May 2026 Read Quebec Bestseller Lists
Check out what Quebecers are reading this month! We’ve compiled lists with our colleagues at BookNet Canada to show the bestselling titles in Quebec, both overall and amongst titles from Canadian-owned publishers.
The Bestseller and Top Circulated Lists are compiled by the Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec from information rovided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, SalesData, and national public library circulation data tracking service, LibraryData.
Top Fiction from Canadian-Owned Publishers
Rank Title Author Publisher 1 Riverwork Robertson, Lisa 🍁 Coach House Books 2 Layaway Child Sutherland, Chanel ⚜️ House of Anansi Press 3 Temporary Palaces Miller, Jeff 🍁 House of Anansi Press 4 Our Lady of Mile End Gilbert, Sarah ⚜️ Anvil Press 5 And Then Again Begin Thomas, H. Nigel ⚜️ Guernica Editions 6 Oxford Soju Club Park, Jinwoo ⚜️ Dundurn Press 7 The Outer Harbour Compton, Wayde 🍁 Arsenal Pulp Press 8 Cherry Beach Gillmor, Don 🍁 Biblioasis 9 Moon of the Crusted Snow Rice, Waubgeshig 🍁 ECW Press 10 My Thievery of the People Marshy, Leila ⚜️ Baraka Books
🍁 = Canadian author, ⚜️= Quebec-based author, Bold = AELAQ member publisher
Top Non-Fiction from Canadian-Owned Publishers
Rank Title Author Publisher 1 Every Salad Ever Podleski, Greta 🍁 One Spoon Media Incorporated 2 Opioids and Organs O’Neill, Arizona ⚜️ Drawn & Quarterly Publications 3 Family Secrets Switocz Goldbloom, Alice ⚜️ Pottersfield Press 4 The Wealthy Barber Chilton, David 🍁 Financial Awareness Corporation 5 Letters from Montreal Haslam, Madi 🍁 Véhicule Press 6 The Book of Birds Macfarlane, Robert; Morris, Jackie House of Anansi Press 7 Dear Kenneth Degenstein, Cole ⚜️ Conundrum Press 8 Exploring Montréal Ward, Robin 🍁 Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd. 9 Ducks Beaton, Kate 🍁 Drawn & Quarterly Publications 10 All the Cameras in My Room DeForge, Michael 🍁 Drawn & Quarterly Publications
🍁 = Canadian author, ⚜️= Quebec-based author, Bold = AELAQ member publisher
Top Fiction Overall
Rank Title Author Publisher 1 The Deal Kennedy, Elle 🍁 Sourcebooks, Incorporated 2 Our Perfect Storm Fortune, Carley 🍁 Penguin Canada 3 Yesteryear Burke, Caro Claire Knopf Canada 4 Project Hail Mary Weir, Andy Random House Publishing Group 5 The Last Mandarin Penny, Louise; Fung, Mellissa Fung 🍁⚜️ St. Martin’s Press 6 The Mistake Kennedy, Elle 🍁 Sourcebooks, Incorporated 7 The Score Kennedy, Elle 🍁 Sourcebooks, Incorporated 8 Meet Me at the Lake Fortune, Carley 🍁 Penguin Canada 9 Dungeon Crawler Carl Dinniman, Matt Penguin Publishing Group 10 The Night We Met Jimenez, Abby Grand Central Publishing
🍁 = Canadian author, ⚜️= Quebec-based author, Bold = AELAQ member publisher
Top Non-Fiction Overall
Rank Title Author Publisher 1 Driven Wolff, Susie Henry Holt & Company 2 Murdoku Garand, Manuel ⚜️ Union Square Publishing 3 Famesick Dunham, Lena Doubleday Canada 4 Strangers : A Memoir of Marriage Burden, Belle Random House Publishing Group 5 Every Salad Ever Podleski, Greta 🍁 One Spoon Media Incorporated 6 Opioids and Organs O’Neill, Arizona ⚜️ Drawn & Quarterly Publications 7 Atomic Habits Clear, James Penguin Publishing Group 8 A Montreal Cook : Recipes and Reflections from My Kitchen Chesterman, Lesley ⚜️ Simon & Schuster, Incorporated 9 The Let Them Theory Robbins, Mel; Robbins, Sawyer Hay House, Incorporated 10 London Falling Keefe, Patrick Radden Doubleday Canada
🍁 = Canadian author, ⚜️= Quebec-based author, Bold = AELAQ member publisher
