A Complex Coast: A Kayak Journey from Vancouver Island to Alaska
By: David Norwell
4.11
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A soul-searching personal account of a young man’s 1,700-kilometre kayak journey from Victoria, BC,…
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1. The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
By: John Vaillant
4.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
When a shattered kayak and camping gear are found on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Northwest… read more
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- nonfiction
2. The Curve of Time: The Classic Memoir of a Woman and Her Children Who Explored the Coastal Waters of the Pacific Northwest
By: M. Wylie Blanchet
3.41
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
This is the fascinating true adventure story of a woman who packed her five children onto a twenty-… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
3. Salt Houses
By: Hala Alyan
3.40
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
On the eve of her daughter Alia's wedding, Salma reads the girl's future in a cup of coffee dregs. … read more
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4. My Effin' Life
By: Geddy Lee
4.58
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more
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- nonfiction
5. 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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6. Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)
By: Waubgeshig Rice
3.85
Format: 213 pages, Paperback
A daring post-apocalyptic thriller from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, … read more
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"Yes, apocalypse. We've had that over and over. But we always survived. We're still here. And we'll still be here, even if the power and the radios don't come back on and we never see any white people…"-Waubgeshig Rice, Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)
7. Boys Weekend
By: Mattie Lubchansky
4.03
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning cartoonist and editor at The Nib, a hilarious trans-"final girl" horror grap… read more
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8. I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
By: Marisa Crane
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In a United States not so unlike our own, the Department of Balance has adopted a radical new form … read more
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"My head feels the way watercolor looks when it bleeds."-Marisa Crane, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
"Maybe we wanted another person to join us while we watched the world burn."-Marisa Crane, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
"Here I was thinking my tears might move her enough to forgive me for not turning my body into a home."-Marisa Crane, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
"We argued so often we thought we’d made a mistake marrying for love when there were things like fear and loneliness to bind you."-Marisa Crane, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself
9. Solutions and Other Problems
By: Allie Brosh
4.21
Format: 519 pages, Hardcover
Allie Brosh returns with a new collection of comedic, autobiographical, and illustrated essays. … read more
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- nonfiction
"If you can't win, start playing a different game and score just as many points."-Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problems
"Death can take away your friends and pets, but it can't take away the weird shit they did."-Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problems
"That's the scary thing about decisions: you don't know what they are when you're making them."-Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problems
"Woah there, Scooter...looks like you might be starting to veer towards nihilism...anyway, it's sand time now."-Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problems
10. 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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"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
11. Greenwood
By: Michael Christie
4.33
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
It's 2034 and Jake Greenwood is a storyteller and a liar, an overqualified tour guide babysitting u… read more
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"There is nothing more quieting than an ancient tree"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
"Do you know what becomes of men like us without the armour of wealth...?"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
"Maybe trees do have souls. Which makes wood a kind of flesh. And perhaps instruments of wooden construction sound so pleasing to our ears for this reason: the choral shimmer of a guitar; the heartbea…"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
"Still, Temple has no illusions concerning her library's impact. Her books won't lift anyone from their low station. They won't right wrongs or save wandering souls from perdition or fill grumbling st…"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
12. 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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"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
13. Astra
By: Cedar Bowers
4.21
Format: 286 pages, Paperback
If you could see yourself as others saw you, would you be any closer to the truth of who you really… read more
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14. The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy
By: S.A. Chakraborty
4.30
Format: 242 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author S. A. Chakraborty's acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy gets expanded with this new compi… read more
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15. Huda F Cares?
By: Huda Fahmy
4.21
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to the graphic novel Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Dis… read more
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"Y'know, you catch more flies with honey..." "I don't know why people say that. You can catch flies with garbage too."-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?
"We don't know they're friends. They could be brother and sister." "Impossible. They're smiling." "You're right. They're definitely not related."-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?
16. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
By: Bob Joseph
4.57
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Based on a viral article, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act is the essential guide to… read more
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- nonfiction
17. All the Seas of the World
By: Guy Gavriel Kay
4.17
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Returning triumphantly to the brilliantly evoked near-Renaissance world of A Brightness Long Ago an… read more
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"Maybe home for some is always the one they lost."-Guy Gavriel Kay, All the Seas of the World
"The effect of being violently driven from home, and that home being despoiled .... it can go on and on like sea-surf against rocks. On and on within a man or a woman, or within a child as it grows up…"-Guy Gavriel Kay, All the Seas of the World
18. The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
By: Caroline Van Hemert
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Cheryl Strayed, the gripping story of a biologist's human-powered journey from the Paci… read more
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- travel
- nonfiction
"In life, we're always closer to the edge than we like to admit, never guaranteed our next breath, never sure of what will follow this moment. We're human. We're vulnerable. With love comes the risk o…"-Caroline Van Hemert, The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
"About Northern Wheatears: ...birds from Alaska flew nine thousand miles to Kenya; those from Canada crossed the Atlantic to spend the winter in Mauritania. For young birds, just a few weeks old, this…"-Caroline Van Hemert, The Sun Is a Compass: A 4,000-Mile Journey into the Alaskan Wilds
19. 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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20. Funeral Songs for Dying Girls
By: Cherie Dimaline
3.53
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this brand-n… read more
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21. Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada
By: Michelle Good
4.44
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
Abold, provocative collection of essays exploring the historical and contemporary Indigenous experi… read more
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- nonfiction
22. Tangled Up in You (Meant to Be, #4)
By: Christina Lauren
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
She has a dream. He has a plan. Together they’ll take a leap of faith. Ren has never held an iP… read more
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23. The Eden Test
By: Adam Sternbergh
3.40
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From Edgar Award-finalist Adam Sternbergh, an electrifying domestic suspense novel for fans of The … read more
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24. 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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- nonfiction
25. 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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26. Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road
By: Kate Harris
3.88
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
"Every day on a bike trip is like the one before--but it is also completely different, or perhaps y… read more
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- nonfiction
"I’m not sure where I go when I spin wheels for hours on end like that, except into the rapture of doing nothing deeply—although ‘nothing,’ in this case, involves a tantrum of pedal strokes on a burde…"-Kate Harris, Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road
27. The Hummingbirds' Gift: Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings
By: Sy Montgomery
4.14
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Hummingbirds fascinate people around the world. The lightest birds in the sky, hummingbirds are cap… read more
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28. A Field Guide to Grad School: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum (Skills for Scholars, 22)
By: Jessica McCrory Calarco
4.34
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
An essential handbook to the unwritten and often unspoken knowledge and skills you need to succeed … read more
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- nonfiction
29. A Complex Coast: A Kayak Journey from Vancouver Island to Alaska
By: David Norwell
4.11
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A soul-searching personal account of a young man’s 1,700-kilometre kayak journey from Victoria, BC,… read more
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- nonfiction
30. Indigenous Relations: Insights, Tips & Suggestions to Make Reconciliation a Reality
By: Bob Joseph
4.21
Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition
A timely sequel to the bestselling 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act —and an invaluab… read more
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31. The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards
By: Jessica Waite
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A widow’s life is turned upside when she uncovers the truth about her late husband in this lyrical,… read more
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