INDEPENDENT BESTSELLER LIST
OVERALL BESTSELLERS
April 26 – May 2, 2021
Title Author ISBN Publisher List Price Braiding Sweetgrass Kimmerer, Robin 9781571313560 Milkweed Editions 26.95 Wall The Bomber Mafia Gladwell, Malcolm 9780316296618 Little Brown & Company 34 Klara and the Sun Ishiguro, Kazuo 9780735281240 Knopf Canada 34 The Rose Code Quinn, Kate 9780063060449 HarperCollins Publishers; William 24.99 Morrow Paperbacks Dog Man #10 Pilkey, Dav 9781338680454 Scholastic, Incorporated; Graphix 15.99 This Book Is Anti-Racist Jewell, Tiffany; 9780711245211 Quarto Publishing Group UK; 19.99 Durand, Aurelia Frances Lincoln Children's Books Jonny Appleseed Whitehead, Joshua 9781551527253 Arsenal Pulp Press 19.95 The Midnight Library Haig, Matt 9781443455879 HarperCollins Canada, Limited; 21.99 Harper Avenue Where the Crawdads Sing Owens, Delia 9780735219106 Penguin Publishing Group; G.P. 24 Putnam's Sons A Lethal Lesson Whishaw, Iona 9781771513531 TouchWood Editions 18.68 World Travel Bourdain, Anthony; 9780062802798 HarperCollins Publishers; Ecco 43.5 Woolever, Laurie Policing Black Lives Maynard, Robyn 9781552669792 Fernwood Publishing Co., Ltd. 25 What Happened to You? Winfrey, Oprah; 9781250223180 Flatiron Books 36.99 Perry, Bruce D. Sooley Grisham, John 9780385547680 Knopf Doubleday Publishing 38.95 Group; Doubleday The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and Mackesy, Charlie 9780062976581 HarperCollins Publishers; 28.5 the Horse HarperOne
This bestseller list is compiled by Retail Council of Canada from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData.
CANADIAN FICTION BESTSELLERS
April 26 – May 2, 2021
Title Author ISBN Publisher List Price Jonny Appleseed Whitehead, Joshua 9781551527253 Arsenal Pulp Press 19.95 A Lethal Lesson Whishaw, Iona 9781771513531 TouchWood Editions 18.68 Butter Honey Pig Bread Ekwuyasi, 9781551528236 Arsenal Pulp Press 23.95 Francesca How to Pronounce Knife Thammavongsa, 9780771094606 McClelland & Stewart 24.95 Souvankham Return of the Trickster Robinson, Eden 9780735273467 Knopf Canada 32 Stung Deverell, William 9781770415959 ECW Press 32.95 Home Body Kaur, Rupi 9781501175305 Simon & Schuster, 22 Incorporated Son of a Trickster Robinson, Eden 9780345810793 Knopf Canada; Vintage 21 Canada The Marrow Thieves Dimaline, Cherie 9781770864863 Cormorant Books 14.95 Incorporated; Dancing Cat Books The Glass Hotel Mandel, Emily St. 9781443455732 HarperCollins Canada, 24.99 John Limited A Town Called Solace Lawson, Mary 9780735281271 Knopf Canada 32 The Push Audrain, Ashley 9780735239890 Penguin Canada; Viking 24.95 Trickster Drift Robinson, Eden 9780735273443 Knopf Canada; Vintage 21 Canada The Midnight Bargain Polk, C. L. 9781645660347 Erewhon Books 24.95 Hench Walschots, Natalie 9780063040380 HarperCollins Publishers; 23.99 Zina William Morrow & Company
This bestseller list is compiled by Retail Council of Canada from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData.
CANADIAN NON-FICTION BESTSELLERS
April 26 – May 2, 2021
Title Author ISBN Publisher List Price Policing Black Lives Maynard, Robyn 9781552669792 Fernwood Publishing Co., Ltd. 25 Do Better Ricketts, Rachel 9781982151270 Atria Books 36 Values Carney, Mark 9780771051555 McClelland & Stewart; Signal 39.95 Waterfall Hikes in Tersmette, Steve 9781771604277 RMB Rocky Mountain Books 27.49 Southern British Columbia Goodbye, Again Sun, Jonny 9780062880857 HarperCollins Publishers; 24.99 Harper Perennial Not on My Watch Morton, Alexandra 9780735279667 Random House of Canada 35 Indigenous Writes Vowel, Chelsea 9781553796800 Portage & Main Press; 29 HighWater Press The Bedside Book of Gibson, Graeme; 9780385696944 Doubleday Canada 48 Birds Atwood, Margaret Be Kind, Be Calm, Be Henry, Bonnie; 9780735241855 Penguin Canada; Allen Lane 26.95 Safe Henry, Lynn The Light of Days Batalion, Judy 9780063013759 HarperCollins Publishers; 24.99 William Morrow & Company From the Ashes Thistle, Jesse 9781982101213 Simon & Schuster, Incorporated 24.99 Embers Wagamese, Richard 9781771621335 Douglas and McIntyre (2013) 18.95 Ltd. The Bookseller of King, Ross 9780385692977 Doubleday Canada; Bond Street 39.95 Florence Books 21 Things You May Not Joseph, Bob 9780995266520 Page Two Books, Inc.; 19.95 Know about the Indian Indigenous Relations Act Unravelling Canada Olsen, Sylvia 9781771622868 Douglas and McIntyre (2013) 24.95 Ltd.
This bestseller list is compiled by Retail Council of Canada from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData.
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION BESTSELLERS
April 26 – May 2, 2021
Title Author ISBN Publisher List Price The Rose Code Quinn, Kate 9780063060449 HarperCollins Publishers; 24.99 William Morrow Paperbacks Jonny Appleseed Whitehead, Joshua 9781551527253 Arsenal Pulp Press 19.95 The Midnight Library Haig, Matt 9781443455879 HarperCollins Canada, Limited; 21.99 Harper Avenue Where the Crawdads Owens, Delia 9780735219106 Penguin Publishing Group; 24 Sing G.P. Putnam's Sons A Lethal Lesson Whishaw, Iona 9781771513531 TouchWood Editions 18.68 The Song of Achilles Miller, Madeline 9780062060624 HarperCollins Publishers; Ecco 21 Butter Honey Pig Bread Ekwuyasi, Francesca 9781551528236 Arsenal Pulp Press 23.95 Shuggie Bain Stuart, Douglas 9780802148506 Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated 25.5 Such a Fun Age Reid, Kiley 9780525541912 Penguin Publishing Group; 23 G.P. Putnam's Sons Hamnet and Judith O'Farrell, Maggie 9780735280175 Knopf Canada 24.95 How to Pronounce Knife Thammavongsa, Souvankham 9780771094606 McClelland & Stewart 24.95 Anxious People Backman, Fredrik 9781982121600 Simon & Schuster, 24.99 Incorporated The Lost Apothecary Penner, Sarah 9780778311157 Harlequin Enterprises ULC; 24.99 Park Row Books The House in the Klune, T. J. 9781250217318 Tom Doherty Associates, LLC; 25.99 Cerulean Sea Tor Books When the Stars Go Dark McLain, Paula 9780385695992 Doubleday Canada; Bond 24.95 Street Books
This bestseller list is compiled by Retail Council of Canada from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData.
JUVENILE BESTSELLERS April 26 – May 2, 2021
Author ISBN Publisher List Title Price Dog Man #10 Pilkey, Dav 9781338680454 Scholastic, Incorporated; 15.99 Graphix I Sang You down from the Spillett-Sumner, Tasha; 9781771474085 Owlkids Books Inc. 19.95 Stars Goade, Michaela Six of Crows Bardugo, Leigh 9781250076960 Square Fish 16.5 The Rock from the Sky Klassen, Jon 9781536215632 Candlewick Press 22.99 Claudia and the New Girl (the Martin, Ann M.; Epstein, 9781338304572 Scholastic, Incorporated; 16.99 Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novel Gabriela Graphix #9) They Both Die at the End Silvera, Adam 9780062457806 HarperCollins Publishers; Quill 15.99 Tree Books The Absolutely True Diary of a Alexie, Sherman 9780316013697 Little, Brown Books for Young 21.99 Part-Time Indian Readers Shadow and Bone Bardugo, Leigh 9781250777881 Imprint 17.5 Shadow and Bone Bardugo, Leigh 9781250027436 Square Fish 12.99 Allergic Lloyd, Megan Wagner; 9781338568905 Scholastic, Incorporated; 16.99 Nutter, Michelle Mee Graphix We Are Water Protectors Lindstrom, Carole; Goade, 9781250203557 Roaring Brook Press 24.5 Michaela Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Kinney, Jeff 9781419756979 Abrams, Inc.; Amulet Books 17.99 Friendly Spooky Stories Firekeeper's Daughter Boulley, Angeline 9781250766564 Henry Holt & Company; Henry 25.99 Holt & Company Books For Young Readers The Hate U Give Thomas, Angie; Giovanni, 9780062498533 HarperCollins Publishers; 23.99 Nikki Balzer & Bray The Very Hungry Caterpillar Carle, Eric 9780399226908 Penguin Young Readers Group 14.99
This bestseller list is compiled by Retail Council of Canada from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData.