It’s time for our annual bestselling books list. This year, we’ve identified the top-selling titles in the Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Juvenile & Young Adult categories.
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 of 2024
The Women by Kristin Hannah (9781250178633)
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (9781635575569)
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (9781649374172)
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden (9781538742570)
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (9781501110368)
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (9781649374042)
It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover (9781668001226)
A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set by Sarah J. Maas (9781639730193)
Icebreaker by Hannah Grace (9781668026038)
The Briar Club by Kate Quinn (9780063357877)
You can see all of these titles in this CataList catalogue: Bestselling Titles in Canada in 2024 – Fiction.
There are five repeat titles from last year's bestselling Fiction list: Icebreaker by Hannah Grace, Colleen Hoover’s It Ends with Us and It Starts with Us, along with Rebecca Yarros’s Iron Flame and Fourth Wing. It Ends with Us has been featured on the bestselling Fiction list since 2021!
Last year the list was 50% backlist and 50% frontlist and over half of the list was made up of romance titles. However, this year saw a majority of backlist titles — 80%.
Top 10 bestselling Non-Fiction books of 2024
Atomic Habits by James Clear (9780735211292)
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt (9780593655030)
The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel (9780857197689)
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers (9780140280197)
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk (9780143127741)
The Mountain Is You by Brianna Wiest (9781949759228)
Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell 🍁 (9780316575805)
Outlive by Peter Attia 🍁 and Bill Gifford (9780593236598)
101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think by Brianna Wiest (9781945796067)
Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari (9780771019661)
You can see all of these titles in this CataList catalogue: Bestselling Titles in Canada in 2024 – Non-Fiction.
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk and Atomic Habits by James Clear have been featured on the bestselling Non-Fiction list since 2021. The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene & Joost Elffers has been featured on the list since 2022. Atomic Habits was number one on the bestselling Non-Fiction list in 2022 and 2021 but was dethroned last year by Spare (by Prince Harry), now it’s back on top.
Similar to the bestselling Fiction category, the bestselling Non-Fiction list had a majority of backlist titles — 70%. There are three Psychology titles and three Self-Help titles on this list.
Top 10 bestselling Juvenile and Young Adult books of 2024
Dog Man: The Scarlet Shedder by Dav Pilkey (9781338896435)
To Hope and Back by Kathy Kacer 🍁 (9781897187968)
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown (9780316382007)
Powerless by Lauren Roberts (9781665954884)
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (9781984896391)
Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 19) by Jeff Kinney (9781419766954)
Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers by Dav Pilkey (9781338896398)
Claudia and the Bad Joke by Ann M. Martin, Illus. by Arley Nopra 🍁(9781338835502)
Wings of Fire: Winter Turning by Tui T. Sutherland, Illus. by Mike Holmes (9781338730920)
If Only I Had Told Her by Laura Nowlin (9781728276229)
You can see all of these titles in this CataList catalogue: Bestselling Titles in Canada in 2024 – Juvenile & YA.
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson has been featured on the bestselling Juvenile & YA list since 2022. The Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Cat Kid Comic Club, and Baby-Sitters Club book series have been featured on the list since 2021. Books from the Dog Man and Wings of Fire book series were on the list last year as well.
Same as last year, in this list, 70% are backlist titles. Juvenile books are in the majority with Young Adult books only making up 30% of the list.
Stayed tuned for posts about the most circulated books of 2024 as well as the bestselling and most circulated Canadian books of the year!
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Using SalesData, we’ve identified the top performing titles of 2024.