Our latest book reviews at Maclean’s:
- Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child, by Bob Spitz, review by Anne Kingston.
- Double Cross: The True Story of the D-Day Spies, by Ben Macintyre, review by Brian Bethune.
- The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World’s Greatest Empire, by Anthony Everitt, review by Brian Bethune.
- Lionel Asbo: State of England, by Martin Amis, review by Richard Warnica
- All We know: Three Lives, by Lisa Cohen, review by Sarah Murdoch.
- The Boy Kings: A Journey into the Heart of the Social Network, by Katherine Losse, review by Andrew Stobo Sniderman.
Bestsellers last week:
Fiction
| 1 | THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY by Rachel Joyce |
1 (3) |
| 2 | CAPITAL by John Lanchester |
3 (6) |
| 3 | CANADA by Richard Ford |
7 (12) |
| 4 | GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn |
10 (2) |
| 5 | A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin |
8 (58) |
| 6 | 13 by Kelley Armstrong |
2 (3) |
| 7 | BRING UP THE BODIES by Hilary Mantel |
9 (14) |
| 8 | IN ONE PERSON by John Irving |
5 (15) |
| 9 | A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING by Dave Eggers |
4 (2) |
| 10 | THE PRISONER OF HEAVEN by Carlos Ruiz Zafon |
(1) |
Non-fiction
| 1 | DOUBLE CROSS by Ben Mcintyre |
1 (2) |
| 2 | QUIET by Susan Cain |
(1) |
| 3 | A DAUGHTER’S TALE by Mary Soames |
2 (2) |
| 4 | JOHNSON’S LIFE OF LONDON by Boris Johnson |
3 (3) |
| 5 | THE SECOND WORLD WAR Antony Beevor |
4 (10) |
| 6 | THE END OF GROWTH by Jeff Rubin |
6 (14) |
| 7 | ROAD TO VALOUR by Aili and Andres McConnon |
9 (2) |
| 8 | THE RISE OF ROME by Anthony Everitt |
(1) |
| 9 | THE WORLD OF DOWNTON ABBEY by Jessica Fellowes |
7 (29) |
| 10 | WILD by Chervl Straved |
8 (5) |
LAST WEEK (WEEKS ON LIST)
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