���߲ݴ�ý

Among the other contenders was “romantasy,” a fusion of romance and fantasy, a book category that has become enormously popular over the past couple of years. Oxford suggests that Booktok, the TikTok space where young (mostly) women discuss the genre, is responsible, adding that “the popularity of the romantasy genre itself could perhaps be linked to an increased appetite for escapism to counteract widespread political and economic gloom.” So an antidote to “brain rot” or simply “brain rot” in another guise? You chose.

This week, Callie Hart’s latest romantasy, “Quicksilver,” debuts at No. 3 on the new fiction list.

And at No. 1 we have “Wind and Truth” by Brandon Sanderson, the fifth book of “The Stormlight Archive,” which marks the end to the first half of Sanderson’s ambitious series. It is not, however, romantasy. Sanderson’s book is categorized as “epic fantasy” or “high fantasy.”

ORIGINAL FICTION

1. Wind and Truth, Brandon Sanderson, Tor (1)*

2. The Grey Wolf, Louise Penny, Minotaur (6)

3. Quicksilver, Callie Hart, Forever (1)

4. Here One Moment, Liane Moriarty, Doubleday Canada (8)

5. The Women, Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s (16)

6. Intermezzo, Sally Rooney, Knopf Canada (10)

7. The Briar Club, Kate Quinn, William Morrow (13)

8. The House of Cross, James Patterson, Little, Brown (2) 

9. The Lost Bookshop, Evie Woods, One More Chapter (1)

10. The Christmas Tree Farm, Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter (6)

ORIGINAL NON-FICTION

1. Guinness World Records 2025, Craig Glenday, Guinness World Records (10)

2. Cher, Cher, Dey Street (3)

3. The Serviceberry, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Scribner (4)

4. Nexus, Yuval Noah Harari, Signal (11)

5. Revenge of the Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown (10)

6. Home and Away, Mats Sundin, Amy Stuart, Simon & Schuster (6)

7. Framed, John Grisham, Jim McCloskey, Doubleday (6)

8. We Who Wrestle With God, Jordan B. Peterson, Portfolio (4)

9. Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Dare to Discover, Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! (7)

10. From Here to the Great Unknown, Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough, Random House (5)

CANADIAN FICTION

1. The Grey Wolf, Louise Penny, Minotaur

2. Held, Anne Michaels, McClelland & Stewart

3. When the World Fell Silent, Donna Jones Alward, One More Chapter

4. The Mistletoe Mystery, Nita Prose, Viking 

5. The Berry Pickers, Amanda Peters, Harper Perennial

6. In Winter I Get Up at Night, Jane Urquhart, McClelland & Stewart

7. Butcher and Blackbird, Brynne Weaver, Zando

8. What Have You Done?, Shari Lapena, Doubleday Canada

9. The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood, McClelland & Stewart

10. Wild Love, Elsie Silver, Bloom

CANADIAN NON-FICTION

1. Revenge of the Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown

2. Home and Away, Mats Sundin, Amy Stuart, Simon & Schuster

3. We Who Wrestle With God, Jordan B. Peterson, Portfolio

4. Taylor Swift Style, Sarah Chapelle, Saint Martin’s Griffin

5. Hockey Rants and Raves, Steve “Dangle” Glynn, HarperCollins Canada

6. Who We Are, Murray Sinclair, Sara Sinclair, Niigaan Sinclair, McClelland & Stewart

7. This Is Our Life, The Tragically Hip, Genesis

8. Dreamer, Nazem Kadri, Viking

9. The Knowing, Tanya Talaga, HarperCollins Canada

10. Above the Noise, DeMar DeRozan, Collins

CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT

1. Big Jim Begins (Dog Man #13), Dav Pilkey, Graphix

2. Hot Mess (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #19), Jeff Kinney, Abrams

3. Haunting of the Ghost Dragon (Dragon Masters #27), Tracey West, Graham Howells, Scholastic

4. Keeper of the Lost Cities (Unraveled #9), Shannon Messenger, Aladdin 

5. Little Blue Truck’s Christmas, Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry, Clarion

6. The Wild Robot, Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

7. The Scarlet Shredder (Dog Man #12), Dav Pilkey, Graphix

8. The Wild Robot Escapes, Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

9. The Bad Guys in One Last Thing (#20), Aaron Blabey, Scholastic

10. Impossible Creatures, Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie, Knopf Books for Young Readers

BUSINESS AND PERSONAL FINANCE

1. Atomic Habits, James Clear, Avery

2. The Psychology of Money, Morgan Housel, Harriman House

3. Main Street Millionaire, Codie Sanchez, Portfolio

4. Surrounded by Idiots, Thomas Erikson, St. Martin’s Essentials

5. Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata

6. Start With Why, Simon Sinek, Portfolio

7. The 5AM Club, Robin Sharma, HarperCollins Canada

8. The Intelligent Investor (revised edition), Benjamin Graham, Harper Business

9. The Whole Story, John Mackey, Matt Holt

10. Unreasonable Hospitality, Will Guidara, Optimism

* Weeks on list

The bestseller lists are compiled by Toronto Star ���߲ݴ�ýpapers Limited from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData.