Bestsellers and reviews: the life of David Foster Wallace, the women who sued Newsweek, Obama’s foreign policy, Zadie Smith’s latest and Madame Curie’s daughters
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Our latest book reviews at Maclean’s:
Bestsellers last week:
Fiction
1 | SWEET TOOTH by Ian McEwan | (1) |
2 | THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY by Rachel Joyce | 1 (6) |
3 | THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY by Louise Penny | (1) |
4 | A DANCE WITH DRAGONS by George R.R. Martin | 5 (61) |
5 | GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn | 4 (5) |
6 | IN ONE PERSON by John Irving | 2 (18) |
7 | THE KINGMAKER’S DAUGHTER by Philippa Gregory | 3 (2) |
8 | THE EMPEROR OF PARIS by C.S. Richardson | 8 (2) |
9 | LIONEL ASBO by Martin Amis | 6 (2) |
10 | NW by Zadie Smith | (1) |
Non-fiction
1 | THE SECOND WORLD WAR Antony Beevor | 1 (13) |
2 | QUIET by Susan Cain | 5 (4) |
3 | DEARIE by Bob Spitz | 3 (3) |
4 | DOUBLE CROSS by Ben MacIntyre | 2 (6) |
5 | THE WORLD OF DOWNTON ABBEY by Jessica Fellowes | 9 (32) |
6 | A DAUGHTER’S TALE by Mary Soames | 6 (5) |
7 | END OF GROWTH by Jeff Rubin | 7 (17) |
8 | ROAD TO VALOUR by Aili and Andres McConnon | 8 (5) |
9 | PARIS: A LOVE STORY by Kati Marton | (1) |
10 | 28 SECONDS by Michael Bryant | 10 (2) |
LAST WEEK (WEEKS ON LIST)
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