We are excited to unveil the top 20 bestselling BC books of 2018. We hope your favourites made the list, and that you’ll find new and exciting books to read. Thank you all for your support of independent booksellers. Drumroll please…

20. Mountain Footsteps: Hikes in the East Kootenay of Southeastern British Columbia by Janice Strong (Rocky Mountain Books)

19. Property Values: A Novel by Charles Demers (Arsenal Pulp Press)

18. On Our Street: Our First Talk About Poverty by Dr. Jillian Roberts and Jaime Casap, illustrated by Jane Heinrichs (Orca Book Publishers)

17. Ghostly Campfire Stories of Western Canada by Barbara Smith (Heritage House Publishing)

16. Don’t Never Tell Nobody Nothin’ No How: The Real Story of West Coast Rum Running by Rick James (Harbour Publishing)

15. Murder by Milkshake: An Astonishing True Story of Adultery, Arsenic, and a Charismatic Killerby Eve Lazarus (Arsenal Pulp Press)

14. Jonny Appleseed: A Novel by Joshua Whitehead (Arsenal Pulp Press)

13. Dancing in Gumboots: Adventure, Love, and Resilience–Women of the Comox Valley, edited by Lou Allison (Caitlin Press)

12. It Begins in Betrayal: A Lane Winslow Mystery by Iona Whishaw (TouchWood Editions)

11. West Coast ABCs by Jocey Asnong (RMB | Rocky Mountain Books)

10. A West Coast Summer by Caroline Woodward, illustrated by Carol Evans (Harbour Publishing)

9. Grizzlies, Gales and Giant Salmon: Life at a Rivers Inlet Fishing Lodgeby Pat Ardley (Harbour Publishing)

8. Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography by Andrea Warner (Greystone Books)

7. The Hidden Life of Trees: Illustrated Edition by Peter Wohlleben (Greystone Books)

6. On the Rocks with Jack Knox: Islanders I Will Never Forget by Jack Knox (Heritage House Publishing)

5. EJ Hughes Paints Vancouver Island by Robert Amos (TouchWood Editions)

4. 105 Hikes In and Around Southwestern British Columbia by Stephen Hui (Greystone Books)

3. A Matter of Confidence: The Inside Story of the Political Battle for BC by Rob Shaw & Richard Zussman (Heritage House Publishing)

2. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act by Bob Joseph (Page Two Books)

1. One Eagle Soaring by Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd (Harbour Publishing)

The BC Bestseller List is compiled using sales data from more than 80 independent bookstores in BC, which is provided to the ABPBC by TBM BookManager. This list represents sales from January 1, 2018 to December 17, 2018 of BC-published books released in 2018. View eligibility criteria.

