16 Best canada books like The Wards by Terry Doyle

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The Wards

By: Terry Doyle

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The Wards are a working-class Newfoundland family on the cusp of upheaval. The children are becomin…

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Cover of Hit & Mrs. by Lesley Crewe

1. Hit & Mrs.

By: Lesley Crewe

3.75

Format: 271 pages, Paperback

Linda, Bette, Gemma, and Augusta are four lifelong friends who live in Montreal. This year they're … read more

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  • fiction
  • canada

2. February

By: Lisa Moore

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Winner of Canada Reads 2013 and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize In 1982, the oil rig Ocean Rang… read more

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3. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

By: Kate Beaton

4.41

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more

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  • canada
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4. 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
  • 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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5. 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
"There are worse things than telling a lie."

-Zoe Whittall, The Fake

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6. The Good Women of Safe Harbour

By: Bobbi French

4.39

Format: 304 pages, ebook

An unforgettable, life-affirming novel about a woman living on her own terms at last and reclaiming… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
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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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  • fiction
  • canada
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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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  • 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. Nosy Parker

By: Lesley Crewe

4.26

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Globe & Mail bestselling Lesley Crewe’s new novel brings readers to 1960s Montreal & features a nos… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
"Math is not my strong suit. Neither is French. I am absolutely hopeless at French. It's like a foreign language."

-Lesley Crewe, Nosy Parker

"I spent what seemed like hours listening to the mind-numbing details of life in Tudor England. The only fact that stays with me is King Henry VIII was definitely a serial killer. Several headless que…"

-Lesley Crewe, Nosy Parker

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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
  • canada
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11. 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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  • fiction
  • canada
"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."

-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter

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12. The Woman in the Attic

By: Emily Hepditch

3.85

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

On the coast of rural Newfoundland, Hannah Fitzgerald's mother has lived her life in near total iso… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
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13. The Raw Light of Morning

By: Shelly Kawaja

4.15

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

The Raw Light of Morning is a powerful debut novel about one family's search for love and healing i… read more

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  • canada
Cover of Hollow Bamboo: A Novel by William Seto Ping

14. Hollow Bamboo: A Novel

By: William Seto Ping

4.12

Format: 447 pages, Kindle Edition

AMAZON FIRST NOVEL AWARD SHORTLIST THOMAS RADDALL ATLANTIC FICTION AWARD SHORTLIST BMO WINTERSET … read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
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15. Urchin

By: Kate Story

3.82

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

They say Dor's family is cursed. The house her great-great grandfather built on the south side of S… read more

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16. Alone on the Trail

By: Emily Hepditch

3.94

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

From the #1 bestselling author of The Woman in the Attic Four best friends. One wrong turn. One … read more

Similar categories in Emily Hepditch's Alone on the Trail book and Terry Doyle's The Wards

  • fiction
  • canada
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17. Birth Road

By: Michelle Wamboldt

4.23

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Told in startling vignettes and with bold, impeccable prose, Birth Road is a story of love, lost in… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
"My mother always said, if we all threw our troubles in a pile and were given the choice to pick out whichever ones we wanted, we would always choose our own."

-Michelle Wamboldt, Birth Road

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18. If I Cry I'll Fill the Ocean: The Catherine Linehan Story

By: Ida Linehan Young

4.57

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

Set in North Harbour, Newfoundland, this is one woman’s true story of fortitude and love. In a l… read more

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19. The Wards

By: Terry Doyle

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The Wards are a working-class Newfoundland family on the cusp of upheaval. The children are becomin… read more

Similar categories in Terry Doyle's The Wards book and Terry Doyle's The Wards

  • fiction
  • canada
Cover of Rock Paper Sex Volume 2: Trigger Warning (The Rock Paper Sex Series) by Kerri Cull

20. Rock Paper Sex Volume 2: Trigger Warning (The Rock Paper Sex Series)

By: Kerri Cull

4.04

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

This follow-up to the bestselling Rock Paper Sex provides a space for the varied voices of individu… read more

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21. The Love Olympics

By: Claire Wilkshire

3.92

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Warm, funny, and stylistically savvy, these stories follow an interlocking set of characters and th… read more

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14 Best fiction books like The Wards by Terry Doyle

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Hit & Mrs.

Lesley Crewe

3.75

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Hotline

Dimitri Nasrallah

4.15

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The Fake

Zoe Whittall

3.44

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The Good Women of Safe Harbour

Bobbi French

4.39

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Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

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Éric Chacour

4.43

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Shut Up You're Pretty

Téa Mutonji

3.57

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Emmanuelle Pierrot

4.45

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