From literary to crime, sci-fi to historical, this week’s bestsellers list runs the gamut of Canadian fiction.

For the two weeks ending April 22:

1. Alone in the Classroom, Elizabeth Hay
(McClelland & Stewart, $22 pa, 9780771037979)

2. The Accident, Linwood Barclay
(Seal Books/Random House, $11.99 mm, 9781400026395)

3. Why Men Lie, Linden MacIntyre
(Random House Canada, $32 cl, 9780307360861)

4. Irma Voth, Miriam Toews
(Vintage Canada, $22 pa, 9780307400697)

5. The Winter Palace, Eva Stachniak
(Doubleday Canada, $24.95 pa, 9780385666565)

6. The Sisters Brothers, Patrick deWitt
(House of Anansi Press, $22.95 pa, 9781770890329)

7. Half-Blood Blues, Esi Edugyan
(Thomas Allen Publishers, $24.95 pa, 9780887627415)

8. Web of Angels, Lilian Nattel
(Knopf Canada, $22 pa, 9780307402097)

9. Room, Emma Donoghue
(HarperCollins Canada, $19.99 pa, 9781554688326)

10. The Midwife of Venice, Roberta Rich
(Anchor Canada, $22.95 pa, 9780385668279)

11. Flash and Bones, Kathy Reichs
(Pocket/Simon & Schuster, $17 pa, 9781451675290)

12. Secret Daughter, Shilpi Somaya Gowda
(HarperCollins Canada, $19.99 pa, 9780061974304)

13. The Headmaster’s Wager, Vincent Lam
(Doubleday Canada, $32.95 cl, 9780385661454)

14. Tiger Hills, Sarita Mandanna
(Penguin Canada, $18 pa, 9780143174714)

15. The Thirteen, Susan Moloney
(Vintage Canada, $14.95 pa, 9780307361585)

16. Kaleidoscope, Gail Bowen
(M&S, $29.99 cl, 9780771016899)

17. Dead Cold, Louise Penny
(Little, Brown/Hachette, $10.99 mm, 9780351322280)

18. 419, Will Ferguson
(Penguin Canada, $32 cl, 9780670064717)

19. The Book of Negroes, Lawrence Hill
(HarperCollins Canada, $10.99 mm, 9781443408981)

20. Wonder, Robert J. Sawyer
(Viking Canada, $13.50 mm, 9780143056324)