New in book reviews at Maclean’s:
- A Daughter’s Tale: The Memoir of Winston Churchhill’s Youngest Child, by Mary Soames, review by Brian Bethune.
- A Hologram For the King, by Dave Eggers, review by Richard Warnica.
- Just Send Me Word: A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag, by Orlando Figes, review by Brian Bethune.
- The Queen’s Lover, by Francine du Plessix Gray, review by Patricia Treble.
- Alys, Always, by Harriet Lane, review by Rebecca Caldwell.
- Octopus: Sam Israel, the Secret Market, and Wall Street’s Wildest Con, by Guy Lawson, review by Martin Patriquin.
Bestsellers last week:
Fiction
| 1 | CANADA by Richard Ford |
1 (8) |
| 2 | THE PRISONERS OF HEAVEN by Carlos Ruiz Zafon |
7 (2) |
| 3 | BRING UP THE BODIES by Hilary Mantel |
2 (10) |
| 4 | A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin |
5 (54) |
| 5 | MISSION TO PARIS by Alan Furst |
3 (6) |
| 6 | GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn |
(1) |
| 7 | IN ONE PERSON by John Irving |
4 (11) |
| 8 | THE AGE OF MIRACLES by Karen Thompson Walker |
9 (2) |
| 9 | SHADOW OF NIGHT by Deborah Harkness |
(1) |
| 10 | CAPITAL by John Lanchester |
10 (2) |
Non-fiction
| 1 | THE SECOND WORLD WAR by Antony Beevor |
1 (6) |
| 2 | THE END OF GROWTH by Jeff Rubin |
2 (10) |
| 3 | THE WORLD OF DOWNTON ABBEY by Jessica Fellowes |
3 (25) |
| 4 | IMAGINE by Jonah Lehrer |
(1) |
| 5 | TECUMSEH AND BROCK by James Laxer |
4 (2) |
| 6 | AMY, MY DAUGHTER by Mitch Winehouse |
9 (2) |
| 7 | THE THIEVES OF BAY STREET by Bruce Livesey |
5 (4) |
| 8 | MICK by Christopher Andersen |
(1) |
| 9 | WINNER TAKE ALL by Dambisa Moyo |
8 (2) |
| 10 | WILD by Cheryl Strayed |
9 (2) |
LAST WEEK (WEEKS ON LIST)
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