August 2011 Top Tens

The August 2011 Top Tens are in! See which Canadian books were the top sellers last month at four of Toronto's finest bookstores: Bakka Phoenix, Ben McNally Books, The Book Mark and Type Books (the Forest Hill store).

You can find also find the Top Ten lists on Open Book's Features page.

1. Blindsight, Peter Watts
2. Darkest Powers Trilogy, Kelley Armstrong
3. Vortex, Robert Charles Wilson
4. Spell Bound, Kelley Armstrong
5. Zero History, William Gibson
6. Spin, Robert Charles Wilson
7. Watch, Robert J. Sawyer
8. Waking the Witch, Kelley Armstrong
9. Cast in Shadow, Michelle Sagara
10. Truth of Valor, Tanya Huff

1. The Pirates of Somalia, Jay Bahadur
2. 3 Chefs, Michael Bonacini, Massimo Capra & Jason Parsons
3. Triumph at Kapyong, Dan Bjarnason
4. A World Elsewhere, Wayne Johnston
5. Lester B. Pearson, Andrew Cohen
6. The Cat's Table, Michael Ondaatje
7. Childhood Under Siege, Joel Bakan
8. Louis Hippolyte Lafontine and Robert Baldwin, John Ralston Saul
9. The Law of Dreams, Peter Behrens
10. The Wave, Susan Casey

1. The Beauty of Humanity Movement, Camilla Gibb
2. Room, Emma Donoghue
3. Season of Darkness, Maureen Jennings
4. Best Laid Plans, Terry Fallis
5. A Man in Uniform, Kate Taylor
6. A World Elsewhere, Wayne Johnston
7. Secret Daughter, Shilpi Somaya Gowda
8. Erasing Memory, Scott Thornley
9. Bad Boy, Peter Robinson
10. The Cat's Table, Michael Ondaatje

THE FOREST HILL STORE

1. Room, Emma Donoghue
2. Far to Go, Alison Pick
3. Annabel, Kathleen Winter
4. This Dark Endeavour, Kenneth Oppel
5. The Cat's Table, Michael Ondaatje
6. The Midwife of Venice, Roberta Rich
7. Natasha & Other Stories, David Bezmozgis
8. The Antagonist, Lynn Coady
9. A Few Blocks, Cybele Young
10. We Need A Horse, Sheila Heti