The bestselling books in Canada for the week ending July 20, 2022

It took Ruth Ware, recently blurbed by David Baldacci as “the Agatha Christie of our generation,” to unseat TikTok powerhouse Colleen Hoover and her “It Ends With Us” from the No. 1 spot on the Original Fiction list. CoHo (as her fans call her) has held No. 1 since May 25, an epoch for fast fiction. Ware’s “The It Girl” hits all the right notes: Oxford; a tight circle of chums; the death of the titular It girl; and a revisiting of her murder a decade later. This is Ware’s seventh novel since 2015. Hoover likely isn’t losing sleep; five of her books are among the top 10.

In fact, all but two novels on the list are aimed at young women. The exceptions are both crime-fiction thrillers: Baldacci’s latest, “The 6:20 Man” (No. 7) and Kathy Reichs’ “Cold, Cold Bones,” which debuted last week at No. 4 and has slipped to No. 10.

-Sarah Murdoch

The bestseller lists are compiled by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData.

ORIGINAL FICTION

1. The It Girl, Ruth Ware, Simon & Schuster (1)*

2. It Ends with Us, Colleen Hoover, Atria (46)

3. Ugly Love, Colleen Hoover, Atria (19)

4. Verity, Colleen Hoover, Grand Central (28)

5. Reminders of Him, Colleen Hoover, Montlake (14)

6. Book Lovers, Emily Henry, Berkley (11)

7. The 6:20 Man, David Baldacci, Grand Central (1)

8. Every Summer After, Carley Fortune, Viking (5)

9. November 9, Colleen Hoover, Atria (10)

10. Cold, Cold Bones, Kathy Reichs, Simon & Schuster (2)

ORIGINAL NON-FICTION

1. The Freedom Convoy, Andrew Lawton, Sutherland House (2)

2. 12 Rules for Life, Jordan B. Peterson, Random House (112)

3. Atlas of the Heart, Brené Brown, Random House (31)

4. Tanqueray, Brandon Stanton, Stephanie Johnson, St. Martin’s (2)

5. Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed (80)

6. Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne Simard, Penguin Canada (21)

7. Freezing Order, Bill Browder, Simon & Schuster (15)

8. We Were Dreamers, Simu Liu, HarperCollins Canada (10)

9. Beyond Order, Jordan B. Peterson, Random House Canada (14)

10. Untamed, Glennon Doyle, Dial (74)

CANADIAN FICTION

1. Every Summer After, Carley Fortune, Viking

2. Five Little Indians, Michelle Good, Harper Perennial

3. The Apothecary’s Garden, Jeanette Lynes, Harper Avenue

4. Good Girl Complex, Elle Kennedy, Saint Martin’s Griffin

5. Nosy Parker, Lesley Crewe, Nimbus

6. The Maid, Nita Prose, Viking

7. The Marrow Thieves, Cherie Dimaline, Dancing Cat

8. In the Dark We Forget, Sandra Sg Wong, HarperCollins Canada

9. A Town Called Solace, Mary Lawson, Vintage Canada

10. Watch Out for Her, Samantha M. Bailey, Simon & Schuster

CANADIAN NON-FICTION

1. The Freedom Convoy, Andrew Lawton, Sutherland House

2. 12 Rules for Life, Jordan B. Peterson, Random House Canada

3. Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne Simard, Penguin Canada

4. We Were Dreamers, Simu Liu, HarperCollins Canada

5. Beyond Order, Jordan B. Peterson, Random House Canada

6. 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act, Bob Joseph, Indigenous Relations

7. Inside the Montreal Mafia, Félix Séguin, Eric Thibault, ECW

8. From the Ashes, Jesse Thistle, Simon & Schuster

9. Unreconciled, Jesse Wente, Penguin Canada

10. The Boy in the Woods, Maxwell Smart, HarperCollins Canada

CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT

1. The Summer I Turned Pretty, Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Children’s

2. It’s Not Summer Without You, Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Children’s

3. We’ll Always Have Summer, Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Children’s

4. Heartstopper (Vol. 1), Alice Oseman, Graphix

5. Heartstopper (Vol. 2), Alice Oseman, Graphix

6. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Holly Jackson, Ember

7. The Bad Guys: Open Wide and Say Arrrgh! (The Bad Guys #15), Aaron Blabey, Scholastic

8. They Both Die at the End, Adam Silvera, HarperCollins

9. Heartstopper (Vol. 3), Alice Oseman, Graphix

10. Heartstopper (Vol. 4), Alice Oseman, Graphix

HEALTH AND FITNESS

1. What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Heidi Murkoff, Workman

2. When the Body Says No, Gabor Maté, Vintage

3. Come as You Are (revised and updated), Emily Nagoski, Simon & Schuster

4. Good for Your Gut, Desiree Nielsen, Penguin Canada

5. Fast. Feast. Repeat, Gin Stephens, Saint Martin’s Griffin

6. Glucose Revolution, Jessie Inchauspe, Simon & Schuster

7. The Obesity Code, Jason Fung, Timothy Noakes, Greystone

8. Next Level, Stacy T. Sims, Selene Yeager, Rodale

9. Medical Medium Cleanse to Heal, Anthony William, Hay House

10. The Complete Anti-Inflammatory Diet for Beginners, Dorothy Calimeris, Lulu Cook, Rockridge

* Number of weeks on list

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