21 Best fiction books like We Meant Well by Erum Shazia Hasan

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We Meant Well

By: Erum Shazia Hasan

4.05

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A propulsive debut that grapples with timely questions about what it means to be charitable, who de…

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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

Similar categories in Michael Crummey's The Adversary book and Erum Shazia Hasan's We Meant Well

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
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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
  • canada
  • audiobook
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3. Study for Obedience

By: Sarah Bernstein

3.05

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A haunting, compressed masterwork from an extraordinary new voice in Canadian fiction. A young w… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • audiobook
"I try always to be good."

-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience

"How, I wondered, might a person, a people, take root, roots and rootlessness, the preservation of what little remains of the past, such were thoughts that blew through me on any given morning, standi…"

-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience

"In taking a side, I thought uneasily, perhaps I ought to take the long view, the survival of the species as a whole. That was my problem, I thought, I was always thinking at the level of the individu…"

-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience

"I had hoped that here in the country I would experience the turn of the seasons differently, with less apprehension, I might come to see the form and plan of the world. Not to frame it within systems…"

-Sarah Bernstein, Study for Obedience

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4. Chrysalis

By: Anuja Varghese

3.96

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Winner of the Canadian Governor General's Literary for Fiction Genre-blending stories of transfo… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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5. 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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  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"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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6. 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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7. 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

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. 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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  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • war
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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9. 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

Similar categories in Catherine Hernandez's The Story of Us book and Erum Shazia Hasan's We Meant Well

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. 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
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. We Meant Well

By: Erum Shazia Hasan

4.05

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A propulsive debut that grapples with timely questions about what it means to be charitable, who de… read more

Similar categories in Erum Shazia Hasan's We Meant Well book and Erum Shazia Hasan's We Meant Well

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • africa
  • canada
  • war
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • social issues
  • audiobook
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12. 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

Similar categories in Catherine Hernandez's Behind You book and Erum Shazia Hasan's We Meant Well

  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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13. The Islands: Stories

By: Dionne Irving

3.75

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Powerful stories that explore the legacy of colonialism, and issues of race, immigration, sexual di… read more

Similar categories in Dionne Irving's The Islands: Stories book and Erum Shazia Hasan's We Meant Well

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. 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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  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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15. Girlfriend on Mars

By: Deborah Willis

3.42

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Amber Kivinen is moving to Mars. Or at least, she will be if she wins a chance to join MarsNow. She… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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16. 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

Similar categories in Chelene Knight's Junie book and Erum Shazia Hasan's We Meant Well

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
Cover of The Rooftop Garden by Menaka Raman-Wilms

17. The Rooftop Garden

By: Menaka Raman-Wilms

3.66

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A thought-provoking debut novel that examines the intersection of climate change, human connection … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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18. Away from the Dead

By: David Bergen

3.96

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Longlisted, Scotiabank Giller Prize Violence is the domain of both the rich and poor. Or so it seem… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • war
  • fiction
  • novels
  • audiobook
Cover of Wait Softly Brother by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer

19. Wait Softly Brother

By: Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer

3.64

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

After twenty years of looping frustrations Kathryn walks out of her marriage and washes up in her c… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • war
  • fiction
  • novels
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20. The Clarion

By: Nina Dunic

3.64

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE AN APPLE BOOKS BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER… read more

Similar categories in Nina Dunic's The Clarion book and Erum Shazia Hasan's We Meant Well

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of We Have Never Lived On Earth (Robert Kroetsch Series) by Kasia Van Schaik

21. We Have Never Lived On Earth (Robert Kroetsch Series)

By: Kasia Van Schaik

3.78

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Kasia Van Schaik's debut story collection follows the journey of Charlotte Ferrier, a child of divo… read more

Similar categories in Kasia Van Schaik's We Have Never Lived On Earth (Robert Kroetsch Series) book and Erum Shazia Hasan's We Meant Well

  • fiction
  • canada

10 must-read contemporary books like We Meant Well by Erum Shazia Hasan

Transform Your Habits

Study for Obedience

Sarah Bernstein

3.05

Transform Your Habits

Shut Up You're Pretty

Téa Mutonji

3.57

Transform Your Habits

On the Ravine

Vincent Lam

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Story of Us

Catherine Hernandez

4.19

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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

Transform Your Habits

Rage the Night

Donna Morrissey

3.97

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