Our latest 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 (9) |
| 2 | A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING by Dave Eggers |
(1) |
| 3 | BRING UP THE BODIES by Hilary Mantel |
3 (11) |
| 4 | MISSION TO PARIS by Alan Furst |
5 (7) |
| 5 | THE PRISONERS OF HEAVEN by Carlos Ruiz Zafon |
2 (3) |
| 6 | IN ONE PERSON by John Irving |
7 (12) |
| 7 | A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin |
4 (55) |
| 8 | THE RED HOUSE by Mark Haddon |
(1) |
| 9 | CAPITAL by John Lanchester |
10 (3) |
| 10 | SHADOW OF NIGHT by Deborah Harkness |
9 (2) |
Non-fiction
| 1 | THE END OF GROWTH by Jeff Rubin |
2 (11) |
| 2 | THE SECOND WORLD WAR Antony Beevor |
1 (7) |
| 3 | THE WORLD OF DOWNTON ABBEY by Jessica Fellowes |
3 (26) |
| 4 | WILD by Cheryl Strayed |
10 (2) |
| 5 | TECUMSEH AND BROCK by James Laxer |
5 (3) |
| 6 | IMAGINE by Jonah Lehrer |
4 (2) |
| 7 | AMY, MY DAUGHTER by Mitch Winehouse |
6 (3) |
| 8 | SWIMMING STUDIES by Leanne Shapton |
(1) |
| 9 | MICK by Christopher Andersen |
8 (2) |
| 10 | THE TOOLS Phil Stuz and Barry Michels |
(1) |
LAST WEEK (WEEKS ON LIST)
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