20 must-read fiction books like Lucien and Olivia by André Narbonne

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Lucien and Olivia

By: André Narbonne

3.75

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Lucien and Olivia by André Narbonne, author of Twelve Miles to Midnight, is a comic statement on th…

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1. 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 Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

2. 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
Cover of If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga

3. If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

By: Noor Naga

3.92

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, an Egyptian American woman and a man from the village of Shobr… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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4. 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
  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
"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

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5. 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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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
"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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6. 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
  • fiction
  • canada
"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."

-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter

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7. We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies

By: Tsering Yangzom Lama

4.08

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the wake of China's invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her younger sister, Tenkyi… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
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8. 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
  • fiction
  • canada
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9. Mouth to Mouth

By: Antoine Wilson

3.67

Format: 179 pages, Hardcover

In a first-class lounge at JFK airport, our narrator listens as Jeff Cook, a former classmate he on… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"A relationship needs its games. If there is no sense of play, there is only desperation, the fear of being alone."

-Antoine Wilson, Mouth to Mouth

"Frances had pegged Jeff as a computer whiz and Jeff did little to disabuse him of that notion. His newly acquired knowledge of Microsoft Excel had catapulted him to database wizard status and he went…"

-Antoine Wilson, Mouth to Mouth

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10. 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
  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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11. Behind You

By: Catherine Hernandez

4.04

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

As terror grips a city, a young girl faces danger closer to home and chilling memories that last a … read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
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12. All the Quiet Places

By: Brian Thomas Isaac

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Brian Isaac's powerful debut novel All the Quiet Places is the coming-of-age story of Eddie Toma, a… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
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13. 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
  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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14. A Minor Chorus

By: Billy-Ray Belcourt

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In Northern Alberta, a queer Indigenous doctoral student steps away from his dissertation to write … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
Cover of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu

15. Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

By: Kim Fu

3.86

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

In the twelve unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
"Just imagine it: no longer feeling guilty for everything you have and don't deserve, for an unjust world bent in your favor, paying the piper at last. Wasn't it worth it, after all? My head on a pike…"

-Kim Fu, Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

"My wife and I are that other kind of rich: the misers among you, in our quaint three-bedroom house in the suburbs, unrenovated since the 1990s, one modest hatchback car between us, our big-box store …"

-Kim Fu, Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

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16. Stray Dogs: Stories

By: Rawi Hage

3.25

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZEFrom the internationally acclaimed author of the no… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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17. In the City of Pigs

By: André Forget

3.32

Format: 314 pages, Paperback

A GLOBE AND MAIL TOP 100 BEST BOOKS OF 2022 • SHORTLISTED FOR THE AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD •… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
"It isn’t possible to really know a city without working in it. Not because work forces you to interact with unpleasant people you would otherwise avoid (which can easily be managed by hanging around …"

-André Forget, In the City of Pigs

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18. What We Both Know

By: Fawn Parker

3.17

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

For readers of My Dark Vanessa, a mesmerizing, disturbing, and thoroughly compelling novel about o… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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19. 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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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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20. Lucien and Olivia

By: André Narbonne

3.75

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Lucien and Olivia by André Narbonne, author of Twelve Miles to Midnight, is a comic statement on th… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
Cover of Moccasin Square Gardens: Short Stories by Richard Van Camp

21. Moccasin Square Gardens: Short Stories

By: Richard Van Camp

4.07

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The characters of  Moccasin Square Gardens  inhabit Denendeh, the land of the people north of the s… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada

11 Best contemporary books like Lucien and Olivia by André Narbonne

Transform Your Habits

If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

Noor Naga

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Study for Obedience

Sarah Bernstein

3.05

Transform Your Habits

Hotline

Dimitri Nasrallah

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Mouth to Mouth

Antoine Wilson

3.67

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17 must-read fiction books like A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt

Transform Your Habits

If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English

Noor Naga

3.92

Transform Your Habits

The Future

Catherine Leroux

3.32

Transform Your Habits

Jonny Appleseed

Joshua Whitehead

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Sleeping Car Porter

Suzette Mayr

3.46

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