‘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. 11 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. (-) The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories _ P.D. James

4. (-) By Gaslight _ Steven Price

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

6. (4) Swing Time _ Zadie Smith

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

8. (9) Moonglow _ Michael Chabon

9. (-) Cross the Line _ James Patterson

10. (7) The Wonder _ Emma Donoghue

NON-FICTION

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

2. (2) Born to Run _ Bruce Springsteen

3. (3) Testimony _ Robbie Robertson

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

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

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

7. (-) The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds _ Michael Lewis

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

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

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