The Maclean’s Bestsellers list: week of May 5

FICTION 

BOOK NAME Author Last week (Weeks on list)

1. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN Paula Hawkins 2 (15)
2. INSIDE THE O’BRIENS Lisa Genova 7 (3)
3. GOD HELP THE CHILD Toni Morrison (1)
4. THE NIGHT STAGES Jane Urquhart 1 (5)
5. THE LIAR Nora Roberts 3 (2)
6. THE MOUNTAIN STORY Lori Lansens 5 (3)
7. THE LADY FROM ZAGREB Philip Kerr (1)
8. BLOOD ON THE SNOW Jo Nesbo 10 (3)
9. THE BURIED GIANT Kazuo Ishiguro 4 (10)
10. THE EVENING CHORUS Helen Humphreys 6 (2)

NON-FICTION

BOOK NAME Author Last week (Weeks on list)

1. THE ROAD TO CHARACTER David Brooks 3 (2)
2. MISSOULA Jon Krakauer 9 (2)
3. DEAD WAKE Erik Larson 4 (9)
4. THE BRAIN’S WAY OF HEALING Norman Doidge 2 (13)
5. BEING MORTAL Atul Gawande 5 (29)
6. H IS FOR HAWK Helen Macdonald 1 (10)
7. THE RESIDENCE Kate Andersen Brower 6 (3)
8. WHAT IF? Randall Munroe 7 (33)
9. ON THE MOVE Oliver Sacks (1)
10. HERETIC Ayaan Hirsi Ali 8 (5)

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