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 July 12-19.

Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from more than 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. Valentine in Montreal by Heather O'Neill, illustrated by Arizona O'Neill
3. Finding Flora by Elinor Florence
4. The Adversary by Michael Crummey
5. Snap by Susin Nielsen
6. The Retirement Plan by Sue Hincenbergs
7. Death on the Island by Eliza Reid
8. Greenwood by Michael Christie
9. Written on the Dark by Guy Gavriel Kay
10. The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight

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. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism by Stewart Reynolds
5. Theory of Water by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
6. Messy Cities edited by Dylan Reid, Zahra Ebrahim, Leslie Woo and John Lorinc
7. Fire Weather by John Vaillant
8. A History of Canada in Ten Maps by Adam Shoalts
9. 52 Ways to Reconcile by David A. Robertson
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. Snoop by Gordon Korman
5. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
6. The Squad by Christina Soontornvat, illustrated by Joanna Cacao
7. Baby Beluga by Raffi, illustrated by Ashley Wolff
8. Your Forest by Jon Klassen
9. Pax by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Jon Klassen
10. I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen