We are excited to present the top 22 bestselling BC books published in 2022! How many have you read?
Thank you, readers, for buying local in 2022.
Here’s to another year of reading!
No. 1
Return to Solitude: More Desolation Sound Adventures with the Cougar Lady, Russell the Hermit, the Spaghetti Bandit and Others
by Grant Lawrence
Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd. | 9781550179712
No. 2
Framed in Fire: A Lane Winslow Mystery
by Iona Whishaw
TouchWood Editions | 9781771513807
No. 3
Be a Good Ancestor
by Leona Prince & Gabrielle Prince, illustrated by Carla Joseph
Orca Book Publishers | 9781459831407
No. 4
I Hope
by Monique Gray Smith, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
Orca Book Publishers | 9781459825932
No. 5
With Our Orange Hearts
by Phyllis Webstad, illustrated by Emily Kewageshig
Medicine Wheel Education | 9781989122976
No. 6
Fortune Knox Once: More Musings from the Edge
by Jack Knox
Heritage House Publishing | 9781772034172
No. 7
Cold Case BC
by Eve Lazarus
Arsenal Pulp Press | 9781551529073
No. 8
Still This Love Goes On
by Buffy Sainte-Marie, illustrated by Julie Flett
Greystone Books Ltd. | 9781771648073
No. 9
Weird Rules to Follow
by Kim Spencer
Orca Book Publishers | 9781459835580
No. 10
Best Hikes and Nature Walks with Kids in and Around Southwestern British Columbia
by Stephen Hui
Greystone Books Ltd. | 9781771645973
No. 11
Alone in the Great Unknown: One Woman’s Remarkable Adventures in the Northwestern Wilderness
by Caroll Simpson
Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd. | 9781550179941
No. 12
Ben the Sea Lion
by Roy Henry Vickers
Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd. | 9781550179736
No. 13
Forest Walking: Discovering the Trees and Woodlands of North America
by Peter Wohlleben and Jane Billinghurst
Greystone Books Ltd. | 9781771643313
No. 14
When Trains Ruled the Kootenays: A Short History of Railways in Southeastern British Columbia
by Terry Gainer
RMB | Rocky Mountain Books | 9781771604017
No. 15
A Season on Vancouver Island
by Bill Arnott
RMB | Rocky Mountain Books | 9781771605779
No. 16
Drum from the Heart
by Ren Louie, illustrated by Karlene Harvey
Medicine Wheel Publishing | 9781989122884
No. 17
Let’s Go Biking: Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, & Sunshine Coast
by Colleen MacDonald
Let’s Go Biking | 9781775308164
No. 18
The Quiet in Me
by Patrick Lane
Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd. | 9781550179811
No. 19
Wildlife for Idiots and Other Animal Cartoons
by Adrian Raeside
Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd. | 9781550179323
No. 20
The Rooming House: The West Coast in the Seventies
by Michael Kluckner
Midtown Press | 9781988242460
No. 21
Dempsey Bob: In His Own Voice
by Dempsey Bob
Figure 1 Publishing | 9781773271613
No. 22
The Artful Pie Project: A Sweet and Savoury Book of Recipes
by Denise Marchessault, photographs by Deb Garlick
Whitecap Books | 9781770503601
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