The bestselling books in Canada: Dec. 23 to Dec. 29, 2018

Check out the bestselling Canadian books for Dec. 23 to 29, 2018.

Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from over 260 Canadian independent stores.

Canadian fiction | Canadian nonfiction | Canadian kids

Canadian fiction

Esi Edugyan is a Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning novelist. (Canadian Press, HarperCollins)

1. Washington Black by Esi Edugyan​​
2. Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
3. The Flame by Leonard Cohen
4. French Exit by Patrick deWitt
5. Women Talking by Miriam Toews
6. Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
7. Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
8. Starlight by Richard Wagamese​​
9. Dear Evelyn by Kathy Page
10. Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

Canadian nonfiction

Final Report is a collection of essays and rants by Rick Mercer. (Jon Sturge/Doubleday Canada)

1. Final Report by Rick Mercer  
2. All Our Relations by Tanya Talaga
3. 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson
4. Dam Busters by Ted Barris 
5. Embers by Richard Wagamese
6. Cujo by Curtis Joseph & Kirstie McLellan Day
7. Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga
8. My Stories, My Times by Jean Chretien, translated by Sheila Fischman & Donald Winkler
9. Bobby by Bobby Orr 
10. Buffy Sainte-Marie by Andrea Warner

Canadian kids

Cherie Dimaline's YA novel The Marrow Thieves will be defended by Jully Black. (CBC)

1. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
2. Inkling by Kenneth Oppel, illustrated by Sydney Smith  
3. The Darkest Dark by Chris Hadfield, illustrated by Eric Fan and Terry Fan
4. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Sheila McGraw
5. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
6. The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier, illustrated by Sheldon Cohen
7. A World of Kindness edited by Ann Featherstone
8. They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki 
9. Go Show the World by Wab Kinew, illustrated by Joe Morse
10. Heartwood Hotel: A True Home by Kallie George, illustrated by Stephanie Graegin