Fall reading: Our latest book reviews, plus the Maclean’s bestsellers list
New fiction from Emma Donoghue, plus Brian D. Johnson reviews a new biography of Mick Jagger
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Our latest book reviews:
- Time Warped, by Claudia Hammond, review by Aaron Brophy.
- Mick Jagger, by Philip Norman, review by Brian D. Johnson.
- The Verdict of Battle: The Law of Victory and the Making of Modern War, by James Q. Whitman, review by Brian Bethune.
- The Cocktail Waitress, by James M. Cain, review by Brian Bethune.
- Astray, by Emma Donoghue, review by Dafna Izenberg.
- There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra, by Chinua Achebe, review by Andrew Stobo Sniderman.
Last week’s bestsellers, compiled by Brian Bethune:
Fiction
| 1 | THE CASUAL VACANCY by J.K. Rowling | 1 (3) |
| 2 | SWEET TOOTH by Ian McEwan | 4 (7) |
| 3 | DEAR LIFE by Alice Munro | (1) |
| 4 | WINTER OF THE WORLD by Ken Follett | 2 (5) |
| 5 | REVENGE OF THE VINYL CAFE by Stuart McLean | (1) |
| 6 | THE JEWELS OF PARADISE by Donna Leon | (1) |
| 7 | TELEGRAPH AVENUE by Michael Chabon | 3 (5) |
| 8 | ANCIENT LIGHT by John Banville | (1) |
| 9 | THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY by Louise Penny | 6 (7) |
| 10 | THE MAGIC OF SAIDA by M.G. Vassanji | 9 (3) |
Non-fiction
| 1 | 1982 by Jian Ghomeshi | 1 (5) |
| 2 | MORTALITY by Christopher Hitchens | 6 (7) |
| 3 | JOSEPH ANTON by Salman Rushdie | 3 (5) |
| 4 | WAGING HEAVY PEACE by Neil Young | 4 (3) |
| 5 | A NATION WORTH RANTING ABOUT by Rick Mercer | 7 (4) |
| 6 | NO EASY DAY by Mark Owen | 5 (6) |
| 7 | A DAUGHTER’S TALE by Mary Soames | 8 (11) |
| 8 | THE REVENGE OF GEOGRAPHY by Robert Kaplan | 10 (3) |
| 9 | LEONARDO AND THE LAST SUPPER by Ross King | 2 (2) |
| 10 | FROM THE RUINS OF EMPIRE by Pankaj Mishra | 9 (2) |
**LAST WEEK (WEEKS ON LIST)
Find all of our book coverage–from reviews to feature articles–right here.