Bestsellers and book news this week: of Mortality, Soldaten and the persistence of Paul Volcker
Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles, plus our most recent book reviews
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Our latest book reviews at Maclean’s:
- Fortress Europe: dispatches from a gated continent, by Matthew Carr, review by Brian Bethune.
- Soldaten: on fighting, killing, and dying, by Sönke Neitzel and Harald Welzer, review by Brian Bethune.
- Mortality, by Christopher Hitchens, review by Brian Bethune.
- 1982, by Jian Ghomeshi, review by Andrew Stobo Sniderman.
- The magic of Saida, by M.G. Vassanji, review by Brian Bethune.
- Volcker: the triumph of persistence, by William L. Silber, review by Andrew Stobo Sniderman.
Bestsellers last week:
Fiction
| 1 | SWEET TOOTH by Ian McEwan | 1 (3) |
| 2 | THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY by Louise Penny | 2 (3) |
| 3 | TELEGRAPH AVENUE by Michael Chabon | (1) |
| 4 | Y by Marjorie Celona | 6 (2) |
| 5 | THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY by Rachel Joyce | 3 (8) |
| 6 | A WANTED MAN by Lee Child | (1) |
| 7 | LIONEL ASBO by Martin Amis | 9 (4) |
| 8 | WINTER OF THE WORLD by Ken Follett | (1) |
| 9 | SLEEPING FUNNY by Miranda Hill | (1) |
| 10 | THE KINGMAKER’S DAUGHTER by Philippa Gregory | 4 (4) |
Non-fiction
| 1 | MORTALITY by Christopher Hitchens | 2 (2) |
| 2 | NO EASY DAY by Mark Owen | 1 (2) |
| 3 | THE SECOND WORLD WAR Antony Beevor | 3 (15) |
| 4 | A DAUGHTER’S TALE by Mary Soames | 7 (7) |
| 5 | JOSEPH ANTON by Salman Rushdie | (1) |
| 6 | 1982 by Jian Ghomeshi | (1) |
| 7 | DEARIE by Bob Spitz | 6 (5) |
| 8 | THE REVENGE OF GEOGRAPHY by Robert Kaplan | 5 (33) |
| 9 | THE WORLD OF DOWNTON ABBEY by Jessica Fellowes | 8 (34) |
| 10 | SCIENCE SET FREE by Rupert Sheldrake | (1) |
**LAST WEEK (WEEKS ON LIST)
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