Bestselling Canadian books: June 2022 to June 2023

These rankings are based on data sent to our national sales tracking service for the Canadian English-language trade book market, SalesData.

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Overall

1. The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté MD and Daniel Maté

2. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

3. A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

4. 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson

5. Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

6. Healing Through Words by Rupi Kaur

7. Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

8. The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr

9. Ducks by Kate Beaton

10. Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune

Fiction

1. A World of Curiosities by Louise Penny

2. Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

3. Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

4. The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr

5. Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune

6. Things We Do in the Dark by Jennifer Hillier

7. Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald

8. Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall

9. A Death at the Party by Amy Stuart

10. The Last Chairlift by John Irving

Non-Fiction

1. The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté MD and Daniel Maté

2. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry

3. 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson

4. Ducks by Kate Beaton

5. When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté MD

6. More Mandy’s by Mandy Wolfe, Rebecca Wolfe, and Meredith Erickson

7. Outlive by Peter Attia MD and Bill Gifford

8. True Reconciliation by Jody Wilson-Raybould

9. 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act by Bob Joseph

10. Mandy’s Gourmet Salads by Mandy Wolfe, Rebecca Wolfe, and Meredith Erickson

Juvenile

1. Love You Forever (Paperback) by Robert Munsch; illustrated by Sheila McGraw

2. Love You Forever (Board book) by Robert Munsch; illustrated by Sheila McGraw

3. Leaves! by Robert Munsch; illustrated by Michael Martchenko

4. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch; illustrated by Michael Martchenko

5. The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson

6. Sharon, Lois and Bram’s Skinnamarink by Sharon Hampson; Lois Lillienstein; Bram Morrison; illustrated by Qin Leng

7. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

8. Love You Forever (Hardcover) by Robert Munsch; illustrated by Sheila McGraw

9. The Tryout: a Graphic Novel by Christina Soontornvat; Illustrated by Joanna Cacao

10. Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith, and Nicole Neidhardt

We want to take this as an opportunity to emphasize the importance of identifying Canadian contributors in a book’s metadata. It is thanks to that piece of data that we’re able to create lists like the ones we’re sharing today. Read this blog post to learn more about the whys and hows of identifying Canadian contributors in your metadata.