The bestselling books in Canada for the week ending Jan. 26, 2022

Essentially the most fascinating nook of the bestseller listing this week is the unique non-fiction listing, with three books which can be the topic of a lot dialogue and a few controversy.

First up is Toronto author Rosemary Sullivan’s “The Betrayal of Anne Frank,” which concludes that the Frank household was possible betrayed by a Jewish notary to avoid wasting his family. The story was featured on “”60 Minutes” in mid-January, sparking intense media buzz — and, predictably, just a few dissenting voices from specialists within the subject. The ebook is No. 1 on the Non-fiction listing.

Second, “The Actual Anthony Fauci: Invoice Gates, Huge Pharma and the International Conflict on Democracy and Public Well being” has been a Tradition Wars favorite since its publication in November. This week it makes its first look at No. 3. Its central thesis: that Fauci (“America’s physician”) has abused his energy over the previous three a long time, starting with the AIDS disaster and ending together with his help of vaccines in the course of the pandemic. Creator Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the son of assassinated senator Robert Kennedy and a distinguished anti-vaxxer. Paradoxically, as a lawyer activist Kennedy has been on the best facet (which is to say the politically left facet) of a number of struggles involving race and the setting.

Lastly, in “Bitcoin Widow: Love, Betrayal & the Lacking Hundreds of thousands,” Jennifer Robertson, with a writing help from Halifax’s Stephen Kimber, breaks her silence about her position in QuadrigaCX, Canada’s largest cryptocurrency alternate, which imploded following the 2019 loss of life of her husband, Gerald Cotton. Did she not know he was defrauding his many buyers and that QuadrigaCX was principally a Ponzi scheme? And what of the conspiracy theories that he faked his loss of life? The ebook has obtained bounteous media consideration since its publication in mid-January and debuts this week at No. 6 on the Non-fiction listing.

-Sarah Murdoch

The bestseller lists are compiled by Toronto Star Newspapers Restricted from info offered by BookNet Canada’s nationwide gross sales monitoring service, BNC SalesData.

ORIGINAL FICTION

1. Reminders of Him, Colleen Hoover, Montlake Romance (1)*

2. The Maid, Nita Prose, Viking (3)

3. It Ends with Us, Colleen Hoover, Atria (21)

4. Verity, Colleen Hoover, Grand Central (4)

5. Ugly Love, Colleen Hoover, Atria (4)

6. The Love Speculation, Ali Hazelwood, Berkley (4)

7. The Midnight Library, Matt Haig, Harper Avenue (27)

8. One thing to Disguise, Elizabeth George, Viking (2)

9. The Mirror Man, Lars Kepler, McClelland & Stewart (2)

10. November 9, Colleen Hoover, Atria (2)

ORIGINAL NON-FICTION

1. The Betrayal of Anne Frank, Rosemary Sullivan, Harper Collins (1)

2. Atlas of the Coronary heart, Brené Brown, Random Home (7)

3. The Actual Anthony Fauci, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Skyhorse (1)

4. Discovering the Mom Tree, Suzanne Simard, Allen Lane (8)

5. The Daybreak of Every thing, David Graeber, David Wengrow, Sign (3)

6. Bitcoin Widow, Jennifer Robertson, Stephen Kimber, HarperCollins Canada (1)

7. Will, Will Smith, Mark Manson, Penguin (10)

8. Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed (56)

9. 12 Guidelines for Life, Jordan B. Peterson, Random Home (105)

10. Speaking to Canadians, Rick Mercer, Doubleday Canada (11)

CANADIAN FICTION

1. The Maid, Nita Prose, Viking

2. State of Terror, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Louise Penny, Simon & Schuster

3. Discover You First, Linwood Barclay, William Morrow

4. Fortunate, Marissa Stapley, Simon & Schuster

5. 5 Little Indians, Michelle Good, HarperCollins Canada

6. The Strangers, Katherena Vermette, Hamish Hamilton

7. The Apollo Murders, Chris Hadfield, Random Home

8. What Unusual Paradise, Omar El Akkad, McClelland & Stewart

9. The Marrow Thieves, Cherie Dimaline, Dancing Cat

10. Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel, Harper Perennial

CANADIAN NON-FICTION

1. The Betrayal of Anne Frank, Rosemary Sullivan, HarperCollins Canada

2. Discovering the Mom Tree, Suzanne Simard, Allen Lane

3. Bitcoin Widow, Jennifer Robertson, Stephen Kimber, HarperCollins Canada

4. 12 Guidelines of Life, Jordan B. Peterson, Random Home Canada

5. Speaking to Canadians, Rick Mercer, Doubleday Canada

6. No One Wins Alone, Mark Messier, Jimmy Roberts, Simon & Schuster

7. 21 Issues You Could Not Know in regards to the Indian Act, Bob Joseph, Indigenous Relations

8. No Time Just like the Future, Michael J. Fox, Flatiron

9. From the Ashes, Jesse Thistle, Simon & Schuster

10. Off the Report, Peter Mansbridge, Simon & Schuster

CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT

1. Wings of Fireplace: The Brightest Evening, Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes, Graphix

2. Cat Child Comedian Membership Views, Dav Pilkey, Graphix.

3. Karen’s Faculty Image (Child-Sitters Little Sister #5), Ann M. Martin, Katy Farina, Graphix

4. Comics Will Break Your Coronary heart, Religion Erin Hicks, Sq. Fish

5. Huge Shot (Diary of a Wimpy Child E book 16), Jeff Kinney, Abrams

6. A Good Lady’s Information to Homicide, Holly Jackson, Ember

7. Cog, Greg van Eekhout, Beatrice Blue, HarperCollins

8. They Each Die on the Finish, Adam Silvera, Quill Tree

9. Mobs Rule! (Minecraft Stonesword Saga), Random Home, Random Home

10. Good-Bye Stacey, Good-Bye, Ann M. Martin, Gabriela Epstein, Graphix

HEALTH AND FITNESS

1. What to Count on When You’re Anticipating, Heidi Murkoff, Workman

2. When the Physique Says No, Gabor Maté, Classic

3. The Weight problems Code, Jason Fung, Greystone

4. Come as You Are (revised and up to date), Emily Nagoski, Simon & Schuster

5. Medical Medium Cleanse to Heal, Anthony William, Hay Home

6. Pleasure, Debbie Travis, Random Home Canada

7. The 17 Day Kickstart Eating regimen, Mike Moreno, Atria

8. Turning into Sugar-Free, Julie Daniluk, Penguin Canada

9. The Knowledge of Your Physique, Hillary McBride, Collins

10. Muscle for Life, Michael Matthews, Gallery

* Variety of weeks on listing