What Canadian books are popular right now? Check out this week's bestsellers

Here are the bestselling Canadian fiction, nonfiction and children's books from March 15-22, 2025.

This week, all five Canada Reads 2025 books are on the list.

• Shayla Stonechild, championing A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby, wins Canada Reads 2025

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

Canadian fiction

Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper is the #1 Canadian fiction book this week.

In Etta and Otto and Russell and James, 82-year-old Etta decides to walk 3,232 kilometres to Halifax from her farm in Saskatchewan to fulfil her dream of seeing the ocean. With little more than a rusty rifle and a talking coyote named James for company, she begins her adventure, and in the process, her early life with her husband Otto and their friend Russell is revealed in flashbacks. While Russell wants to bring her home safe, she's committed to making her way to the sea, whatever it takes.

Etta and Otto and Russell and James was championed by Heartland actor Michelle Morgan on Canada Reads 2025.

• Heartland's Michelle Morgan and Canada Reads author Emma Hooper bond over caring for people with dementia

See the full Canadian fiction list below.

1. Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper
2. Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew
3. The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight
4. Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey
5. The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue
6. Wild Side by Elsie Silver
7. The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
8. The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
9. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
10. Greenwood by Michael Christie

Canadian nonfiction

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad is the #1 Canadian nonfiction book this week.

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is a book that grapples with the idea that the freedom promised by the West is an illusion. As a reporter, El Akkad has covered the war on terror, climate change, Black Lives Matter protests and watched the war in Gaza. Over time, he's come to the conclusion that that there will always be human beings that the West never intends to treat as human — and uses the book to grapple with what that means for the future.

• The books that stayed with Canada Reads author Omar El Akkad long after he read them

See the full Canadian nonfiction list below.

1. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
2. Value(s) by Mark Carney
3. Jennie's Boy by Wayne Johnston
4. A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby, with Mary Louise Plummer
5. At a Loss for Words by Carol Off
6. Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul
7. All the Little Monsters by David A. Robertson
8. When The Body Says No by Gabor Maté
9. Fire Weather by John Vaillant
10. On Book Banning by Ira Wells

Canadian kids

Mallory and the Trouble with Twins by Arley Nopra is the #1 Canadian kids book this week. 

In Mallory and the Trouble with Twins, Mallory is confident in her babysitting skills — after all, she's taken care of her seven younger siblings for years. But when she starts watching the Arnold twins, Marilyn and Carolyn, she quickly realizes they're more trouble than she expected! The twins play tricks, act spoiled and make her job a nightmare! Still, as a responsible member of the Baby-Sitters Club, Mallory refuses to give up.

• Amid Baby-Sitters Club revival, fans hail influence of Asian-American character Claudia

See the full kids list below.

1. Mallory and the Trouble with Twins by Arley Nopra
2. Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli
3. The New Girl by Cassandra Calin
4. Paws: Hazel Has Her Hands Full by Nathan Fairbairn, illustrated by Michele Assarasakorn
5. Shark Girl by Kate Beaton
6. Your Forest by Jon Klassen
7. The Animal People Choose a Leader by Richard Wagamese, illustrated by Bridget George
8. Carson Crosses Canada by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Kass Reich
9. The Squad by Christina Soontornvat, illustrated by Joanna Cacao
10. We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen