B.C.: 15 bestselling books for the week of August 15
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Outlets covering
2
Lean bands spanned
2
Widest spread
Center → Center-Right
Verdict
Mixed
B.I.A.S. ANALYSIS
CENTER
Where the 2 outlets covering this sit
Center
50%
Center-Right
50%
None framing
Center majority
2-outlet cluster
Broad pickup
Signal breakdown
Heuristic (v1/v3)
0.10 · CENTER-RIGHT
ML v2 (DistilBERT)
0.000 · CENTER
Ensemble
-0.050 · CENTER
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avg -0.159
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B.C.: 15 bestselling books for the week of August 15
Compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales statistics from more than 250 Canadian independent book stores.
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By The Vancouver Sun
Published Aug 20, 2026
Last updated 1 hour ago
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1.A False and Fatal Claim: A Lane Winslow Mystery — Iona Whishaw (Touchwood Editions).
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2. Unceded: Understanding British Columbia’s Colonial Past and Why It Matters Now — George M. Abbott, foreword by Steven Point (UBC Press).
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3. The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street: A Memoir — Wiley Wei-Chium Ho(Douglas and McIntyre).
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4. The Best of Roy Henry Vickers: 80 Selected Works— Lucky Budd, Roy Henry Vickers (Harbour Publishing Co.)
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5. Tiny Hiker— Natasha Zimmers, illustrated by Jaimie MacGibon (Orca Books).
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6. Dead Bees Still Sting: Tales of Life at the Edge of Nature— Susan Cormier (Greystone Books).
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7. West Coast Kitchen Garden: Growing, Gathering, And Eating Through the Seasons— Sabrina Currie (Touchwood Editions).
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8. The Inquisitive Raven — Richard Wagamese, illustrated by Bridget George (Greystone Books).
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9. A Season for Spies: A Lane Winslow Prequel — Iona Whishaw (Touchwood Editions).
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10. Meanwhile, Back in Nokomis: Tales from Canada and Elsewhere — Will Ferguson (Douglas & McIntyre).
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11. Fiddlehead Forest — Jana Curll (Greystone Books).
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12.Seventy-Two Seasons: A Memoir for Noticing— M.A.C. Farrant (Ronsdale Press).
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13. David Suzuki: Lessons From a Lifetime: Ninety Years of Inspiration and Activism — David Suzuki, Ian Hanington (Greystone Books).
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14. Stories of Nikkei Canadians: Resilience in Struggle— Masako Fukawa (Harbour Publishing Co).
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15. The Wild West Coast: Long Beach, Tofino and Clayoquot Sound in Photographs— Adrian Dorst (Harbour Publishing).
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— The weekly B.C.…
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