Toronto Star Bestseller for July 17, 2025

“Suite 11” – No. 2 in the original -fiction list – is a kind of continuation, whereby the character Lo Blacklock from the previous book is going to Switzerland to write a profile of a billionaire. Instead, she ends up in “a cat mouse tracking across Europe” to quote the book.

Then there is Lisa Jewell'S “don't let him in” in 3rd place, in which a woman begins to meet a friend of her late husband, who is not at all what he seems to be.

In the meantime, Bianca Marais'S “A very puzzling murder” has spent several weeks on the Canadian fiction list. And it is indeed a puzzle, according to Harpercollins, who assembles with riddles and plays into a castle on an island.

Speaking of secrets, the Mystery List this week is proof of the popularity of Freida McFadden: Seven of the 10 books on the list belong to yours.

1. A golden summerCarley Fortune, Viking (10)*

2. The woman in Suite 11Ruth Ware, Simon & Schuster (1)

3. Don't let him inLisa Jewell, Atria (3)

4. Rose in chainsJulie Soto, Forever (1)

5. atmosphereTaylor Jenkins Reid, Douleday Canada (6)

6. My friends, Fredrik Backman, Simon & Schuster (11)

7. The irresistible urge to fall in love with her enemyBrigitte Knightley, Ace (1)

8. Every summer afterwardsCarley Fortune, Viking (10)

9. Broken countryClare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster (15)

10. The housemaid, Freida McFadden, Grand Central (38)

1. The anxious generationJonathan Haidt, Penguin (54)

2. Anatomy of a cover -upPaul Palango, Random House Canada (5)

3. Everything is tuberculosisJohn Green (6)

4. The serviceberry, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Scribner (33)

5. One day everyone will always have been against Omar el battery, McClelland & Stewart (19)

6. NexusYuval Noah Harari, Signal (24)

7. 2024Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager, Isaac Arnsdorf, Penguin (1)

8. A spy in the familyPaul Henderson, David Gardiner, Harpercollins Canada (4)

9. Lichen sweet grassRobin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed (155)

10. Rich from AiKaren Hao, Penguin (2)

1. A golden summerCarley Fortune, Viking

2. Every summer afterwardsCarley Fortune, Viking

3. This summer will be differentCarley Fortune, Viking

4. A very puzzling murderBianca Marais, Mira

5. The history of the handmaidMargaret Atwood, McClelland & Stewart

6. Find floraElinor Florence, Simon & Schuster

7. WildlifeElsie Silver, flower

8. Killer on the first pageIan Ferguson, Will Ferguson, Harpercollins Canada

9. Everyone here liesShari Lapena, seal

10. Meet me at the lakeCarley Fortune, Viking

1. Values), Mark Carney, signal

2. Anatomy of a cover -upPaul Palango, random house Canada

3. outsiderBrett Popplewell, Harpercollins Canada

4. One day everyone will always have been against Omar el battery, McClelland & Stewart

5. True reconciliationJody Wilson-Raybind, McClelland & Stewart

6. 12 rules for lifeJordan B. Peterson, Random House Canada

7. A history of Canada in ten cardsAdam Shoalts, Penguin Canada

8. Lessons from cats to surviving fascismStewart Reynolds, Grand Central

9. Murder, madness and chaosMike Browne, Harpercollins Canada

10. 52 ways to reconcileDavid A. Robertson, McClelland & Stewart

1. Sunrise when experiencing, Suzanne Collins, Scholastic

2. Love yourself foreverRobert Munsch, Sheila McGraw, Firefly

3. Binding 13, Chloe Walsh, flower

4. Karen's Ghost (Baby-Sitter little sister #11)DK Yingst, Ann M. Martin, Graphix

5. Hold 13Chloe Walsh, flower

6. Fearless, Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for young readers

7. PowerlessLauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for young readers

8. In summer I got prettyJenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for young readers

9. The very hungry caterpillarEric Carle, Penguin Young Reader's Group

10. The cartoonist clubRaina Telegemeier, Scott McCloud, Graphix

1. Do not disturbFreida McFadden, Atria

2. Murder islandJames Patterson, Brian Sitts, Little, Brown

3. The tenantFreida McFadden, poisoned pen

4. Never lieFreida McFadden, poisoned pen

5. The secret of the housemaidFreida McFadden, Quercus

6. The friendFreida McFadden, poisoned pen

7. The housemaid watchesFreida McFadden, poisoned pen

8. In too deepLee Child, Andrew Child, Dell

9. Alex Cross has to dieJames Patterson, Little, Brown

10. The crashFreida McFadden, poisoned pen

The bestseller lists are compiled by the Toronto Star Newspapers Limited from information provided by BOOKNET CANADAS National Sales Tracking Service, BNC Salesdata.