Books

Required reading for an August weekend

The week in bestsellers, plus our latest book reviews

Our latest book reviews at Maclean’s:

Bestsellers last week:

Fiction

1 THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY
by Rachel Joyce

6 (2)
2 13
by Kelley Armstrong

3 (2)
3 CAPITAL
by John Lanchester
2 (5)
4 A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING
by Dave Eggers
 (1)
5 IN ONE PERSON
by John Irving
1 (14)
6 MISSION TO PARIS
by Alan Furst

7 (9)
7 CANADA
by Richard Ford

4 (11)
8 A DANCE WITH DRAGONS
by George R.R. Martin

5 (57)
9 BRING UP THE BODIES
by Hilary Mantel

9 (13)
10 GONE GIRL
by Gillian Flynn
 (1)

Non-fiction

1 DOUBLECROSS
by Ben Mcintyre

6 (2)
2 A DAUGHTER’S TALE
by Mary Soames
 (1)
3 JOHNSON’S LIFE OF LONDON
by Boris Johnson

2 (2)
4 THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Antony Beevor

3 (9)
5 TECUMSEH AND BROCK
by James Laxer
1 (5)
6 THE END OF GROWTH
by Jeff Rubin

4 (13)
7 THE WORLD OF DOWNTON ABBEY
by Jessica Fellowes

5 (28)
8 WILD
by Cheryl Strayed

9 (4)
9 ROAD TO VALOUR
by Aili and Andres McConnon
(1)
10
8 (3)

LAST WEEK (WEEKS ON LIST)

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