The Maclean’s Bestsellers list: week of Jan. 26

FICTION 

BOOK NAME Author Last week (Weeks on list)

1. MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON Elizabeth Strout 6 (2)
2. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Alan Dean Foster 1 (3)
3. THE ILLEGAL Lawrence Hill (1)
4. ROGUE LAWYER John Grisham 2 (12)
5. BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS Stephen King 8 (10)
6. LAKE HOUSE Kate Morton 9 (5)
7. THE MAGIC STRINGS OF FRANKIE PRESTO Mitch Albom 5 (9)
8. CROSS JUSTICE James Patterson 3 (7)
9. A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS George R.R. Martin 4 (6)
10. SEE ME Nicholas Sparks 7 (13)

NON-FICTION

BOOK NAME Author Last week (Weeks on list)

1. WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR Paul Kalanith 4 (2)
2. BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME Ta-Nehisi Coates 1 (26)
3. THE REASON YOU WALK Wab Kinew (1)
4. BEE TIME Mark Winston 6 (2)
5. THE WITCHES Stacy Shiff 3 (10)
6. THE CONFIDENCE GAME Maria Konnikova (1)
7. SPQR Mary Beard 5 (3)
8. THE GEOGRAPHY OF GENIUS Eric Weiner 10 (2)
9. WHY NOT ME? Mindy Kaling 7 (18)
10. WHAT IF? Randall Munroe 9 (4)

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