Must reads for an extra long weekend
Bestseller lists, plus reviews of the latest from Auster and McEwan
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Our latest book reviews at Maclean’s:
- Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger, by Ken Perenyi, review by Julia De Laurentiis Johnson.
- A Case for Solomon: Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping That Haunted a Nation, by Tal McThenia and Margaret Dunbar Cutright, review by Jen Cutts.
- Winter Journal,by Paul Auster, review by Brian D. Johnson.
- Jury Decision Making: The State of the Science, by Dennis J. Devine, review by Brian Bethune
- Sweet Tooth, by Ian McEwan, review by Dafna Izenberg.
- A Geography of Blood: Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape, by Candace Savage, review by Brian Bethune.
Bestsellers last week:
Fiction
| 1 | THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY by Rachel Joyce | 1 (5) |
| 2 | IN ONE PERSON by John Irving | 4 (17) |
| 3 | THE KINGMAKER’S DAUGHTER by Philippa Gregory | (1) |
| 4 | GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn | 2 (4) |
| 5 | A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin | 3 (60) |
| 6 | LIONEL ASBO by Martin Amis | (1) |
| 7 | CAPITAL by John Lanchester | 5 (8) |
| 8 | THE EMPEROR OF PARIS by C.S. Richardson | (1) |
| 9 | CANADA by Richard Ford | 8 (14) |
| 10 | THE BLONDES by Emily Schultz | (1) |
Non-fiction
| 1 | THE SECOND WORLD WAR Antony Beevor | 4 (12) |
| 2 | DOUBLE CROSS by Ben Mcintyre | 5 (5) |
| 3 | DEARIE by Bob Spitz | 2 (2) |
| 4 | THE RISE OF ROME by Anthony Everitt | 10 (3) |
| 5 | QUIET by Susan Cain | 3 (3) |
| 6 | A DAUGHTER’S TALE by Mary Soames | 1(4) |
| 7 | END OF GROWTH by Jeff Rubin | 8 (16) |
| 8 | ROAD TO VALOUR by Aili and Andres McConnon | 7 (4) |
| 9 | THE WORLD OF DOWNTON ABBEY by Jessica Fellowes | 9 (31) |
| 10 | 28 SECONDS by Michael Bryant | (1) |
LAST WEEK (WEEKS ON LIST)
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