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The bestselling books in Canada for the week ending Feb. 23, 2024

In the bestsellers lists this week, Toronto writer Sheila Heti’s latest novel, “Pure Colour,” is among the season’s most-anticipated books. And it’s seen enthusiastic reviews — domestic and international — since it was released on Feb. 15, a week before the current bestseller list was compiled. Alas, in its debut week, it missed the Canadian bestseller list by a hair, debuting at No. 11. Maybe in these distractible times, a high-concept novel that unabashedly bills itself “literary” is simply a tougher sell than usual. We’re betting it will be present and accounted for on next week’s list.

Rick Mofina is one of Canada’s most prolific purveyors of crime fiction, with 27 novels since 2000. His latest, “Her Last Goodbye” has been climbing the charts since its release last month and this week ranks No. 7 on the Original Fiction list. This marks the first time the Ottawa writer has broken through to the top ranks since 2015’s “Full Tilt.” (He’s No. 2 on this week’s Canadian Fiction list.)

“Break in Case of Emergency” was Toronto writer Brian Francis’s first Young Adult novel. It was a finalist for the 2019 Governor General Literary Awards. This week, more than two years after its first publication, it appears for the first time on our Children’s and Young Adult list, at No. 6.

-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.

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ORIGINAL FICTION

1. House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury (1)*

2. The Maid, Nita Prose, Viking (7)

3. Reminders of Him, Colleen Hoover, Montlake Romance (5)

4. It Ends with Us, Colleen Hoover, Atria (25)

5. The Love Hypothesis, Ali Hazelwood, Berkley (8)

6. Verity, Colleen Hoover, Grand Central (8)

7. Her Last Goodbye, Rick Mofina, MIRA (1)

8. Abandoned in Death, J.D. Robb, St Martin’s (2)

9. The Christie Affair, Nina de Gramont, St. Martin’s (3)

10. The Midnight Library, Matt Haig, Harper Avenue (31)

ORIGINAL NON-FICTION

1. Atlas of the Heart, Brené Brown, Random House (11)

2. The Betrayal of Anne Frank, Rosemary Sullivan, HarperCollins (5)

3. Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed (60)

4. Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne Simard, Allen Lane (12)

5. Will, Will Smith, Mark Manson, Penguin (14)

6. How to Be Perfect, Michael Schur, Simon & Schuster (4)

7. Bitcoin Widow, Jennifer Robertson; Stephen Kimber, HarperCollins Canada (2)

8. The Real Anthony Fauci, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Skyhorse (4)

9. Life in the City of Dirty Water, Clayton Thomas-Muller, Allen Lane (7)

10. Enough Already, Valerie Bertinelli, Harvest (3)

CANADIAN FICTION

1. The Maid, Nita Prose, Viking

2. Her Last Goodbye, Rick Mofina, MIRA

3. Five Little Indians, Michelle Good, Harper Perennial

4. The Last Grand Duchess, Bryn Turnbull, MIRA

5. Scarborough, Catherine Hernandez, Arsenal Pulp

6. State of Terror, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Louise Penny, Simon & Schuster

7. When We Lost Our Heads, Heather O’Neill, HarperCollins Canada

8. The Strangers, Katherena Vermette, Hamish Hamilton

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9. Find You First, Linwood Barclay, William Morrow

10. Lucky, Marissa Stapley, Simon & Schuster

CANADIAN NON-FICTION

1. The Betrayal of Anne Frank, Rosemary Sullivan, HarperCollins Canada

2. Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne Simard, Allen Lane

3. Bitcoin Widow, Jennifer Robertson, Stephen Kimber, HarperCollins Canada

4. Life in the City of Dirty Water, Clayton Thomas-Muller, Allen Lane

5. Talking to Canadians, Rick Mercer, Doubleday Canada

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

7. No One Wins Alone, Mark Messier, Jimmy Roberts, Simon & Schuster

8. 12 Rules for Life, Jordan B. Peterson, Random House

9. Indian in the Cabinet, Jody Wilson-Raybould, HarperCollins Canada

10. Teachers These Days, Jody Carrington, Laurie McIntosh, Impress

CHLDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT.

1. Good-Bye Stay, Good-Bye (Baby-Sitters Club #7, adapted edition), Ann M. Martin, Gabriela Epstein, Graphic

2. Cat Kid Comic Club: Perspectives (Cat Kid Comic Club #2), Dav Pilkey, Graphix

3. Karen’s School Picture (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #5, adapted edition), Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina, Graphic

4. Wings of Fire: The Brightest Night, Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes, Graphix

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

6. Break in Case of Emergency, Brian Francis, HarperCollins

7. Kristy and the Snobs (Baby-Sitters Club #10; adapted edition), Ann M. Martin, Chan Chau, Graphix

8. Big Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book #16), Jeff Kinney, Abrams

9. The Inheritance Games, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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10. Giraffes Can’t Dance, Giles Andreae, Guy Parker-Rees, Cartwheel Books

SELF-IMPROVEMENT

1. 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think, Brianna Wiest, Thought Catalog

2. The Secret to Love, Health and Money, Rhonda Byrne, Atria

3. The Mountain is You, Brianna Wiest, Thought Catalog

4. Think Like a Monk, Jay Shetty, Simon & Schuster

5. When You’re Ready, This Is How You Heal, Brianna Wiest, Thought Catalog

6. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Mark Manson, Harper

7. The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene, Joost Elffers, Penguin

8. The Way of Integrity, Martha Beck, Penguin Random House

9. The Untethered Soul, Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger

10. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen R. Covey, Sean Covey, Jim Collins, Simon & Schuster

* Number of weeks on list

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