17 must-read contemporary books like Pebble & Dove by Amy Jones

Cover of Pebble & Dove by Amy Jones

Pebble & Dove

By: Amy Jones

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Karen Russell's Swamplandia! , a once-famous but now-abandoned aquarium-in-a-sh…

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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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  • fiction
  • 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
  • canada
Cover of Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue

3. Learned by Heart

By: Emma Donoghue

3.51

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Eliza and Lister have never been this wide-awake in their lives, and the Slope, with its curtains d… read more

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

4. 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
  • canada
  • contemporary
"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

Cover of I Only Read Murder (Miranda Abbott, #1) by Ian Ferguson

5. I Only Read Murder (Miranda Abbott, #1)

By: Ian Ferguson

3.28

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

A once-famous TV sleuth An amateur theater production An onstage murder A town full of suspects…… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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6. The Fake

By: Zoe Whittall

3.44

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A con artist can make you feel like the luckiest person on earth just to be in their presence. But … read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
"There are worse things than telling a lie."

-Zoe Whittall, The Fake

Cover of Snow Road Station by Elizabeth Hay

7. 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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  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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8. River Mumma

By: Zalika Reid-Benta

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Issa Rae’s Insecure with a magical realist spin: River Mumma is an exhilarating contemporary fantas… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
Cover of Closer by Sea by Perry Chafe

9. 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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  • fiction
  • 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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  • fiction
  • animals
  • canada
Cover of And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott

11. And Then She Fell

By: Alicia Elliott

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A mind-bending, razor-sharp look at motherhood and mental health that follows a young Indigenous wo… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
"Nothing I do is done solely for me. Everything is done to elevate Steve or Dawn, in some way. I'm an afterthought in my own life."

-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell

"A part of me wants to cry at this small request, because I know what that longing is like, what it means. I won't be there forever, but I will be there for her. For her sister. For her mother. I'll b…"

-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell

Cover of The Secret Keeper by Genevieve Graham

12. The Secret Keeper

By: Genevieve Graham

4.36

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

From USA TODAY and internationally bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a gripping World War I… read more

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

13. 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
  • canada
Cover of A New Season by Terry Fallis

14. 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
  • contemporary
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15. 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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  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
Cover of The Circle by Katherena Vermette

16. 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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  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
Cover of We Meant Well by Erum Shazia Hasan

17. 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

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

18. 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
  • contemporary
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19. Pebble & Dove

By: Amy Jones

3.97

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Karen Russell's Swamplandia! , a once-famous but now-abandoned aquarium-in-a-sh… read more

Similar categories in Amy Jones's Pebble & Dove book and Amy Jones's Pebble & Dove

  • parenting
  • canada
  • animals
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Sunshine Nails by Mai  Nguyen

20. 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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  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
Cover of The Secret History of Audrey James by Heather     Marshall

21. 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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  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Skid Dogs by Emelia Symington-Fedy

22. Skid Dogs

By: Emelia Symington-Fedy

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

"I can't remember the last time I read a book so brave. Maybe never." Ani Difranco "I fell hard … read more

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  • canada
Cover of Daughter by Claudia Dey

23. Daughter

By: Claudia Dey

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In Claudia Dey’s Daughter, a woman long caught in her father's web strives to make a life—and art—o… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
Cover of Moon Road by Sarah Leipciger

24. Moon Road

By: Sarah Leipciger

4.23

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

It’s irksome to her, how well she knows this man, how much he has changed and how exactly the same … read more

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  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Mystery in the Title (Miranda Abbott Mystery, #2) by Ian Ferguson

25. Mystery in the Title (Miranda Abbott Mystery, #2)

By: Ian Ferguson

3.39

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling authors of I Only Read Murder comes a sidesplitting mystery of epic movie-of-t… read more

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Cover of The Off Season by Amber Cowie

26. The Off Season

By: Amber Cowie

3.36

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

For fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware, a destination thriller about a woman who accompanies her new … read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Coq by Ali Bryan

27. Coq

By: Ali Bryan

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

From Leacock finalist Ali Bryan, a witty and immensely fun dramedy about a family’s memorial trip t… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Breaking and Entering by Don Gillmor

28. Breaking and Entering

By: Don Gillmor

3.53

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

In the midst of the hottest summer on record, a woman tests the increasing tension between our soci… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
Cover of What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) by Alan Bradley

29. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

By: Alan Bradley

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the absence of adult supervision, Flavia has taken on the mentorship of her “pestilent” younger … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Asking for a Friend by Kerry Clare

30. Asking for a Friend

By: Kerry Clare

3.57

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

For readers of J. Courtney Sullivan and Emma Straub, and for fans of Firefly Lane , comes a poignan… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
Cover of Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic by Michelle Hebert

31. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

By: Michelle Hebert

4.38

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

A darkly humorous family saga set in Nova Scotia about a young woman coming of age in a family that… read more

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  • canada

28 Best fiction books like Pebble & Dove by Amy Jones

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

Learned by Heart

Emma Donoghue

3.51

Transform Your Habits

Shut Up You're Pretty

Téa Mutonji

3.57

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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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