The bestselling books in Canada for the week ending April 26

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The flow of new non-fiction continues, with several noteworthy debuts.

“The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder,” by David Grann, joins the list at No. 1. This survival story follows the crew of The Wager, a British ship that left England in 1740 and wrecked on an island off the coast of Patagonia. Grann’s previous historical adventures include “Killers of the Flower Moon,” a finalist for the National Book Award and “The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon.”

“Prisoner #1056: How I Survived War and Found Peace,” is a memoir by Roy Ratnavel, a Tamil Canadian who survived torture and confinement in a Sri Lankan prison camp, found asylum in Canada and rose to become an executive at Toronto-based CI Global Asset Management. “Prisoner #1056” debuted at No. 5 on the Original list and No. 2 on the Canadian list.

“Outsider; An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past” tells the story of author Brett Popplewell’s search for the truth about Dag Aabye, an 81-year-old super-athlete who lived in a school bus and apparently ran day and night whatever the weather. Popplewell, known for his long-form magazine sports writing, traces the remarkable trajectory of Aabye from Nazi-occupied Norway, through careers as a Hollywood stuntman and among the world’s first extreme skiers, to his reclusive life in the B.C. wilderness. “Outsider” joins the list at No. 8 on the Canadian list.

— 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. Homecoming, Kate Morton, Atria (3)

2. Simply Lies, David Baldacci, Grand Central (1)

3. Hang the Moon, Jeannette Wall, Scribner (4)

4. It Starts with Us, Colleen Hoover, Atria (26)

5. It Ends with Us, Colleen Hoover, Atria (81)

6. Pineapple Street, Jenny Jackson, Viking (5)

7. A Death at the Party, Amy Stuart, Simon & Schuster (6)

8. Icebreaker, Hannah Grace, Atria (6)

9. The Only Survivors, Megan Miranda, Marysue Rucci (2)

10. The Golden Doves, Martha Hall Kelly, Doubleday Canada (1)

ORIGINAL NON-FICTION

1. The Wager, David Grann, Doubleday (1)

2. Spare, Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, Random House Canada (15)

3. The Survivor, Josef Lewkowicz, Michael Calvin, HarperCollins Canada (3)

4. Ducks, Kate Beaton, Drawn & Quarterly (20)

5. Prisoner #1056, Roy Ratnavel, Viking (1)

6. Gibby, John Gibbons, Greg Oliver, ECW (3)

7. The Watchmaker’s Daughter, Larry Loftis, William Morrow (8)

8. The Earth Transformed, Peter Frankopan, Knopf (1)

9. 12 Rules for Life, Jordan B. Peterson, Random House Canada (144)

10. Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed (108)

CANADIAN FICTION

1. A Death at the Party, Amy Stuart, Simon & Schuster

2. The Dutch Orphan, Ellen Keith, HarperCollins Canada

3. Coronation Year, Jennifer Robson, William Morrow

4. Everything She Feared, Rick Mofina, MIRA

5. Old Babes in the Wood, Margaret Atwood, McClelland & Stewart

6. To Track a Traitor, Iona Whishaw, TouchWood

7. Snow Road Station, Elizabeth Hay, Knopf Canada

8. Greenwood, Michael Christie, McClelland & Stewart

9. Women Talking, Miriam Toews, Vintage Canada

10. Five Little Indians, Michelle Good, Harper Perennial

CANADIAN NON-FICTION

1. Ducks, Kate Beaton, Drawn & Quarterly

2. Prisoner #1056, Roy Ratnavel, Viking

3. 12 Rules for Life, Jordan B. Peterson, Random House Canada

4. Run Towards the Danger, Sarah Polley, Penguin Canada

5. Between Good and Evil, Melissa Fung, HarperCollins Canada

6. Wrongfully Convicted, Kent Roach, Simon & Schuster

7. Love, Pamela, Pamela Anderson, Dey Street

8. Outsider, Brett Popplewell, Collins

9. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Matthew Perry, Flatiron

10. Bones of Belonging, Annahid Dashtgard, Dundurn

CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT

1. Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas under the Sea, Dav Pilkey, Graphix

2. The Super Mario Bros. Movie Official Storybook, Michael Moccio, Random House Books for Young Readers

3. The Adventures of Captain Underpants, Dav Pilkey, Scholastic

4. The Super Mario Bros. Movie Official Activity Book, Michael Moccio, Random House Books for Young Readers

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

6. The Way I Used to Be, Amber Smith, Margaret K. McElderry

7. Little Blue Truck Board Book, Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry, Clarion

8. Girl in Pieces, Kathleen Glasgow, Ember

9. Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations (Cat Kid Comic Club #4), Dav Pilkey, Scholastic

10. Mary Anne’s Bad Luck Mystery (Baby-Sitters Club #1) , Ann M. Martin, Cynthia Yuan Cheng, Graphix

SELF-IMPROVEMENT

1. The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene, Joost Eiffers, Penguin

2. 8 Rules of Love, Jay Shetty, Simon & Schuster

3. 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think, Brianna Wiest, Thought Catalog

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

5. The Creative Act, Rick Rubin, Pocket

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

7. The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills, Amber-Allen

8. How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie, Pocket

9. Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert, Penguin

10. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, Lindsay C. Gibson, New Harbinger

* Number of weeks on list

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