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Hardcover Fiction: Oct. 2, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast weekWeeks on List
1The Night She DisappearedLisa JewellAtria Books$24.9913
2Apples Never FallLiane MoriartyHenry Holt$35.9922
3The Madness of CrowdsLouise PennyMinotaur Books$36.9935
4It Ends with UsColleen HooverAtria Books$22.9958
5Five Little IndiansMichelle GoodHarperCollins Canada$22.99712
6Beautiful World, Where Are YouSally RooneyKnopf Canada$32.0043
7DenialBeverley McLachlinSimon & Schuster$24.9962
8The Paper PalaceMiranda Cowley HellerRiverhead Books$24.0094
9Under the Whispering DoorT. J. KluneTor Books$36.99-1
10Billy SummersStephen KingScribner$39.99108

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Hardcover Non-Fiction: Oct. 2, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1PerilBob Woodward; Robert Costa Simon & Schuster$39.99-
2Indian in the CabinetJody Wilson-RaybouldHarperCollins Canada$34.991
3VanderbiltAnderson Cooper; Katherine HoweHarper$37.00-
4The Sisters of AuschwitzRoxane van IperenHarper Paperbacks$24.993
5The Dressmakers of AuschwitzLucy AdlingtonHarper Paperbacks$24.992
6UnreconciledJesse WenteAllen Lane$29.95-
7The Body Keeps the ScoreBessel Van Der KolkPenguin Books$25.007
821 Things You May Not Know about the Indian ActBob JosephIndigenous Relations$19.958
9Braiding SweetgrassRobin Wall KimmererMilkweed Editions$26.955
10What Happened to You?Oprah Winfrey; Bruce D. PerryFlatiron Books$36.999

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Paperback Fiction: Oct. 2, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1Turn a Blind EyeJeffrey ArcherSaint Martin's Paperbacks$12.991
2The Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoTaylor Jenkins ReidWashington Square Press$23.004
3Walk the WireDavid BaldacciGrand Central Publishing$12.992
4Ugly LoveColleen HooverAtria Books$22.99-
5The Winemaker's WifeKristin HarmelPocket Books$12.995
6Texas OutlawJames Patterson; Andrew BourelleGrand Central Publishing$12.993
7Where the Crawdads SingDelia OwensG.P. Putnam's Sons$24.006
8Keeping SecretsNora RobertsSilhouette$11.99-
9The ReturnNicholas SparksGrand Central Publishing$22.997
10The Song of AchillesMadeline MillerEcco$21.008

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Canadian Fiction: Oct. 2, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1The Madness of CrowdsLouise PennyMinotaur Books$36.991
2Five Little IndiansMichelle GoodHarperCollins Canada$22.993
3DenialBeverley McLachlinSimon & Schuster$24.992
4Fight NightMiriam ToewsKnopf Canada$29.954
5Not a Happy FamilyShari LapenaDoubleday Canada$24.955
6The Mystery of Right and WrongWayne JohnstonKnopf Canada$29.95-
7The Marrow ThievesCherie DimalineDancing Cat Books$14.956
8The Book of Form and EmptinessRuth OzekiViking$34.95-
9Operation AngusTerry FallisMcClelland & Stewart$22.008
10The Voyage of Freydis (the Vinland Viking Saga, Book 1)Tamara GoransonOne More Chapter$23.99-

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Canadian Non-Fiction: Oct. 2, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1Indian in the CabinetJody Wilson-RaybouldHarperCollins Canada$34.991
2UnreconciledJesse WenteAllen Lane$29.95-
321 Things You May Not Know about the Indian ActBob JosephIndigenous Relations$19.952
412 Rules for LifeJordan B. PetersonRandom House Canada$34.954
5From the AshesJesse ThistleSimon & Schuster$24.997
6The Menopause ManifestoJen GunterRandom House Canada$26.959
7Life in the City of Dirty WaterClayton Thomas-MullerAllen Lane$29.956
8Teachers These DaysJody Carrington; Laurie McIntoshImpress$31.108
9Edible and Medicinal Plants of CanadaAndy MacKinnon; John Arnason; Linda KershawLone Pine Publishing$29.955
10Seven Fallen FeathersTanya TalagaHouse of Anansi Press$22.95-

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Juvenile: Oct. 2, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1Baby-Sitters Club: Kristy and the Snobs: a Graphic Novel Ann M. Martin; Chan ChauGraphix$16.991
2Change SingsAmanda Gorman; Loren LongViking Books for Young Readers$24.99-
3The Bad Seed Presents: the Good, the Bad, and the SpookyJory John; Pete OswaldHarperFestival$13.503
4Hoot Howl HalloweenBecky Wilson; Parragon Books; Samantha MeredithParragon Books$17.99-
5They Both Die at the EndAdam SilveraQuill Tree$14.992
6Dog Man: Mothering HeightsDav PilkeyGraphix$15.995
7Iron WidowXiran Jay ZhaoPenguin Teen$21.99-
8Dinoaurs Timeline Book and JigsawRachel FirthUsborne Publishing$17.95-
9Usborne Book and Jigsaw: Tree of LifeAlice JamesUsborne Publishing$17.95-
10Pax, Journey HomeSara Pennypacker; Jon KlassenBalzer & Bray$21.994

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Self-Improvement: Oct. 2, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1Becoming Sugar-FreeJulie DanilukPenguin Canada$35.001
2The Everyday Hero ManifestoRobin SharmaHarperCollins Canada$32.992
3The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ckMark MansonHarperCollins Canada$23.994
4Rich Dad Poor DadRobert T. KiyosakiPlata$11.993
5The High 5 HabitMel RobbinsHay House$33.99-
6The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene; Joost ElffersPenguin$35.005
7Women, Food, and HormonesSara GottfriedHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing$38.00-
8Think Like a MonkJay ShettySimon & Schuster$34.997
9The Four AgreementsDon Miguel Ruiz and Janet MillsAmber-Allen Publishing$18.95-
10How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale CarnegiePocket$22.996

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Mystery: Oct. 2, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList Price
1The Night She DisappearedLisa JewellAtria Books$24.99
2The Madness of CrowdsLouise PennyMinotaur Books$36.99
3DenialBeverley McLachlinSimon & Schuster$24.99
4Walk the WireDavid BaldacciGrand Central Publishing$12.99
5Billy SummersStephen KingScribner$39.99
6Enemy at the GatesVince Flynn; Kyle MillsAtria/Emily Bestler Books$24.99
7A Slow Fire BurningPaula HawkinsDoubleday Canada$35.00
8Texas OutlawJames Patterson; Andrew BourelleGrand Central Publishing$12.99
9Not a Happy FamilyShari LapenaDoubleday Canada$24.95
10The Jailhouse LawyerJames Patterson; Nancy AllenLittle Brown$35.00

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