Bestselling Canadian books of 2024

At the end of last year, we showed you the bestselling books of 2024. Let’s now look at last year’s bestselling books by Canadian contributors.

The following lists are based on print sales volume in Canada from January 1, 2024 to December 1, 2024, according to SalesData, BookNet’s national sales tracking service for the Canadian English-language trade book market.

Top 10 bestselling Fiction books by Canadians in 2024

1. This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune🍁 (9780735247260)

2. The Grey Wolf by Louise Penny🍁 (9781250328137)

3. Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver🍁 (9781638931737)

4. The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang🍁 (9780063339972)

5. Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune🍁 (9780735243781)

6. Consider Me by Becka Mack🍁 (9781668059173)

7. Wild Love by Elsie Silver🍁 (9781464220814)

8. A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen🍁 (9780593599839)

9. Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice🍁 (9781770414006)

10. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters🍁 (9781443468183)

You can see all of these titles in this CataList catalogue: Bestselling Titles in Canada in 2024 – Canadian Fiction.

This year’s list is almost entirely different from last year’s top 10, with the exception of Carley Fortune, who has two bestselling titles this year. In 2023 her book, Meet Me at the Lake, was in the number one spot, and another one of her titles, Every Summer After, was number two in 2022.

Most of the books were paperback (80%), with 50% being frontlist (down from 80% frontlist in 2023). The main subjects were romance (60%) (including one fantasy romance), and the other genres were Mystery & Detective and Literary.

Top 10 bestselling Non-Fiction books by Canadians in 2024

1. Outlive by Peter Attia🍁 and Bill Gifford (9780593236598)

2. Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches by Matty Matheson🍁 (9780525612643)

3. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry🍁 and Lisa Kudrow (Paperback)(9781250866455)

4. Home and Away by Mats Sundin and Amy Stuart🍁 (9781668053539)

5. When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté🍁 (9780676973129)

6. Closer Together by Sophie Grégoire Trudeau🍁 (9781039007444)

7. The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté🍁 and Daniel Maté (9780735278363)

8. The Heart of a Superfan by Nav Bhatia🍁 and Tamara Baluja🍁 (9780385687942)

9. The War We Won Apart by Nahlah Ayed🍁 (9780735242067)

10. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry🍁 and Lisa Kudrow (Hardcover)(9781250866448)

You can see all of these titles in this CataList catalogue: Bestselling Titles in Canada in 2023 – Canadian Non-Fiction.

There is a significant overlap between 2023’s bestselling Canadian Non-Fiction and this year’s. Outlive by Peter Attia and Bill Gifford, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry and Lisa Kudrow, When the Body Says No by Gabor Maté, and The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté and Daniel Maté were all top titles last year.

In 2024, 60% of top titles were frontlist, and 80% were hardcover.

Top 10 bestselling Juvenile and Young Adult books by Canadians in 2024

1. To Hope and Back by Kathy Kacer🍁 (9781897187968)

2. Claudia and the Bad Joke: A Graphic Novel by Arley Nopra🍁 and Ann M. Martin (9781338835502)

3. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch,🍁 illus. by Sheila McGraw (Hardcover)(9780920668368)

4. Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell, illus. by Ashley Mackenzie🍁 (9780593809860)

5. The New Girl: a Graphic Novel (The New Girl #1) by Cassandra Calin🍁 (9781338762457)

6. Christmas at Hogwarts by J. K. Rowling, illus. by Ziyi Gao🍁 (9781526677082)

7. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch,🍁 illus. by Sheila McGraw (Paperback)(9780920668375)

8. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch,🍁 illus. by Sheila McGraw (Board book)(9780228101048)

9. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch,🍁 illus. by Michael Martchenko🍁 (9781773210292)

10. The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson🍁 (9780735266124)

You can see all of these titles in this CataList catalogue: Bestselling Titles in Canada in 2024 – Canadian Juvenile & YA.

For the first time since 2018, Love You Forever is not in the top spot! However, it’s still well-loved as three different editions of the classic Robert Munsch title remain on this list alongside Munsch’s The Paper Bag Princess.

The rest of the titles are new to this year’s list, though only three were frontlist titles and the rest were backlist. The main subjects were Classics, Fantasy, and Comics & Graphic Novels. There was a mix of formats with six paperback, three hardcover, and one board book.

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