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 26-Aug. 2.

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. She Didn't See It Coming by Shari Lapena
4. Finding Flora by Elinor Florence
5. Snap by Susin Nielsen
6. Greenwood by Michael Christie
7. The Deepest Fake by Daniel Kalla
8. The Adversary by Michael Crummey
9. Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
10. Endling by Maria Reva

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. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism by Stewart Reynolds
4. The Crisis of Canadian Democracy by Andrew Coyne
5. Theory of Water by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
6. A History of Canada in Ten Maps by Adam Shoalts
7. Fire Weather by John Vaillant
8. Encampment by Maggie Helwig
9. Messy Cities edited by Dylan Reid, Zahra Ebrahim, Leslie Woo and John Lorinc
10. The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant

Canadian kids 

T is for Terry by Denise Dias, illustrated by Noémie Gionet Landry, is the #1 Canadian kids' book this week.  

T is for Terry, celebrates the life and work of Canadian icon Terry Fox, the Winnipeg-born athlete, humanitarian and cancer research activist. The picture book tells the story of Fox's life — his ambitions, personality and legacy — through an ABC format.

• T is for Terry is a new picture book celebrating the life and legacy of Terry Fox — get a look now!

See the full kids list below:

1. T is for Terry by Denise Dias, illustrated by Noémie Gionet Landry
2. Carson Crosses Canada by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Kass Reich
3. The Marrow Theives by Cherie Dimaline
4. Mallory and the Trouble with Twins by Arley Nopra
5. The New Girl by Cassandra Calin
6. I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
7. You Were Made for This World edited by Stephanie Sinclair and Sara Sinclair
8. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
9. The Animal People Choose a Leader by Richard Wagamese, illustrated by Bridget George
10. Snoop by Gordon Korman