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The bestselling books in Canada: July 29 to Aug. 4, 2018

Bestseller lists are based on using weekly sales from over 260 Canadian independent stores.

Here are the bestselling Canadian books for July 29 to Aug. 4, 2018.

Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from over 260 Canadian independent stores.

Canadian fiction | Canadian nonfiction | Canadian kids

Canadian fiction

A book cover of two tiny silhouettes and the ocean. A picture of a white man with a white beard, white hair and blue eyes.
Warlight is a novel by Michael Ondaatje. (McClelland & Stewart, Getty Images)

  1. Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
  2. ​Full Disclosure by Beverley McLachlin
  3. ​milk and honey by Rupi Kaur
  4. Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese    
  5. The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
  6. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
  7. Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson
  8. The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman
  9. The Only Café by Linden MacIntyre
  10. ​First Snow, Last Light by Wayne Johnston

Canadian nonfiction

Jordan B. Peterson is the author of 12 Rules for Life. (Random House Canada)

  1. 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
  2. Embers by Richard Wagamese
  3. Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto
  4. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
  5. The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
  6. Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga
  7. The Power of Kindness by Brian Goldman
  8. A History of Canada in Ten Maps by Adam Shoalts
  9. Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot​
  10. I've Been Meaning to Tell You by David Chariandy                                                                         

Canadian kids

Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves won the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award for young people's literature. (Cherie Dimaline, Dancing Cat Books)

  1. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline                         
  2. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Sheila McGraw
  3. The Honeybee by Kirsten Hall, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault
  4. ​Heartwood Hotel by Kallie George, illustrated by Stephanie Graegin
  5. Big Bear Hug by Nicholas Oldland
  6. ​​Up the Creek by Nicholas Oldland
  7. The Busy Beaver by Nicholas Oldland                        
  8. Carson Crosses Canada by Linda Bailey
  9. Stolen Words by Melanie Florence, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard  
  10. ABC of Canada by Kim Bellefontaine, illustrated by Per-Henrik Gurth