The BC Bestseller List is compiled using sales data from more than 80 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. View eligibility criteria.
No. 1
A Deceptive Devotion: A Lane Winslow Mystery
by Iona Whishaw
TouchWood Editions | 9781771513005
Wedding bells, a grisly murder, and a defecting Russian spy bring drama to King’s Cove in the newest Lane Winslow mystery.
BC Bestseller for 7 consecutive weeks
No. 2
A Year on the Wild Side: A West Coast Naturalist’s Almanac
by Briony Penn
TouchWood Editions | 9781771512671
A freshly designed, new edition of this funny weekly chronicle offers a year-long, intimate view of the flora and fauna populating the West Coast.
BC Bestseller for 10 consecutive weeks
No. 3
The Secret Wisdom of Nature: Trees, Animals, and the Extraordinary Balance of All Living Things—Stories from Science and Observation
by Peter Wohlleben, translated by Jane Billinghurst
Greystone Books | 9781771643887
The final book in The Mysteries of Nature trilogy by the New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben.
BC Bestseller for 15 consecutive weeks
No. 4
Along the E&N: A Journey Back to the Historic Hotels of Vancouver Island
by Glen A. Mofford
TouchWood Editions | 9781771512879
An exploration of the fascinating history of more than thirty historic hotels—with some still in operation—nestled along Vancouver Island’s E&N Railway, spanning from Esquimalt to Campbell River.
BC Bestseller for 3 consecutive weeks
No. 5
Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada’s Chinese Restaurants
by Ann Hui
Douglas & McIntyre | 9781771622226
Using her own family’s story as a touchstone, Ann Hui explores the importance of small-town Canadian Chinese restaurants and the families who run them and makes the case for why chop suey cuisine should be recognized as quintessentially Canadian.
BC Bestseller for 16 consecutive weeks
No. 6
The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family
by Lindsay Wong
Arsenal Pulp Press | 9781551527369
The darkly comedic memoir of a young woman coming of age in a dysfunctional Asian family who blame their woes on ghosts and demons when they should really be on anti-psychotic meds.
BC Bestseller for 17 consecutive weeks
No. 7
The Grizzlies of Grouse Mountain: The True Adventures of Coola and Grinder
by Shelley Hrdlitschka & Rae Schidlo, illustrated by Linda Sharp
Heritage House Publishing | 9781772032772
A beautifully illustrated and educational children’s book that tells the true life story of Grouse Mountain’s famous resident grizzly bears.
BC Bestseller for 3 consecutive weeks
No. 8
Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa’xaid
by Cecil Paul, as told to Briony Penn
Rocky Mountain Books | 9781771602952
A remarkable and profound collection of reflections by Wa’xaid (the good river), or Cecil Paul, a Xenaksiala elder and one of North America’s most important Indigenous leaders.
BC Bestseller for 4 consecutive weeks
No. 9
Moccasin Square Gardens: Short Stories
by Richard Van Camp
Douglas & McIntyre | 9781551527468
Master Tłı̨chǫ storyteller and bestselling author Richard Van Camp captures the shifting and magical nature of the North in this stunning collection of genre-bending short stories.
BC Bestseller for 5 consecutive weeks
No. 10
The Flora and Fauna of Coastal British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest
by Collin Varner
Heritage House Publishing | 978177203091
A complete full-colour resource guide to more than 800 plant and animal species of the coastal Pacific Northwest.
BC Bestseller for 1 consecutive week
No. 11
Sockeye Silver, Saltchuck Blue
by Robert Budd, illustrated by Roy Henry Vickers
Harbour Publishing | 9781550178708
This third instalment of the bestselling First West Coast Books series pairs the concepts of colours and seasons.
BC Bestseller for 1 consecutive week
No. 12
Raincoast Chronicles 24—Cougar Companions: Bute Inlet Country and the Legendary Schnarrs
by Judith Williams
Harbour Publishing | 9781550178623
Richly illustrated, impeccably researched and featuring diaries, interviews and oral history, Raincoast Chronicles 24 illuminates the experience of homesteading on the remote BC coast.
BC Bestseller for 2 consecutive weeks
No. 13
Popular Day Hikes: Vancouver Island — Revised & Updated
by Theo Dombrowski
Rocky Mountain Books | 9781771602839
Featuring a fresh design and the most current route updates, Popular Day Hikes is a series of bestselling books written for visitors and locals looking to hike scenic trails.
BC Bestseller for 1 consecutive week
No. 14
West Coast 123s
by Jocey Asnong
Rocky Mountain Books | 9781772032772
Time for a new and colourful 123 adventure with bestselling children’s author and illustrator Jocey Asnong, along the remarkable west coast of Canada.
BC Bestseller for 2 consecutive weeks
No. 15
The Magic Boat
by Kit Pearson & Katherine Farris, illus. by Gabrielle Grimard
Orca Book Publishers | 9781459814325
The Magic Boat is a tale of adventure and friendship that never leaves the beach— except in the imagination.
BC Bestseller for 1 consecutive week