The BC Bestseller List is compiled using sales data from more than 80 independent bookstores in BC, which is provided to the ABPBC by TBM BookManager. The list represents sales of BC-published books released within the calendar year. View eligibility criteria.
No. 1
Whitewater Cooks: More Beautiful Food
by Shelley Adams
Alicon Holdings Ltd | 9780981142432
Whitewater Cooks: More Beautiful Food is full of new recipes to inspire fans and once again turn home cooks into culinary rock stars, a hallmark of Shelley’s earlier books. Shelley’s innate flair for creating and developing recipes will not disappoint.
BC Bestseller for 38 consecutive weeks
No. 2
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
by Bob Joseph
Page Two Strategies | 9780995266520
Based on a viral article, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act is the essential guide to understanding the legal document and its repercussion on generations of Indigenous Peoples, written by a leading cultural sensitivity trainer.
BC Bestseller for 21 consecutive weeks
No. 3
105 Hikes In and Around Southwestern British Columbia
by Stephen Hui
Greystone Books | 9781771642866
The all-new, expanded follow-up to southwestern BC’s best-selling hiking guidebook—now featuring trails on the islands and northern Washington.
BC Bestseller for 15 consecutive weeks
No. 4
One Eagle Soaring
by Roy Henry Vickers & Robert Budd
Harbour Publishing | 9781550178289
The second volume in the First West Coast Books series, One Eagle Soaring explores counting and numbers with the help of West Coast animals with vivid illustrations.
BC Bestseller for 21 consecutive weeks
No. 5
E.J. Hughes Paints Vancouver Island
by Robert Amos
TouchWood Editions | 9781771512558
A handsome new retrospective on one of BC’s most beloved artists that unveils, for the first time, photographs, sketches, and ephemera from the artist’s estate.
BC Bestseller for 15 consecutive weeks
No. 6
The Hidden Life of Trees: Illustrated Edition
by Peter Wohlleben
Greystone Books | 9781771643481
In his international bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben opened readers’ eyes to the amazing processes at work in forests every day. This new, breathtakingly illustrated edition is a visually stunning journey into the diversity and wonders of forests.
BC Bestseller for 2 consecutive weeks
No. 7
A West Coast Summer
by Caroline Woodward, illustrated by Carol Evans
Harbour Publishing |9781550178432
Pairing two dozen of Carol Evans’s wonderful watercolours with a lilting rhyming story by Caroline Woodward, A West Coast Summer tells of a timeless, idyllic season.
BC Bestseller for 1 week
No. 8
The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion – Surprising Observations of a Hidden World
by Peter Wohlleben
Greystone Books | 9781771643016
Through vivid stories of devoted pigs, two-timing magpies, and scheming roosters, The Inner Life of Animals weaves the latest scientific research into how animals interact with the world with Peter Wohlleben’s personal experiences in forests and fields. Published in partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.
BC Bestseller for 43 consecutive weeks
No. 9
The Haunting of Vancouver Island: Supernatural Encounters with the Other Side
by Shanon Sinn
TouchWood Editions | 9781771512435
A compelling investigation into supernatural events and local lore on Vancouver Island.
BC Bestseller for 14 consecutive weeks
No. 10
Chasing Smoke: A Wildfire Memoir
by Aaron Williams
Harbour Publishing | 9781550178050
A gritty, exhilarating and danger-filled memoir of forest firefighting in BC.
BC Bestseller for 1 week
No. 11
Off the Hook: Essential West Coast Seafood Recipes
by D.L. Acken & Aurelia Louvet
TouchWood Editions | 9781771512763
Fresh, fast, and delicious, these are the quintessential recipes every West Coast fish and seafood lover must have.
BC Bestseller for 4 consecutive weeks
No. 12
A Sorrowful Sanctuary
by Iona Whishaw
TouchWood Editions | 9781771512893
In the fifth book of the series that the Globe and Mail calls “terrific,” Lane Winslow investigates the murder of an unidentified man she found adrift in a boat near King’s Cove.
BC Bestseller for 1 week
No. 13
West Coast ABCs
by Jocey Asnong
RMB | Rocky Mountain Books | 9781771602853
Bestselling children’s book illustrator Jocey Asnong takes readers on another colourful journey as she highlights the West Coast region of Canada in this playful alphabet book.
BC Bestseller for 15 consecutive weeks
No. 14
Ghostly Campfire Stories of Western Canada
by Barbara Smith
Heritage House | 9781772032451
Hair-raising tales of ghosts, spirits, and unexplained phenomena set across Western Canada.
BC Bestseller for 9 consecutive weeks
No. 15
The Flora and Fauna of Coastal British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest
by Collin Varner
Heritage House Publishing | 978177203091
A complete full-colour resource guide to more than 800 plant and animal species of the coastal Pacific Northwest.
BC Bestseller for 9 consecutive weeks