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The Globe and Mail Bestsellers for the week of Jan. 23, 2021

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Hardcover Fiction: January 23, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast weekWeeks on List
1Pretty Little WifeDarby KaneWilliam Morrow Paperbacks$23.9913
2The PushAshley AudrainViking$24.9552
3Home BodyRupi KaurSimon & Schuster$22.0028
4The Wrong FamilyTarryn FisherGraydon House Books$22.9943
5Our Darkest NightJennifer RobsonWilliam Morrow & Co.$23.99-1
6The Last Garden in EnglandJulia KellyGallery Books$24.99-1
7The Guest ListLucy FoleyWilliam Morrow & Co.$23.99-1
8The Vanishing HalfBrit BennettRiverhead Books$36.00312
9The Invisible Life of Addie LarueV.E. SchwabTor Books$34.99-1
10Where the Crawdads SingDelia OwensG.P. Putnam's Sons$35.0086

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Hardcover Non-Fiction: January 23, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1A Promised LandBarack ObamaCrown$55.001
2Keep SharpSanjay GuptaSimon & Schuster$37.002
3GreenlightsMatthew McConaugheyCrown$40.0010
4UntamedGlennon DoyleThe Dial$37.003
5Braiding SweetgrassRobin Wall KimmererMilkweed Editions$26.957
6The Body Keeps the ScoreBessel Van Der KolkPenguin Books$25.005
7The Greatest SecretRhonda ByrneHarperOne$33.506
8BeautiesJames DuthieHarperCollins Canada$34.99-
9SapiensYuval Noah HarariSignal$23.004
10Burke's LawBrian Burke and Stephen BruntViking$35.00-

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Paperback Fiction: January 23, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1The InnJames PattersonGrand Central$12.991
2BridgertonJulia QuinnAvon$12.993
3A Minute to MidnightDavid BaldacciGrand Central$12.99-
4Shadows in DeathJ.D. RobbSaint Martin's Paperbacks$11.992
5An Irish WishNora RobertsSilhouette$12.995
6Finally YouDebbie MacomberMira Books$12.99-
7The PersuasionIris JohansenGrand Central$12.99-
8UnsolvedJames Patterson and David EllisGrand Central$12.994
9Moral CompassDanielle SteelDell$11.996
10Twice KissedLisa JacksonKensington $21.957

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Canadian Fiction: January 23, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1The PushAshley AudrainViking$24.952
2Home BodyRupi KaurSimon & Schuster$22.001
3Our Darkest NightJennifer RobsonWilliam Morrow$23.994
4How to Pronounce KnifeSouvankham ThammavongsaMcClelland & Stewart$24.953
5News of the World Movie Tie-InPaulette JilesWilliam Morrow Paperbacks$21.008
6The Glass HotelEmily St. John MandelHarperCollins Canada$24.995
7The Handmaid's TaleMargaret AtwoodMcClelland & Stewart$19.956
8FortuneIan HamiltonSpiderline$19.95-
9Indians on VacationThomas KingHarperCollins Canada$32.997
10Milk and HoneyRupi KaurAndrews McMeel$19.99-

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Canadian Non-Fiction: January 23, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1BeautiesDuthie, JamesHarperCollins Canada$34.993
2Burke's LawBrian Burke and Stephen BruntViking$35.0010
3From the AshesJesse ThistleSimon & Schuster$24.991
4If I Knew ThenJann ArdenRandom House Canada$32.002
5All Together NowAlan DoyleDoubleday Canada$27.009
6The Skin We're InDesmond ColeDoubleday Canada$29.957
721 Things You May Not Know about the Indian ActBob JosephIndigenous Relations$19.955
8Successful AgingDaniel J. LevitinPenguin Canada$23.004
9Extraordinary CanadiansPeter MansbridgeSimon & Schuster$36.996
1012 Rules for LifeJordan B. PetersonRandom House Canada$34.95-

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Juvenile: January 23, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1Cat Kid Comic ClubDav PilkeyGraphix$15.991
2Wings Of Fire Graphic Novel: The Dark Secret Tui T. Sutherland and Mike HolmesGraphix$16.992
3I Love You to the Moon and BackAmelia Hepworth and Tim WarnesTiger Tales$10.993
4Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep EndJeff KinneyAmulet$17.994
5Dog Man: Grime and PunishmentDav PilkeyGraphix$15.995
6Concrete RoseAngie ThomasBalzer & Bray$24.99-
7The Ickabog J. K. RowlingScholastic$36.996
8Baby-Sitters Little Sister: Karen's Worst DayAnn. M. Martin and Katy FarinaGraphix$13.99-
9We Were LiarsE. LockhartEmber$14.99-
10LoreAlexandra BrackenHyperion Books for Children$23.997

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Self Improvement: January 23, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1The Intelligent InvestorBenjamin GrahamHarper$31.001
2Think Like a MonkJay ShettySimon & Schuster$34.993
3Burn after Writing (Pink)Sharon JonesTarcherPerigee$19.002
4The Power of NowEckhart TolleNew World Library$23.954
5The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ckMark MansonHarperCollins Canada$23.996
6The Greatest SecretRhonda ByrneHarperOne$33.505
7The 4% FixKarma BrownCollins$22.997
8The Body Reset Diet, Revised EditionHarley PasternakPenguin Canada$24.00-
9Wreck This JournalKeri SmithPenguin$16.00-
10How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale CarnegiePocket$22.99-

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Cooking/Food: January 23, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList Price
1Mandy's Gourmet SaladsRebecca Wolfe, Meredith Erickson and Mandy WolfeAppetite by Random House$35.00
2Plant over ProcessedAndrea HannemannDey Street Books$33.50
3Oh She Glows for DinnerAngela LiddonPenguin Canada$40.00
4Modern Comfort FoodIna GartenClarkson Potter$47.00
5Flour Water Salt YeastKen ForkishTen Speed Press$41.00
6Ottolenghi FlavorYotam Ottolenghi and Ixta BelfrageAppetite by Random House$45.00
7The Oh She Glows CookbookAngela LiddonPenguin Canada$32.00
8The Step-By-Step Instant Pot CookbookJeffrey EisnerVoracious$24.99
9Yum and YummerGreta PodleskiOne Spoon Media$34.95
107 WaysJamie OliverHarperCollins Canada$42.00

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