Maclean’s bestsellers
from the Sept. 29 issue, as compiled by Books editor Brian Bethune
Brian Bethune
Brian Bethune writes about ideas, books and the book trade, and religion, but what really interests him is why people believe what they believe.
A look back at Hogtown’s history to see how we got here
Book review: ’Toronto: Biography of a City’
Margaret Atwood returns from the future, to this moment
In the wake of her futuristic MaddAddam trilogy, Atwood’s new short-story collection are back in the present. With a burning vengeance.
An eye-opening story of the jaguar, from Asia to the Americas
Book review: An Indomitable Beast: The Remarkable Journey of the Jaguar
How face-to-face contact makes us happier
The socially rich are getting richer, and the socially poor are only getting poorer
Sweetland: A superb fourth novel from Michael Crummey
A novel of loss and surprising resilience
A post-modern spin on the Habsburg empire
Book review: The Habsburgs: Dynasty, Culture and Politics
Unpacking the real Alex Colville
He is iconic, yet misjudged. A magnificent new show unpacks a master of exquisite realism
An academic treatise on passive-aggression
A review of ’Dear Committee Members’, a hysterical novel about a beaten-down English prof at a second-tier U.S. university
Why global warming leaves most of us cold
George Marshall’s shrewd account of the psychology of why we ignore climate change