What Canadian books are popular right now? Check out this week's bestsellers

Here are the bestselling Canadian fiction, nonfiction and children's books from April 12-19, 2025.

Bestseller lists are compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from over 260 Canadian independent stores.

Canadian fiction

The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue is the #1 Canadian fiction book this week.

The Paris Express takes readers aboard a suspenseful train journey from the Normandy coast to Paris.

Inspired by a real-life photo of a train hanging off the side of Montparnasse station, The Paris Express unravels over the course of one fateful day, featuring the fascinating stories of the passengers, from a young boy traveling solo to a pregnant woman on the run, the devoted railway workers and a young anarchist on a mission.

• In her latest novel, Emma Donoghue boards a train destined for disaster

See the full Canadian fiction list below.

1. The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue
2. Finding Flora by Elinor Florence
3. The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose
4. Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew
5. Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper
6. The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight
7. Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey
8. Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
9. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
10. The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

Canadian nonfiction

Value(s) by Mark Carney is the #1 Canadian nonfiction book this week.

Values is a book by the former Bank of Canada governor and current prime minister Mark Carney. Published in 2021, Values looks at the "fault lines" that divide contemporary society — racial, geographical, cultural and economic — and argues that they all stem from the same thing: a crisis of values. In the book, Carney offers a vision of a "more humane society" and a map toward getting there.

• Mark Carney is inspired by the normal, everyday heroes

See the full Canadian nonfiction list below.

1. Value(s) by Mark Carney
2. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
3. Ripper: The Making of Pierre Polievre by Mark Bourrie
4. A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby, with Mary Louise Plummer
5. How to Survive a Bear Attack by Claire Cameron
6. Jennie's Boy by Wayne Johnston
7. Crackdown by Garth Mullins
8. At a Loss for Words by Carol Off
9. On Book Banning by Ira Wells
10. When the Going Was Good by Graydon Carter

Canadian kids

Mallory and the Trouble with Twins by Arley Nopra is the #1 Canadian kids' book this week. 

In Mallory and the Trouble with Twins, Mallory is confident in her babysitting skills — after all, she's taken care of her seven younger siblings for years. But when she starts watching the Arnold twins, Marilyn and Carolyn, she quickly realizes they're more trouble than she expected! The twins play tricks, act spoiled and make her job a nightmare! Still, as a responsible member of the Baby-Sitters Club, Mallory refuses to give up.

• Amid Baby-Sitters Club revival, fans hail influence of Asian-American character Claudia

See the full kids list below.

1. Mallory and the Trouble with Twins by Arley Nopra
2. The New Girl by Cassandra Calin
3. Shark Girl by Kate Beaton
4. The Great Dinosaur Sleepover by Lindsay Bailey, illustrated by Joe Bluhm
5. The Land Knows Me by Leigh Joseph, illustrated by Natalie Schnitter
6. Paws: Hazel Has Her Hands Full by Nathan Fairbairn, illustrated by Michele Assarasakorn
7. Carson Crosses Canada by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Kass Reich
8. The Animal People Choose a Leader by Richard Wagamese, illustrated by Bridget George
9. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Sheila McGraw
10. Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli