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Hardcover Fiction: December 20, 2025
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week | Weeks on List |
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| 1 | Always Remember | Charlie Mackesy | Penguin Books | $37.00 | 4 | 9 |
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| 2 | The Secret of Secrets | Dan Brown | Doubleday | $52.00 | 3 | 14 |
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| 3 | The Black Wolf | Louise Penny | Minotaur Books | $40.00 | 1 | 7 |
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| 4 | Loves of Our Lives | Josie Balka | Simon & Schuster | $32.99 | – | 1 |
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| 5 | The Widow | John Grisham | Doubleday | $42.00 | 2 | 8 |
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| 6 | Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy | Flatiron Books | $38.99 | 6 | 2 |
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| 7 | Pick a Colour | Souvankham Thammavongsa | Knopf Canada | $34.00 | – | 1 |
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| 8 | Final Orbit | Chris Hadfield | Random House Canada | $39.00 | 7 | 10 |
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| 9 | Alchemised | SenLinYu | Del Ray | $48.00 | 5 | 3 |
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| 10 | Circle of Days | Ken Follett | Grand Central Publishing | $51.00 | 10 | 3 |
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Hardcover Non-Fiction: December 20, 2025
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week |
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| 1 | Book of Lives | Margaret Atwood | McClelland & Stewart | $45.00 | 2 |
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| 2 | The Let Them Theory | Mel Robbins; Sawyer Robbins | Hay House | $39.99 | 1 |
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| 3 | Certified Beauties | James Duthie; Sidney Crosby | Collins | $36.99 | 5 |
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| 4 | The Smiling Land | Alan Doyle | Doubleday Canada | $36.95 | 3 |
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| 5 | Nobody's Girl | Virginia Roberts Giuffre | Knopf | $48.00 | 4 |
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| 6 | Sorry, Not Sorry | Mark Critch | Viking | $36.00 | 6 |
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| 7 | 1929 | Andrew Ross Sorkin | Viking | $48.00 | 8 |
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| 8 | Vanished Beyond the Map | Adam Shoalts | Allen Lane | $37.00 | 10 |
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| 9 | Notes on Being a Man | Scott Galloway | Simon & Schuster | $41.00 | 7 |
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| 10 | The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse | Charlie Mackesy | HarperOne | $28.50 | – |
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Paperback Fiction: December 20, 2025
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week |
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| 1 | My Friends | Fredrik Backman | Simon & Schuster | $26.99 | 3 |
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| 2 | The Housemaid | Freida McFadden | Grand Central Publishing | $24.99 | 2 |
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| 3 | Broken Country | Clare Leslie Hall | Simon & Schuster | $26.99 | 4 |
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| 4 | Christmas Eve Love Story: An Advent Book | Ginny Baird | Sourcebooks Casablanca | $29.99 | 1 |
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| 5 | The God of the Woods | Liz Moore | Riverhead Books | $25.99 | 6 |
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| 6 | Atmosphere | Taylor Jenkins Reid | Doubleday Canada | $26.99 | 9 |
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| 7 | Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir | Ballantine Books | $29.99 | 5 |
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| 8 | The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah | Saint Martin's Griffin | $23.99 | – |
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| 9 | Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros | Red Tower Books | $27.99 | – |
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| 10 | Finding Flora | Elinor Florence | Simon & Schuster | $24.99 | 10 |
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Canadian Fiction: December 20, 2025
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week |
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| 1 | The Black Wolf | Louise Penny | Minotaur Books | $40.00 | 1 |
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| 2 | Loves of Our Lives | Josie Balka | Simon & Schuster | $32.99 | – |
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| 3 | Pick a Colour | Souvankham Thammavongsa | Knopf Canada | $34.00 | 3 |
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| 4 | Final Orbit | Chris Hadfield | Random House Canada | $39.00 | 2 |
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| 5 | Flesh | David Szalay | McClelland & Stewart | $34.95 | 9 |
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| 6 | Finding Flora | Elinor Florence | Simon & Schuster | $24.99 | 5 |
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| 7 | Queen Esther | John Irving | Knopf Canada | $40.00 | 4 |
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| 8 | The Spirit of Scatarie | Lesley Crewe | Vagrant Press | $26.95 | 7 |
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| 9 | The Paris Express | Emma Donoghue | Harper Perennial | $23.99 | – |
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| 10 | The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus | Emma Knight | Viking | $26.95 | – |
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Canadian Non-Fiction: December 20, 2025
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week |
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| 1 | The Wealthy Barber | David Chilton | Financial Awareness Corporation | $26.95 | 1 |
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| 2 | Book of Lives | Margaret Atwood | McClelland & Stewart | $45.00 | 2 |
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| 3 | Certified Beauties | James Duthie; Sidney Crosby | Collins | $36.99 | 4 |
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| 4 | The Smiling Land | Alan Doyle | Doubleday Canada | $36.95 | 3 |
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| 5 | Sorry, Not Sorry | Mark Critch | Viking | $36.00 | 5 |
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| 6 | Vanished Beyond the Map | Adam Shoalts | Allen Lane | $37.00 | 6 |
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| 7 | John Candy | Paul Myers; Dan Aykroyd | House of Anansi Press | $34.99 | 8 |
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| 8 | We Breed Lions | Rick Westhead; Stephen Brunt | Random House Canada | $38.00 | 7 |
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| 9 | Maple Syrup | Peter Kuitenbrouwer | Doubleday Canada | $36.95 | 9 |
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| 10 | Values | Mark Carney | Signal | $28.00 | – |
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Juvenile: December 20, 2025
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week |
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| 1 | Dog Man #14: Big Jim Believes | Dav Pilkey | Graphix | $21.99 | 1 |
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| 2 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book #20: Partypooper | Jeff Kinney | Amulet Books | $19.99 | 2 |
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| 3 | Cozy Corner | Coco Wyo | Random House Books for Young Readers | $12.50 | 5 |
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| 4 | Cozy Christmas | Coco Wyo | Random House Books for Young Readers | $12.50 | 3 |
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| 5 | Guinness World Records 2026 | Guinness World Records; Craig Glenday | Guinness World Records | $36.95 | 4 |
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| 6 | Cozy Cuties | Coco Wyo | Random House Books for Young Readers | $12.50 | 8 |
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| 7 | Sunrise on the Reaping | Suzanne Collins | Scholastic Press | $36.99 | 7 |
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| 8 | Darkstalker: Wings of Fire Graphic Novel | Tui T. Sutherland; Jake Parker | Graphix | $20.99 | 6 |
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| 9 | Sounds Like Christmas | Robert Munsch; Michael Martchenko | Scholastic Canada | $8.99 | – |
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| 10 | Little Blue Truck's Christmas | Alice Schertle; Jill McElmurry | Clarion Books | $23.99 | 9 |
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Self-Improvement: December 20, 2025
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week |
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| 1 | The Wealthy Barber | David Chilton | Financial Awareness Corporation | $26.95 | 1 |
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| 2 | The Let Them Theory | Mel Robbins; Sawyer Robbins | Hay House | $39.99 | 2 |
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| 3 | The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse | Charlie Mackesy | HarperOne | $28.50 | 4 |
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| 4 | Strong Ground | Brené Brown | Random House | $42.00 | 3 |
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| 5 | The 48 Laws of Power | Robert Greene; Joost Elffers | Penguin Books | $35.00 | 5 |
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| 6 | The Mountain Is You | Brianna Wiest | Thought Catalog Books | $22.99 | 6 |
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| 7 | 101 Essays That Will Change the Way You Think | Brianna Wiest | Thought Catalog Books | $20.99 | 8 |
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| 8 | Wreck This Journal (Black) Expanded Edition | Keri Smith | Penguin Books | $16.00 | 9 |
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| 9 | The Pivot Year | Brianna Wiest | Thought Catalog Books | $23.99 | – |
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| 10 | Think and Grow Rich | Napoleon Hill | TarcherPerigee | $15.00 | – |
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Mystery: December 20, 2025
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price |
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| 1 | The Secret of Secrets | Dan Brown | Doubleday | $52.00 |
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| 2 | The Black Wolf | Louise Penny | Minotaur Books | $40.00 |
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| 3 | The Widow | John Grisham | Doubleday | $42.00 |
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| 4 | The Housemaid | Freida McFadden | Grand Central Publishing | $24.99 |
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| 5 | Exit Strategy | Lee Child; Andrew Child | Delacorte Press | $39.99 |
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| 6 | The Intruder | Freida McFadden | Poisoned Pen Press | $26.99 |
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| 7 | The Housemaid's Secret | Freida McFadden | Quercus | $24.99 |
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| 8 | Gone Before Goodbye | Harlan Coben; Reese Witherspoon | Grand Central Publishing | $42.00 |
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| 9 | The Proving Ground | Michael Connelly | Little Brown & Company | $42.00 |
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| 10 | Return of the Spider | James Patterson | Little Brown & Company | $42.00 |
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