The bestselling books in Canada for the week ending July 12

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The top two bestselling non-fiction titles sold in Canada last week are essentially coffee table books, and I can’t recall that happening in recent years.

The first is “Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS.” It is a commemorative volume marking the 10th anniversary of the first album by BTS, the spectacularly popular seven-member Korean boy group. BTS does not stand for Beyond the Story but Bangtan Sonyeondan, which translates as Bulletproof Boy Scouts. Author Myeongseok Kang is a chronicler of Korean pop culture; Anton Hur provided the English translation. (Thank God for Wikipedia and Amazon, my sole sources for the foregoing information.)

Next is “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: The Art of the Movie,” a tie-in to Sony’s animated sequel to 2018’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” which won an Oscar. The film is currently playing in local theatres and streaming for home audiences.

The big release this week in Canadian fiction is “The Librarianist,” a new novel by Patrick deWitt, which is getting enthusiastic reviews everywhere. It debuts at No. 6. (The book is on the Canadian list because deWitt was born on Vancouver Island but was largely raised in California and now lives in Oregon. He is an American citizen.)

ORIGINAL FICTION

1. Zero Days, Ruth Ware, Simon & Schuster (3)*

2. Love, Theoretically, Ali Hazelwood, Berkley (5)

3. The Five-Star Weekend, Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown (4)

4. Icebreaker, Hannah Grace, Atria (12)

5. Meet Me at the Lake, Carley Fortune, Viking (10)

6. The Whispers, Ashley Audrain, Viking (5)

7. Yellowface, R.F. Kuang, William Morrow (7)

8. Verity, Colleen Hoover, Grand Central (58)

9. It Starts With Us, Colleen Hoover, Atria (34)

10. It Ends with Us, Colleen Hoover, Atria (89)

ORIGINAL NON-FICTION

1. Beyond the Story, BTS, Myeongseok Kang, Anton Hur, Flatiron (1)

2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Ramin Zahed, Sony, Abrams (2)

3. Pageboy, Elliot Page, HarperCollins Canada (5)

4. The Wager, David Grann, Doubleday (12)

5. Truth Telling, Michelle Good, HarperCollins Canada (7)

6. Spare, Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, Random House Canada (26)

7. 12 Rules for Life, Jordan B. Peterson, Random House Canada (152)

8. Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed (117)

9. The Art Thief, Michael Finkel, Knopf Canada (2)

10. I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster (33)

CANADIAN FICTION

1. Meet Me at the Lake, Carley Fortune, Viking

2. The Whispers, Ashley Audrain, Viking

3. A World of Curiosities, Louise Penny, Minotaur

4. The Drowning Woman, Robyn Harding, Grand Central

5. I Only Read Murder, Ian Ferguson, Will Ferguson, HarperCollins Canada

6. The Librarianist, Patrick deWitt, House of Anansi

7. The Maid, Nita Prose, Penguin Canada

8. Someday I’ll Find You, C.C. Humphreys, Doubleday Canada

9. Every Summer After, Carley Fortune, Penguin Canada

10. Not a Happy Family, Shari Lapena, Seal

CANADIAN NON-FICTION

1. Pageboy, Elliot Page, HarperCollins Canada

2. Truth Telling, Michelle Good, HarperCollins Canada

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

4. Fire Weather, John Vaillant, Knopf Canada

5. Outsider, Brett Popplewell, Collins

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

7. From the Ashes, Jesse Thistle, Simon & Schuster

8. Indigenous Writes, Chelsea Vowel, HighWater

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

10. The Billionaire Murders, Kevin Donovan, Viking

CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT

1. Let the Games Begin! (The Bad Guys #17), Aaron Blabey, Scholastic

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

3. Karen’s Haircut (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #7), Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina, Graphix

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

5. If He Had Been with Me, Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire

6. The Summer I Turned Pretty, Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

7. Second Grade Jumbo Workbook, Scholastic, Cartwheel

8. Kindergarten Jumbo Workbook, Scholastic, Cartwheel

9. Pre-K Jumbo Workbook, Scholastic, Cartwheel

10. It’s Not Summer Without You, Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

HEALTH & FITNESS

1. Outlive, Peter Attia, Bill Gifford, Harmony

2. The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin

3. The Myth of Normal, Gabor Maté, Daniel Maté, Knopf Canada

4. Fast Like a Girl, Mindy Pelz, Hay House

5. When the Body Says No, Gabor Maté, Vintage

6. The Glucose Goddess Method, Jessie Inchauspé, Simon & Schuster

7. Eat to Beat Your Diet, William W. Li, Grand Central

8. Ultra-Processed People, Chris van Tulleken, Knopf Canada

9. The Menopause Reset, Mindy Pelz, Hay House

10. Expecting Better, Emily Oster, Penguin

* Number of weeks on list

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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