Must read: Bestselling titles for the end of October
Plus our latest book reviews, including a biography of the Book of Genesis and the story behind one of the most controversial films ever made
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Our latest book reviews:
- The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success, by Kevin Dutton, review by Brian Bethune
- The Book of Genesis: A Biography, by Ronald Hendel, review by Brian Bethune.
- Raising Hell: Ken Russell and the Unmaking of the Devils, by Richard Crouse, review by Brian D. Johnson.
- Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else, by Chrystia Freeland, review by Chris Sorensen.
Last week’s bestsellers, compiled by Brian Bethune:
Fiction
| 1 | DEAR LIFE by Alice Munro | 1 (3) |
| 2 | THE CASUAL VACANCY by J.K. Rowling | 2 (5) |
| 3 | SWEET TOOTH by Ian McEwan | 5 (9) |
| 4 | WINTER OF THE WORLD by Ken Follett | 3 (7) |
| 5 | THE RACKETEER by Ian McEwan | (1) |
| 6 | 419 by Will Ferguson | 7 (2) |
| 7 | THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY by Louise Penny | 8 (9) |
| 8 | BACK TO BLOOD by Tom Wolfe | (1) |
| 9 | TELEGRAPH AVENUE by Michael Chabon | 6 (7) |
| 10 | REVENGE OF THE VINYL CAFE by Stuart McLean | 9 (3) |
Non-fiction
| 1 | I’M YOUR MAN by Sylvie Simmons | 7 (2) |
| 2 | MORTALITY by Christopher Hitchens | 5 (8) |
| 3 | JOSEPH ANTON by Salman Rushdie | 2 (7) |
| 4 | 1982 by Jian Ghomeshi | 1 (7) |
| 5 | PLUTOCRATS by Chrystia Freeland | 6 (2) |
| 6 | THE KIND OF LIFE IT’S BEEN by Lloyd Robertson | 9 (2) |
| 7 | A NATION WORTH RANTING ABOUT by Rick Mercer | 3 (6) |
| 8 | WAGING HEAVY PEACE by Neil Young | 4 (5) |
| 9 | LEONARDO AND THE LAST SUPPER by Ross King | 8 (4) |
| 10 | A DAUGHTER’S TALE by Mary Soames | 10 (13) |
**LAST WEEK (WEEKS ON LIST)
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