The bestselling books in Canada for the week ending June 29, 2022

David Sedaris and Tom Segura have both made their names in comedy. Sedaris has earned a loyal and enthusiastic following over his 14 essays collections, which won him success on the speaking circuit. Conversely, Tom Segura is known as a stand-up comedian, with four Netflix specials to his credit, and has now published his first book of essays. Sedaris’s “Happy-Go-Lucky,” debuts on the Original Non-Fiction list this week at No. 7; Segura’s “I’d Like to Play Alone, Please” is at No. 9.

“In the Dark We Forget,” by Sandra Sg Wong, is a newcomer to the Canadian fiction list, debuting at No. 10. It’s a thriller featuring a young Chinese Canadian woman who awakens on a remote mountain highway with no recollection of who she is and the Japanese RCMP officer assigned to her case. These two characters, of course, open the door for a savvy look at Asian Canadian identity and the stereotypes imposed by mainstream culture.

-Sarah Murdoch

The bestseller lists are compiled by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData.

ORIGINAL FICTION

1. It Ends with Us, Colleen Hoover, Atria (43)*

2. Ugly Love, Colleen Hoover, Atria (16)

3. Verity, Colleen Hoover, Grand Central (25)

4. The Hotel Nantucket, Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown (2)

5. November 9, Colleen Hoover, Atria (7)

6. Reminders of Him, Colleen Hoover, Montlake (11)

7. Book Lovers, Emily Henry, Berkley (8)

8. Sparring Partners, John Grisham, Doubleday (4)

9. Every Summer After, Carley Fortune, Viking (2)

10. Suspects, Danielle Steel, Delacorte (1)

ORIGINAL NON-FICTION

1. Atlas of the Heart, Brené Brown, Random House (28)

2. Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed (77)

3. The Boy in the Woods, Maxwell Smart, HarperCollins (9)

4. Freezing Order, Bill Browder, Simon & Schuster (12)

5. We Were Dreamers, Simu Liu, HarperCollins Canada (7)

6. What WE Lost, Tawfiq S. Rangwala, Optimum (3)

7. Happy-Go-Lucky, David Sedaris, Little Brown (1)

8. Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne Simard, Penguin Canada (18)

9. I’d Like to Play Alone, Please, Tom Segura, Grand Central (2)

10. 1972: The Series that Changed Hockey Forever, Scott Morrison, Simon & Schuster (8)

CANADIAN FICTION

1. Every Summer After, Carley Fortune, Viking

2. Five Little Indians, Michelle Good, Harper Perennial

3. Watch Out for Her, Samantha M. Bailey, Simon & Schuster

4. Take Your Breath Away, Linwood Barclay, William Morrow

5. The Madness of Crowds, Louise Penny, Minotaur

6. The Marrow Thieves, Cherie Dimaline, Dancing Cat

7. Bloomsbury Girls, Natalie Jenner, St. Martin’s

8. Breathless, Amy McCulloch, Viking

9. A Rip Through Time, Kelley Armstrong, Minotaur

10. In the Dark We Forget, Sandra Sg Wong, HarperCollins Canada

CANADIAN NON-FICTION

1. The Boy in the Woods, Maxwell Smart, HarperCollins Canada

2. We Were Dreamers, Simu Liu, HarperCollins Canada

3. What WE Lost, Tawfiq S. Rangwala, Optimum

4. Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne Simard, Penguin Canada

5. 1972: The Series that Changed Hockey Forever, Scott Morrison, Simon & Schuster

6. 12 Rules for Life, Jordan B. Peterson, Random House Canada

7. 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act, Bob Joseph, Indigenous Relations

8. 22 Murders, Paul Palango, Random House Canada

9. One Drum, Richard Wagamese, Douglas and McIntyre

10. Unreconciled, Jesse Wente, Penguin Canada

CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT

1. The Summer I Turned Pretty, Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Children’s

2. It’s Not Summer Without You, Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Children’s

3. We’ll Always Have Summer, Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Children’s

4. Heartstopper (Vol. 1), Alice Oseman, Graphix

5. Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers

6. Cat Kid Comic Club: On Purpose (Cat Kid Comic Club #3), Dav Pilkey, Graphix

7. Heartstopper (Vol. 3), Alice Oseman, Graphix

8. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Holly Jackson, Ember

9. Heartstopper (Vol. 4), Alice Oseman, Graphix

10. The Inheritance Games, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

MYSTERY

1. Verity, Colleen Hoover, Grand Central

2. Local Gone Missing, Fiona Barton, Penguin Canada

3. The House Across the Lake, Riley Sager, Dutton

4. Never, Ken Follett, Penguin

5. Deadly Cross, James Patterson, Grand Central

6. The Paris Apartment, Lucy Foley, William Morrow

7. Watch Out for Her, Samantha M. Bailey, Simon & Schuster

8. The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides, Celadon

9. The Omega Factor, Steve Berry, Grand Central

10. Take Your Breath Away, Linwood Barclay, William Morrow

* Number of weeks on list

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