The bestselling Canadian books of the week

Here are the bestselling Canadian books from Feb. 12-18, 2023.

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

Canadian fiction | Canadian nonfiction | Canadian Kids

Canadian fiction

Greenwood by Michael Christie is the #1 Canadian fiction book this week.

In the novel Greenwood, it's the year 2038 and most of the world has suffered from an environmental collapse. But there is a remote island with 1,000-year-old trees and that's where Jake Greenwood works as a tour guide. The novel takes you back in time as you learn more about Jake, her family and how secrets and lies can have an impact for generations.

Greenwood will be championed by actor Keegan Connor Tracy on Canada Reads 2023.

• How environmental destruction and family trees inspired Michael Christie's novel Greenwood

See the full Canadian fiction list below.

1. Greenwood by Michael Christie
2. The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
3. Women Talking by Miriam Toews
4. Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
5. Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah
6. Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
7. VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
8. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
9. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
10. Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

Canadian nonfiction

Ducks by Kate Beaton is the #1 Canadian nonfiction book this week.

Ducks is an autobiographical graphic novel that recounts author Kate Beaton's time spent working in the Alberta oil sands. With the goal of paying off her student loans, Beaton leaves her tight-knit seaside Nova Scotia community and heads west, where she encounters harsh realities, including the everyday trauma that no one discusses. 

Ducks will be defended by Jeopardy! superchampion Mattea Roach on Canada Reads 2023.

• Kate Beaton's affecting Ducks dives into the lonely life of labour in Alberta's oilsands

 See the full Canadian nonfiction list below.

1. Ducks by Kate Beaton
2. The Myth of Normal by Dr. Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté
3. Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard
4. True Reconciliation by Jody Wilson-Raybould
5. 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act by Bob Joseph
6. Held by the Land by Leigh Joseph
7. Healing Through Words by Rupi Kaur
8. Love, Pamela by Pamela Anderson
9. Embers by Richard Wagamese
10. Run Towards the Danger by Sarah Polley

Canadian kids

The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson is the #1 Canadian kids book this week.

The Barren Grounds is the first book of Robertson's new middle-grade series. It is set in Winnipeg where two Indigenous kids, Morgan and Eli, are placed in a new foster home. The pair feel out of place and disconnected in their new surroundings — until they uncover a secret portal in the attic that opens up to a magical reality. The frozen barren grounds they find set the pair on a mission of survival and self-determination.

• How David A. Robertson manages to write as much as he does

See the full Canadian kids book list below.

1. The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson
2. Still This Love Goes On by Buffy Sainte-Marie, illustrated by Julie Flett
3. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
4. Enemies by Svetlana Chmakova
5. Dreamer by Akim Aliu & Greg Anderson Elysée, illustrated by Karen De la Vega & Marcus Williams   
6. Sharon, Lois and Bram's Skinnamarink by Sharon Hampson, Lois Lilienstein & Bram Morrison with Randi Hampson, illustrated by Qin Leng
7. Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks
8. Be a Good Ancestor by Leona Prince and Gabrielle Prince, illustrated by Carla Joseph
9. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Sheila McGraw
10. The Kindest Red by Ibtihaj Muhammad with S.K. Ali, illustrated by Hatem Aly