October 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 provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, SalesData, and national public library circulation data tracking service, LibraryData.


Top Fiction from Canadian-Owned Publishers

RankTitleContributorsPublisher
1Dodge CityPatrick deWitt🍁House of Anansi Press
2Our Lady of Mile EndSarah Gilbert ⚜️Anvil Press
3Indian HorseRichard Wagamese 🍁Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.
4RiverworkLisa Robertson 🍁Coach House Books
5The Colour of Time, or the Incredible Story of Mary GallagherEric Dupont, trans. Peter McCambridge ⚜️⚜️Véhicule Press
6Leila and KhaledNyla Matuk ⚜️House of Anansi Press
7It’s All Coming Back to Me NowJean-Michel Fortier, trans.  Jonathan Kaplansky ⚜️⚜️Baraka Books
8The FurrowValΓ©rie Manteau, Claire FosterInvisible Publishing
9Some of Us May LiveLeigh Kotsilidis ⚜️Coach House Books
10Driving Crazy to the Front DoorMichael Foy 🍁Linda Leith Publishing

🍁 = Canadian author, ⚜️= Quebec-based author, Bold = AELAQ member publisher

Top Non-Fiction from Canadian-Owned Publishers

RankTitleContributorsPublisher
1What You Won’t Do for Love: a ConversationDavid Suzuki, Tara Cullis, Miriam Fernandes 🍁🍁🍁Coach House Books
2Opioids and OrgansArizona O’Neill ⚜️Drawn & Quarterly Publications
3Ebola, Bombs, and MigrantsJoanne Liu, Andre Pratte, Marisa Coulton ⚜️⚜️🍁House of Anansi Press
4Letters from MontrealMadi Haslam 🍁Vehicule Press
5I Can’t Stop Thinking about Horses and SexLisa HanawaltDrawn & Quarterly Publications
6Women, WalkingJane Farrow, Zahra Ebrahim 🍁🍁Coach House Books
7The Wealthy BarberDavid Chilton 🍁Financial Awareness Corporation
8Housing IncLeilani Farha 🍁House of Anansi Press
9For the Long HaulChris Dixon, Rachel Herzing 🍁Between the Lines
10The Politics of LonelyLee Arden ⚜️Fernwood Publishing Co., Ltd.

🍁 = Canadian author, ⚜️= Quebec-based author, Bold = AELAQ member publisher

Top Fiction Overall

RankTitleContributorsPublisher
1Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection)Rebecca YarrosEntangled Publishing, LLC
2A Court of Splintered HarmonySarah J. MaasBloomsbury Publishing Plc
3Miss Wolcott’s GhostLouise Penny⚜️St. Martin’s Press
4The Witch (Deluxe Edition)Freida McFaddenSourcebooks, Incorporated
5YesteryearCaro Claire BurkeKnopf Canada
6Dungeon Crawler CarlMatt DinnimanPenguin Publishing Group
7The French IllusionJohn GrishamKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
8The Calamity ClubKathryn StockettDoubleday Canada
9Theo of GoldenAllen LeviSimon & Schuster, Incorporated
10Bound and UnboundAli HazelwoodPenguin Publishing Group

🍁 = Canadian author, ⚜️= Quebec-based author, Bold = AELAQ member publisher

Top Non-Fiction Overall

RankTitleContributorsPublisher
1Unreliable BoyfriendChrystia Freeland 🍁Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
2End Times FascismNaomi Klein, Astra Taylor🍁🍁Knopf Canada
3I’ll Believe in AnythingJacob Tierney, Rachel Reid⚜️🍁Little Brown & Company
4Swan SongCharles SpencerPenguin Publishing Group
5ProtocolsAndrew D. HubermanSimon & Schuster
6The Buy-In AdvantageDave GarrisonBenBella Books
7The StepsSylvester StalloneHarperCollins Publishers
8What You Won’t Do for Love: a ConversationDavid Suzuki, Tara Cullis, Miriam Fernandes 🍁🍁🍁Coach House Books
9The American Way of KillingMalcolm GladwellLittle Brown & Company
10The Marina Abramovic MethodMarina AbramovicLaurence King Publishing

🍁 = Canadian author, ⚜️= Quebec-based author, Bold = AELAQ member publisher