The bestselling books in Canada for the week ending March 30, 2022

Never underestimate the power of the reprint. Case in point: The paperback of Jann Arden’s 2020 bestselling memoir “If I Knew Then” is No. 1 on the Canadian Non-fiction list. But even that top rank doesn’t reflect just how great it’s doing.

It was the top-selling non-fiction book sold in Canada last week, including all original and reprint titles. You don’t see it listed on the Original Non-fiction because that list is reserved for books that have just been published as “original” hardbacks or paperbacks.

And it was the 25th most-bought book overall, including all fiction and non-fiction. By contrast Sarah Polley’s well-received hardcover “Run Towards the Danger” (No. 2 on both non-fiction lists) ranks No. 81. (It’s numbers will no doubt bounce when it comes out in paperback, too). “Crossroads,” by Kaleb Dahlgren, is, like Arden’s book, another memoir with a big sprinkling of life advice. It is also enjoying a robust second life: the reprint ranks No. 8 on the Canadian non-fiction list.

-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. The Diamond Eye, Kate Quinn, William Morrow (1)*

2. It Ends with Us, Colleen Hoover, Atria (30)

3. The Paris Apartment, Lucy Foley, William Morrow (5)

4. Verity, Colleen Hoover, Grand Central (13)

5. Run, Rose, Run, James Patterson, Dolly Parton, Little Brown (3)

6. Looking for Jane, Heather Marshall, Simon & Schuster (4)

7. Ugly Love, Colleen Hoover, Atria (6)

8. One Italian Summer, Rebecca Serle, Atria (4)

9. The Love Hypothesis, Ali Hazelwood, Berkley (13)

10. The War of Two Queens, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Blue Box (2)

ORIGINAL NON-FICTION

1. Atlas of the Heart, Brené Brown, Random House (15)

2. Run Towards the Danger, Sarah Polley, Hamish Hamilton (3)

3. The Betrayal of Anne Frank, Rosemary Sullivan, Harper Collins (9)

4. From the Ashes, Jesse Thistle, Simon & Schuster (71)

5. Life in the City of Dirty Water, Clayton Thomas-Muller, Allen Lane (11)

6. Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed (64)

7. Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne Simard, Allen Lane (16)

8. Burning Questions, Margaret Atwood, McClelland & Stewart (3)

9. Will, Will Smith, Mark Manson, Penguin (17)

10. The Storyteller, Dave Grohl, Dey Street (15)

CANADIAN FICTION

1. Looking for Jane, Heather Marshall, Simon & Schuster

2. Five Little Indians, Michelle Good, Harper Perennial

3. The Maid, Nita Prose, Viking

4. The Circus Train, Amita Parikh, HarperCollins Canada

5. Daughters of the Deer, Danielle Daniel, Random House

6. Scarborough, Catherine Hernandez, Arsenal Pulp

7. Her Last Goodbye, Rick Mofina, MIRA

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

9. Good Girl Complex, Elle Kennedy, Saint Martin’s

10. What Strange Paradise, Omar El Akkad, McClelland & Stewart

CANADIAN NON-FICTION

1. If I Knew Then, Jann Arden, Vintage Canada

2. Run Towards the Danger, Sarah Polley, Hamish Hamilton

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

4. From the Ashes, Jesse Thistle, Simon & Schuster

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

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

7. Burning Questions, Margaret Atwood, McClelland & Stewart

8. Crossroads, Kaleb Dahlgren, Collins

9. 305 Lost Buildings of Canada, Raymond Biesinger, Alex Bozikovic, Goose Lane

10. 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act, Bob Joseph, Indigenous Relations

CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT.

1. The Good Egg Presents: the Great Eggscape!, Jory John, Pete Oswald, HarperCollins

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

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

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

5. Those Who Run in the Sky, Aviaq Johnston, Toma Feizo Gas, Inhabit

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

7. A Bunch of Munsch!, Robert Munsch, Michael Martchenko, Jay Odjick, North Winds

8. Big Nate: Beware of Low-Flying Corn Muffins (Big Nate #26), Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel

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

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

SELF-IMPROVEMENT

1. 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think, Brianna Wiest, Thought catalogue

2. The Gifts of Imperfection, Brené Brown, Hazelden

3. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Mark Manson, Harper

4. The Secret to Love, Health and Money, Rhonda Byrne, Atria

5. Think Like a Monk, Jay Shetty, Simon & Schuster

6. You are the Medicine, Asha Frost, Hay House

7. When You’re Ready, This Is How You Heal, Brianna Wiest, Thought catalogue

8. The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene, Joost Elffers, Penguin

9. The Mountain is You, Brianna Wiest, Thought catalogue

10. Happy Days, Gabrielle Bernstein, Richard C. Schwartz, Hay House

* Number of weeks on list