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    Toronto Star bestsellers: Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon returns to top the chart in ‘The Secret of Secrets’

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    Toronto Star bestsellers: Dan Brown's Robert Langdon returns to top the chart in 'The Secret of Secrets'

    It should come as no surprise that Dan Brown‘s “The Secret of Secrets” debuts at the top spot on the fiction list. The book marks the return of symbology professor Robert Langdon from “The Da Vinci Code” and other suspense novels, which have sold many millions of copies and been adapted for film and TV.

    Also of note are three other debuts on the original fiction list, two of which are by Canadian authors, Elsie Silver and Hannah Bonam-Young.

    Charlie Sheen, who’s been making some high-profile promotional stops and is the subject of a two-part Netflix documentary, tops the non-fiction list with his outrageous tell-all memoir, “The Book of Sheen.” As the actor is so fond of saying, looks like he’s “winning!”

    ORIGINAL FICTION

    1. The Secret of Secrets, Dan Brown, Doubleday (1)*

    2. Wild Card, Elsie Silver, Bloom (1)

    3. Katabasis, R.F. Kuang, Harper Voyager (3)

    4. Pitcher Perfect, Tessa Bailey, Avon (1)

    5. People Watching, Hannah Bonam-Young, Dell (1)

    6. Broken Country, Clare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster (24)

    7. The Surrogate Mother, Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press (1)

    8. My Friends, Fredrik Backman, Simon & Schuster (20)

    9. The Hallmarked Man, Robert Galbraith, Mulholland (2)

    10. Trial by Fire, Danielle Steel, Delacorte (2)

    ORIGINAL NON-FICTION

    1. The Book of Sheen, Charlie Sheen, Gallery (1)

    2. Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy, Simon & Schuster (3)

    3. A Truce That Is Not Peace, Miriam Toews, Knopf Canada (3)

    4. Decolonization and Me, Phyllis Webstad, Kristy McLeod, Medicine Wheel Education (1)

    5. Rock Star, Jennifer Jones, Collins (4)

    6. Sister Wife, Christine Brown Woolley, Gallery (2)

    7. The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt, Penguin (63)

    8. Shot Ready, Stephen Curry, One World/Ballantine (1)

    9. Nowhere Girl, Carla Ciccone, Random House Canada (1)

    10. The Serviceberry, Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne, Scribner (42)

    CANADIAN FICTION

    1. Wild Card, Elsie Silver, Bloom

    2. Alias Grace, Margaret Atwood, McClelland & Stewart

    3. Secret Daughter, Shilpi Somaya Gowda, Mariner

    4. People Watching, Hannah Bonam-Young, Dell

    5. A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry, McClelland & Stewart

    6. She Didn’t See It Coming, Shari Lapena, Doubleday Canada

    7. On Wings of Blood (deluxe edition), Briar Boleyn, Mira

    8. Ship of Dreams, Donna Jones Alward, One More Chapter

    9. The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood, McClelland & Stewart

    10. Finding Flora, Elinor Florence, Simon & Schuster

    CANADIAN NON-FICTION

    1. A House in the Sky, Amanda Lindhout, Sara Corbett, Scribner

    2. A Truce That Is Not Peace, Miriam Toews, Knopf Canada

    3. Decolonization and Me, Phyllis Webstad, Kristy McLeod, Medicine Wheel Education

    4. Rock Star, Jennifer Jones, Collins

    5. The Game: 30th Anniversary Edition, Ken Dryden, HarperCollins Canada

    6. Nowhere Girl, Carla Ciccone, Random House Canada

    7. Values, Mark Carney, Signal

    8. Smartphone Nation, Kaitlyn Regehr, Knopf Canada

    9. 21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government, Bob Joseph, Page Two

    10. A Steady Brightness of Being, Sara Sinclair, Stephanie Sinclair, Penguin Canada

    CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT

    1. The Poisoned King, Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie, Puffin Canada

    2. Fearful, Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

    3. Little Blue Truck’s Halloween, Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry, Clarion

    4. InvestiGators: Case Files, John Patrick Green, Steve Behling, Chris Fenoglio, First Second

    5. Falling Like Leaves, Misty Wilson, Margaret K. McElderry Books

    6. Dog Man: Big Jim Begins (Dog Man #13), Dav Pilkey, Graphix

    7. T Is for Terry, Denise Dias, Noémie Gionet Landry, Scholastic Canada

    8. Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder (Dog Man #12), Dav Pilkey, Graphix

    9. Minecraft 5-Minute Stories, Christy Webster, Alan Batson, Random House Books for Young Readers

    10. Big Nate: No Harm Done!, Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel

    1. Every Salad Ever, Greta Podleski, One Spoon Media

    2. Sally’s Baking 101, Sally McKenney, Clarkson Potter

    3. Hungry Happens: Mediterranean, Stella Drivas, Clarkson Potter

    4. Bernardin Complete Book of Home Preserving, Judi Kingry, Lauren Devine, Sarah Page, Robert Rose Inc.

    5. La Cucina Di Terroni, Cosimo Mammoliti, Meredith Erickson, Simon & Schuster

    6. My New Indian Kitchen, Vikram Vij, Jennifer Muttoo, Figure 1

    7. Shred Happens: So Easy, So Good, Arash Hashemi, Rodale

    8. Half Baked Harvest Quick and Cozy: a Cookbook, Tieghan Gerard, Clarkson Potter

    9. Tunes and Wooden Spoons III, Mary Janet MacDonald, Margie MacDonald, MacIntyre Purcell

    10. Bread Etc., Matthew James Duffy, Appetite by Random House

    *Weeks on list

    The bestseller lists are compiled by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData.

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