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 20-26, 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.

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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. On Isabella Street by Genevieve Graham
6. The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight
7. Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper
8. The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
9. Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
10. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

Canadian nonfiction

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad is the #1 Canadian nonfiction book this week.

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This marks Egyptian Canadian journalist and writer Omar El Akkad's nonfiction debut. In the fall of 2023, shortly after the bombardment of Gaza, he posted on social media a statement: "One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.

"One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This expands on his powerful social media message and chronicles his thoughts on the fragile nature of truth, justice, privilege and morality.

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See the full Canadian nonfiction list below.

1. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
2. Value(s) by Mark Carney
3. Try Hard by Max Kerman
4. Theory of Water by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
5. A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby, with Mary Louise Plummer
6. Ally is a Verb by Rose LeMay
7. Ripper: The Making of Pierre Polievre by Mark Bourrie
8. How to Survive a Bear Attack by Claire Cameron
9. Jennie's Boy by Wayne Johnston
10. Crackdown by Garth Mullins

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.

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See the full kids list below.

1. Mallory and the Trouble with Twins by Arley Nopra
2. The New Girl by Cassandra Calin
3. The Great Dinosaur Sleepover by Lindsay Bailey, illustrated by Joe Bluhm
4. Shark Girl by Kate Beaton
5. Carson Crosses Canada by Linda Bailey, illustrated by Kass Reich
6. Paws: Hazel Has Her Hands Full by Nathan Fairbairn, illustrated by Michele Assarasakorn
7. The Land Knows Me by Leigh Joseph, illustrated by Natalie Schnitter
8. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko
9. The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson
10. Your Forest by Jon Klassen