The Maclean’s bestseller list
Who was reading what the week of Feb. 17
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RBC Taylor Prize Nominees: Barbara Taylor’s The Last Asylum
Historian Barbara Taylor weaves her story into the larger one of psychiatric hospitals
Why we should lie to ones we love
A master of deception argues that love depends on lying
RBC Taylor Prize nominees: David O’Keefe on the secrets of Dieppe
David O’Keefe discovered the real motive behind the poorly planned raid where so many Canadians died
A conversation with Daniel Handler, aka Lemony Snicket
The latest from the bestselling author is an adult book about dads, feral children and stealing life from others
Bestsellers, week of Jan. 14
The hottest titles in fiction and non-fiction
The most anticipated books of 2015
With Ishiguro, Tyler and Franzen back with new fiction, this year will herald the return of the literary heavy hitters
Amy Poehler’s radical message: ‘Be nice. Work hard.’
Behind Amy Poehler’s impossibly cheery persona is a multimedia empire built almost by stealth
Sean Michaels: When the story is stranger than fiction
The winner of the 2014 Giller Prize expounds on the thin line between fact and fiction, and the value of the digital world
Book review: Anne Rice finally gets back to vampires
Characters, clans, plot twists, plus emotional turmoil, spiced with sex and death.