Q&Q polled booksellers across the country to find out which Canadian non-fiction books sold the best this year. Click on the thumbnails below to learn more about each title.
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- Candace Savage blurbed James Daschuk's <i>Clearing the Plains</i>, calling it a book that all Canadians need to read. It appears many have taken up the challenge. The book, published by the recently relaunched University of Regina Press, describes the deplorable conditions imposed on Plains natives via the policies of John A. Macdonald. <br /> <br /> The book sold well at the University of Regina Bookstore, but it also became the second highest selling non-fiction book at Toronto's Another Story Book Shop.<br /> <br /> <br />
- Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life, James Daschuk (University of Regina Press)
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- In <i>Building the Orange Wave</i>, former NDP campaign director Brad Lavigne charts the story of Jack Layton's rise in Canadian politics and the inner circle that made it happen. The book was a top seller at Toronto's Another Story Book Shop, and first on its holiday gift guide in the non-fiction category.
- Building the Orange Wave, Brad Lavigne (Douglas & McIntyre)
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- <i>The Great Escape</i> tells the story of 80 Commonwealth airmen who crawled through a 336-foot tunnel to break out of a Second World War POW camp. The intricate breakout went on to inspire the 1963 movie of the same name. <br /> <br /> Some well-timed publicity for Ted Barris's latest book, including a on-on-one interview with CBC's Peter Mansbridge, had a significant impact on sales. There is never enough in stock, says BookLore owner Nancy Frater. That's the power of an interview on CBC “ plus, of course, it's a story that has meaning to a lot of families.
- The Great Escape: A Canadian Story, Ted Barris (Dundurn Press)
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- Malcolm Gladwell's fifth book of pop psychology has sold well across the country. It is always great when a new Malcolm Gladwell book arrives," says Bolen Books manager Colin Holt. "He is an author that it does not seem to matter what subject he is writing about people what to see want he has to say. His books always sell well and are ones that continue to sell for years to come.
- David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown and Company/ Hachette)
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- It should come as little surprise that the much-buzzed about book by astronaut Chris Hadfield topped most booksellers' bestselling non-fiction lists. Hadfield's well-attended signings across the country moved thousands of copies at independent bookshops like Burlington's A Different Drummer Books. After selling 1,500 copies of <i>Life on Earth</i> at a signing in Sarnia, The Book Keeper owner Susan Chamberlain told <i>Q&Q</i>, <a href="http://www.quillandquire.com/google/article.cfm?article_id=12660">"This will make our year."</a> <br /> <br /> Bolen Books manager Colin Holt adds, "The excitement around the Hadfield book has been universal, from young to old, people that we see all the time in the store to those that may only read a book a year. It has been a treat to sell to people because of the excitement around it, and having him in our store for a signing was an amazing experience."<br />
- An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Chris Hadfield (Random House Canada)
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