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 June 28-July 5, 2025.

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

Canadian fiction

One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune is the #1 Canadian fiction book this week. 

One Golden Summer is a follow-up to Fortune's debut book Every Summer After and tells the story of Alice, a photographer seeking a quiet, restorative summer at her childhood cottage with her grandmother. But her plans for peace are upended when Charlie — charming, flirtatious, and impossible to ignore — unexpectedly reappears. Soon, Alice finds herself feeling like she's 17 again, questioning whether this summer might hold something more than she ever expected.

• A fan-favourite character returns in Carley Fortune's One Golden Summer

See the full Canadian fiction list below: 

1. One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune
2. The Adversary by Michael Crummey
3. Written on the Dark by Guy Gavriel Kay
4. Snap by Susin Nielsen
5. Finding Flora by Elinor Florence
6. The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight
7. The Cost of a Hostage by Iona Whishaw
8. The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien
9. The Retirement Plan by Sue Hincenbergs
10. Greenwood by Michael Christie

Canadian nonfiction

Value(s) by Mark Carney is the #1 Canadian nonfiction book this week.

Values is a book by the former Bank of Canada governor and current prime minister Mark Carney. Published in 2021, Values looks at the "fault lines" that divide contemporary society — racial, geographical, cultural and economic — and argues that they all stem from the same thing: a crisis of values. In the book, Carney offers a vision of a "more humane society" and a map toward getting there.

• Mark Carney is inspired by the normal, everyday heroes

See the full Canadian nonfiction list below: 

1. Value(s) by Mark Carney 
2. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
3. The Crisis of Canadian Democracy by Andrew Coyne
4. Theory of Water by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
5. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism by Stewart Reynolds
6. Indigenous Rights in One Minute by Bruce McIvor
7. 52 Ways to Reconcile by David A. Robertson
8. How to Survive a Bear Attack by Claire Cameron
9. The Essential Cottage Cookbook by Andrea Buckett
10. Bird Talk by Becca Rowland

Canadian kids 

Carson Crosses Canada by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Kass Reich is the #1 Canadian kids' book this week. 

In Carson Crosses Canada, Annie and her dog Carson set out on a cross-country road trip from British Columbia to Newfoundland to visit Anne's sister Elsie. As they drive across Canada, they see special sights in every province to finally make it Elsie's — where a great surprise for Carson awaits!

See the full kids list below:

1. Carson Crosses Canada by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Kass Reich
2. Mallory and the Trouble with Twins by Arley Nopra
3. The New Girl by Cassandra Calin
4. The Great Dinosaur Sleepover by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Joe Bluhm
5. Pax by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Jon Klassen
6. Your Forest by Jon Klassen
7. I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
8. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Sheila McGraw
9. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
10. Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel