelland & Stewart, $32.99).
10 7 4 Alex Cross's Trial, by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo (Little, Brown, $30.99).
IN PAPER
1 1 16 The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger (Knopf, $22).
2 2 3 Scarpetta, by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley, $12.50).
3 - 1 Handle With Care, by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square, $19.99).
4 4 59 The Book Of Negroes, by Lawrence Hill (HarperCollins, $24.95).
5 3 4 A Good Woman, by Danielle Steel (Dell, $10.99).
6 7 4 The Brass Verdict, by Michael Connelly (Grand Central, $12.99).
7 5 16 My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult (Simon & Schuster, $11.99).
8 - 1 Say You're One Of Them, by Uwem Akpan (Little, Brown, $16.99).
9 6 4 Divine Justice, by David Baldacci (Vision, $12.99).
10 8 5 The Bodies Left Behind, by Jeffery Deaver (Simon & Schuster, $12.99).
THIS WEEK/LAST WEEK/WEEKS ON LIST/ TITLE/AUTHOR/PUBLISHER/PRICE
1 - 1 True Compass, by Edward M. Kennedy (Grand Central, $43).
2 1 43 Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $30.99).
3 - 1 Confessions Of A Radical Industrialist, by Ray C. Anderson, with Robin White (McClelland & Stewart, $32.99).
4 - 1 Where Men Win Glory , by Jon Krakauer (Doubleday, $34).
5 3 17 Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller, by Jeff Rubin (Random House Canada, $29.95).
6 4 2 Leafs AbomiNation , by Dave Feschuk and Michael Grange (Random House Canada, $19.67).
7 3 2 The Guinea Pig Diaries, by A.J. Jacobs (Simon & Schuster, $32).
8 2 74 The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch, with Jeffrey Zaslow (Hyperion, $23.50).
9 - 5 The Evolution of God, by Robert Wright (Little, Brown, $28.99).
10 - 1 The Greatest Show On Earth, by Richard Dawkins (Free Press, $39.99).
IN PAPER
1 1 78 Three Cups Of Tea, by Greg Mortenson (Penguin, $18.50).
2 2 10 My Life In France, by Julia Child, with Alex Prud'homme (Anchor, $18.95).
3 3 10 Julie And Julia, by Julie Powell (Little, Brown, $16.99).
4 4 3 Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner (HarperPerennial Canada, $19.99).
5 5 168 The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls (Scribner, $19).
6 - 1 Against Medical Advice, by James Patterson and Hal Friedman (Grand Central, $17.99).
7 8 179 The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $21.95).
8 6 77 Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay, $18.50).
9 - 13 My Stroke Of Insight, by Jill Bolte Taylor (Plume, $18.50).
10 7 53 Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama (Crown, $21).
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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 Year Of The Flood, by Margaret Atwood (McClelland & Stewart, $32.99).
2 The Book Of Negroes, by Lawrence Hill (HarperCollins, $24.95).
3 The Shack, by William P. Young (Windblown Media, $15.99).
4 206 Bones, by Kathy Reichs (Simon & Schuster, $32).
5 Through Black Spruce, by Joseph Boyden (Penguin Canada, $20).
6 Too Much Happiness, by Alice Munro (McClelland & Stewart, $32.99).
7 Too Close To Home, by Linwood Barclay (Bantam, $10.99).
8 Bitten, by Kelley Armstrong (Random House Canada, $16.95).
9 Any Known Blood, by Lawrence Hill (HarperCollins, $24.95).
10 Generation A, by Douglas Coupland (Random House Canada, $32.95).
11 Order In Chaos, by Jack Whyte (Viking Canada, $38).
12 The Cellist Of Sarajevo, by Steven Galloway (Random House Canada, $21).
13 Devil Bones, by Kathy Reichs (Simon & Schuster, $12.99).
14 Water For Elephants, by Sara Gruen (HarperCollins, $16.50).
15 Vengeance Road, by Rick Mofina (Harlequin, $8.99).
Non-Fiction
1 Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $30.99).
2 Risk, by Dan Gardner (McClelland & Stewart, $19.99).
3 Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller, by Jeff Rubin (Random House Canada, $29.95).
4 Leafs AbomiNation, by Dave Feschuk and Michael Grange (Random House Canada, $19.67).
5 The Power Of Now, by Eckhart Tolle (New World Library, $14.95).
6 The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $16.99).
7 Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, $18.50).
8 A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle (Penguin, $15.50).
9 Nest Of Spies, by Fabrice de Pierrebourg and Michel Juneau-Katsuya (HarperCollins Canada, $32.99).
10 The Hormone Diet, by Natasha Turner (Random House Canada, $32.95).
11 Runway Devil, by Robert Remington and Sherri Zickefoose (McClelland & Stewart, $29.99).
12 Prisoner Of Tehran, by Marina Nemat (Penguin Canada, $18).
13 Shakedown, by Ezra Levant (McClelland & Stewart, $28.99).
14 The Making Of A Nurse, by Tilda Shalof (McClelland & Stewart, $21.99).
15 Always Looking Up, by Michael J. Fox (Hyperion, $33.99).
RANK// TITLE/AUTHOR/PUBLISHER
1 The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening And The Struggle, by L.J. Smith (HarperCollins, $13.25).
2 Dark Visions, by L.J. Smith (Simon & Schuster, $12.99).
3 The Vampire Diaries: The Fury And Dark Reunion, by L.J. Smith (HarperCollins, $13.25).
4 Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown, $14.99).
5 New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown, $12.99).
6 Rose, by Jeff Smith (Scholastic, $13.99).
7 The Big Green Book Of Beginner Books, by Dr. Seuss (Random House, $19.99).
8 Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic, $21.99).
9 Where The Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins, $11.99).
10 Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown, $11.99).
RANK// TITLE/AUTHOR/PUBLISHER
1 The Secret To Teen Power, by Paul Harrington (Simon & Schuster, $22.99).
2 Can You See What I See? On A Scary Scary Night, by Walter Wick (Scholastic, $15.50).
3 Can You See What I See: Night Before Christmas, by Walter Wick (Scholastic, $17.99).
4 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book, by Jeff Kinney (Abrams, $11.95).
5 From Head To Toe, by Eric Carle (HarperCollins, $9.99).
6 Ask Me Anything, by Dorling Kindersley Staff (DK, $29.99).
7 Complete MathSmart Grade 7 (Popular Book Co., $16.95).
8 Haunted House, by Roger Priddy (Priddy & Bicknell, $9.99).
9 Scholastic Canada Children's Atlas of the World, by Christiane Gunzi and Chez Picthall (Scholastic Canada, $19.99).
10 Complete MathSmart Grade 8 (Popular Book Co., $16.95).

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

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