‘Norse Mythology’ by Neil Gaiman tops Maclean’s fiction list

Here are the top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week ending April 16 as compiled by Maclean’s magazine. The previous week’s position is in parentheses.

FICTION

1. (1) Norse Mythology _ Neil Gaiman

2. (2) Mississippi Blood _ Greg Iles

3. (-) Earthly Remains _ Donna Leon

4. (-) The Black Book _ James Patterson and David Ellis

5. (4) Lincoln in the Bardo _ George Saunders

6. (3) Prussian Blue _ Philip Kerr

7. (7) Dangerous Games _ Danielle Steel

8. (6) Exit West _ Mohsin Hamid

9. (8) Son of a Trickster _ Eden Robinson

10. (-) American War _ Omar El Akkad

NON-FICTION

1. (1) Vimy: The Battle and the Legend _ Tim Cook

2. (2) The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World _ Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu

3. (5) Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions _ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4. (-) The Whisky King: The Remarkable True Story of Canada’s Most Infamous Bootlegger and the Undercover Mountie on his Trail _ Trevor Cole

5. (-) This I Know: Marketing Lessons from Under the Influence _ Terry O’Reilly

6. (9) The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters _ Tom Nichols

7. (7) The Stranger in the Woods _ Michael Finkel

8. (6) Hillbilly Elegy _ J.D. Vance

9. (8) Born a Crime _ Trevor Noah

10. (10) Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation _ Kyo Maclear