Fireside reading

Our latest book reviews:

Smarter Than You Think by Clive Thompson, reviewed by Peter Shawn Taylor
Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality by Edward Frenkel, reviewed by Julia McKinnell
Year Zero: A History of 1945 by Ian Buruma, reviewed by Andrew Stobo Sniderman
Wilson by A. Scott Berg, reviewed by Jonathan Chevreau
My Ghosts by Mary Swan, reviewed by Naoko Asano

Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles (week of November 29th, 2013) Fiction 1 THE LUMINARIES by Eleanor Catton 1 (9) 2 THE ORENDA by Joseph Boyden 2 (14) 3 THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tart 3 (6) 4 SYCAMORE ROW by John Grisham 5 (7) 5 SAINTS OF THE SHADOW BIBLE by Ian Rankin 4 (2) 6 CROSS MY HEART by James Patterson 4 (3) 7 DOCTOR SLEEP by Stephen King   8 (12) 8 JUST ONE EVIL ACT by Elizabeth George 6 (8) 9 ROAD ENDS by Mary Lawson (1) 10 MADDADDAM by Margaret Atwood 8 (13) Non-fiction 1 AN ASTRONAUT’S GUIDE TO LIFE ON EARTH by Chris Hadfield 1 (7) 2 DAVID AND GOLIATH by Malcolm Gladwell 2 (11) 3 I AM MALALA by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb 5 (10) 4 THE WAR THAT ENDED PEACE by Margaret MacMillan 3 (7) 5 ORR by Bobby Orr 4 (8) 6 ONE SUMMER by Bill Bryson (1) 7 LET ME OFF AT THE TOP! by Ron Burgundy 8 (3) 8 ALEX FERGUSON by Alex Ferguson 9 (7) 9 THE LONGER I’M PRIME MINISTER by Paul Wells 6 (2) 10 YEAR ZERO by Ian Buruma 9 (2) LAST WEEK (WEEKS ON LIST)

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