7 must-read historical books like August Into Winter by Guy Vanderhaeghe

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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…

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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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  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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2. The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . .

By: Rick Mercer

4.45

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Rick Mercer is back—again!—with the eagerly awaited sequel to his bestselling memoir At the end … read more

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  • canada
  • audiobook
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3. 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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4. 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

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  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 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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5. 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
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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6. The Theory of Crows

By: David Alexander Robertson

3.89

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A poignant and evocative novel about the bonds of family and the gifts offered by the land When … read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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7. 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

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

-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter

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8. 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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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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9. 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
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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10. 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

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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11. 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

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  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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12. 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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  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • canada
  • historical fiction
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13. The Strangers

By: Katherena Vermette

4.10

Format: 336 pages, None

From the bestselling author of The Break comes a staggering intergenerational saga that explores ho… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
"Summer was always the worst season. Everyone always complained about winter, but winter was simple, you just didn't go outside. Summer always tried to sneak in where it was not wanted."

-Katherena Vermette, The Strangers

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14. 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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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
Cover of August Into Winter by Guy Vanderhaeghe

15. 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 Guy Vanderhaeghe's August Into Winter

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. 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

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  • canada
  • audiobook
Cover of Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic by Adam Shoalts

17. Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 Kilometre Odyssey From My Doorstep to the Arctic

By: Adam Shoalts

4.32

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

From Canada’s most accomplished adventurer and storyteller comes a gripping journey into the vastne… read more

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  • canada
  • audiobook
Cover of The Mystery of Right and Wrong by Wayne Johnston

18. 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

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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19. Swimming Back to Trout River

By: Linda Rui Feng

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

FINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE How many times in life can we start over with… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Off the Record by Peter Mansbridge

20. 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

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  • canada
  • audiobook
Cover of Undersong by Kathleen Winter

21. Undersong

By: Kathleen Winter

3.55

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

“A stunning, spellbinding, poetic triumph." — Toronto Star From Giller-shortlisted author Kathleen… read more

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  • canada
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook

17 Top fiction books like August Into Winter by Guy Vanderhaeghe

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The Adversary

Michael Crummey

3.85

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The Future

Catherine Leroux

3.32

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Fayne: A Novel

Ann-Marie MacDonald

4.26

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Snow Road Station

Elizabeth Hay

3.77

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

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The Adversary

Michael Crummey

3.85

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Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

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Patrick deWitt

3.41

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Donna Morrissey

3.97

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