That’s right: Suzuki turns 90 next week, and the book is both a tribute and a look back at his life — from his days as a geneticist and university professor, to his 44 years hosting CBC’s “The Nature of Things,” to his globe-trotting campaigns for Indigneous and environmental rights.

It features contributions from such notable figures as Margaret Atwood, Jane Fonda and Neil Young.

Suzuki told The Canadian Press that environmentalists “have lost, big time,” but “the important legacy that I want to tell my grandchildren is, look, I tried. I love you. I did the best I could for you.”

Also new in Canadian non-fiction is “Unshaming: A Memoir of Recovery, Relapse, and What Comes After” by Jowita Bydlowska.

In 2013, Bydlowska published “Drunk Mom,” a memoir about how she overcame addiction as a young mother. But, as she told Chatelaine in 2022, three years after its publication she started to drink again.

Her new book is about her relapse and the “shame spiral” that followed.

Bydlowska told the CBC she hopes the book will challenge the expectation that recovery must end in a neat resolution.

Canadian author Briar Boleyn, who was a grad student and teacher before she turned to romantasy, tops both the Canadian and original fiction lists this week with “The Wings That Bind,” the latest in her popular “Bloodwing Academy” series.

In a review, the Independent wrote, “What truly elevates ‘The Wings That Bind’ is Boleyn’s writing itself: direct, purposeful and emotionally precise … leaving readers breathless, conflicted and desperate for what comes next.”

1. The Wings That Bind, Briar Boleyn, Mira

4. Liberty Street, Heather Marshall, Doubleday Canada

5. Game Changer, Rachel Reid, Carina

6. Tough Guy, Rachel Reid, Carina

7. Role Model, Rachel Reid, Carina

8. Common Goal, Rachel Reid, Carina

9. Wild People Quiet, Tara Gereaux, Scribner

10. The Black Wolf, Louise Penny, Minotaur

1. The Wealthy Barber, David Chilton, Financial Awareness

2. Values, Mark Carney, Signal

3. Unshaming, Jowita Bydlowska, Signal

4. Lessons from a Lifetime, David Suzuki, Ian Hanington, Greystone

5. Book of Lives, Margaret Atwood, McClelland & Stewart

6. Attention Seeker, Darcy Michael, DK

7. Talk Treaty to Me, Crystal Gail Fraser, Sara Komarnisky, Collins

8. The Casino Shift, Dr. Brian Goldman, Collins

9. The First Survivor, Lisa Banfield, Sherri Aikenhead, Maureen Banfield, Sutherland House

10. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, Omar El Akkad, McClelland & Stewart

1. The Wings That Bind, Briar Boleyn, Mira (1)*

2. Heated Rivalry, Rachel Reid, Carina (12)

3. Judge Stone, James Patterson, Viola Davis, Little, Brown (1)

4. Want to Know a Secret?, Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen (1)

5. The Correspondent, Virginia Evans, Crown (10)

6. Theo of Golden, Allen Levi, Simon & Schuster (4)

7. Mistakes Were Made, Lucy Score, Bloom (1)

8. The Astral Library, Kate Quinn, William Morrow (5)

9. The Long Game, Rachel Reid, Carina (11)

10. Everyone in this Bank Is a Thief, Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner (1)

1. Nobody’s Girl, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf (20)

2. Getting Naked, Valerie Bertinelli, Harper Wave (1)

3. Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!, Liza Minnelli, Grand Central (1)

5. Stripped Down, Bunnie Xo, Dey Street (5)

6. The Wealthy Barber, David Chilton, Financial Awareness (16)

7. All the Way to the River, Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead (4)

8. A World Appears, Michael Pollan, Penguin Press (3)

9. A Hymn to Life, Gisèle Pelicot, Knopf Canada (4)

10. Empire of AI, Karen Hao, Penguin (4)

1. Little Blue Truck’s Springtime, Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry, Clarion

2. The Hybrid Prince (Wings of Fire #16), Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic

3. Code Red! (Big Nate #34), Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel

4. Talons of Power (Wings of Fire #9), Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes, Graphix

5. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters), Angela Song, Golden

6. Love You Forever, Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw, Firefly

7. Big Jim Believes (Dog Man #14), Dav Pilkey, Graphix

8. Partypooper (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #20), Jeff Kinney, Amulet

9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle, Penguin Young Readers Group

10. Bluey: Easter, Penguin Young Readers Group

1. Of Course It’s Good, Jessica Secrest, Page Street

2. Every Salad Ever, Greta Podleski, One Spoon,

3. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton, Simon & Schuster

4. Sally’s Baking 101, Sally McKenney, Clarkson Potter

5. Maxi’s Kitchen, Maxine Sharf, Clarkson Potter

6. Mrs. Brown’s Kitchen, Heather Brown, Flanker Press

7. The High-Protein Plate, Rachael DeVaux, Simon & Schuster

8. Skinnytaste High Protein, Gina Homolka, Heather K. Jones, Clarkson Potter

9. Eat Yourself Healthy, Jamie Oliver, Appetite by Random House

10. Good Things, Samin Nosrat, Aya Brackett, Random House

The bestseller lists are compiled by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData.