Winnipeg Bestsellers

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HARDCOVER FICTION The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection Alexander McCall Smith. Fiction. $29.95. The Wind Through the Keyhole Stephen King. Fantasy. $29.99. 11th Hour James Patterson. Fiction. $29.99. Calico Joe John Grisham. Fiction. $28.95. The Sins of the Father Jeffrey Archer. Fiction. $29.99 HARDCOVER NON-FICTION * The Hermetic Code Winnipeg Free Press. Regional Interest. $25.00. The End of Growth Jeff Rubin. Issues & Politics. $29.95. A Thousand Farewells Nahlah Ayed. Issues & Politics. $32.00. * Henry Kalen's Manitoba Henry Kalen. Regional Interest. $24.95. Quiet Susan Cain. Psychology. $28.00. PAPERBACK FICTION Fifty Shades of Grey E.L. James. Erotica. $17.95. Fifty Shades Darker E.L. James. Erotica. $17.95. * The Book of Creation Evan Braun & Clint Byars. Fiction. $17.99. Fifty Shades Freed E.L. James. Erotica. $17.95. Death Comes to Pemberley P.D. James. Mystery. $22.40. PAPERBACK NON-FICTION * With Love, Lydia Patricia Wotton. Canadian Biography. $20.00. * From Tractor Train to Bush Plane Conrad Lamb. Regional Interest. $14.95. * Mennonite is the Name... Evil and Deception are the Game Heidi Loewen. Autobiography. $19.95. * Making Contact John Hindle. Business. $19.95. * Dams of Contention Bill Redekop. Regional Interest. $24.95. BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Mockingjay, The Hunger Games #3 Suzanne Collins. Teen Science Fiction. $19.99. * I Loved Her Shezza Ansloos. Indigenous Peoples. $10.95. Catching Fire, The Hunger Games #2 Suzanne Collins. Teen Science Fiction. $19.99. The Hunger Games #1 Suzanne Collins. Teen Science Fiction. $9.99. * Emperor of Mars Jim Makichuk. Canadian Intermediate Fiction. $21.99. * Manitoba author

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HARDCOVER FICTION

  1. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
    Alexander McCall Smith. Fiction. $29.95.
  2. The Wind Through the Keyhole
    Stephen King. Fantasy. $29.99.
  3. 11th Hour
    James Patterson. Fiction. $29.99.
  4. Calico Joe
    John Grisham. Fiction. $28.95.
  5. The Sins of the Father
    Jeffrey Archer. Fiction. $29.99

HARDCOVER NON-FICTION

  1. * The Hermetic Code
    Winnipeg Free Press. Regional Interest. $25.00.
  2. The End of Growth
    Jeff Rubin. Issues & Politics. $29.95.
  3. A Thousand Farewells
    Nahlah Ayed. Issues & Politics. $32.00.
  4. * Henry Kalen’s Manitoba
    Henry Kalen. Regional Interest. $24.95.
  5. Quiet
    Susan Cain. Psychology. $28.00.

PAPERBACK FICTION

  1. Fifty Shades of Grey
    E.L. James. Erotica. $17.95.
  2. Fifty Shades Darker
    E.L. James. Erotica. $17.95.
  3. * The Book of Creation
    Evan Braun & Clint Byars. Fiction. $17.99.
  4. Fifty Shades Freed
    E.L. James. Erotica. $17.95.
  5. Death Comes to Pemberley
    P.D. James. Mystery. $22.40.

PAPERBACK NON-FICTION

  1. * With Love, Lydia
    Patricia Wotton. Canadian Biography. $20.00.
  2. * From Tractor Train to Bush Plane
    Conrad Lamb. Regional Interest. $14.95.
  3. * Mennonite is the Name… Evil and Deception are the Game
    Heidi Loewen. Autobiography. $19.95.
  4. * Making Contact
    John Hindle. Business. $19.95.
  5. * Dams of Contention
    Bill Redekop. Regional Interest. $24.95.

BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

  1. Mockingjay, The Hunger Games #3
    Suzanne Collins. Teen Science Fiction. $19.99.
  2. * I Loved Her
    Shezza Ansloos. Indigenous Peoples. $10.95.
  3. Catching Fire, The Hunger Games #2
    Suzanne Collins. Teen Science Fiction. $19.99.
  4. The Hunger Games #1
    Suzanne Collins. Teen Science Fiction. $9.99.
  5. * Emperor of Mars
    Jim Makichuk. Canadian Intermediate Fiction. $21.99.

* Manitoba author

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