21 best-selling fiction books like An Ordinary Violence by Adriana Chartrand

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An Ordinary Violence

By: Adriana Chartrand

3.05

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A chilling horror novel about a young Indigenous woman haunted by the oppressive legacies of coloni…

"Residents asked for the roads to be repaved, buildings repaired, outdoor lights installed and nice public spaces built. The city responded with the latest project: an almost comically out of place "entertainment complex" behind the woefully underfunded library."

-Adriana Chartrand, An Ordinary Violence

"Residents asked for the roads to be repaved, buildings repaired, outdoor lights installed and nice public spaces built. The city responded with the latest project: an almost comically out of place "entertainment complex" behind the woefully underfunded library."

-Adriana Chartrand, An Ordinary Violence

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1. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

By: Shane Hawk

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to… read more

Similar categories in Shane Hawk's Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
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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

Similar categories in Waubgeshig Rice's Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2) book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • canada
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • adult
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3. A Grandmother Begins the Story

By: Michelle Porter

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Michelle Porter makes her fiction debut with an enchanting and original story … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Porter's A Grandmother Begins the Story book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • canada
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
"Different ways to tell a story. Some tellers make a noise to announce the coming of the story for get someone else to call everyone's attention. Some wait for people to gather around, for the quiet t…"

-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story

"People get themselves ready to die. They start going through their memories and bringing out their stories one by one as if there was a photo album in their head and they've got to get through it bef…"

-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story

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4. Your Shadow Half Remains

By: Sunny Moraine

3.38

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

One look can kill. Riley has not seen a single human face in longer than she can reckon. No fac… read more

Similar categories in Sunny Moraine's Your Shadow Half Remains book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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5. 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

Similar categories in Téa Mutonji's Shut Up You're Pretty book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
"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

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6. 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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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • canada
"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

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7. Grey Dog

By: Elliott Gish

3.96

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A subversive literary horror novel that disrupts the tropes of women’s historical fiction with delu… read more

Similar categories in Elliott Gish's Grey Dog book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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8. Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees (Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, #1)

By: Patrick Horvath

4.40

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees #1 (2023) Riley Rossmo Variant / Patrick Horvath Pencils & Stor… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Horvath's Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees (Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, #1) book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
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9. 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

Similar categories in Alicia Elliott's And Then She Fell book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • canada
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
"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

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10. Her First Palestinian

By: Saeed Teebi

4.37

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Elegant, surprising stories about Palestinian immigrants in Canada navigating their identities in c… read more

Similar categories in Saeed Teebi's Her First Palestinian book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • fiction
  • adult
  • canada
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11. Normal Women

By: Ainslie Hogarth

3.01

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

In this darkly comic story about how we value female labor—and don’t—a new mother becomes embroiled… read more

Similar categories in Ainslie Hogarth's Normal Women book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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12. Linghun

By: Ai Jiang

3.96

Format: 178 pages, Paperback

WELCOME HOME. Follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. in this modern gothic ghost story by Chinese-Canadian… read more

Similar categories in Ai Jiang's Linghun book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"In HOME, Liam was a dream. Here, he's a flawed but beautiful reality. Whispers of our future together lull us both into a dreamless sleep. It's the first time we find such emptiness comforting."

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

"Feelings, emotions, experiences, are all part of humanity's shared language, and in Linghun, that shared language is grief. Grief is a language that tears us apart, but it is also what brings us toge…"

-Ai Jiang, Linghun

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13. 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

Similar categories in Christina Wong's Denison Avenue book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • fiction
  • canada
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14. The Woods All Black

By: Lee Mandelo

3.81

Format: 153 pages, Kindle Edition

The Woods All Black is equal parts historical horror, trans romance, and blood-soaked revenge, all … read more

Similar categories in Lee Mandelo's The Woods All Black book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"Spill enough blood on it, and the earth was bound to go strange."

-Lee Mandelo, The Woods All Black

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15. Midnight on Beacon Street

By: Emily Ruth Verona

2.88

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

A suspenseful and entertaining debut thriller—and love letter to vintage horror movies—in which a t… read more

Similar categories in Emily Ruth Verona's Midnight on Beacon Street book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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16. Thirst

By: Marina Yuszczuk

3.58

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting y… read more

Similar categories in Marina Yuszczuk's Thirst book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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17. Green Fuse Burning

By: Tiffany Morris

3.88

Format: 107 pages, ebook

The debut novella from the Elgin Award winning author of Elegies of Rotting Stars. After the death … read more

Similar categories in Tiffany Morris's Green Fuse Burning book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • horror
  • adult
  • fantasy
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18. American Rapture

By: C.J. Leede

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sop… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's American Rapture book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of An Ordinary Violence by Adriana Chartrand

19. An Ordinary Violence

By: Adriana Chartrand

3.05

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A chilling horror novel about a young Indigenous woman haunted by the oppressive legacies of coloni… read more

Similar categories in Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • canada
  • adult
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • fantasy
"Residents asked for the roads to be repaved, buildings repaired, outdoor lights installed and nice public spaces built. The city responded with the latest project: an almost comically out of place "e…"

-Adriana Chartrand, An Ordinary Violence

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20. Smothermoss

By: Alisa Alering

3.57

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A haunting, imaginative, and twisting tale of two sisters and the menacing, unexplained forces that… read more

Similar categories in Alisa Alering's Smothermoss book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • fantasy
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21. Sucker

By: Daniel Hornsby

3.08

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Succession meets Bad Blood in this sharp-toothed satire of Silicon Valley and the 1 percent • The b… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Hornsby's Sucker book and Adriana Chartrand's An Ordinary Violence

  • adult
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror

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