The 150 bestselling Canadian books of the past 10 years
July 1, 2017 marks 150 years since Canadian Confederation. To celebrate, BookNet Canada revealed the bestselling 150 Canadian books of the past 10 years. Explore the list below.
1. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Sheila McGraw
2. The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
3. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
4. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
5. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
6. The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha
7. Room by Emma Donoghue
8. Mortimer by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
9. The Oh She Glows Cookbook by Angela Liddon
10. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
11. I Have to Go! by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
12. Thomas' Snowsuit by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
13. Moose! by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
14. A House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout and Sara Corbett
15. Smelly Socks by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
16. Quinoa 365 by Patricia Green & Carolyn Hemming
17. Playing With Fire by Theo Fleury, with Kirstie McLellan Day
18. The Orenda by Joseph Boyden
19. The Birth House by Ami McKay
20. You Are Here by Chris Hadfield
21. Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
22. Just One Goal! by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
23. 419 by Will Ferguson
24. Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
25. Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden
26. 99: Stories of the Game by Wayne Gretzky, with Kirstie McLellan Day
27. The Bishop's Man by Linden MacIntyre
28. The Illegal by Lawrence Hill
29. Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Sami Suomalainen
30. Debt-Free Forever by Gail Vaz-Oxlade
31. The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje
32. Purple, Green and Yellow by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Hélène Desputeaux
33. A Porcupine in a Pine Tree by Helaine Becker, illustrated by Werner Zimmermann
34. Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
35. We Share Everything! by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
36. The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
37. Sing a Song of Mother Goose by Barbara Reid
38. The Fire Station by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
39. Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
40. Waging Heavy Peace by Neil Young
41. Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
42. The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
43. Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
44. Oh She Glows Every Day by Angela Liddon
45. ABC of Canada by Kim Bellefontaine, illustrated by Per-Henrik Gürth
46. Mr. Hockey by Gordie Howe
47. The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
48. Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
49. Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje
50. Don Cherry's Hockey Stories and Stuff by Don Cherry & Al Strachan
51. The Sentimentalists by Johanna Skibsrud
52. Murmel, Murmel, Murmel by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
53. The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
54. Dear Life by Alice Munro
55. Any Known Blood by Lawrence Hill
56. Scaredy Squirrel by Mélanie Watt
57. No Clean Clothes by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
58. The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
59. The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
60. Makeup Mess by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
61. Rick Mercer Report: The Paperback Book by Rick Mercer
62. Alligator Baby by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
63. Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat
64. Bravo! Best of Bridge Cookbook by Sally Vaughan-Johnston
65. Cornered by Ron MacLean, with Kirstie McLellan Day
66. Make It Right by Mike Holmes
67. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
68. Andrew's Loose Tooth by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
69. The Hormone Diet by Natasha Turner
70. The Best of Chef at Home by Michael Smith
71. All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
72. milk and honey by Rupi Kaur
73. Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
74. The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by Robin Sharma
75. Mmm, Cookies! by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
76. The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis
77. Pyjama Day! by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
78. Z is for Zamboni by Matt Napier, illustrated by Melanie Rose
79. The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler
80. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
81. David's Father by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
82. The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
83. Driven by Robert Herjavec
84. The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier, illustrated by Sheldon Cohen
85. Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard
86. Tough Guy by Bob Probert, with Kirstie McLellan Day
87. The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich
88. The War That Ended Peace by Margaret MacMillan
89. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
90. The Silent Wife by A. S. A. Harrison
91. A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
92. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
93. Something Good by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
94. Cold Hard Truth by Kevin O'Leary
95. The Book of (Even More) Awesome by Neil Pasricha
96. Munsch More! by Robert Munsch
97. Too Much Stuff! by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
98. Persuasion by Arlene Dickinson
99. A Soldier First by Rick Hillier
100. Common Ground by Justin Trudeau
101. Canada 123 by Kim Bellefontaine, illustrated by Per-Henrik Gürth
102. The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan
103. Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
104. Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller by Jeff Rubin
105. Give Me Back My Dad! by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
106. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
107. Mad About Munsch! by Robert Munsch
108. All of Me by Anne Murray, with Michael Posner
109. A Nation Worth Ranting About by Rick Mercer
110. The 39 Clues Book Two: One False Note by Gordon Korman
111. Extreme Vinyl Café by Stuart McLean
112. Much More Munsch! by Robert Munsch
113. The Darkest Dark by Chris Hadfield, illustrated by Terry Fan and Eric Fan
114. My Best Stories by Alice Munro
115. Changing My Mind by Margaret Trudeau
116. Knights of the Black and White by Jack Whyte
117. The Juicing Bible by Pat Crocker
118. 50 Below Zero by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
119. Ru by Kim Thúy, translated by Sheila Fischman
120. The Munschworks Grand Treasury by Robert Munsch
121. The Rule of Three by Eric Walters
122. The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong
123. The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
124. Something From Nothing by Phoebe Gilman
125. Chef Michael Smith's Kitchen by Michael Smith
126. A Great Game by Stephen J. Harper
127. Boo! by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
128. An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor
129. Swamp Water by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
130. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Maté
131. Look At Me! by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
132. The Flood of 2013 by The Calgary Herald
133. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
134. Pigs by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
135. Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
136. Hockey Towns by Ron MacLean, with Kirstie McLellan Day
137. S.E.C.R.E.T. by L. Marie Adeline
138. The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay
139. Survive! by Les Stroud
140. Money Rules by Gail Vaz-Oxlade
141. The Tiger by John Vaillant
142. Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
143. The Sandcastle Contest by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
144. Red is Best by Kathy Stinson, illustrated by Robin Baird Lewis
145. Payback by Margaret Atwood
146. The Vinyl Café Notebooks by Stuart McLean
147. Pewter Angels by Henry K. Ripplinger
148. Best of Bridge Slow Cooker Cookbook by Sally Vaughan-Johnston
149. Class Clown by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
150. The Golden Son by Shilpi Somaya Gowda