It’s not just romance that engages readers’ fancies in summertime (although don’t tell that to Canadian author Carley Fortune; all four of her books about love are back on the Canadian fiction list). Book lovers often seek different means to make their hearts race.
Take “The Woman in Suite 11,” the latest from British author Ruth Ware, whose psychological thrillers have sold millions of copies and been turned into movies and TV shows, including the upcoming Netflix flick “The Woman in Cabin 10,” starring Keira Knightley.
“Suite 11” — No. 2 on the original fiction list — is a sequel of sorts, with the character Lo Blacklock from the earlier book heading to Switzerland to write a profile of a billionaire. Instead she ends up in “a cat-and-mouse pursuit across Europe,” to quote the book blurb.
Then there’s Lisa Jewell‘s “Don’t Let Him In” at No. 3, in which a woman starts dating a friend of her late husband’s who is not at all what he appears to be.
Meanwhile, Bianca Marais‘s “A Most Puzzling Murder” has spent several weeks on the Canadian fiction list. And it is indeed a puzzler, according to HarperCollins, one interspersed with riddles and set in a castle on an island.
And speaking of mysteries, this week’s mystery list is a testament to the popularity of Freida McFadden: seven of the 10 books on the list are hers.
ORIGINAL FICTION
1. One Golden Summer, Carley Fortune, Viking (10)*
2. The Woman in Suite 11, Ruth Ware, Simon & Schuster (1)
3.ÌýDon’t Let Him In, Lisa Jewell, Atria (3)
4. Rose in Chains, Julie Soto, Forever (1)
5.ÌýAtmosphere, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Doubleday Canada (6)
6.ÌýMy Friends,ÌýFredrik Backman, Simon & Schuster (11)
7. The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy, Brigitte Knightley, Ace (1)
8.ÌýEvery Summer After, Carley Fortune, Viking (10)
9.ÌýBroken Country, Clare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster (15)
10.ÌýThe Housemaid,ÌýFreida McFadden, Grand Central (38)
ORIGINAL NON-FICTION
1.ÌýThe Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt, Penguin (54)
2.ÌýAnatomy of a Cover-Up, Paul Palango, Random House Canada (5)
3.ÌýEverything Is Tuberculosis, John Green (6)
4.ÌýThe Serviceberry,ÌýRobin Wall Kimmerer, Scribner (33)
5.ÌýOne Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This,ÌýOmar El Akkad, McClelland & Stewart (19)
6.ÌýNexus, Yuval Noah Harari, Signal (24)
7. 2024, Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, Isaac Arnsdorf, Penguin (1)
8.ÌýA Spy in the Family, Paul Henderson, David Gardiner, HarperCollins Canada (4)
9. Braiding Sweetgrass,ÌýRobin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed (155)
10.ÌýEmpire of AI, Karen Hao, Penguin (2)Ìý
CANADIAN FICTION
1.ÌýOne Golden Summer, Carley Fortune, Viking
2.ÌýEvery Summer After, Carley Fortune, Viking
3.ÌýThis Summer Will Be Different, Carley Fortune, Viking
4.ÌýA Most Puzzling Murder, Bianca Marais, Mira
5.ÌýThe Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood, McClelland & Stewart
6.ÌýFinding Flora, Elinor Florence, Simon & Schuster
7. Wild Love, Elsie Silver, Bloom
8. Killer on the First Page, Ian Ferguson, Will Ferguson, HarperCollins Canada
9. Everyone Here Is Lying, Shari Lapena, Seal
10. Meet Me at the Lake, Carley Fortune, Viking
CANADIAN NON-FICTION
1.ÌýValue(s),ÌýMark Carney, Signal
2.ÌýAnatomy of a Cover-Up, Paul Palango, Random House Canada
3.ÌýOutsider, Brett Popplewell, HarperCollins Canada
4.ÌýOne Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This,ÌýOmar El Akkad, McClelland & Stewart
5. True Reconciliation, Jody Wilson-Raybould, McClelland & Stewart
6.Ìý12 Rules for Life, Jordan B. Peterson, Random House Canada
7.ÌýA History of Canada in Ten Maps, Adam Shoalts, Penguin Canada
8.ÌýLessons From Cats for Surviving Fascism, Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central
9.ÌýMurder, Madness and Mayhem, Mike Browne, HarperCollins Canada
10.Ìý52 Ways to Reconcile, David A. Robertson, McClelland & StewartÌý
CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT
1.ÌýSunrise on the Reaping,ÌýSuzanne Collins, Scholastic
2.ÌýLove You Forever, Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw, Firefly
3.ÌýBinding 13,ÌýChloe Walsh, Bloom
4.ÌýKaren’s Ghost (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #11), D.K. Yingst, Ann M. Martin, Graphix
5. Keeping 13, Chloe Walsh, Bloom
6.ÌýFearless,ÌýLauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
7.ÌýPowerless, Lauren Roberts,ÌýSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
8. The Summer I Turned Pretty, Jenny Han,ÌýSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle, Penguin Young Readers Group
10. The Cartoonists Club, Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix
MYSTERY
1. Do Not Disturb, Freida McFadden, Atria
2. Murder Island, James Patterson, Brian Sitts, Little, Brown
3. The Tenant,ÌýFreida McFadden, Poisoned Pen
4. Never Lie,ÌýFreida McFadden, Poisoned Pen
5. The Housemaid’s Secret,ÌýFreida McFadden, Quercus
6. The Boyfriend,ÌýFreida McFadden, Poisoned Pen
7. The Housemaid Is Watching,ÌýFreida McFadden, Poisoned Pen
8. In Too Deep, Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell
9. Alex Cross Must Die, James Patterson, Little, Brown
10. The Crash, Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen
*Weeks on list
The bestseller lists are compiled by ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Star Newspapers Limited from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData.
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