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Hardcover Fiction: September 20, 2025<\/p>\nRankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast WeekWeeks on List<\/tr>\n1<\/p>\nThe Secret of Secrets<\/td>\nDan Brown<\/td>\nDoubleday<\/td>\n$52.00<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n2<\/p>\nKatabasis<\/td>\nR.F. Kuang<\/td>\nHarper Voyager<\/td>\n$43.50<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n3<\/p>\nThe Hallmarked Man<\/td>\nRobert Galbraith<\/td>\nMulholland Books<\/td>\n$51.00<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n4<\/p>\nClown Town<\/td>\nMick Herron<\/td>\nSoho Crime<\/td>\n$39.95<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n5<\/p>\nThe Last Letter<\/td>\nRebecca Yarros<\/td>\nEntangled: Amara<\/td>\n$43.00<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n6<\/p>\nOn Wings of Blood<\/td>\nBriar Boleyn<\/td>\nMIRA<\/td>\n$39.50<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n7<\/p>\nClive Cussler: The Iron Storm<\/td>\nJack Du Brul<\/td>\nG.P. Putnam’s Sons<\/td>\n$42.00<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n8<\/p>\nThe Pumpkin Spice Caf\u00e9<\/td>\nLaurie Gilmore<\/td>\nHarper Collins<\/td>\n$39.50<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n9<\/p>\nWild Reverence<\/td>\nRebecca Ross<\/td>\nSaturday Books<\/td>\n$42.00<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n10<\/p>\nThe River Is Waiting<\/td>\nWally Lamb<\/td>\nMarysue Rucci Books<\/td>\n$39.99<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Hardcover Non-Fiction: September 20, 2025<\/p>\nRankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week<\/tr>\n1<\/p>\nAll the Way to the River<\/td>\nElizabeth Gilbert<\/td>\nRiverhead Books<\/td>\n$48.00<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n2<\/p>\nThe Let Them Theory<\/td>\nMel Robbins; Sawyer Robbins<\/td>\nHay House<\/td>\n$39.99<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n3<\/p>\nThe Book of Sheen<\/td>\nCharlie Sheen<\/td>\nGallery Books<\/td>\n$49.00<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n4<\/p>\nMother Mary Comes to Me<\/td>\nArundhati Roy<\/td>\nSimon & Schuster<\/td>\n$39.99<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n5<\/p>\nThe Unexpected Journey<\/td>\nEmma Heming Willis<\/td>\nPenguin Random House<\/td>\n$39.99<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n6<\/p>\nA Truce That Is Not Peace<\/td>\nMiriam Toews<\/td>\nKnopf Canada<\/td>\n$34.00<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n7<\/p>\nDecolonization and Me<\/td>\nPhyllis Webstad; Kristy McLeod<\/td>\nMedicine Wheel Education<\/td>\n$30.99<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n8<\/p>\nRock Star<\/td>\nJennifer Jones<\/td>\nCollins<\/td>\n$36.99<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n9<\/p>\nSister Wife<\/td>\nChristine Brown Woolley<\/td>\nGallery Books<\/td>\n$41.00<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n10<\/p>\nThe Anxious Generation<\/td>\nJonathan Haidt<\/td>\nPenguin Press<\/td>\n$39.99<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Paperback Fiction: September 20, 2025<\/p>\nRankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week<\/tr>\n1<\/p>\nWild Card<\/td>\nElsie Silver<\/td>\nBloom Books<\/td>\n$28.99<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n2<\/p>\nChristmas Eve Love Story: An Advent Book<\/td>\nGinny Baird<\/td>\nSourcebooks Casablanca<\/td>\n$29.99<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n3<\/p>\nPitcher Perfect<\/td>\nTessa Bailey<\/td>\nAvon Books<\/td>\n$23.99<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n4<\/p>\nPeople Watching<\/td>\nHannah Bonam-Young<\/td>\nDell<\/td>\n$25.99<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n5<\/p>\nBroken Country<\/td>\nClare Leslie Hall<\/td>\nSimon & Schuster<\/td>\n$26.99<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n6<\/p>\nThe Surrogate Mother<\/td>\nFreida McFadden<\/td>\nPoisoned Pen Press<\/td>\n$27.99<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n7<\/p>\nMy Friends<\/td>\nFredrik Backman<\/td>\nSimon & Schuster<\/td>\n$26.99<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n8<\/p>\nShe Didn’t See It Coming<\/td>\nShari Lapena<\/td>\nDoubleday Canada<\/td>\n$26.95<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n9<\/p>\nThe Pumpkin Spice Caf\u00e9<\/td>\nLaurie Gilmore<\/td>\nHarper Collins<\/td>\n$23.99<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n10<\/p>\nAtmosphere<\/td>\nTaylor Jenkins Reid<\/td>\nDoubleday Canada<\/td>\n$26.99<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Canadian Fiction: September 20, 2025<\/p>\nRankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week<\/tr>\n1<\/p>\nWild Card<\/td>\nElsie Silver<\/td>\nBloom Books<\/td>\n$28.99<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n2<\/p>\nPeople Watching<\/td>\nHannah Bonam-Young<\/td>\nDell<\/td>\n$25.99<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n3<\/p>\nShe Didn’t See It Coming<\/td>\nShari Lapena<\/td>\nDoubleday Canada<\/td>\n$26.95<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n4<\/p>\nOn Wings of Blood<\/td>\nBriar Boleyn<\/td>\nMIRA<\/td>\n$39.50<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n5<\/p>\nShip of Dreams<\/td>\nDonna Jones Alward<\/td>\nOne More Chapter<\/td>\n$25.99<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n6<\/p>\nThe Handmaid’s Tale<\/td>\nMargaret Atwood<\/td>\nMcClelland & Stewart<\/td>\n$22.00<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n7<\/p>\nFinding Flora<\/td>\nElinor Florence<\/td>\nSimon & Schuster<\/td>\n$24.99<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n8<\/p>\nOne Golden Summer<\/td>\nCarley Fortune<\/td>\nViking<\/td>\n$26.95<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n9<\/p>\nThe Hunger We Pass Down<\/td>\nJen Sookfong Lee<\/td>\nMcClelland & Stewart<\/td>\n$26.00<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n10<\/p>\nEvery Summer After<\/td>\nCarley Fortune<\/td>\nViking<\/td>\n$24.95<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Canadian Non-Fiction: September 20, 2025<\/p>\nRankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week<\/tr>\n1<\/p>\nA Truce That Is Not Peace<\/td>\nMiriam Toews<\/td>\nKnopf Canada<\/td>\n$34.00<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n2<\/p>\nDecolonization and Me<\/td>\nPhyllis Webstad; Kristy McLeod<\/td>\nMedicine Wheel Education<\/td>\n$30.99<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n3<\/p>\nRock Star<\/td>\nJennifer Jones<\/td>\nHarper Collins Canada<\/td>\n$36.99<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n4<\/p>\nNowhere Girl<\/td>\nCarla Ciccone<\/td>\nRandom House Canada<\/td>\n$35.00<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n5<\/p>\nValues<\/td>\nMark Carney<\/td>\nSignal<\/td>\n$28.00<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n6<\/p>\nSmartphone Nation<\/td>\nKaitlyn Regehr<\/td>\nKnopf Canada<\/td>\n$36.00<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n7<\/p>\n21 Things You Need to Know about Indigenous Self-Government<\/td>\nBob Joseph<\/td>\nPage Two Books<\/td>\n$24.95<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n8<\/p>\nA Steady Brightness of Being<\/td>\nSara Sinclair; Stephanie Sinclair<\/td>\nPenguin Canada<\/td>\n$32.00<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n9<\/p>\n52 Ways to Reconcile<\/td>\nDavid A. Robertson<\/td>\nMcClelland & Stewart<\/td>\n$25.00<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n10<\/p>\nAn Accidental Villain<\/td>\nLinden MacIntyre<\/td>\nRandom House Canada<\/td>\n$38.00<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Juvenile: September 20, 2025<\/p>\nRankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week<\/tr>\n1<\/p>\nThe Poisoned King<\/td>\nKatherine Rundell; Ashley Mackenzie<\/td>\nPuffin Canada<\/td>\n$26.99<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n2<\/p>\nCozy Corner<\/td>\nCoco Wyo<\/td>\nRandom House Books for Young Readers<\/td>\n$12.50<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n3<\/p>\nFearful<\/td>\nLauren Roberts<\/td>\nSimon & Schuster Books For Young Readers<\/td>\n$23.99<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n4<\/p>\nLittle Blue Truck’s Halloween<\/td>\nAlice Schertle; Jill McElmurry<\/td>\nClarion Books<\/td>\n$17.50<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n5<\/p>\nGuinness World Records 2025<\/td>\nCraig Glenday; Guinness World Records<\/td>\nGuinness World Records <\/td>\n$36.95<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n6<\/p>\nInvestiGators: Case Files<\/td>\nJohn Patrick Green; Steve Behling; Chris Fenoglio<\/td>\nFirst Second Books<\/td>\n$16.99<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n7<\/p>\nCozy Cuties<\/td>\nCoco Wyo<\/td>\nRandom House Books for Young Readers<\/td>\n$12.50<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n8<\/p>\nFalling Like Leaves<\/td>\nMisty Wilson<\/td>\nMargaret K. McElderry Books<\/td>\n$18.99<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n9<\/p>\nDog Man #13: Big Jim Begins<\/td>\nDav Pilkey<\/td>\nGraphix<\/td>\n$19.99<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n10<\/p>\nT Is for Terry<\/td>\nDenise Dias; No\u00e9mie Gionet Landry<\/td>\nScholastic Canada<\/td>\n$18.99<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Self-Improvement: September 20, 2025<\/p>\nRankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week<\/tr>\n1<\/p>\nAll the Way to the River<\/td>\nElizabeth Gilbert<\/td>\nRiverhead Books<\/td>\n$48.00<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n2<\/p>\nThe Let Them Theory<\/td>\nMel Robbins<\/td>\nHay House<\/td>\n$39.99<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n3<\/p>\nThe Unexpected Journey<\/td>\nEmma Heming Willis<\/td>\nPenguin Random House<\/td>\n$39.99<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n4<\/p>\nThe 48 Laws of Power<\/td>\nRobert Greene; Joost Elffers<\/td>\nPenguin Books<\/td>\n$35.00<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n5<\/p>\nThink and Grow Rich<\/td>\nNapoleon Hill<\/td>\nTarcherPerigee<\/td>\n$15.00<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n6<\/p>\nThe Mountain Is You<\/td>\nBrianna Wiest<\/td>\nThought Catalog Books<\/td>\n$22.99<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n7<\/p>\nUnbreakable<\/td>\nVonda Wright<\/td>\nRodale Books<\/td>\n$42.50<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n8<\/p>\nIt Doesn’t Have to Hurt<\/td>\nSanjay Gupta<\/td>\nSimon & Schuster<\/td>\n$39.99<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n9<\/p>\n101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think<\/td>\nBrianna Wiest<\/td>\nThought Catalog Books<\/td>\n$20.99<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n10<\/p>\nWhen the Body Says No<\/td>\nGabor Mat\u00e9<\/td>\nVintage Canada<\/td>\n$24.00<\/td>\n\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Romance\/Erotica: September 20, 2025<\/p>\nRankTitleAuthorPublisherList Price<\/tr>\n1<\/p>\nWild Card<\/td>\nElsie Silver<\/td>\nBloom Books<\/td>\n$28.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n2<\/p>\nChristmas Eve Love Story: An Advent Book<\/td>\nGinny Baird<\/td>\nSourcebooks Casablanca<\/td>\n$29.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n3<\/p>\nPitcher Perfect<\/td>\nTessa Bailey<\/td>\nAvon Books<\/td>\n$23.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n4<\/p>\nPeople Watching<\/td>\nHannah Bonam-Young<\/td>\nDell<\/td>\n$25.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n5<\/p>\nDream Harbor #1: The Pumpkin Spice Caf\u00e9<\/td>\nLaurie Gilmore<\/td>\nHarper Collins<\/td>\n$23.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n6<\/p>\nThe Last Letter<\/td>\nRebecca Yarros<\/td>\nEntangled: Amara<\/td>\n$43.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n7<\/p>\nDream Harbor #5: The Gingerbread Bakery<\/td>\nLaurie Gilmore<\/td>\nHarper Collins<\/td>\n$23.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n8<\/p>\nThe Honeycrisp Orchard Inn<\/td>\nValerie Bowman<\/td>\nAvon A<\/td>\n$23.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n9<\/p>\nOne Golden Summer<\/td>\nCarley Fortune<\/td>\nViking<\/td>\n$26.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n10<\/p>\nLights Out<\/td>\nNavessa Allen<\/td>\nZando<\/td>\n$24.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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