‘Do Not Say We Have Nothing’ by Madeleine Thien tops Maclean’s fiction list

Here are the top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week ending Dec. 4 as compiled by Maclean’s magazine. The previous week’s position is in parentheses.

FICTION

1. (1) Do Not Say We Have Nothing _ Madeleine Thien

2. (2) The Whistler _ John Grisham

3. (4) Night School (A Jack Reacher Novel) _ Lee Child

4. (9) Swing Time _ Zadie Smith

5. (8) The Witches of New York _ Ami McKay

6. (3) Rather Be the Devil _ Ian Rankin

7. (7) The Wonder _ Emma Donoghue

8. (10) Hag-Seed _ Margaret Atwood

9. (-) Moonglow _ Michael Chabon

10. (6) No Man’s Land _ David Baldacci

NON-FICTION

1. (2) The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from A Secret World _Peter Wohlleben

2. (3) Born to Run _ Bruce Springsteen

3. (5) Testimony _ Robbie Robertson

4. (6) 99: Stories of the Game _ Wayne Gretzky with Kirstie McLellan Day

5. (1) The Promise of Canada: 150 Years – People and Ideas That Have Shaped Our Country _ Charlotte Gray

6. (7) Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood _ Trevor Noah

7. (8) The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo _ Amy Schumer

8. (10) The Science of Why: Answers to Questions About the World Around Us _ Jay Ingram

9. (9) Hostages to Fortune: The United Empire Loyalists and the Making of Canada _ Peter C. Newman

10. (4) Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis _ J.D. Vance