The bestselling books in Canada for the week ending Feb. 15

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Two notable newcomers to the list this week. Each focuses on a young woman, one fictional, one real life.

“VenCo,” a new novel by Métis writer Cherie Dimaline, debuts in the top spot on this week’s Canadian Fiction list. It’s the story of Lucky, a young Métis woman whose discovery of a magical spoon brings her into the realm of an international coven of feminist witches. Dimaline is the author of 2017’s “The Marrow Thieves,” a young-adult bestseller that continues to make periodic visits to the Canadian Fiction list.

And on the Original Non-Fiction list, “The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions,” by Greta Thurnberg, the 20-year-old Swedish activist, debuts at No. 5. The hardcover guide, with a sticker price of $41, argues that it isn’t too late to save the planet.

— 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. Heart Bones, Colleen Hoover, Atria (2)*

2. It Starts with Us, Colleen Hoover, Atria (16)

3. Secretly Yours, Tessa Bailey, Avon (2)

4. It Ends with Us, Colleen Hoover, Atria (75)

5. Encore in Death, J.D. Robb, St. Martin’s (1)

6. Icebreaker, Hannah Grace, Atria (2)

7. Maybe Someday, Colleen Hoover, Atria (1)

8. Maybe Now, Colleen Hoover, Atria (1)

9. Code Name Sapphire, Pam Jenoff, Park Row (1)

10. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner (3)

ORIGINAL NON-FICTION

1. Spare, Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, Random House Canada (5)

2. Love, Pamela, Pamela Anderson, Dey Street (2)

3. 12 Rules for Life, Jordan B. Peterson, Random House Canada (134)

4. Ducks, Kate Beaton, Drawn & Quarterly (10)

5. The Climate Book, Greta Thunberg, Penguin (1)

6. Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed (98)

7. 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act, Bob Joseph, Indigenous Relations (27)

8. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Matthew Perry, Flatiron (14)

9. People vs. Donald Trump, Mark Pomerantz, Simon & Schuster (1)

10. I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster (25)

CANADIAN FICTION

1. VenCo, Cherie Dimaline, Random House Canada

2. The Sleeping Car Porter, Suzette Mayr, Coach House

3. Really Good, Actually, Monica Heisey, HarperCollins

4. Women Talking, Miriam Toews, Vintage Canada

5. Five Little Indians, Michelle Good, Harper Perennial

6. Last Winter, Carrie Mac, Random House Canada

7. The School of Mirrors, Eva Stachniak, Anchor Canada

8. A World of Curiosities, Louise Penny, Minotaur

9. In Her Highlander’s Bed, Lynsay Sands, Avon

10. Hotline, Dimitri Nasrallah, Esplanade

CANADIAN NON-FICTION

1. Love, Pamela, Pamela Anderson, Dey Street

2. 12 Rules for Life, Jordan B. Peterson, Random House Canada

3. Ducks, Kate Beaton, Drawn & Quarterly

4. 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act, Bob Joseph, Indigenous Relations

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

6. Down and Back, Justin Bourne, Viking

7. Still, I Cannot Save You, Kelly S. Thompson, McClelland & Stewart

8. True Reconciliation, Jody Wilson-Raybould, McClelland & Stewart

9. Where to from Here, Bill Morneau, John Lawrence Reynolds, ECW

10. The Menopause Manifesto, Jen Gunter, Random House Canada

CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT

1. Mary Anne’s Bad Luck Mystery (The Baby Sitter Club #13), Ann M Martin, Cynthia Yuan Cheng, Graphix

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

3. Moon Rising, Tui T. Sutherland, Graphix

4. Karen’s Birthday (Baby Sitters Little Sister #6), Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina, Graphix

5. Little Blue Truck’s Valentine, Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry, Clarion

6. Diper Överlöde (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #17), Jeff Kinney, Amulet

7. Little Blue Truck’s Springtime, Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry, Clarion

8. Construction Site: You’re Just Right, A.G. Ford, Sherri Duskey Rinker, Chronicle

9. Big Nate: Very Funny!, Lincoln Pierce, Andrews McMeel

10. Chain of Thorns, Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry Books

SELF-IMPROVEMENT

1. 8 Rules of Love, Jay Shetty, Simon & Schuster

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

3. Feeling Seen, Jody Carrington, Collins

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

5. 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think, Brianna Wiest, Thought Catalog

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

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

8. How Big Things Get Done, Bent Flyvbjerg, Dan Gardner, Signal

9. Attached, Amir Levine, Rachel Heller, TarcherPerigee

10. How to Meet Your Self, Nicole LePera, Harper Wave

* Number of weeks on list

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