Our latest book reviews:
- The Art of the Restaurateur, by Nicholas Lander, review by Pamela Cuthbert.
- Citizen Soldier: A Life of Harry S. Truman, by Aida D. Donald, review by Brian Bethune.
- The Cursing Mommy’s Book of Days, by Ian Frazier, review by Brian Bethune.
- Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand, by William J. Mann, review by Matthew Hays.
- Perfect Youth: The Birth of Canadian Punk, by Sam Sutherland, review by Michael Barclay.
- The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen, by Stephen R. Bown, review by Andrew Stobo Sniderman.
Last week’s bestsellers, compiled by Brian Bethune:
Fiction
| 1 | DEAR LIFE by Alice Munro |
3 (2) |
| 2 | THE CASUAL VACANCY by J.K. Rowling |
1 (4) |
| 3 | WINTER OF THE WORLD by Ken Follett |
4 (6) |
| 4 | THE MAGIC OF SAIDA by M.G. Vassanji |
10 (4) |
| 5 | SWEET TOOTH by Ian McEwan |
2 (8) |
| 6 | TELEGRAPH AVENUE by Michael Chabon |
7 (6) |
| 7 | 419 by Will Ferguson |
(1) |
| 8 | THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY by Louise Penny |
9 (8) |
| 9 | REVENGE OF THE VINYL CAFE by Stuart McLean |
5 (2) |
| 10 | THE JEWELS OF PARADISE by Donna Leon |
6 (2) |
Non-fiction
| 1 | 1982 by Jian Ghomeshi |
1 (6) |
| 2 | JOSEPH ANTON by Salman Rushdie |
3 (6) |
| 3 | A NATION WORTH RANTING ABOUT by Rick Mercer |
5 (5) |
| 4 | WAGING HEAVY PEACE by Neil Young |
4 (4) |
| 5 | MORTALITY by Christopher Hitchens |
2 (7) |
| 6 | PLUTOCRATS by Chrystia Freeland |
(1) |
| 7 | I’M YOUR MAN by Sylvie Simmons |
(1) |
| 8 | LEONARDO AND THE LAST SUPPER by Ross King |
9 (3) |
| 9 | THE KIND OF LIFE IT’S BEEN by Lloyd Robertson |
(1) |
| 10 | A DAUGHTER’S TALE by Mary Soames |
7 (12) |
**LAST WEEK (WEEKS ON LIST)
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