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Douglas Barbour Award for Speculative Fiction Shortlist. The 2026 Alberta Book Publishing Awards.
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending July 19, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. The Great Gathering Place - Naomi McIlwraith, illus. Onedove (Kids Can Press) *Alberta Author 2. Rose and the Dragon’s Flame - Ivy N. Templeton (self-published) *Alberta Author 3. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 4. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 5. Sunburn - Chloe Michelle Howarth (Melville House) 6. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 7. The Gate of the Feral Gods - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 8. Whistler - Ann Patchett (Harper) 9. Carl's Doomsday Scenario - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 10. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook - Matt Dinniman (Ace)
Text: Graphic novel of the year shortlist: Renegade Arts Entertainment. The 2026 Albeerta Book Publishing Award. Image: a open book with Renegade Arts Entertainment's logo. In the background is fireworks.
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending July 16, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 2. We are Busy Being Alive - Rishi Midha (Anvil Press) 3. Treat Them as Buffalo - Blair Palmer Yoxall (HarperCollins Publishers) *Alberta Author 4. Whistler - Ann Patchett (Harper) 5. The Decameron - Giovanni Boccaccio, trans. Wayne A Rebhorn (W.W. Norton) 6. Ready, Cassette, Go! - Jarett Sitter (Annick Press) *Alberta Author 7. Shift Change - Oliver V Ledene (self-published) *Alberta Author 8. Theo of Golden - Allen Levi (Simon & Schuster) 9. The Calamity Club - Kathryn Stockett (Doubleday Canada) 10. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown)
The 2026 Alberta Book Publishing Awards. Thursday, September 17, 2026. Get Your Tickets! Registration closes: September 2, 2026.
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending July 12, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. The Great Gathering Place - Naomi McIlwraith, illus. Onedove (Kids Can Press) *Alberta Author 2. Heartstopper #6 - Alice Oseman (Graphix) 3. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 4. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 5. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 6. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 7. Inheritance - Jane Park (House of Anansi Press) *Alberta Author 8. Afterlife-time Employment - Jeff Martin (Renegade Arts Entertainment) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 9. I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman, trans. Ros Schwartz (Transit Books) 10. The Dragon Has Some Complaints - John Wiswell (DAW)
The 2026 Alberta Book Publishing Awards. Thursday, September 17, 2026. Registration Now Open! Closes: September 2, 2026.
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending July 9, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Cadillac Wheels - Scott Saxberg (self-published) *Alberta Author 2. We are Busy Being Alive - Rishi Midha (Anvil Press) 3. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 4. Whistler - Ann Patchett (Harper) 5. Bad Advice - Susan Carpenter (Now Or Never Publishing) *Alberta Author 6. The Calamity Club - Kathryn Stockett (Doubleday Canada) 7. The Chambermaid's Key - Genevieve Graham (Simon & Schuster) *Alberta Author 8. The Secret History - Donna Tartt (Vintage) 9. Theo of Golden - Allen Levi (Simon & Schuster) 10. I Hope This Finds You Well - Natalie Sue (HarperCollins Publishers) *Alberta Author
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending July 5, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Heartstopper #6 - Alice Oseman (Graphix) 2. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 3. The Last Mandarin - Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung (Minotaur Books) 4. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 5. I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman, trans. Ros Schwartz (Transit Books) 6. Butter - Asako Yuzuki, trans. Polly Barton (Ecco) 7. Carl's Doomsday Scenario - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 8. The Gate of the Feral Gods - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 9. The Hearing Trumpet - Leonora Carrington (New York Review Books) 10. Whistler - Ann Patchett (Harper)
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending July 2, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Sharon, Lois and Bram's Skinnamarink - Sharon Hampson, Lois Lilienstein, and Bram Morrison, illus. Qin Leng (Tundra Books) 2. Sharon, Lois and Bram's One Elephant Went Out to Play - Sharon Hampson, Lois Lilienstein, Bram Morrison, and Randi Hampson, illus. Qin Leng (Tundra Books) 3. Sharon, Lois and Bram's Peanut Butter and Jelly - Sharon Hampson, Lois Lilienstein, Bram Morrison, and Randi Hampson, illus. Qin Leng (Tundra Books) 4. Cadillac Wheels - Scott Saxberg (self-published) *Alberta Author 5. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 6. Theo of Golden - Allen Levi (Simon & Schuster) 7. Endling - Maria Reva (Vintage Canada) 8. Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel (Harper Perennial) 9. We are Busy Being Alive - Rishi Midha (Anvil Press) 10. Heartstopper #6 - Alice Oseman (Graphix)
Edmonton's Bestselling Books for the week ending June 28. See the full list at our website. FICTION 1. The Great Gathering Place - Naomi McIlwraith, illus. Onedove (Kids Can Press) * 2. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 3. Whistler - Ann Patchett (Harper) 4. I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman, trans. Ros Schwartz (Transit Books) 5. Carl's Doomsday Scenario - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 6. Land - Maggie O'Farrell (Knopf Canada) 7. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 8. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 9. Sunburn - Chloe Michelle Howarth (Melville House) 10. The Last Mandarin - Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung (Minotaur Books)
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending June 25, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 2. Dancing With The Leopard - D.H. Brown (self-published) *Alberta Author 3. Theo of Golden - Allen Levi (Simon & Schuster) 4. Unlocking Queer Futures - Queer Creators of Calgary (self-published) *Alberta Author 5. Pockets in My Heart - Heather Skulski, illus. Nj Mills (self-published) *Alberta Author 6. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 7. Whistler - Ann Patchett (Harper) 8. At the Edge of the Woods - Kathryn Bromwich (Two Dollar Radio) 9. The Calamity Club - Kathryn Stockett (Doubleday Canada) 10. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Ace)
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending June 21, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 2. The Great Gathering Place - Naomi McIlwraith, illus. Onedove (Kids Can Press) *Alberta Author 3. The Last Mandarin - Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung (Minotaur Books) 4. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 5. Carl's Doomsday Scenario - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 6. Whistler - Ann Patchett (Harper) 7. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 8. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 9. The Final Six - Alexandra Monir (HarperCollins) 10. Armada - Ernest Cline (Ballantine Books)
The 2026 Alberta Book Publishing Awards Shortlist announced.
Calgary's Bestselling Books Weekending in June 18, 2026. See the full list on our website. FICTION 1. Field Notes for an Imaginary Mythology - Alex Benarzi (self-published) * 2. Marika and the Auction - Helen Metella (Your Nickel's Worth Publishing) * 3. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 4. Whistler - Ann Patchett (Harper) 5. The Calamity Club - Kathryn Stockett (Doubleday Canada) 6. Fate - Ian Hamilton (House of Anansi Press) 7. The Forgotten Midwife - Laura Anthony (Gallery Books) 8. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 9. Land - Maggie O'Farrell (Knopf Canada) 10. Riverwork - Lisa Robertson (Coach House Books)
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending June 14, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. The Great Gathering Place - Naomi McIlwraith, illus. Onedove (Kids Can Press) *Alberta Author 2. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 3. Graveyard Shift at the Lemonade Stand - Tim Bowling (Freehand Books) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 4. Theo of Golden - Allen Levi (Simon & Schuster) 5. Carl's Doomsday Scenario - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 6. Land - Maggie O'Farrell (Knopf Canada) 7. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 8. Revolution Songs - Carissa Halton (NeWest Press) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 9. Marika and the Auction - Helen Metella, illus. Hannah Kate Miller (self-published) *Alberta Author 10. An Astonishment of Stars - Kirti Bhadresa (ECW Press) *Alberta Author
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending June 11, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 2. Martha Cream Cheese - Charolette Player, illus. Chloe Greer (HummingByrd House) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 3. The Forgotten Midwife - Laura Anthony (Gallery Books) 4. Whistler - Ann Patchett (Harper) 5. The Chambermaid's Key - Genevieve Graham (Simon & Schuster) * Alberta Author 6. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 7. The Things We Never Say - Elizabeth Strout (Random House) 8. The Chorus Beneath Our Feet - Melanie Schnell (Radiant Press) * Alberta Author 9. The Alchemy of Paradise - Susannah M. Smith (Invisible Publishing) 10. Land - Maggie O'Farrell (Knopf Canada)
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending June 7, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. The Great Gathering Place - Naomi McIlwraith, illus. Onedove (Kids Can Press) *Alberta Author 2. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 3. The Outside Circle - Patti LaBoucane-Benson, illus. Kelly Mellings (House of Anansi Press) *Alberta Author 4. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse - Charlie Mackesy (HarperCollins) 5. Land - Maggie O'Farrell (Knopf Canada) 6. The Last Mandarin - Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung (Minotaur Books) 7. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 8. Whistler - Ann Patchett (Harper) 9. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 10. The Second Life of Snap - Erin Entrada Kelly (Greenwillow Books)
Calgary's bestselling books for the week ending June 6, 2026. The full list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Whistler - Ann Patchett (Harper) 2. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 3. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 4. Theo of Golden - Allen Levi (Simon & Schuster) 5. The Tragically Hip ABC - The Tragically Hip, illus. Clayton Hanmer and Julia Breckenreid 6. Wildwood - Elinor Florence (Simon & Schuster) 7. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 8. The English Masterpiece - Katherine Reay (Harper Muse) 9. The Little Grizzly Who Walked Like a Boss - Victoria Tudor, illus. Natalia Logvanova (self-published) 10. The Last Mandarin - Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung (Minotaur Books)
Edmonton's Bestselling Books Week Ending in May 31, 2026. Full list is on our website. FICTION 1. Wild Symphony - Dan Brown, illus. Susan Batori (Dragonfly Books) 2. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 3. The Last Mandarin - Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung (Minotaur Books) 4. The Hearing Trumpet - Leonora Carrington (New York Review Books) 5. The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances - Glenn Dixon (HarperCollins Canada) 6. The Mountain in the Sea - Ray Nayler (Picador) 7. I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman, trans. Ros Schwartz (Transit Books) 8. The Downloaded 2 - Robert J Sawyer (Shadowpaw Press) 9. By Night in Chile - Roberto Bolaño (Picador) 10. The Midnight Train - Matt Haig (HarperCollins Canada)
Calgary's Bestselling Books for the week ending May 28, 2026. The full list is available on our website. FICTION 1. Beneficiary - JoAnn McCaig (University of Calgary Press) * + 2. The Downloaded 2 - Robert J Sawyer (Shadowpaw Press) 3. The Ending Writes Itself - Evelyn Clarke (Harper) 4. The Chambermaid's Key - Genevieve Graham (Simon & Schuster) * 5. Treat Them as Buffalo - Blair Palmer Yoxall (HarperCollins Publishers) * 6. Tinkers - Paul Harding (HarperCollins Publishers) 7. The Forgotten Midwife - Laura Anthony (Gallery Books) 8. The Downloaded - Robert J Sawyer (Shadowpaw Press) 9. When the Cranes Fly South - Lisa Ridzén, trans. Alice Menzies (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group) 10. The Hounding - Xenobe Purvis (Henry Holt and Co.)
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending May 24, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. The Last Mandarin - Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung (Minotaur Books) 2. The Arrival - Shaun Tan (Arthur A Levine Books) 3. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury (Simon & Schuster) 4. Last Wool and Testament - Molly MacRae (Berkley) 5. The Cure for Drowning - Loghan Paylor (Random House Canada) 6. Still Life - Louise Penny (Hodder) 7. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 8. A Parade of Horribles - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 9. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 10. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada)
Calgary's Bestselling Books for the week ending May 21, 2026. Full list on website. 1. Tales of the Mountains and the Sea - Dania Idriss (Freehand Books) * + 2. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 3. Theo of Golden - Allen Levi (Simon & Schuster) 4. The Last Mandarin - Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung (Minotaur Books) 5. The Calamity Club - Kathryn Stockett (Doubleday Canada) 6. The Poppy Fields - Nikki Erlick (William Morrow) 7. Beneficiary - JoAnn McCaig (University of Calgary Press) * + 8. The Bright Years - Sarah Damoff (Simon & Schuster) 9. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 10. Wildwood - Elinor Florence (Simon & Schuster)
Edmonton's Bestselling Books for the week of May 17, 2026. See the full list on our website. FICTION 1. Marika and the Auction - Helen Metella (Your Nickel's Worth Publishing) * 2. Earthen - Katherine Koller (Enfield & Wizenty) * 3. A Parade of Horribles - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 4. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 5. The Last Mandarin - Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung (Minotaur Books) 6. I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman, trans. Ros Schwartz (Transit Books) 7. Where the Jasmine Blooms - Zeina Sleiman (Fernwood Publishing) 8. Monk and Robot - Becky Chambers (Tordotcom Publishing) 9. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 10. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook - Matt Dinniman (Ace)
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending May 14, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 2. The Last Mandarin - Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung (Minotaur Books) 3. August Into Winter - Guy Vanderhaeghe (McClelland & Stewart) 4. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 5. Wildwood - Colin Melow (Storytide) 6. A Parade of Horribles - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 7. Treat Them as Buffalo - Blair Palmer Yoxall (HarperCollins Publishers) *Alberta Author 8. The Calamity Club - Kathryn Stockett (Doubleday Canada) 9. Theo of Golden - Allen Levi (Simon & Schuster) 10. Beneficiary - JoAnn McCaig (University of Calgary Press) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending May 10, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Keeper’n Me - Richard Wagamese (Anchor Canada) 2. Our Perfect Storm - Carley Fortune (Viking) 3. Platform Decay - Martha Wells (Tor Books) 4. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 5. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 6. Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt (Ecco) 7. The Things We Never Say - Elizabeth Strout (Random House) 8. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 9. Hamnet - Maggie O'Farrell (Vintage Canada) 10. Wolf, Moon, Dog - Thomas Wharton (Random House Canada) *Alberta Author
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending May 7, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Ready, Cassette, Go! - Jarett Sitter (Annick Press) *Alberta Author 2. Treat Them as Buffalo - Blair Palmer Yoxall (HarperCollins Publishers) *Alberta Author 3. Sinner's Banquet - Randy Nikkel Schroeder (NeWest Press) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 4. The Names - Florence Knapp (Viking) 5. Wildwood - Colin Melow (Storytide) 6. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 7. The Ending Writes Itself - Evelyn Clarke (Harper) 8. All at Sea - Jonathan Whitelaw (HCollinsUK) *Alberta Author 9. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 10. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada)
Edmonton's Bestselling list for the week ending in May 3, 2026. See the list on our website. 1. The Arrival - Shaun Tan (Arthur A Levine Books) 2. The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom (Grand Central Publishing) 3. Indian Horse - Richard Wagamese (Douglas and McIntyre) 4. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 5. Sarah Ponakey, Storycatcher and Âhâsiw’s Forest Powwow - Sita MacMilla, illus. Azby Whitecalf (Annick Press) 6. Earthen - Katherine Koller (Enfield & Wizenty) * 7. Weird Rules to Follow - Kim Spencer (Orca Book Publishers) 8. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 9. Dear Monica Lewinsky - Julia Langbein (Doubleday) 10. Platform Decay - Martha Wells (Tor Books)
Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending April 30, 2026! See full list at our website. Graphic with the messaging "Calgary's Bestselling Books." FICTION 1. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 2. Wildwood - Colin Melow (Storytide) 3. The Cure for Drowning - Loghan Paylor (Random House Canada) 4. Hovel - Ailsa Ross (Strange Light) * 5. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 6. A False and Fatal Claim - Iona Whishaw (TouchWood Editions) 7. The Ending Writes Itself - Evelyn Clarke (Harper) 8. Snap - Susin Nielsen (HarperCollins Publishers) 9. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 10. Theo of Golden - Allen Levi (Simon & Schuster)
The full Edmonton's Bestselling List can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Final Orbit - Chris Hadfield (Random House Canada) 2. Recipe for a Good Life - Lesley Crewe (Nimbus Publishing Limited) 3. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 4. 1984 - George Orwell (Penguin) 5. Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë (Canterbury Classics) 6. Prairie Edge - Conor Kerr (Strange Light) * 7. Solo Dance and Other Stories - Manna Liu (1 Plus Books) * 8. Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter - Heather Fawcett (Del Rey) 9. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 10. Cousin Bear Comes to Visit - Halie Finney (Conundrum Press) *
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending April 23, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website.
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending April 19, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 2. Only Human - Kristine Scarrow (Wild Skies Press) +Alberta Publisher 3. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 4. The Cure for Drowning - Loghan Paylor (Random House Canada) 5. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 6. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 7. Carl's Doomsday Scenario - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 8. Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt (Ecco) 9. If Cats Disappeared from the World - Genki Kawamura, trans. Eric Selland (Flatiron Books) 10. Between Two Fires - Christopher Buehlman (Tor Nightfire)
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending April 16, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Bad Advice - Susan Carpenter (Now Or Never Publishing) *Alberta Author 2. The Crane - Monica Kidd (Breakwater Books) *Alberta Author 3. A False and Fatal Claim - Iona Whishaw (TouchWood Editions) 4. Goodnight Racism - Ibram X. Kendi, illus. Cbabi Bayoc (Kokila) 5. Antiracist Baby Picture Book - Ibram X. Kendi, illus. Ash Kwak Lukashevsky (Kokila) 6. The Measure - Nikki Erlick (William Morrow) 7. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 8. The Girl Who Carried the World in Her Backpack - Sarah Steger (Austin Macauley Publishers) *Alberta Author 9. The Chambermaid's Key - Genevieve Graham (Simon & Schuster) *Alberta Author 10. The Ending Writes Itself - Evelyn Clarke (Harper)
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending April 12, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 2. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 3. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 4. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 5. Lightfall: A Place Between - Tim Probert (HarperAlley) 6. Piranesi - Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury) 7. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 8. Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë (Canterbury Classics) 9. On the Calculation of Volume (Book IV) - Solvej Balle, trans. Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell (New Directions) 10. Hexes of the Deadwood Forest - Agnieszka Szpila, trans. Scotia Gilroy (Strange Light)
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending April 9, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances - Glenn Dixon (HarperCollins Canada) 2. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 3. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 4. A False and Fatal Claim - Iona Whishaw (TouchWood Editions) 5. Strange Buildings - Uketsu, trans. Jim Rion (HarperVia) 6. Between Two Fires - Christopher Buehlman (Tor Nightfire) 7. The Ferryman and His Wife - Frode Grytten, trans. Alison McCullough (Algonquin Books) 8. The Lion Women of Tehran - Marjan Kamali (Gallery Books) 9. Theo of Golden - Allen Levi (Simon & Schuster) 10. Butter - Asako Yuzuki, trans. Polly Barton (Ecco)
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending March 15, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Final Orbit - Chris Hadfield (Random House Canada) 2. Recipe for a Good Life - Lesley Crewe (Nimbus Publishing Limited) 3. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 4. 1984 - George Orwell (Penguin) 5. Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë (Canterbury Classics) 6. Prairie Edge - Conor Kerr (Strange Light) *Alberta Author 7. Solo Dance and Other Stories - Manna Liu (1 Plus Books) *Alberta Author 8. Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter - Heather Fawcett (Del Rey) 9. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 10. Cousin Bear Comes to Visit - Halie Finney (Conundrum Press) *Alberta Author
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending March 29, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending March 26, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website
Edmonton's Bestseller List for the week ending March 22, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website.
NON-FICTION 1. Attention Seeker - Darcy Michael (DK) 2. The Feast - Alycia Two Bears (Wild Skies Press) * + 3. Talk Treaty to Me - Crystal Gail Fraser and Sara Komarnisky (Collins) * 4. Canadian Experience - Mansoor Ladha (self-published) * 5. At a Loss for Words - Carol Off (Random House Canada) 6. Beginning Comes After the End - Rebecca Solnit (Haymarket Books) 7. The Serviceberry - Robin Wall Kimmerer, illus. John Burgoyne (Scribner) 8. Buffalo Lessons - Karsten Heuer, Little Bear Leroy, and Harvey Locke (Greystone Books) * 9. Eau Claire Nowhere - Stephen Chan (self-published) * 10. Tales This Side of the Elysian Fields - Trevor W. Harrison (Endless Sky Books) * * Alberta Author + Alberta Publisher Bestseller List Week Ending 2026-03-19
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending March 15, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Game Changer - Rachel Reid (Carina Press) 2. Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë (Canterbury Classics) 3. The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood (McClelland & Stewart) 4. The Wall - Marlen Haushofer (New Directions) 5. The Lamb - Lucy Rose (Harper) 6. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 7. First Thousand Trees - Premee Mohamed (ECW Press) *Alberta Author 8. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 9. Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy (Flatiron Books) 10. The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop - Takuya Asakura, trans. Yuka Maeno (HarperCollins)
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending March 12, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Terrace IV - ed. Sarah L. Pratt and Robert Bose (The Seventh Terrace) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 2. The Astral Library - Kate Quinn (William Morrow) 3. The Phoenix Crown - Kate Quinn and Janie Chang (William Morrow Paperbacks) 4. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 5. Part Time Girl - Adriaan Brae (Renaissance Press) *Alberta Author 6. Three Souls - Janie Chang (HarperCollins Publishers) 7. The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder - C.L. Miller (Simon & Schuster) 8. The Diamond Eye - Kate Quinn (William Morrow) 9. Alberta Comics: Love - ed. Alexander Finbow, Shea Proulx, Emily Pomeroy, and Hartley Rose (Renegade Arts Entertainment) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 10. To Place a Rabbit - Madhur Anand (Knopf Canada)
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending March 8, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Starry Starry Night - Shani Mootoo (Book*hug Press) 2. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 3. Game Changer - Rachel Reid (Carina Press) 4. The Cure for Drowning - Loghan Paylor (Random House Canada) 5. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 6. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 7. What We Can Know - Ian McEwan (Knopf) 8. Alchemised - SenLinYu (DelRey) 9. A Minor Chorus - Billy-Ray Belcourt (Hamish Hamilton) * Alberta Author 10. The Astral Library - Kate Quinn (William Morrow)
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending March 5, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Terrace IV - ed. Sarah L. Pratt and Robert Bose (The Seventh Terrace) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 2. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 3. Strange Buildings - Uketsu (HarperVia) 4. Theo of Golden - Allen Levi (Simon & Schuster) 5. Krevax - L. C. Walters (Wicked Ink Publishing) +Alberta Publisher6. Tilly and the Crazy Eights - Monique Gray Smith (Second Story Press) 7. The Measure - Nikki Erlick (William Morrow) 8. My Heart Fills With Happiness - Monique Gray Smith, illus. Julie Flett (Orca Book Publishers) 9. Finding Grace - Loretta Rothschild (St. Martin's Press) 10. The Berry Pickers - Amanda Peters (Harper Perennial)
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending March 1, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. The Long Game - Rachel Reid (Carina Press) 2. Role Model - Rachel Reid (Carina Press) 3. We Are Green and Trembling - Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, trans. Robin Myers (New Directions) 4. The Lamb - Lucy Rose (Harper) 5. Teacher of Nomad Land - Daniel Nayari (Chronicle Books) 6. Now Back to You - B.K. Berison (Berkley) 7. A Minor Chorus - Billy-Ray Belcourt (Hamish Hamilton) *Alberta Author 8. Half His Age - Jennette McCurdy (Doubleday Canada) 9. Safekeep - Yael van der Wouden (Avid Reader Press) 10. The Cure for Drowning - Loghan Paylor (Random House Canada)
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending February 26, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Is This a Cry for Help? - Emily Austin (Scribner Canada) 2. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 3. Raising Kane - Dana Goldstein (self-published) *Alberta Author 4. The Little Grizzly Who Walked Like a Boss - Victoria Tudor, illus. Natalia Logvanova (self-published) 5. I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman, trans. Ros Schwartz (Transit Books) 6. Theo of Golden - Allen Levi (Simon & Schuster) 7. there's more - Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike (University of Alberta Press) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 8. The Astral Library - Kate Quinn (William Morrow) 9. Hungerstone - Kat Dunn (Zando) 10. A Body In the Brewery - Victoria Chatham (self-published) *Alberta Author
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Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending February 22, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Bad Cree - Jessica Johns (HarperCollins) *Alberta Author 2. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir (Ballantine Books) 3. Heated Rivalry - Rachel Reid (Carina Press) 4. Game Changer - Rachel Reid (Carina Press) 5. A Good Hide - Karina Iceberg, Illus. Natasha Donovan (Heartdrum) 6. Waiting for the Long Night Moon - Amanda Peters (Harper Perennial) 7. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 8. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) - Solvej Balle, trans. Barbara J. Haveland (New Directions) 9. The Astral Library - Kate Quinn (William Morrow) 10. Vigil - George Saunders (Random House)
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Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending February 15, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Art Of Racing In The Rain - Garth Stein (Harper Perennial) 2. Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë (Canterbury Classics) 3. Bad Cree - Jessica Johns (HarperCollins) *Alberta Author 4. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) - Solvej Balle, trans. Barbara J. Haveland (New Directions) 5. The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood (McClelland & Stewart) 6. Always Remember - Charlie Mackesy (Penguin Life) 7. The Lamb - Lucy Rose (Harper) 8. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 9. The Cure for Drowning - Loghan Paylor (Random House Canada) 10. Theo of Golden - Allen Levi (Simon & Schuster)
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending February 12, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. The Door in the Wall - Marguerite de Angeli (Yearling) 2. Little House on the Prairie: Full Color Edition - Laura Ingalls Wilder, illus. Garth Williams (HarperCollins) 3. The Little Grizzly Who Walked Like a Boss - Victoria Tudor, illus. Natalia Logvanova 4. The Four Spent the Day Together - Chris Kraus (Scribner) 5. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 6. A Walk in the Neighbourhood - Erin McQuitty, illus. Natalia Ionescu (Mice Type) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 7. The Shade Tree - Theresa Shea (Guernica Editions) *Alb 8. We Bring You an Hour of Darkness - Michael Bourne (DoppelHouse Press) 9. Alberta Comics: Love - ed. Alexander Finbow, Shea Proulx, Emily Pomeroy, and Hartley Rose (Renegade Arts Entertainment) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 10. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Ace)
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending February 8, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/ FICTION 1. Smeg - Diane Wishart (Rising Action) *Alberta Author 2. Cantaloupe and HoneyDo Take the Bus - Mike Boldt (Dial Books) *Alberta Author 3. Common Goal - Rachel Reid (Carina Press) 4. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) - Solvej Balle, trans. Barbara J. Haveland (New Directions) 5. Autobiography of Cotton - Cristina Rivera Garza, trans. Christina MacSweeney (Graywolf Press) 6. Pick a Colour - Souvankham Thammavongsa (Knopf Canada) 7. Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die - Greer Stothers (Titan Books) 8. Vigil - George Saunders (Random House) 9. Persona - Aoife Josie Clements (LittlePuss Press) 10. Beaver Hills Forever - Conor Kerr (Arsenal Pulp Press) *Alberta Author
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending February 5, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/ FICTION 1. The Little Grizzly Who Walked Like a Boss - Victoria Tudor, illus. Natalia Logvanova (self-published) 2. The Four Spent the Day Together - Chris Kraus (Scribner) 3. Atmosphere - Taylor Jenkins Reid (Doubleday Canada) 4. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 5. The Banshee - Geoff Sowrey (self-published) *Alberta Author 6. The Shade Tree - Theresa Shea (Guernica Editions) *Alberta Author 7. Is This a Cry for Help? - Emily Austin (Scribner Canada) 8. Dungeon Crawler Carl - Matt Dinniman (Ace) 9. The Black Wolf - Louise Penny (Minotaur Books) 10. Pope Joan - Donna Woolfolk Cross (Crown)
Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending February 1, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/ FICTION 1. Vigil - George Saunders (Random House) 2. The Correspondent - Virginia Evans (Crown) 3. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) - Solvej Balle, trans. Barbara J. Haveland (New Directions) 4. Heated Rivalry - Rachel Reid (Carina Press) 5. Foe - Iain Reid (Simon & Schuster) 6. Searching for Terry Punchout - Tyler Hellard (Invisible Publishing) *Alberta Author 7. The Annual Migration of Clouds - Premee Mohamed (ECW Press) *Alberta Author 8. Pick a Colour - Souvankham Thammavongsa (Knopf Canada) 9. Tough Guy - Rachel Reid (Carina Press) 10. It's Different This Time - Joss Richard (Viking)
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Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending January 29, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: https://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/calgary-bestseller-list/ FICTION 1. The Full Picture - Jessica Carmichael (self-published) *Alberta Author 2. The Little Grizzly Who Walked Like a Boss - Victoria Tudor, illus. Natalia Logvanova (self-published) 3. Searching for Terry Punchout - Tyler Hellard (Invisible Publishing) *Alberta Author 4. It's Different This Time - Joss Richard (Viking) 5. The Cure for Drowning - Loghan Paylor (Random House Canada) 6. Theo of Golden - Allen Levi (Simon & Schuster) 7. Half His Age - Jennette McCurdy (Doubleday Canada) 8. House of Day, House of Night - Olga Tokarczuk, trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Riverhead Books) 9. A Minor Chorus - Billy-Ray Belcourt (Hamish Hamilton) *Alberta Author 10. A Most Puzzling Murder - Bianca Marais (MIRA)
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