31 must-read canada books like Reuniting With Strangers: A Novel by Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio

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Reuniting With Strangers: A Novel

By: Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio

4.39

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Inspired by the work of Souvankham Thammavongsa, Catherine Hernandez and Wayson Choy, this unforget…

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Cover of The Adversary by Michael Crummey

1. 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

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
Cover of Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2) by Waubgeshig Rice

2. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

By: Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more

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  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
Cover of Shut Up You're Pretty by Téa Mutonji

3. Shut Up You're Pretty

By: Téa Mutonji

3.57

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions du… read more

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  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
"Her sadness was overwhelming. Her sadness was an illusion. She'd pretend to be fine but then wash the same dish for twenty minutes"

-Téa Mutonji, Shut Up You're Pretty

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4. 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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  • fiction
  • canada
"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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5. Hotline

By: Dimitri Nasrallah

4.15

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman’s struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration… read more

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  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
"Here i am on my own, because of him, maybe free from a life that was turning into a prison, but cast away like a bad-luck omen too. Now I must give myself to others to survive. The world has judged t…"

-Dimitri Nasrallah, Hotline

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6. 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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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Closer by Sea by Perry Chafe

7. 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

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Recipe for a Good Life by Lesley Crewe

8. 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

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  • adult fiction
  • 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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9. The Winter Knight

By: Jes Battis

3.46

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Arthurian legends are reborn in this upbeat queer urban fantasy with a mystery at its heart The … read more

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  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
Cover of The Bittlemores by Jann Arden

10. 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

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
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11. Bad Cree

By: Jessica Johns

3.92

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping debut tinged with supernatural horror, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a p… read more

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  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
"On cloudless days I swear the prairies are closer to the sun than anywhere else in the world. Not because of the heat. It's the size of the floating orb when nothing else is around it. Beating like a…"

-Jessica Johns, Bad Cree

Cover of All the Colour in the World by C.S. Richardson

12. All the Colour in the World

By: C.S. Richardson

3.74

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

The story of the restorative power of art in one man's life, set against the sweep of the twentieth… read more

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  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
Cover of Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1) by Kate   Hilton

13. Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1)

By: Kate Hilton

3.71

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a communit… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Denison Avenue by Christina Wong

14. 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

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Reuniting With Strangers: A Novel by Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio

15. Reuniting With Strangers: A Novel

By: Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio

4.39

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Inspired by the work of Souvankham Thammavongsa, Catherine Hernandez and Wayson Choy, this unforget… read more

Similar categories in Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio's Reuniting With Strangers: A Novel book and Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio's Reuniting With Strangers: A Novel

  • adult fiction
  • canada
  • asia
  • fiction
  • adult
Cover of The Story of Us by Catherine  Hernandez

16. The Story of Us

By: Catherine Hernandez

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Canada Reads finalist Scarborough, a stunning new novel about the unbreakable bo… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
Cover of The Circle by Katherena Vermette

17. The Circle

By: Katherena Vermette

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Strangers comes a poignant an… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Behind You by Catherine  Hernandez

18. Behind You

By: Catherine Hernandez

4.04

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

As terror grips a city, a young girl faces danger closer to home and chilling memories that last a … read more

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  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
Cover of The Inheritance by Joanna Goodman

19. The Inheritance

By: Joanna Goodman

3.53

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls and The Forgotten Daughter comes a compu… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
Cover of The Double Life of Benson Yu by Kevin  Chong

20. 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

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  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of A History of Burning by Janika Oza

21. A History of Burning

By: Janika Oza

4.14

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An epic, sweeping historical debut novel spanning continents and a century, and how one act of surv… read more

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  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
"What was love but one long act of forgiveness, of choosing to return, over and over again."

-Janika Oza, A History of Burning

Cover of Sunshine Nails by Mai  Nguyen

22. Sunshine Nails

By: Mai Nguyen

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A tender, humorous, and page-turning debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will d… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
Cover of The Innocents by Michael Crummey

23. The Innocents

By: Michael Crummey

3.78

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

From prizewinning author Michael Crummey comes a spellbinding story of survival in which a brother … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
"A body must bear what can't be helped."

-Michael Crummey, The Innocents

Cover of Junie by Chelene Knight

24. Junie

By: Chelene Knight

3.78

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Longlisted for the 2023 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction A riveting exploration of the complexity w… read more

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  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
Cover of Held by Anne   Michaels

25. Held

By: Anne Michaels

3.66

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."

-Anne Michaels, Held

Cover of The Secret History of Audrey James by Heather     Marshall

26. The Secret History of Audrey James

By: Heather Marshall

4.46

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

The #1 bestselling author of Looking for Jane returns with a poignant, gripping novel about a piani… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age by Darrel J. McLeod

27. Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

By: Darrel J. McLeod

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Growing up in the tiny village of Smith, Alberta, Darrel J. McLeod was surrounded by his Cree famil… read more

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  • canada
Cover of Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue by Christine Higdon

28. Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue

By: Christine Higdon

4.09

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Four working-class Vancouver sisters, still reeling from the impact of World War I and the pandemic… read more

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  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
Cover of Bad Medicine by Christopher Twin

29. Bad Medicine

By: Christopher Twin

3.62

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

A group of Cree teens gather around a fire to share stories of spirits and shapeshifters in this ch… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of What Comes Echoing Back by Leo McKay Jr.

30. What Comes Echoing Back

By: Leo McKay Jr.

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The worst moment of Sam’s life was captured on video and shared across the Internet for all to gawk… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Death by a Thousand Cuts: Stories by Shashi Bhat

31. Death by a Thousand Cuts: Stories

By: Shashi Bhat

4.22

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

CBC Books' Top Pick for Most Anticipated Canadian Fiction for Spring 2024—a breathtaking and sharpl… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada

30 Top fiction books like Reuniting With Strangers: A Novel by Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio

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

Shut Up You're Pretty

Téa Mutonji

3.57

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The Future

Catherine Leroux

3.32

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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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