Five Wives
By: Joan Thomas
3.57
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
In the tradition of The Poisonwood Bible and State of Wonder, a novel set in the rainforest of Ecua…
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1. Forgiveness
By: Mark Sakamoto
3.41
Format: 94 pages, Hardcover
The heart-rending true story of two families on either side of the Second World War-and a moving tr… read more
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- historical
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2. Bettyville
By: George Hodgman
4.55
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris, Missouri, he finds himself--an unli… read more
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3. By Chance Alone: A Remarkable True Story of Courage and Survival at Auschwitz
By: Max Eisen
3.91
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Elie Wiesel's Night and Primo Levi's Survival in Auschwitz comes a new memoir b… read more
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- canada
4. Sweetland
By: Michael Crummey
3.80
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
From the award-winning, bestselling author of Galore comes another unforgettable novel. By turns da… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- canada
- historical fiction
5. Late Nights on Air
By: Elizabeth Hay
3.88
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly anticipated novel from the bestselling author of A Student of Weather and Garbo Laughs.… read more
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6. The Break
By: Katherena Vermette
4.36
Format: 39 pages, Paperback
2016 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize finalist When Stella, a young Metis mother, looks out her … read more
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7. The Golden Son
By: Shilpi Somaya Gowda
4.70
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The first of his family to go to college, Anil Patel, the golden son, carries the weight of traditi… read more
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8. Truth and Bright Water
By: Thomas King
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
Thomas King is a writer of lyrical, comic poignancy, and a best-selling author in Canada. Of his la… read more
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9. 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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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- canada
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
10. Sisters of Belfast
By: Melanie Maure
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An enthralling and deeply moving story that begins during World War II, about orphaned twin sisters… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- religion
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- historical fiction
11. 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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- literary fiction
- canada
- historical
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- historical fiction
"…it is in solitude where one finds one’s courage."-Donna Morrissey, Rage the Night
"What use is any man if he doesn’t have a purpose?"-Donna Morrissey, Rage the Night
"No sense of having anything if you’ve no one to give it to."-Donna Morrissey, Rage the Night
12. 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
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"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
13. 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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- fiction
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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
14. Five Little Indians
By: Michelle Good
4.48
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential sch… read more
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- historical fiction
- book club
15. 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
- canada
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- book club
"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
16. Snow Road Station
By: Elizabeth Hay
3.77
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From the Giller Prize-winning author comes a novel, witty and wise, about thwarted ambition, unreal… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- canada
17. 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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- adult fiction
- fiction
- canada
18. 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
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- fiction
- canada
"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
19. 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
- canada
- historical
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- historical fiction
- book club
"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter
20. 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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- fiction
- historical fiction
21. 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
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- adult fiction
- fiction
- canada
- historical fiction
22. The Circle
By: Katherena Vermette
4.05
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Strangers comes a poignant an… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- fiction
- canada
23. 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
24. Permanent Astonishment
By: Tomson Highway
4.20
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Capricious, big-hearted, joyful: an epic memoir from one of Canada's most ac… read more
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- canada
25. Cold
By: Drew Hayden Taylor
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERA tragic plane crash that leaves two women stranded and fighting for the… read more
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- fiction
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26. 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
- canada
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
27. Rabbit Foot Bill
By: Helen Humphreys
3.89
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A lonely boy in a prairie town befriends a local outsider in 1947 and then witnesses a shocking mur… read more
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- historical fiction
28. Where the Dead Sit Talking
By: Brandon Hobson
3.35
Format: 289 pages, Paperback
National Book Award finalist Best book of 2018: Kirkus, Southern Living, and NPR Code Switch Read… read more
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- historical
- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
29. A Great Country
By: Shilpi Somaya Gowda
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel in the tradition of Celeste Ng's Little Fires E… read more
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- fiction
- canada
30. Five Wives
By: Joan Thomas
3.57
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
In the tradition of The Poisonwood Bible and State of Wonder, a novel set in the rainforest of Ecua… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- canada
- historical
- faith
- death
- religion
- fiction
- historical fiction
- book club
31. real ones
By: Katherena Vermette
4.10
Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition
From the author of the nationally bestselling Strangers saga comes a heartrending story of two Mich… read more
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