7 Best mystery books like The Winter Wives by Linden MacIntyre

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The Winter Wives

By: Linden MacIntyre

3.37

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new psychological drama from Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Linden MacIntrye, weaving t…

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1. Relative Happiness

By: Lesley Crewe

3.89

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Filled with heartache without being maudlin, this contemporary novel about life and love in a small… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada

2. Sweetness in the Belly

By: Camilla Gibb

4.61

Format: 313 pages,

Like Brick Laneand The Kite Runner, Camilla Gibb's widely praised new novel is a poignant and inten… read more

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3. The Adversary

By: Michael Crummey

3.85

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of The Innocents (“Extraordinary”— Wall Street … read more

Similar categories in Michael Crummey's The Adversary book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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4. Rage the Night

By: Donna Morrissey

3.97

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

At once the intimate tale of one man's quest to discover the truth of his birth and a riveting acco… read more

Similar categories in Donna Morrissey's Rage the Night book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
"What use is any man if he doesn’t have a purpose?"

-Donna Morrissey, Rage the Night

"…it is in solitude where one finds one’s courage."

-Donna Morrissey, Rage the Night

"No sense of having anything if you’ve no one to give it to."

-Donna Morrissey, Rage the Night

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5. Feeding My Mother: Comfort and Laughter in the Kitchen as My Mom Lives with Memory Loss

By: Jann Arden

4.32

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER Based on her hugely popular Facebook posts and Instagram photos, Feeding … read more

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  • canada
  • audiobook
"Words are big. They define who you are. They are permanent. I don’t think most people realize that. What you say is who you are. So try to be gentle on social media. Lift others up when you can, even…"

-Jann Arden, Feeding My Mother: Comfort and Laughter in the Kitchen as My Mom Lives with Memory Loss

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6. What Strange Paradise

By: Omar El Akkad

4.05

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

More bodies have washed up on the shores of a small island. Another overfilled, ill-equipped, dilap… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
"Today you are the only boy in the world and tomorrow it will be as though you never existed."

-Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise

"And what do you think the prerequisite for kindness is? Have you ever tried to be kind to someone better off than you?"

-Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise

"Farther out, the water sheds its sandy complexion and turns a turquoise of such clarity that the tourists’ sailboats seem to float atop their own shadows."

-Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise

"Because that's how we take the future from them," Walid said, animated now. "Look at Stockholm, look at Munich, look at New York-- who's picking up the garbage, cleaning the toilets? Who's doing the …"

-Omar El Akkad, What Strange Paradise

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7. The Future

By: Catherine Leroux

3.32

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own k… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
"It'll come back," Ulysses says again. "This place isn't made for disappearing, it's a place for resurrection."

-Catherine Leroux, The Future

"The exact opposite of the huge car factories she imagines as the city's womb, a uterus that makes automobiles the way others make promises, or laws."

-Catherine Leroux, The Future

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8. Fayne: A Novel

By: Ann-Marie MacDonald

4.26

Format: 736 pages, Hardcover

A beloved writer returns with a tale of science, magyk, love and identity. In the late nineteent… read more

Similar categories in Ann-Marie MacDonald's Fayne: A Novel book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
"Byrn speaks and I understand him without effort, his words as clear as spring water. / Ask a favour of the plover, he says. Borrow her eyes. / Then I am flying through the air, and the flying is his …"

-Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fayne: A Novel

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9. Snow Road Station

By: Elizabeth Hay

3.77

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the Giller Prize-winning author comes a novel, witty and wise, about thwarted ambition, unreal… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • family
  • audiobook
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10. Closer by Sea

By: Perry Chafe

3.99

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER CBC Books “86 Works of Canadian Fiction to Read in the First Half of 20… read more

Similar categories in Perry Chafe's Closer by Sea book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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11. Recipe for a Good Life

By: Lesley Crewe

4.34

Format: 408 pages, Paperback

Globe & Mail bestselling Lesley Crewe's new novel follows a mystery author with writer's block from… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Crewe's Recipe for a Good Life book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • fiction
  • canada
"Become an editor,' they said. 'You love books.' they said. I do love books; I just hate the people who write them."

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

"I met the Homeville Women's Institute, a whole gaggle of rural women who have monthly meetings to make their community better. They realized that by joining together they had a stronger voice, and th…"

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

"Life is like a recipe. What do you want in your life cake? What ingredients do you need to make it rise and taste wonderful? Sometimes the simplest recipe is the best, because the more you add to the…"

-Lesley Crewe, Recipe for a Good Life

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12. Nosy Parker

By: Lesley Crewe

4.26

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Globe & Mail bestselling Lesley Crewe’s new novel brings readers to 1960s Montreal & features a nos… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Crewe's Nosy Parker book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • family
  • fiction
  • canada
"Math is not my strong suit. Neither is French. I am absolutely hopeless at French. It's like a foreign language."

-Lesley Crewe, Nosy Parker

"I spent what seemed like hours listening to the mind-numbing details of life in Tudor England. The only fact that stays with me is King Henry VIII was definitely a serial killer. Several headless que…"

-Lesley Crewe, Nosy Parker

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13. The Bittlemores

By: Jann Arden

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwr… read more

Similar categories in Jann Arden's The Bittlemores book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • canada
  • family
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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14. The Sleeping Car Porter

By: Suzette Mayr

3.46

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the p… read more

Similar categories in Suzette Mayr's The Sleeping Car Porter book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."

-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter

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15. On the Ravine

By: Vincent Lam

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling, Giller Prize-winning author of Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures comes an exqui… read more

Similar categories in Vincent Lam's On the Ravine book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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16. A New Season

By: Terry Fallis

3.65

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From beloved and bestselling author Terry Fallis comes a novel unlike any of his others. A thoughtf… read more

Similar categories in Terry Fallis's A New Season book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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17. The Winter Wives

By: Linden MacIntyre

3.37

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A thrilling new psychological drama from Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Linden MacIntrye, weaving t… read more

Similar categories in Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • audiobook
  • mystery thriller
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • family
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • drama
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18. Denison Avenue

By: Christina Wong

4.17

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vuln… read more

Similar categories in Christina Wong's Denison Avenue book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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19. The Jazz Club Spy

By: Roberta Rich

3.60

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

From the author of the “riveting” ( Chicago Tribune ) The Midwife of Venice , a fresh and sweeping … read more

Similar categories in Roberta Rich's The Jazz Club Spy book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. The Spoon Stealer

By: Lesley Crewe

4.40

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

Born into a basket of clean sheets—ruining a perfectly good load of laundry—Emmeline never quite fi… read more

Similar categories in Lesley Crewe's The Spoon Stealer book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • family
  • canada
"So much of our lives depend on just one move, one way or the other. If I'd turned left instead of right that day..."

-Lesley Crewe, The Spoon Stealer

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21. August Into Winter

By: Guy Vanderhaeghe

4.11

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The first novel in nearly a decade from the three-time Governor General's Award‒winning author of T… read more

Similar categories in Guy Vanderhaeghe's August Into Winter book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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22. Permanent Astonishment

By: Tomson Highway

4.20

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Capricious, big-hearted, joyful: an epic memoir from one of Canada's most ac… read more

Similar categories in Tomson Highway's Permanent Astonishment book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • family
  • canada
  • audiobook
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23. The Double Life of Benson Yu

By: Kevin Chong

3.54

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

This work of metafiction follows a graphic novelist losing control of his own narrative as he attem… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Chong's The Double Life of Benson Yu book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
Cover of Full Disclosure (Jilly Truitt, #1) by Beverley McLachlin

24. Full Disclosure (Jilly Truitt, #1)

By: Beverley McLachlin

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the former Chief Justice of Canada comes a riveting thriller starring Jilly Truitt, a rising, … read more

Similar categories in Beverley McLachlin's Full Disclosure (Jilly Truitt, #1) book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • mystery thriller
  • canada
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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25. Denial (Jilly Truitt, #2)

By: Beverley McLachlin

3.79

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

CityLine Book Club Pick for September From the former Chief Justice of Canada and #1 bestselling… read more

Similar categories in Beverley McLachlin's Denial (Jilly Truitt, #2) book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • mystery thriller
  • canada
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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26. The Mystery of Right and Wrong

By: Wayne Johnston

3.94

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER The Mystery of Right and Wrong is a masterwork from one of the country’s most … read more

Similar categories in Wayne Johnston's The Mystery of Right and Wrong book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
Cover of If I Knew Then: Finding Wisdom in Failure and Power in Aging by Jann Arden

27. If I Knew Then: Finding Wisdom in Failure and Power in Aging

By: Jann Arden

4.04

Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition

Jann Arden--bestselling author, recording artist and late-blooming TV star--is back with this funny… read more

Similar categories in Jann Arden's If I Knew Then: Finding Wisdom in Failure and Power in Aging book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • canada
  • audiobook
"Since the big things find you no matter where you are, it's okay to unhook from your portable news source so you're not in the middle of what's happening every minute of the day. It doesn't mean you …"

-Jann Arden, If I Knew Then: Finding Wisdom in Failure and Power in Aging

Cover of Pluck: A memoir of a Newfoundland childhood and the raucous, terrible, amazing journey to becoming a novelist by Donna Morrissey

28. Pluck: A memoir of a Newfoundland childhood and the raucous, terrible, amazing journey to becoming a novelist

By: Donna Morrissey

4.40

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

NATIONAL BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE 2022 ATLANTIC BOOK AWARDS’ EVELYN RICHARDSON NON-FICTION AWAR… read more

Similar categories in Donna Morrissey's Pluck: A memoir of a Newfoundland childhood and the raucous, terrible, amazing journey to becoming a novelist book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • canada
  • audiobook
"Pride goes before common sense."

-Donna Morrissey, Pluck: A memoir of a Newfoundland childhood and the raucous, terrible, amazing journey to becoming a novelist

"Our tales do more than dismantle social standings and generate camaraderie and entertainment. They create a space for one's past, touching its flesh through memory and shedding a light that illuminat…"

-Donna Morrissey, Pluck: A memoir of a Newfoundland childhood and the raucous, terrible, amazing journey to becoming a novelist

"...friends can be the caregivers of our hearts. They fill the empty chambers and warm them with cheer. They revive the spirit through hope and transform pain into learning and learning into laughter.…"

-Donna Morrissey, Pluck: A memoir of a Newfoundland childhood and the raucous, terrible, amazing journey to becoming a novelist

"She laughed. 'Ahh, Donna, luv, I've missed you.' She leaned forward. 'And you've no need to race anywhere; you've already won the biggest of all races--' 'What race? Aside from that screenplay compet…"

-Donna Morrissey, Pluck: A memoir of a Newfoundland childhood and the raucous, terrible, amazing journey to becoming a novelist

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29. Off the Record

By: Peter Mansbridge

4.20

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Peter Mansbridge invites us to walk the beat with him in this entertaining and revealing look into … read more

Similar categories in Peter Mansbridge's Off the Record book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • canada
  • audiobook
Cover of The Company We Keep by Frances Itani

30. The Company We Keep

By: Frances Itani

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

ON TUESDAY NIGHTS IN THE BACKROOM OF CASSIE'S CAFÉ, SIX STRANGERS SEEK SOLACE AND FIND THEMSELVES P… read more

Similar categories in Frances Itani's The Company We Keep book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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31. Operation Angus

By: Terry Fallis

3.85

Format: 376 pages, Paperback

From bestselling author Terry Fallis comes the long-awaited follow-up to The Best Laid Plans and Th… read more

Similar categories in Terry Fallis's Operation Angus book and Linden MacIntyre's The Winter Wives

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook

25 must-read fiction books like The Winter Wives by Linden MacIntyre

Transform Your Habits

Relative Happiness

Lesley Crewe

3.89

Transform Your Habits

The Adversary

Michael Crummey

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Rage the Night

Donna Morrissey

3.97

Transform Your Habits

What Strange Paradise

Omar El Akkad

4.05

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21 must-read fiction books like The Adversary by Michael Crummey

Transform Your Habits

The Adversary

Michael Crummey

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Librarianist

Patrick deWitt

3.41

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Rage the Night

Donna Morrissey

3.97

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