The Scotiabank Giller Prize effect has proven its power, with all five 2012 shortlisted titles making appearances on this week’s bestseller list.
For the two weeks ending Nov. 11:
1. 419, Will Ferguson
(Viking Canada, $32 cl, 9780670064717)
2. Revenge of the Vinyl Café, Stuart McLean
(Viking Canada, $32 cl, 9780670064748)
3. Life of Pi (movie tie-in edition), Yann Martel
(Vintage Canada, $21 pa, 9780307363053)
4. Dear Life, Alice Munro
(McClelland & Stewart, $32.99 cl, 9780771064869)
5. The Imposter Bride, Nancy Richler
(HarperCollins Canada, $17.99 pa, 9781443404037)
6. Ru, Kim Thúy; Sheila Fischman, trans.
(Vintage Canada, $18.95 pa, 9780307359711)
7. Inside, Alix Ohlin
(House of Anansi Press, $22.95 pa, 9781770892064)
8. Up and Down, Terry Fallis
(M&S, $22.99 pa, 9780771047961)
9. The Cat’s Table, Michael Ondaatje
(Vintage Canada, $22 pa, 9780307401427)
10. Gabriel’s Inferno, Sylvain Reynard
(Berkley/Penguin, $17 pa, 9780425265963)
11. Gabriel’s Rapture, Sylvain Reynard
(Berkley/Penguin, $17 pa, 9780425265956)
12. The Renegade, Jack Whyte
(Viking Canada, $34 cl, 9780670068470)
13. The Town That Drowned, Riel Nason
(Goose Lane Editions, $19.95 pa, 9780864926401)
14. Trust Your Eyes, Linwood Barclay
(Doubleday Canada, $22 pa, 9780385669573)
15. The Sisters Brothers, Patrick deWitt
(Anansi, $22.95 pa, 9781770890329)
16. Beware This Boy, Maureen Jennings
(M&S, $24.99 pa, 9780771043130)
17. Another Angel of Love, Henry Ripplinger
(Pio-Seelos Books, $21.95 pa, 9780986542428)
18. Life of Pi, Yann Martel
(Vintage Canada, $21 pa, 9780676973778)
19. The Buckshaw Chronicles, Volume 1, Alan Bradley
(Anchor Canada, $29.95 pa, 9780385678889)
20. Whirl Away, Russell Wangersky
(Thomas Allen Publishers, $21.95 pa, 9780887629365)