The Maclean’s Bestsellers list: Week of Nov. 15
Giller Prize winner Madeleine Thien continues to own the fiction list, while a book about trees—ironic, no?—leads the non-fiction set
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Fahmy: Inside the notorious ’scorpion block’
Journalist Mohamed Fahmy was imprisoned in Egypt for almost two years. Here, he recounts a jihadi singsong.
The Maclean’s Bestsellers list: Week of Nov. 8
Bruce Springsteen is no longer the Boss of our non-fiction list, while Giller winner Madeleine Thien becomes fiction’s top seller
Madeleine Thien takes home the Giller Prize
“I’m just happy for the book. So happy for the book."
Why Elvis never left the building
A new book examines the enduring appeal of Graceland, 40 years after Elvis
Emma Donoghue: ’My curiosity flares up when I hear about . . . ’
Emma Donoghue on storing ideas like bulbs, and planting them later
Rogers Writers’ Trust: Celebrating the 2016 winners
The second big night of books awards season went to Yasuko Thanh—but she wasn’t the only one to take home a cash prize
The Maclean’s Bestsellers List: week of Nov. 1
Bruce Springsteen is still on fire in our non-fiction list, as Governor-General Award winner Madeleine Thien shoots to the top in fiction
A beguiling tale about alienation
Hal Niedzviecki takes the approach of a Victorian serial novelist
Mona Awad: ‘I felt like quitting many times’
Mona Awad on finding poetic inspiration, scribbling notes—and the long, hard process of writing her book