The bestselling books in Canada for the week ending March 2, 2022

A noteworthy newcomer to the non-fiction lists this week is Stephen Poloz, the governor of the Bank of Canada from 2013-2020. His “The Next Age of Uncertainty” considers the economic pressures in a society where the workforce is aging, debt is ballooning and income inequality is worsening. The book debuts at No. 3 on the Original Non-fiction list and No. 2 on the Canadian list. Poloz follows in the footsteps of his predecessor, Mark Carney, governor of the Bank from 2008-2013. His 2021 “Values: Building a Better World for All” ranked 10th on our 2021 year-end Canadian list.

Toufah Jallow, the young Gambian whose account of being drugged and raped by the country’s dictator, Yahya Jammeh (who was neither tried nor convicted), and fled to Canada in 2015 sparked a #MeToo movement among West African woman. Now living in Halifax, her memoir, “Toufah,” written with journalist Kim Pittaway, is No. 7 on this week’s Original Non-fiction list and No. 4 on the Canadian list.

The African-American cultural commentator bell hooks died in December at the age of 69. As sometimes happens, media profiles and stories about the influence of her work immediately following her death have exposed her to a larger audience than she ever reached in life. Her 1999 book, “All About Love,” is one of the top 10 books bought by Canadians last week. (Because it is the 2018 reprint it is not reflected on our Original Non-Fiction list.)

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. The Paris Apartment, Lucy Foley, William Morrow (1)*

2. House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury (2)

3. The Maid, Nita Prose, Viking (8)

4. It Ends with Us, Colleen Hoover, Atria (26)

5. Verity, Colleen Hoover, Grand Central (9)

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

7. The Love Hypothesis, Ali Hazelwood, Berkley (9)

8. Five Little Indians, Michelle Good, Harper Perennial (19)

9. The Spanish Love Deception, Elena Armas, Atria (1)

10. Her Last Goodbye, Rick Mofina, MIRA (2)

ORIGINAL NON-FICTION

1. Atlas of the Heart, Brené Brown, Random House (12)

2. The Betrayal of Anne Frank, Rosemary Sullivan, Harper Collins (6)

3. The Next Age of Uncertainty, Stephen Poloz, Allen Lane (1)

4. Bitcoin Widow, Jennifer Robertson; Stephen Kimber, HarperCollins (3)

5. Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed (61)

6. Toufah, Toufah Jallow, Kim Pittaway, Random House (1)

7. Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne Simard, Allen Lane (13)

8. Will, Will Smith, Mark Manson, Penguin (15)

9. Cain’s Jawbone, Edward Powys Mathers, Unbound (1)

10. Life in the City of Dirty Water, Clayton Thomas-Muller, Allen Lane (8)

CANADIAN FICTION

1. The Maid, Nita Prose, Viking

2. Five Little Indians, Michelle Good, Harper Perennial

3. Her Last Goodbye, Rick Mofina, MIRA

4. The Last Grand Duchess, Bryn Turnbull, MIRA

5. Scarborough, Catherine Hernandez, Arsenal Pulp

6. State of Terror, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Louise Penny, Simon & Schuster

7. Find You First, Linwood Barclay, William Morrow

8. The School of Mirrors, Eva Stachniak, Doubleday Canada

9. When We Lost Our Heads, Heather O’Neill, HarperCollins Canada

10. Good Girl Complex, Elle Kennedy, Saint Martin’s Griffin

CANADIAN NON-FICTION

1. The Betrayal of Anne Frank, Rosemary Sullivan, HarperCollins Canada

2. The Next Age of Uncertainty, Stephen Poloz, Allen Lane

3. Bitcoin Widow, Jennifer Robertson, Stephen Kimber, HarperCollins Canada

4. Toufah, Toufah Jallow, Kim Pittaway, Random House

5. Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne Simard, Allen Lane

6. Life in the City of Dirty Water, Clayton Thomas-Muller, Allen Lane

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

8. 12 Rules for Life, Jordan B. Peterson, Random House

9. Indian in the Cabinet, Jody Wilson-Raybould, HarperCollins Canada

10. Talking to Canadians, Rick Mercer, Doubleday Canada

CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT.

1. Good-Bye Stay, Good-Bye (Baby-Sitters Club #7, adapted edition), Ann M. Martin, Gabriela Epstein, Graphic

2. Cat Kid Comic Club: Perspectives (Cat Kid Comic Club #2), Dav Pilkey, Graphix

3. InvestiGators: Braver and Boulder (InvestiGators #4), John Patrick Green, First Second

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

5. Karen’s School Picture (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #5, adapted edition), Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina, Graphic

6. Wings of Fire: The Brightest Night, Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes, Graphix

7. They Both Die at the End, Adam Silvera, Quill Tree

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

9. Kristy and the Snobs (Baby-Sitters Club #10; adapted edition), Ann M. Martin, Chan Chau, Graphix

10. Big Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book #16), Jeff Kinney, Abrams

HEALTH AND FITNESS

1. Life Force, Tony Robbins, Peter H. Diamandis, Robert Hariri, Simon & Schuster

2. Super Gut, William Davis, Collins

3. The Science of Nutrition, Shiannon Lambert, DK

4. What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Heidi Murkoff, Workman

5. The Invisible Kingdom, Meghan O’Rourke, Riverhead

6. Come as You Are (revised and updated), Emily Nagoski, Simon & Schuster

7. The Whole Body Reset, Stephen Perrine, Heidi Skolnik, AARP, Simon & Schuster

8. Drop Acid, David Perlmutter, Little Brown

9. Younger Next Year, Chris Crowley, Henry S. Lodge, Workman

10. When the Body Says No, Gabor Maté, Vintage

* Number of weeks on list