The BC Bestseller List is compiled using sales data from more than 70 independent bookstores in BC, which is provided to the ABPBC by TBM BookManager. The list represents sales of BC-published books released within the calendar year.
No. 1
Whitewater Cooks: More Beautiful Food is full of new recipes to inspire fans and once again turn home cooks into culinary rock stars, a hallmark of Shelley’s earlier books. Shelley’s innate flair for creating and developing recipes will not disappoint and soon home cooks across Canada will be serving their guests…more beautiful food…
BC Bestseller for 12 consecutive weeks
No. 2
As A Dog Thinketh: Daily Words of Wisdom
by Monique Anstee
TouchWood Editions | 9781771512374
Daily reflections, guidance, and sound advice from a top trainer and competitor.
BC Bestseller for 10 consecutive weeks
No. 3
The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion – Surprising Observations of a Hidden World
by Peter Wohlleben
Greystone Books | 9781771643016
Through vivid stories of devoted pigs, two-timing magpies, and scheming roosters, The Inner Life of Animals weaves the latest scientific research into how animals interact with the world with Peter Wohlleben’s personal experiences in forests and fields. Published in partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.
BC Bestseller for 17 consecutive weeks
No. 4
Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation
by Monique Gray Smith
Orca Book Publishers | 9781459815834
Acclaimed Indigenous author Monique Gray Smith teaches readers about the lives of Survivors and how to listen to allies who are putting the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into action.
BC Bestseller for 5 consecutive weeks
No. 5
On Island: Life Among the Coast Dwellers
by Pat Carney
TouchWood Editions | 9781771512107
A collection of stories chronicling the characters and dramas that capture life in small coastal communities.
BC Bestseller for 47 consecutive weeks
No. 6
You Hold Me Up
by Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Danielle Daniel
Orca Book Publishers | 9781459814479
Consultant, international speaker, and award-winning author Monique Gray Smith wrote You Hold Me Up to prompt a dialogue among young people, their care providers and educators about reconciliation and the importance of the connections children make with their friends, classmates and families.
BC Bestseller for 4 consecutive weeks
No. 7
Chilcotin Chronicles: Stories of Adventure and Intrigue from British Columbia’s Central Interior
by Sage Birchwater
Caitlin Press | 9781987915334
A collection of historical stories about the early indigenous people, settlers, trappers, and adventurers set in the wild and untamed country of central BC’s Chilcotin Plateau.
BC Bestseller for 2 consecutive weeks
No. 8
The Spitfire Luck of Skeets Ogilvie: From the Battle of Britain to the Great Escape
by Keith C. Oglivie
Heritage House Publishers | 9781772032116
A young Canadian Spitfire pilot finds adventure, love, and a remarkable dose of luck on the frontlines of the Second World War.
BC Bestseller for 1 week
No. 9
The White Angel
by John MacLachlan Gray
Douglas & McIntyre | 9781771621465
A novel based on the 1924 murder of Janet Smith in Vancouver–a city at the edge of the empire, still reeling from the Great War with a barely functioning police department and a thriving criminal class.
BC Bestseller for 3 consecutive weeks
No. 10
Chasing Smoke: A Wildfire Memoir
by Aaron Williams
Harbour Publishing | 9781550178050
A gritty, exhilarating and danger-filled memoir of forest firefighting in BC.
BC Bestseller for 2 consecutive weeks
No. 11
Nuptse and Lhotse Go to the West Coast
by Jocey Asnong
RMB | Rocky Mountain Books | 9781771602327
When Nuptse and Lhotse find a Purple Ochre Starfish named Salish is lost, they decide to help Salish get back home. As the trio makes their way back to the beach they meet many marvellous animals of the Pacific Northwest.
BC Bestseller for 1 week
No. 12
The World’s Most Travelled Man: A Twenty-Three-Year Odyssey to and through Every Country on the Planet
by Mike Spencer Bown
Douglas & McIntyre | 9781771621427
A rollicking travel memoir from “the patron saint of backpackers.”
BC Bestseller for 1 week
No. 13
Bad Endings
by Carleigh Baker
Anvil Press | 9781772140767
In this award-winning short story collection, Baker takes troubled characters to a moment of realization or self-revelation, but the results aren’t always pretty.
BC Bestseller for 1 week
No. 14
Grizzlies, Gales, and Giant Salmon: Life at a Rivers Inlet Fishing Lodge
by Pat Ardley
Harbour Publishing | 9781550178319
Pat Ardley built the legendary Rivers Lodge in Rivers Inlet with the love of her life, George “Hurricane” Ardley. Her memoir is a touching tribute to coastal life, personal resolve, and strength in adversity.
BC Bestseller for 1 week
No. 15
Harry: A Wilderness Dog Saga
by Chris Czajkowski
Harbour Publishing | 9781550178098
Taking up where Lonesome, the first bestselling wilderness dog, left off, here is another wilderness memoir from the perspective of Chris Czajkowski’s canine companions.
BC Bestseller for 28 consecutive weeks