We are excited to present the top 20 bestselling BC books of 2020! How many have you read?
Thank you for supporting your local independent bookstore in 2020. May 2021 be full of BC books!
No. 1: Takaya: Lone Wolf
by Cheryl Alexander (RMB | Rocky Mountain Books)
No. 2: Raven Squawk, Orca Squeak
by Robert Budd, illustrated by Roy Henry Vickers (Harbour Publishing)
No. 3: Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the City’s Hidden History
by Eve Lazarus (Arsenal Pulp Press)
No. 4: A Match Made for Murder: A Lane Winslow Mystery
by Iona Whishaw (TouchWood Editions)
No. 5: When We Are Kind
by Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt (Orca Book Publishers)
No. 6: Edible and Medicinal Flora of the West Coast: British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest
by Collin Varner (Heritage House Publishing)
No. 7: The E. J. Hughes Book of Boats
by Robert Amos (TouchWood Editions)
No. 8: Don’t Stand So Close to Me
by Eric Walters (Orca Book Publishers)
No. 9: Birds of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest: A Complete Guide, Second Edition
by Richard Cannings & Tom Aversa (Heritage House Publishing)
No. 10: On Their Own Terms: True Stories of Trailblazing Women of Vancouver Island
by Haley Healey (Heritage House Publishing)
No. 11: Crossing the Divide: Discovering a Wilderness Ethic in Canada’s Northern Rockies
by Wayne Sawchuk (Creekstone Press)
No. 12: Spirits of the Coast: Orcas in Science, Art and History
eds. Martha Black, Lorne Hammond, Gavin Hanke, with Nikki Sanchez (Royal British Columbia Museum)
No. 13: Cataline: The Life of BC’s Legendary Packer
by Susan Smith-Josephy & Irene Bjerky (Caitlin Press)
No. 14: Family Walks and Hikes on Greater Vancouver’s North Shore
by Harry Crerar (RMB |Rocky Mountain Books)
No. 15: Blue Sky Kingdom: An Epic Family Journey to the Heart of the Himalaya
by Bruce Kirkby (Douglas & McIntyre)
No. 16: Let’s Go Biking: Okanagan and Beyond
by Colleen Macdonald
No. 17: Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir
by Julia Zarankin (Douglas & McIntyre)
No. 18: Primary Obsessions
by Charles Demers (Douglas & McIntyre)
No. 19: Bisous and Brioche: Classic French Recipes and Family Favorites from a Life in France
by Laura Bradbury & Rebecca Wellman (TouchWood Editions)
No. 20: Balancing Bountiful: What I Learned about Feminism from My Polygamist Grandmothers
by Mary Jayne Blackmore (Caitlin Press)
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. This list represents sales from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 of BC books published in 2020. View eligibility criteria.