Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending April 16, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. FICTION 1. Bad Advice - Susan Carpenter (Now Or Never Publishing) *Alberta Author 2. The Crane - Monica Kidd (Breakwater Books) *Alberta Author 3. A False and Fatal Claim - Iona Whishaw (TouchWood Editions) 4. Goodnight Racism - Ibram X. Kendi, illus. Cbabi Bayoc (Kokila) 5. Antiracist Baby Picture Book - Ibram X. Kendi, illus. Ash Kwak Lukashevsky (Kokila) 6. The Measure - Nikki Erlick (William Morrow) 7. Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Canada) 8. The Girl Who Carried the World in Her Backpack - Sarah Steger (Austin Macauley Publishers) *Alberta Author 9. The Chambermaid's Key - Genevieve Graham (Simon & Schuster) *Alberta Author 10. The Ending Writes Itself - Evelyn Clarke (Harper)
Calgary Bestseller List for the week ending April 16, 2026. A PDF of the list can be found on our website. NON-FICTION 1. Chain of Ideas - Ibram X. Kendi (One World) 2. How to Be an Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi (One World) 3. Calgary’s Best Walks 3rd edition Guidebook - Lori Beattie (self-published) *Alberta Author 4. How to Be a (Young) Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi and Nic Stone (Kokila) 5. Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America - Ibram X. Kendi and Joel Christian Gill (Ten Speed Graphic) 6. Stamped (For Kids) - Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds, adapted by Sonja Cherry-Paul, illus. Rachelle Baker (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers) 7. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America - Ibram X. Kendi (Bold Type Books) 8. How to Raise an Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi (One World) 9. Malcolm Lives! - Ibram X. Kendi (Farrar Straus & Giroux) 10. Upstream - Mary Oliver (Penguin Books)
Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending April 16, 2026! #ABbooks @shelflifebooks.bsky.social