The Economy of Sparrows
By: Trevor Herriot
4.12
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
This debut novel by Trevor Herriot, one of Canada’s foremost writer-naturalists, is the richly obse…
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1. Solar
By: Ian McEwan
3.28
Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
Michael Beard is a Nobel prize–winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his repu… read more
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"As if marriages were a series of corrected drafts."-Ian McEwan, Solar
"No one can predict which of life’s vexations insomnia will favour."-Ian McEwan, Solar
"The past had shown him many times that the future would be its own solution."-Ian McEwan, Solar
"The revolutionary lone inventor was a fantasy of popular culture – and the Minister"-Ian McEwan, Solar
2. A Red Herring Without Mustard (Flavia de Luce, #3)
By: Alan Bradley
4.47
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Alan Bradley returns with another beguiling novel starring the insidiously cle… read more
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3. 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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- fiction
- canada
4. 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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5. 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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"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
6. 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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- fiction
- canada
"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
7. 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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- fiction
8. Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
By: John Vaillant
4.35
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A stunning account of a colossal wildfire that collided with a city and a panoramic exploration of … read more
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- canada
- nature
9. Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater
By: Peggy Orenstein
3.89
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this lively, funny memoir, Peggy Orenstein sets out to make a sweater from scratch--shearing, sp… read more
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"The beauty was just mind-boggling for this English girl...It was like being in your own national park, but without the signs telling you what you're supposed to think."-Peggy Orenstein, Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World's Ugliest Sweater
10. Clear
By: Carys Davies
3.92
Format: 196 pages, Hardcover
A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote is… read more
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11. 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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"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
12. 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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- canada
13. The Butcher of the Forest
By: Premee Mohamed
3.94
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A world-weary woman races against the clock to rescue the children of a wrathful tyrant from a dang… read more
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14. 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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- canada
"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter
15. Bad Cree
By: Jessica Johns
3.92
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping debut tinged with supernatural horror, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a p… read more
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- canada
"On cloudless days I swear the prairies are closer to the sun than anywhere else in the world. Not because of the heat. It's the size of the floating orb when nothing else is around it. Beating like a…"-Jessica Johns, Bad Cree
16. Bury the Lead (Quill & Packet Mystery, #1)
By: Kate Hilton
3.71
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A big-city journalist joins the staff of a small-town paper in cottage country and finds a communit… read more
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- canada
17. 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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18. 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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19. 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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- canada
20. Never Leave the Dogs Behind: A Memoir
By: Brianna Madia
4.22
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning and triumphant memoir, the author of the New York Times bestseller Nowhere for Ver… read more
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21. The Damages
By: Genevieve Scott
3.61
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Sharp and propulsive, The Damages is an engrossing novel set in motion by the disappearance of a st… read more
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- canada
22. The Secret History of Audrey James
By: Heather Marshall
4.46
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
The #1 bestselling author of Looking for Jane returns with a poignant, gripping novel about a piani… read more
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23. 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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24. Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue
By: Christine Higdon
4.09
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
Four working-class Vancouver sisters, still reeling from the impact of World War I and the pandemic… read more
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25. Jameela Green Ruins Everything
By: Zarqa Nawaz
3.74
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
“I think we got off on the wrong foot, with you telling me I had to be killed and then me getting a… read more
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26. 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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27. The Economy of Sparrows
By: Trevor Herriot
4.12
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
This debut novel by Trevor Herriot, one of Canada’s foremost writer-naturalists, is the richly obse… read more
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28. 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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29. Soft Serve
By: Allison Graves
4.36
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Allison Graves’ edgy debut collection of short fiction scrutinizes unconventional and confused atta… read more
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30. Wild Failure: Stories
By: Zoe Whittall
3.80
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In these raucous and poignant short stories, bestselling novelist Zoe Whittall contends with the me… read more
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31. Indian Winter
By: Kazim Ali
3.62
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A queer writer travelling through India can't escape the regrets of his past nor the impending ruin… read more
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