Sylvain Reynard’s true identity may be a mystery, but the author’s success can’t be disputed. Reynard takes the first and third spots on today’s Canadian fiction bestsellers list.

For the two weeks ending Sept. 23:

1. Gabriel’s Inferno, Sylvain Reynard
(Berkley/Penguin, $17 pa, 9780425265963)

2. Trust Your Eyes, Linwood Barclay
(Doubleday Canada, $22 pa, 9780385669573)

3. Gabriel’s Rapture, Sylvain Reynard
(Berkley/Penguin, $17 pa, 9780425265956)

4. The Beautiful Mystery, Louise Penny
(St. Martin’s/Raincoast, $27.99 cl, 9780312655464)

5. Up and Down, Terry Fallis
(McClelland & Stewart, $22.99 pa, 9780771047961)

6. The Cat’s Table, Michael Ondaatje
(Vintage Canada, $22 pa, 9780307401427)

7. A World Elsewhere, Wayne Johnston
(Knopf Canada, $22 pa, 9780307399915)

8. The Sweet Girl, Annabel Lyon
(Random House Canada, $29.95 cl, 9780307359445)

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

10. The Seduction of Livvy Higgs, Donna Morrissey
(Viking Canada, $32 cl, 9780670066056)

11. Clockwork Angels, Kevin J. Anderson and Neil Peart
(ECW Press, $26.95 cl, 9781770411210)

12. Room, Emma Donoghue
(HarperCollins Canada, $10.99 mm, 9781443413695)

13. Life of Pi, Yann Martel
(Vintage Canada, $21 pa, 9780676973778)

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

15. The Emperor of Paris, C.S. Richardson
(Doubleday Canada, $25 cl, 9780385670906)

16. Astray, Emma Donoghue
(HarperCollins Canada, $29.99 cl, 9781443410793)

17. Kin, Lesley Crewe
(Nimbus Publishing, $19.95 pa, 9781551099224)

18. The Age of Hope, David Bergen
(HarperCollins Canada, $27.99 cl, 9781443411356)

19. A Trick of the Light, Louise Penny
(St. Martin’s/Raincoast, $16.99 pa, 9781250007346)

20. The Virgin Cure, Ami McKay
(Vintage Canada, $22 pa, 9780676979572)