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Hardcover Fiction: Dec. 23, 2023

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast weekWeeks on List
1The ExchangeJohn GrishamDoubleday$39.9519
2Fourth WingRebecca YarrosRed Tower Books$34.99428
3Iron FlameRebecca YarrosRed Tower Books$39.9966
4The DefectorChris HadfieldRandom House Canada$37.00210
5The Little LiarMitch AlbomHarper$33.5035
6The BittlemoresJann ArdenRandom House Canada$36.9556
7HollyStephen KingScribner$39.99715
8The Armor of LightKen FollettViking$51.00810
9Resurrection WalkMichael ConnellyLittle Brown & Company$38.00105
10The Covenant of WaterAbraham VergheseGrove/Atlantic$39.95-24

Hardcover Non-Fiction: Dec. 23, 2023

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1The Road YearsRick MercerDoubleday Canada$36.953
2The Woman in MeBritney SpearsGallery Books$39.992
3Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible ThingMatthew PerryFlatiron Books$39.995
4My Effin' LifeGeddy LeeHarper$50.001
5My Name Is BarbraBarbra StreisandViking$63.004
6How Canada WorksPeter Mansbridge; Mark BulgutchSimon & Schuster$36.996
7Elon MuskWalter IsaacsonSimon & Schuster$44.997
8The WagerDavid GrannDoubleday$39.959
9OutlivePeter Attia; Bill GiffordHarmony$42.00-
10Be UsefulArnold SchwarzeneggerPenguin Press$37.9910

Paperback Fiction: Dec. 23, 2023

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1Hello Beautiful (Oprah's Book Club)Ann NapolitanoThe Dial Press$26.001
2Lessons in ChemistryBonnie GarmusDoubleday Canada$24.952
3IcebreakerHannah GraceAtria Books$24.993
4The Mystery GuestNita ProseViking$24.954
5Demon Copperhead IntlBarbara KingsolverHarper$26.998
6YellowfaceR. F. KuangWilliam Morrow Paperbacks$24.99-
7WildfireHannah GraceAtria Books$25.999
8NeverKen FollettPenguin Books$14.9910
93 Days to LiveJames PattersonGrand Central Publishing$13.997
10A Court of Thorns and RosesSarah J. MaasBloomsbury Publishing$25.00-

Canadian Fiction: Dec. 23, 2023

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1The DefectorChris HadfieldRandom House Canada$37.001
2The BittlemoresJann ArdenRandom House Canada$36.952
3The Mystery GuestNita ProseViking$24.953
4Study for ObedienceSarah BernsteinKnopf Canada$29.954
5Moon of the Turning LeavesWaubgeshig RiceRandom House Canada$24.956
6The Jazz Club SpyRoberta RichSimon & Schuster$24.998
7It Happened One ChristmasChantel GuertinDoubleday Canada$22.005
8Moon of the Crusted SnowWaubgeshig RiceECW Press$19.957
9The AdversaryMichael CrummeyKnopf Canada$35.0010
10Meet Me at the LakeCarley FortuneViking$24.95-

Canadian Non-Fiction: Dec. 23, 2023

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1The Road YearsRick MercerDoubleday Canada$36.952
2Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible ThingMatthew PerryFlatiron Books$39.993
3My Effin' LifeGeddy LeeHarper$50.001
4How Canada WorksPeter Mansbridge; Mark BulgutchSimon & Schuster$36.994
5OutlivePeter Attia; Bill GiffordHarmony$42.005
6Life in Two WorldsTed Nolan; Meg MastersViking$35.006
7Where the Falcon FliesAdam ShoaltsPenguin Canada$36.008
8Cracking the Nazi CodeJason BellHarperCollins Canada$36.99-
9Hockey Hall of Fame Book of JerseysSteve MiltonFirefly Books$29.959
10Draft DayDoug MacLean; Scott MorrisonSimon & Schuster$34.997

Juvenile: Dec. 23, 2023

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1Cat Kid Comic Club InfluencersDav PilkeyGraphix$16.991
2No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 18)Jeff KinneyAmulet Books$17.992
3Guinness World Records 2024Craig GlendayGuinness World Records$36.953
4Percy Jackson and the Olympians: the Chalice of the GodsRick RiordanDisney-Hyperion$26.9910
5The Big CheeseJory John; Pete OswaldHarperCollins$24.995
6Dog Man: Twenty Thousand Fleas under the Sea: a Graphic Novel (Dog Man #11)Dav PilkeyGraphix$19.999
7The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (a Hunger Games Novel)Suzanne CollinsScholastic Press$22.996
8Taylor Swift: a Little Golden Book BiographyWendy Loggia; Elisa ChavarriGolden Books$7.99-
9The Bad Guys in Look Who's Talking (the Bad Guys #18)Aaron BlabeyScholastic Paperbacks$8.998
10Little Blue Truck's ChristmasAlice Schertle; Jill McElmurryClarion Books$23.997

Self-Improvement: Dec. 23, 2023

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1OutlivePeter Attia; Bill GiffordHarmony$42.002
2The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene; Joost ElffersPenguin$35.007
3The Creative ActRick RubinPenguin Press$42.004
4101 Essays That Will Change the Way You ThinkBrianna WiestThought Catalog Books$20.998
5The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ckMark MansonHarper$23.995
6How to Be the Love You SeekNicole LePeraHarper Paperbacks$25.993
7Rich Dad Poor DadRobert T. KiyosakiPlata$12.999
8The Mountain Is YouBrianna WiestThought Catalog Books$22.99-
9Hidden PotentialAdam GrantViking$42.006
10How Not to AgeMichael GregerFlatiron Books$52.991

Cooking: Dec. 23, 2023

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList Price
15 Ingredients MediterraneanJamie OliverAppetite by Random House$45.00
2Fraiche Food, Fuller HeartsJillian Harris; Tori WesszerPenguin Canada$45.00
3In Mary's KitchenMary BergAppetite by Random House$35.00
4Baking YesteryearB. Dylan HollisAlpha$42.00
5From Crook to CookSnoop DoggChronicle Books$37.95
6The Art of MixologyParragon BooksParragon Books$23.95
7Joshua Weissman: Texture over TasteJoshua WeissmanDK$48.00
8Half Baked Harvest Every DayTieghan GerardClarkson Potter$39.99
9Magnolia Table, Volume 3Joanna GainesWiillam Morrow Cookbooks$50.00
10A Very Prairie Christmas BakebookKarlynn JohnstonAppetite by Random House$37.50

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