Toronto Star bestsellers for Oct. 2, 2024

Sally Rooney’s latest, “Intermezzo,” was Canada’s bestselling book last week. No surprise there, given the Irish novelist’s Harry Potter-level fan base. Her work is within the realm of “literary” fiction (in her case smart, perceptive stories of entangled love) and has struck a resonant chord with her millennial readers (read: young women).
But the week also brings good reading for Gen X women, viz. a new love story from Nicholas Sparks, “Counting Miracles,” his 23rd saga of love and redemption. It debuts at No. 2.
Boomers, meanwhile, can dig into the latest thriller from Jeffrey Archer, “An Eye for an Eye,” featuring his long-time series sleuth William Warwick. This is the 42nd work by the 84-year-old writer (plus life peer, former London mayor, MP and convicted felon) and it joins the list at No. 8.
ORIGINAL FICTION
1. Intermezzo, Sally Rooney, Knopf Canada (1)
2. Counting Miracles, Nicholas Sparks, Doubleday Canada (1)
3. The Pumpkin Spice Café, Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter (1)
4. The Life Impossible, Matt Haig, Harper Avenue (4)
5. It Starts With Us, Colleen Hoover, Atria (37)
6. Here One Moment, Liane Moriarty, Doubleday Canada (3)
7. Proof, Beverley McLachlin, Simon & Schuster (2)
8. An Eye for an Eye, Jeffrey Archer, HarperCollins (1)
9. The Book of Bill, Alex Hirsch, Hyperion Avenue (2)
10. Daydream, Hannah Grace, Atria (6)
ORIGINAL NON-FICTION
1. Nexus, Yuval Noah Harari, Signal (3)
2. Who We Are, Murray Sinclair, Sara Sinclair, Niigaan Sinclair, McClelland & Stewart (1)
3. Guinness World Records 2025, Craig Glenday, Guinness World Records (3)
4. Something Lost, Something Gained, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon & Schuster (2)
5. The Knowing, Tanya Talaga, HarperCollins Canada (6)
6. The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press (27)
7. Ripley’s Believe It or Not 2025, Ripley’s Entertainment (3)
8. Above the Noise, DeMar DeRozan, Dave Zarum, Collins (3)
9. Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed (150)
10. I Heard There Was a Secret Chord, Daniel J. Levitin, Allen Lane (1)
CANADIAN FICTION
1. Proof, Beverley McLachlin, Simon & Schuster
2. What Have You Done?, Shari Lapena, Doubleday Canada
3. The Last Secret, Maia Caron, Doubleday Canada
4. Till Death Do Us Part, Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, Simon & Schuster
5. When the World Fell Silent, Donna Jones Alward, One More Chapter
6. Real Ones, Katherena Vermette, Hamish Hamilton
7. Wild Eyes, Elsie Silver, Bloom
8. The Lightning Bottle, Marissa Stapley, Simon & Schuster
9. Butcher and Blackbird, Brynne Weaver, Zando
10. Black Ice, Thomas King, HarperCollins Canada
CANADIAN NON-FICTION
1. Who We Are, Murray Sinclair, Sara Sinclair, Niigaan Sinclair, McClelland & Stewart
2. The Knowing, Tanya Talaga, HarperCollins Canada
3. Above the Noise, DeMar DeRozan, Dave Zarum, Collins
4. I Heard There Was a Secret Chord, Daniel J. Levitin, Allen Lane
5. At a Loss for Words, Carol Off, Random House Canada
6. Lucky Loser, Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig, Penguin
7. The Traitor’s Daughter, Roxana Spicer, Viking
8. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act, Bob Joseph, Indigenous Relations
9. Our Green Heart, Diana Beresford-Kroeger, Random House Canada
10. Invisible Prisons, Lisa Moore, Jack Whalen, Knopf Canada
CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULT
1. Wrath of the Triple Goddess (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #7), Rick Riordan, Disney-Hyperion
2. Ms. Rachel and the Special Surprise, Ms. Rachel, Monique Dong, Random House Books for Young Readers
3. The Wild Robot, Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
4. Kristy and the Walking Disaster (Baby-Sitters Club #16), Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw, Graphix
5. Class Action (InvestiGators #8), John Patrick Green, First Second
6. Little Blue Truck’s Halloween, Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry, Clarion
7. The Wild Robot Escapes, Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
8. With Our Orange Hearts, Phyllis Webstad, Emily Kewageshig, Medicine Wheel
9. Spooky Lakes, Geo Rutherford, Abrams
10. The Scarlet Shredder (Dog Man #12), Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
BUSINESS AND PERSONAL FINANCE
1. Atomic Habits, James Clear, Avery
2. The Psychology of Money, Morgan Housel, Harriman House
3. Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata
4. The Audacity of Relevance, Alex Sarian, ECW
5. Surrounded by Idiots, Thomas Erikson, St. Martin’s Essentials
6. Start With Why, Simon Sinek, Portfolio
7. The 5AM Club, Robin Sharma, HarperCollins Canada
8. Traction, Gino Wickman, BenBella
9. The Intelligent Investor (revised), Benjamin Graham, Harper Business
10. Selling Sunshine, Mary Bonnet, Harper Influence
* Weeks on list
The bestseller lists are compiled by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData.