CALGARY BESTSELLERS

FICTION

1 The Mirror and the Light

Hilary Mantel. Bringing a triumphant close to the trilogy she began with Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.

2 Son of a Trickster

Eden Robinson. A coming-of-age novel, in which everyday teen existence meets Indigenous beliefs, crazy family dynamics and cannibalistic river otters. Canadian author.

3 Trace Elements

Donna Leon. A woman’s cryptic dying words in a Venice hospice lead Guido Brunetti to uncover a threat to the entire region.

4 American Dirt

Jeanine Cummins. A Mexican bookseller and her son flee to the U.S. in hopes of finding safety.

5 Small Game Hunting At the Local Coward Gun Club

Megan Gail Coles. Set in Newfoundland, two women confront the traumas of their past in an attempt to overcome the present.

6 Welcome to the Pine Away Motel and Cabins

Katarina Bivald. A charming tale of love, friendship, community, and the art of living.

7 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Charlie Mackesy. From the revered British illustrator, a modern fable explores universal lessons, featuring 100 drawings.

8 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman. A lonely woman’s ingrained routines could be changed forever — if she can confront secrets she has avoided.

9 A Well-behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts

Therese Anne Fowler. The riveting novel of iron-willed Alva Vanderbilt and her illustrious family as they rule Gilded-age New York.

10 The Broken Hours

Jacqueline Baker. An irresistible literary ghost story. Canadian author.

NON-FICTION

1 What It Takes: To Live and Lead with Purpose, Laughter and Strength

Zahra Al-harazi and Sarah J Robbins. Al-harazi describes surviving two civil wars; her years as a young, stayat-home immigrant mother; and how she became one of Canada’s most successful businesswomen.

2 Calgary Colouring Book

Jason Blower. 25 pages of Calgary landmarks colouring pages with matching activity pages.

3 The Badass Guide to Superstar Selling

Jackie Rainforth. Learn how to ‘delve deeper, sell better and achieve faster results!’ Local author.

4 Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight

Alexandra Fuller. One woman’s unbreakable bond with a continent and the people who inhabit it.

5 Dark Towers: Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an Epic Trail of Destruction

David Enrich. An exposé of the most scandalous bank in the world, revealing its shadowy ties to Trump, Putin’s Russia, and Nazi Germany

6 The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz

Erik Larson. How Churchill taught the British “the art of being fearless.”

7 Successful Aging

Daniel J. Levitin. Make the most of your seventies, eighties, and nineties today no matter how old you are now.

8 Good Morning, Monster

Catherine Gildiner. A therapist’s moving portraits of five memorable patients. Canadian author.

9 The Spy and the Traitor

Ben Macintyre. True story of Oleg Gordievsky and his role in the fall of the Soviet Union.

10 Dirty Food: Sticky, Saucy, Gooey, Crumbly, Messy, Shareable Food

Julie Van Rosendaal. A joyful pushback against “clean eating” and its connection with ideas of purity and goodness. Local author.

Information from Owl’s Nest Books