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Talk about a local hero. Nav Bhatia, the Toronto man who is indisputably the Raptors’ greatest supporter, debuts at No. 1 this week on the non-fiction list with his autobiography “The Heart of a Superfan: A memoir of grit, love, family and basketball.” The Indian-born Bhatia attended the Raptors' first home game in 1995 and didn’t miss a single one until Dec. 10, 2021 when he was sidelined y a COVID outbreak at a basketball gala he attended. His memoir tells his story of tough times on the road to finding joy and community on courtside seat A12.
In fiction, the literary tastes of a young female readership are dominating the bestseller list, with five of the top 10 novels falling into the Romance/Fantasy/Dragons & Mythical Creatures/Paranormal categories on BookNet Canada’s sales spreadsheet for the week.
ORIGINAL FICTION
1. The Women, Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s (3)*
2. The Phoenix Crown, Kate Quinn, Janie Chang, William Morrow (3)
3. Bride, Ali Hazelwood, Berkley (3)
4. Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros, Red Tower (33)
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5. Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros, Red Tower (16)
6. House of Flame and Shadow, Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury (5)
7. Visions of Flesh and Blood, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Rayvn Salvador, Blue Box (1)
8. Everyone on This Train is a Suspect, Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner (4)
9. End of Story, A.J. Finn, William Morrow (1)
10. Icebreaker, Hannah Grace, Atria (36)
ORIGINAL NON-FICTION
1. The Heart of a Superfan, Nav Bhatia, Tamara Baluja, Doubleday Canada (1)
2. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Matthew Perry, Flatiron (31)
3. Rogers v. Rogers, Alexandra Posadzki, McClelland & Stewart (2)
4. The Wager, David Grann, Doubleday (33)
5. The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine, Rashid Khalidi, Picador (7)
6. The Woman in Me, Britney Spears, Gallery (18)
7. Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed (132)
8. Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster (22)
9. My Effin‘ Life, Geddy Lee, Harper (13)
10. Why We Remember, Charan Ranganath, Doubleday Canada (1)
CANADIAN FICTION
1. The Phoenix Crown, Kate Quinn, Janie Chang, William Morrow
2. The Mystery Guest, Nita Prose, Viking
3. Girl Abroad, Elle Kennedy, Bloom
4. Canadian Boyfriend, Jenny Holiday, Forever
5. Denison Avenue, Daniel Innes, Christina Wong, ECW
6. The Boy Who Cried Bear, Kelley Armstrong, Minotaur
7. Consider Me, Becka Mack, Simon & Schuster
8. Twenty-Seven Minutes, Ashley Tate, Doubleday Canada
9. Meet Me at the Lake, Carley Fortune, Viking
10. Butcher and Blackbird, Brynne Weaver, Zando
CANADIAN NON-FICTION
1. The Heart of a Superfan, Nav Bhatia, Tamara Baluja, Doubleday Canada
2. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Matthew Perry, Flatiron
3. Rogers v. Rogers, Alexandra Posadzki, McClelland & Stewart
4. My Effin‘ Life, Geddy Lee, Harper
5. The Road Years, Rick Mercer, Doubleday Canada
6. Outsider, Brett Popplewell, Collins
7. How Canada Works, Peter Mansbridge, Mark Bulgutch, Simon & Schuster
8. Where the Falcon Flies, Adam Shoalts, Allen Lane
9. 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act, Bob Joseph, Indigenous Relations
10. Dominion, Stephen Bown, Doubleday Canada
CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT
1. Winter Turning (Wings of Fire #7), Tui T. Sutherland, Graphix
2. Claudia and the Bad Joke (Baby-Sitters Club #15) , Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra, Graphix
3. Cat Kid Comic Club Influencers (#5), Dav Pilkey, Graphix
4. Taylor Swift, Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri, Golden Books
5. The Good Egg Presents: the Great Eggscape!, Jory John, Pete Oswald, HarperCollins
6. Bluey: Little Library 4-Book Set, Penguin Young Readers
7. No Brainer (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #18), Jeff Kinney, Amulet
8. Bluey: a Jigsaw Puzzle Book, Penguin Young Readers
9. Powerless, Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
10. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Holly Jackson, Ember
MYSTERY
1. The Phoenix Crown, Kate Quinn, Janie Chang, William Morrow
2. End of Story, A.J. Finn, William Morrow
3. The Housemaid, Freida McFadden, Grand Central
4. I Will Find You, Harlan Coben, Grand Central
5. Simply Lies, David Baldacci, Grand Central
6. The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder, C.L. Miller, Simon & Schuster
7. Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco
8. Escape, James Patterson, David Ellis, Grand Central
9. The Housemaid’s Secret, Freida McFadden, Quercus
10. Crosshairs, James Patterson, James O. Born, Little Brown
* Weeks on list.
