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 22-29, 2025.
This week, all five Canada Reads 2025 books are on the list.
Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from over 260 Canadian independent stores.
Canadian fiction
Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew is the #1 Canadian fiction book this week.
Dandelion is a novel about family secrets, migration, isolation, motherhood and mental illness. When Lily was a child, her mother, Swee Hua, walked away from the family and was never heard from again. After becoming a new mother herself, Lily is obsessed with discovering what happened to Swee Hua.
She recalls growing up in a British Columbia mining town where there were only a handful of Asian families and how Swee Hua longed to return to Brunei. Eventually, a clue leads Lily to southeast Asia to find out the truth about her mother.
Dandelion was championed by pastry chef Saïd M'Dahoma on Canada Reads 2025.
See the full Canadian fiction list below.
- Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew
- Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper
- The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue
- The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight
- Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey
- The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
- The King's Messenger by Susanna Kearsley
- The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny
- Greenwood by Michael Christie
- Wild Side by Elsie Silver
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.
See the full Canadian nonfiction list below.
- One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
- Value(s) by Mark Carney
- A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby, with Mary Louise Plummer
- Jennie's Boy by Wayne Johnston
- Ripper: The Making of Pierre Polievre by Mark Bourrie
- At a Loss for Words by Carol Off
- How to Survive a Bear Attack by Claire Cameron
- Fire Weather by John Vaillant
- Sucker Punch by Scaachi Koul
- Who We Are by Murray Sinclair
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.
See the full kids list below.
- Mallory and the Trouble with Twins by Arley Nopra
- Shark Girl by Kate Beaton
- The New Girl by Cassandra Calin
- Paws: Hazel Has Her Hands Full by Nathan Fairbairn, illustrated by Michele Assarasakorn
- Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli
- Your Forest by Jon Klassen
- The Animal People Choose a Leader by Richard Wagamese, illustrated by Bridget George
- The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson
- Carson Crosses Canada by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Kass Reich
- The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
