All hail the queen of summer.
Since bursting onto the scene in 2020 with her cottage country romance “Every Summer After,” Canadian author Carley Fortune has been a reliable provider of wistful novels that involve finding (or refinding) love within view of a body of water.听
In her fourth book, “One Golden Summer” 鈥 which leaped this week to the top of both the original fiction and Canadian fiction bestseller lists 鈥 Fortune returns to the setting of Barry’s Bay, Ont., where she grew up, and to a character we first met in “Every Summer After.” The new novel is about how Charlie Florek, brother of the first book’s hero, Sam, now happily married to Percy, finds a love of his own.听
Fortune told the Star’s Rani Sheen that readers would approach her at events asking for a book about Charlie.听鈥淭hey wanted him to have a happily ever after.鈥
Plus, “One Golden Summer” has given a boost to its predecessor, with “Every Summer After” returning to the original and Canadian fiction lists at No. 2.
Another Canadian author with a new book on both fiction lists is听Josie Balka. The Toronto-born broadcaster, voice-over artist and TikTok influencer, who now lives in Calgary, has published her first book of poetry 鈥 no doubt hoping to follow in the footsteps of another Canadian poet who used social media as a springboard to superstardom, Rupi Kaur.
ORIGINAL FICTION
1. One Golden Summer, Carley Fortune, Viking (1)*
2. Every Summer After, Carley Fortune, Viking (9)
3. The Tenant, Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen (1)
4.听My Friends,听Fredrik Backman, Simon & Schuster (2)
5. Shield of Sparrows, Devney Perry, Red Tower (1)
6.听Great Big Beautiful Life,听Emily Henry, Berkley (3)
7.听King of Envy,听Ana Huang, Bloom Books (2)
8. Silver Elite, Dani Francis, Del Ray (1)
9.听Broken Country,听Clare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster (10)
10. I Hope You Remember, Josie Balka, Simon & Schuster (1)
ORIGINAL NON-FICTION
1. Big Dumb Eyes, Nate Bargatze, Grand Central (1)
2.听There Are Moms Way Worse Than You, Glenn Boozan, Priscilla Witte, Workman (3)
3. The Crisis of Canadian Democracy, Andrew Coyne, Sutherland House (1)
4.听My Next Breath,听Jeremy Renner, Flatiron (2)听
5. The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt, Penguin (46)
6.听The Serviceberry,听Robin Wall Kimmerer, Scribner (24)
7.听Try Hard,听Max Kerman, Viking (3)
8. How to Giggle,听Hannah Berner, Paige DeSorbo, Simon & Schuster (3)
9.听One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This,听Omar El Akkad, McClelland & Stewart (11)听
10.听On Democracies and Death Cults, Douglas Murray, Broadside (4)
CANADIAN FICTION
1. One Golden Summer, Carley Fortune, Viking
2. Every Summer After, Carley Fortune, Viking听
3.听Silver Elite, Dani Francis, Del Ray (1)
4.听I Hope You Remember, Josie Balka, Simon & Schuster
5.听The Maid’s Secret,听Nita Prose, Viking听
6.听The Retirement Plan,听Sue Hincenbergs, Harper Avenue听
7. The Book of Records, Madeleine Thien, Knopf Canada
8.听Finding Flora,听Elinor Florence, Simon & Schuster听
9.听Death on the Island,听Eliza Reid, Simon & Schuster
10. Riding the High, Paisley Hope, Viking
CANADIAN NON-FICTION
1. Value(s),听Mark Carney, Signal
2.听The Crisis of Canadian Democracy, Andrew Coyne, Sutherland House
3.听Try Hard,听Max Kerman, Viking
4.听One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This,听Omar El Akkad, McClelland & Stewart听
5. 52 Ways to Reconcile, David A. Robertson, McClelland & Stewart
6. The Making of Canada, Greg Koabel, The Sutherland House
7. Ally Is a Verb, Rose LeMay, Page Two
8. Ripper, Mark Bourrie, Biblioasis
9. Where the Falcon Flies, Adam Shoalts,听Penguin Canada听
10. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act, Bob Joseph, Page Two
CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT
1. Sunrise on the Reaping,听Suzanne Collins, Scholastic听
2. Fearless,听Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers听
3. The Wild Robot Protects, Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
4. The Survivor Wants to Die at the End, Adam Silvera, Quill Tree
5.听Oh, the Places You鈥檒l Go!,听Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers
6. Cat on the Run in Hidden Layers! (Cat on the Run #3), Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
7.听Big Jim Begins (Dog Man #13),听Dav Pilkey, Graphix
8. Love You Forever, Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw, Firefly
9.听Powerless,听Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
10.听Warriors Graphic Novel (The Prophecies Begin #2),听Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess, Sara Goetter, HarperAlley听
BUSINESS AND PERSONAL FINANCE
1. Atomic Habits, James Clear, Avery
2. The Psychology of Money, Morgan Housel, Harriman House
3. The Purpose of Purpose, Ron Tite, Page Two
4. Undeniable, Cameron Hanes, St. Martin’s
5. Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata
6. Start With Why, Simon Sinek, Portfolio
7. Traction, Gino Wickman, BenBella
8. Becoming You, Suzy Welch, Harper Business
9. The Intelligent Investor (revised), Benjamin Graham, Harper Business
10. Dare to Lead, Bren茅 Brown, Random House
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