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Hardcover Fiction: May 8, 2021
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last week's rank | Weeks on List |
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| 1 | Sooley | John Grisham | Doubleday | $38.95 | - | 1 |
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| 2 | The Rose Code | Kate Quinn | William Morrow Paperbacks | $24.99 | 1 | 9 |
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| 3 | Finding Ashley | Danielle Steel | Delacorte Press | $38.99 | - | 1 |
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| 4 | The Midnight Library | Matt Haig | Harper Avenue | $21.99 | 3 | 8 |
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| 5 | A Gambling Man | David Baldacci | Grand Central | $37.00 | 2 | 2 |
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| 6 | Letters Across the Sea | Genevieve Graham | Simon & Schuster | $24.99 | - | 1 |
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| 7 | The Lost Apothecary | Sarah Penner | Park Row Books | $24.99 | 4 | 8 |
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| 8 | The Last Bookshop in London | Madeline Martin | Hanover Square Press | $23.99 | 5 | 4 |
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| 9 | The Secret Path | Karen Swan | Macmillan | $24.99 | - | 1 |
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| 10 | Klara and the Sun | Kazuo Ishiguro | Knopf Canada | $34.00 | 7 | 2 |
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Hardcover Non-Fiction: May 8, 2021
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week's rank |
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| 1 | What Happened to You? | Oprah Winfrey; Bruce D. Perry | Flatiron Books | $36.99 | - |
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| 2 | The Bomber Mafia | Malcolm Gladwell | Little Brown & Co. | $34.00 | - |
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| 3 | World Travel | Anthony Bourdain | Ecco | $43.50 | 1 |
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| 4 | How to Do the Work | Nicole LePera | Harper Wave | $23.99 | 4 |
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| 5 | Crossroads | Kaleb Dahlgren | Collins | $32.99 | 2 |
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| 6 | Beyond Order | Jordan B. Peterson | Random House Canada | $39.95 | 5 |
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| 7 | Braiding Sweetgrass | Robin Wall Kimmerer | Milkweed Editions | $26.95 | 6 |
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| 8 | Untamed | Glennon Doyle | The Dial | $37.00 | 9 |
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| 9 | Collected: Colour + Neutral, Volume No 3 | Sarah Richardson | Simon & Schuster | $22.99 | - |
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| 10 | The Light of Days | Judy Batalion | William Morrow | $24.99 | 3 |
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Paperback Fiction: May 8, 2021
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week's Rank |
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| 1 | The Sentinel | Lee Child; Andrew Child | Dell | $12.99 | - |
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| 2 | Where the Crawdads Sing | Delia Owens | G.P. Putnam's Sons | $24.00 | 1 |
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| 3 | The Law of Innocence | Michael Connelly | Grand Central Publishing | $22.99 | - |
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| 4 | Under Currents | Nora Roberts | Saint Martin's Paperbacks | $11.99 | 2 |
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| 5 | The Wedding Dress | Danielle Steel | Dell | $11.99 | 4 |
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| 6 | The Song of Achilles | Madeline Miller | Ecco | $21.00 | 5 |
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| 7 | The Midwife Murders | James Patterson; Richard DiLallo | Grand Central Publishing | $12.99 | - |
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| 8 | Killer Instinct | James Patterson; Howard Roughan | Grand Central | $12.99 | 6 |
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| 9 | Camino Winds | John Grisham | Dell | $12.99 | 3 |
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| 10 | Legacy of War | Wilbur Smith | Bonnier Zaffre | $24.99 | 8 |
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Canadian Fiction: May 8, 2021
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week's Rank |
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| 1 | Letters Across the Sea | Genevieve Graham | Simon & Schuster | $24.99 | 3 |
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| 2 | The Push | Ashley Audrain | Viking | $24.95 | 1 |
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| 3 | Home Body | Rupi Kaur | Simon & Schuster | $22.00 | 4 |
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| 4 | Jonny Appleseed | Joshua Whitehead | Arsenal Pulp Press | $19.95 | 2 |
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| 5 | The Girls Are All So Nice Here | Laurie Elizabeth Flynn | Simon & Schuster | $24.99 | 6 |
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| 6 | The Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood | McClelland & Stewart | $19.95 | 8 |
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| 7 | Find You First | Linwood Barclay | William Morrow | $23.99 | - |
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| 8 | A Lethal Lesson | Iona Whishaw | TouchWood Editions | $18.68 | - |
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| 9 | Lost Immunity | Daniel Kalla | Simon & Schuster | $22.00 | - |
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| 10 | Meant to Be Immortal | Lynsay Sands | Avon Books | $10.99 | - |
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Canadian Non-Fiction: May 8, 2021
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week |
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| 1 | The Bomber Mafia | Malcolm Gladwell | Little Brown & Co. | $34.00 | - |
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| 2 | Crossroads | Kaleb Dahlgren | Collins | $32.99 | 1 |
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| 3 | Beyond Order | Jordan B. Peterson | Random House Canada | $39.95 | 3 |
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| 4 | Collected: Colour + Neutral, Volume No 3 | Sarah Richardson | Simon & Schuster | $22.99 | - |
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| 5 | The Light of Days | Judy Batalion | William Morrow & Co. | $24.99 | 2 |
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| 6 | Values | Mark Carney | Signal | $39.95 | 4 |
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| 7 | 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act | Bob Joseph | Indigenous Relations | $19.95 | 9 |
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| 8 | From the Ashes | Jesse Thistle | Simon & Schuster | $24.99 | - |
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| 9 | When the Body Says No | Gabor Maté | Vintage Canada | $22.95 | - |
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| 10 | Goodbye, Again | Jonny Sun | Harper Perennial | $24.99 | 5 |
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Juvenile: May 8, 2021
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week's Rank |
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| 1 | Dog man: Mothering Heights | Dav Pilkey | Graphix | $15.99 | 1 |
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| 2 | Shadow and Bone | Leigh Bardugo | Square Fish | $12.99 | 4 |
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| 3 | Siege and Storm | Leigh Bardugo | Square Fish | $12.99 | - |
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| 4 | Ruin and Rising | Leigh Bardugo | Square Fish | $12.99 | 8 |
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| 5 | They Both Die at the End | Adam Silvera | Quill Tree | $14.99 | 5 |
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| 6 | Six of Crows | Leigh Bardugo | Square Fish | $16.50 | - |
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| 7 | Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Spooky Stories | Jeff Kinney | Amulet Books | $17.99 | 2 |
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| 8 | We Were Liars | E. Lockhart | Ember | $14.99 | 3 |
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| 9 | Crooked Kingdom | Leigh Bardugo | Square Fish | $16.50 | - |
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| 10 | I Love You to the Moon and Back | Amelia Hepworth and Tim Warnes | Tiger Tales | $10.99 | 6 |
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Self-Improvement: May 8, 2021
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week's Rank |
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| 1 | Rich Dad Poor Dad | Robert T. Kiyosaki | Plata | $11.99 | 1 |
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| 2 | The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck | Mark Manson | HarperCollins Canada | $23.99 | 2 |
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| 3 | Think Like a Monk | Jay Shetty | Simon & Schuster | $34.99 | 7 |
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| 4 | Karma | Sadhguru | Harmony | $35.99 | - |
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| 5 | Think Again | Adam Grant | Viking | $37.00 | 3 |
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| 6 | Effortless | Greg McKeown | Currency | $37.00 | - |
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| 7 | The Power of Now | Eckhart Tolle | New World Library | $23.95 | 10 |
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| 8 | The 48 Laws of Power | Robert Greene | Penguin | $34.00 | 8 |
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| 9 | Mind over Mood, Second Edition | Dennis Greenberger; Christine A. Padesky; Aaron T. Beck | The Guilford Press | $33.72 | - |
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| 10 | Burnout | Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski | Ballantine Books | $23.00 | - |
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Cooking: May 8, 2021
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price |
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| 1 | Cook This Book | Molly Baz | Clarkson Potter | $42.50 |
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| 2 | Sheet Pan Everything | Ricardo Larrivee | Appetite by Random House | $30.00 |
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| 3 | One: Pot, Pan, Planet: a Greener Way to Cook for You, Your Family and the Planet | Anna Jones | Fourth Estate | $39.99 |
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| 4 | Mandy's Gourmet Salads | Rebecca Wolfe, Meredith Erickson and Mandy Wolfe | Appetite by Random House | $35.00 |
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| 5 | Vegetable Simple: a Cookbook | Eric Ripert; Nigel Parry | Appetite by Random House | $40.00 |
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| 6 | The Lighter Step-By-Step Instant Pot Cookbook | Jeffrey Eisner | Voracious | $24.99 |
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| 7 | A Rising Tide | D. L. Acken; Emily Lycopolus | Appetite by Random House | $40.00 |
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| 8 | Oh She Glows for Dinner | Angela Liddon | Penguin Canada | $40.00 |
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| 9 | Eat Better, Feel Better | Giada De Laurentiis | Rodale Books | $42.50 |
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| 10 | Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat | Samin Nosrat and Wendy MacNaughton | Simon & Schuster | $50.50 |
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