

Soccer may be the preoccupation of much of the city, country and world in this first official week of summer — but not on the bestseller lists, where a book about another summer sport tops the Canadian non-fiction list and touches base at No. 4 in original non-fiction.
In “50 Years of Blue Jays Baseball,” Andrew Podnieks traces the greatest moments and players in the history of the Toronto Blue Jays, with the team celebrating its 50th season this year.
Meanwhile, a Canadian non-fiction book is drawing attention on a completely different subject.
Simon Pare-Poupart’s “Trash! A Garbageman’s Story” has been described as “a fascinating no-bulls—t account of 20 years in waste management.”
Although it hasn’t (yet) made the original non-fiction list, it’s No. 4 in Canadian non-fiction and has been called a “social phenomenon” by no less than France’s Le Monde.
The New York Times noted that Pare-Poupart’s memoir has been compared to Anthony Bourdain’s “Kitchen Confidential” and accurately so.
“Trash!,” it wrote, “is a nonconformist cri de coeur. It demands we see garbage collectors as human beings. It asks we come to understand why many love the work. It explains why the job has saved many people from jail or the morgue. Trash does not disappear by magic.”
1. Every Summer After, Carley Fortune, Viking
3. One Golden Summer, Carley Fortune, Viking
5. This Summer Will Be Different, Carley Fortune, Viking
6. Meet Me at the Lake, Carley Fortune, Viking
7. Harvest Season, Brynne Weaver, Zando
8. The Deal, Elle Kennedy, Bloom
9. Fever Dream, Elsie Silver, Simon & Schuster
10. The Mistake, Elle Kennedy, Bloom
1. 50 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Andrew Podnieks, Indigo
2. The Wealthy Barber, David Chilton, Financial Awareness
3. Suicidal Empathy, Gad Saad, Broadside
5. Trash!, Simon Paré-Poupart, Pablo Strauss, Melville House
6. Values, Mark Carney, Signal
7. A History of Canada in Ten Maps, Adam Shoalts, Penguin Canada
8. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, Omar El Akkad, McClelland & Stewart
9. The Finest Hotel in Kabul, Lyse Doucet, Allen Lane
10. The Reason You Walk, Wab Kinew, Penguin Canada
1. Theo of Golden, Allen Levi, Simon & Schuster (17)*
2. Yesteryear, Caro Claire Burke, Knopf Canada (10)
3. Whistler, Ann Patchett, Harper (3)
4. Our Perfect Storm, Carley Fortune, Viking (7)
5. To Flame a Wild Flower, Sarah A. Parker, Avon (1)
6. The Divorce, Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen (3)
7. The Calamity Club, Kathryn Stockett, Doubleday Canada (6)
8. The Correspondent, Virginia Evans, Crown (22)
9. The Someday Garden, Ashley Poston, Berkley (1)
10. The Midnight Train, Matt Haig, HarperCollins Canada (2)
1. London Falling, Patrick Radden Keefe, Bond Street (10)
2. Strangers, Belle Burden, Dial (15)
4. 50 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Andrew Podnieks, Indigo (2)
5. Rory, Alan Shipnuck, Avid Reader (3)
6. The Wealthy Barber, David Chilton, Financial Awareness (27)
7. Stripped Down, Bunnie Xo, Day Street (11)
8. Suicidal Empathy, Gad Saad, Broadside (5)
9. The Story of Birds, Steve Brusatte, Mariner (3)
1. Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers
2. I Love Dad with the Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle, Penguin Young Readers Group
3. First Crush (The New Girl #2), Cassandra Calin, Graphix
4. Dawn on the Coast (Baby-Sitters Club #19), Arley Nopra, Ann M. Martin, Graphix
5. Just Me and My Dad (Little Critter), Mercer Mayer, Random House Books for Young Readers
6. InvestiGators: Weather or Not, John Patrick Green, First Second
7. Karen’s Surprise (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #12), Shauna J. Grant, Ann M. Martin, Graphix
8. Why a Son Needs a Dad, Gregory E. Lang, Susanna Leonard Hill, Gail Yerrill, Sourcebooks
9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle, Penguin Young Readers Group
10. Big Jim Believes (Dog Man #14), Dav Pilkey, Graphix
1. When the Body Says No, Gabor Maté, Vintage Canada
2. The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin
3. What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Heidi Murkoff, Workman
4. Birth Vibes, Jen Hamilton, Grand Central
5. The New Periomenopause, Mary Claire Haver, Rodale
6. Come as You Are (updated), Emily Nagoski, Simon & Schuster
7. The Myth of Normal, Gabor Maté, Daniel Maté, Vintage Canada
8. Unbreakable, Vonda Wright, Rodale
9. Independence for Life, Will Harlow, Hay House UK
10. Fast Like a Girl, Mindy Pelz, Hay House
The bestseller lists are compiled by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited from information provided by BookNet Canada’s national sales tracking service, BNC SalesData.






