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…
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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
- fiction
- historical fiction
- novels
- audiobook
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
3. The Librarianist
By: Patrick deWitt
3.41
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes the story of Bob Comet, a man who ha… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
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
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- literary fiction
- canada
- fiction
- historical fiction
- 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
5. 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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- literary fiction
- canada
- fiction
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- 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
6. 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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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
7. 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
- fiction
- canada
- 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
8. 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
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
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
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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- novels
- fiction
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11. 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
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- historical fiction
12. 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
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- fiction
- canada
13. 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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- literary fiction
- fiction
- canada
- audiobook
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
15. 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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- literary fiction
- canada
- war
- fiction
- novels
- audiobook
16. 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
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- literary fiction
- canada
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
17. 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
- historical fiction
- audiobook
18. Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation
By: Andrew Stobo Sniderman
4.54
Format: 384 pages, ebook
A heart-rending true story about racism and reconciliationDivided by a beautiful valley and 150 yea… read more
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- canada
- audiobook
19. 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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- literary fiction
- fiction
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- audiobook
20. 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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- literary fiction
- canada
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
21. 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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- canada
- war
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"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
22. 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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- fiction
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23. 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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- russia
- canada
- war
- ukraine
- fiction
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- novels
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24. 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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- canada
- war
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25. Wild Hope: A Novel
By: Joan Thomas
3.50
Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition
From the Governor General’s Award–winning author of Five Wives, a thrilling contemporary novel abo… read more
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26. Not That Kind of Place
By: Michael Melgaard
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
In May 1997, eighteen-year-old Laura McPherson left her house for a run and didn’t return … Twenty … read more
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27. 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
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- fiction
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28. Everything There Is
By: M.G. Vassanji
3.54
Format: 334 pages, Hardcover
From two-time Giller Prize winner M.G. Vassanji, one of Canada’s finest and most celebrated writers… read more
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29. Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre
By: Niigaan Sinclair
4.65
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
From ground zero of this country's most important reconciliationNiigaan Sinclair has been called p… read more
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- audiobook
30. 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
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- canada
31. real ones
By: Katherena Vermette
4.10
Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition
From the author of the nationally bestselling Strangers saga comes a heartrending story of two Mich… read more
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- fiction
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