MURDER IN THE FAMILY: HOW THE SEARCH FOR MY MOTHER'S KILLER LED
By: Jeff Blackstock
3.94
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Diplomat father. Murdered mother. Emotionally neglected children. An elaborate cover-up. Family din…
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1. The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy
By: Elizabeth Kendall
4.18
Format: 183 pages, Hardcover
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2. Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
By: David Simon
3.65
Format: 135 pages,
From the creator of HBO's The Wire, the classic book about homicide investigation that became the b… read more
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3. A Rip in Heaven
By: Jeanine Cummins
3.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
It was a headline story in the New York Timesand USA Today. It was covered by Court TVand profiled … read more
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4. Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
By: Tanya Talaga
4.52
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
In 1966, twelve-year-old Chanie Wenjack froze to death on the railway tracks after running away fro… read more
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"Rebuilding an inequitable and harmful relationship is not easy. But for the good of all our children – Indigenous and not – the hard work must begin."-Tanya Talaga, Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
5. The Reason You Walk
By: Wab Kinew
4.30
Format: 503 pages, Hardcover
A moving story of father-son reconciliation told by a charismatic Aboriginal star. When his father … read more
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6. North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Unusual Family, and How I Survived Both
By: Cea Sunrise Person
3.62
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Sex, drugs, and . . . bug stew? In the vein of The Glass Castleand Wild,Cea Sunrise Person's compel… read more
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7. The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America
By: Thomas King
4.65
Format: None pages, ebook
WINNER of the 2014 RBC Taylor Prize The Inconvenient Indianis at once a "history" and the complete … read more
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8. We Know You Remember (High Coast, #1)
By: Tove Alsterdal
3.66
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
A missing girl, a hidden body, a decades-long cover-up, and old sins cast in new light: the classic… read more
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9. Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
By: Stephanie Land
3.85
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
At 28, Stephanie Land’s plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northw… read more
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"Our space was a home because we loved each other in it."-Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
"Being poor, living in poverty, seemed a lot like probation - the crime being a lack of means to survive."-Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
"Most of my friendships had faded over the last year because I’d isolated myself and hidden from the embarrassment of my daily life."-Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
"My parents had moved on leaving me emotionally orphaned. I vowed to never put the same amount of physical and emotional space between Mia and me."-Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
10. Cold, Cold Bones (Temperance Brennan, #21)
By: Kathy Reichs
4.03
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
“Reichs has written her masterpiece—smart, scary, complicated, and engrossing.” —Michael Connelly “… read more
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11. How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
By: Souvankham Thammavongsa
3.85
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780316422130. In the title story of Souvankham Thammavongsa's d… read more
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"Whether or not you understood the oath you made, you had to move your lips."-Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
"The only love Red knew was that simple, uncomplicated, lonely love one feels for oneself in the quiet moments of the day. It was there, steady and solid in the laughter and talk of the television and…"-Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
"At church, she told us they ate one cracker and took one swallow of red wine and the rest of the time there was a man talking. She did not know exactly what he said, but he said it for a long time. S…"-Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife: Stories
12. Talking to Canadians
By: Rick Mercer
4.28
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Canada’s beloved comic genius tells his own story for the first time. What is Rick Mercer going… read more
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13. 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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"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
14. Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas
By: Harley Rustad
3.56
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, a riveting work of narrative nonfiction centering on t… read more
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15. Fayne: A Novel
By: Ann-Marie MacDonald
4.26
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
A beloved writer returns with a tale of science, magyk, love and identity. In the late nineteent… read more
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"Byrn speaks and I understand him without effort, his words as clear as spring water. / Ask a favour of the plover, he says. Borrow her eyes. / Then I am flying through the air, and the flying is his …"-Ann-Marie MacDonald, Fayne: A Novel
16. Twenty-Seven Minutes
By: Ashley Tate
3.22
Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition
"The rare gift that delivers it all: elevated prose, characters with depth, unpredictable twists, a… read more
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17. Half-Bads in White Regalia: A Memoir
By: Cody Caetano
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
*LONGLISTED FOR CANADA READS 2023* NATIONAL BESTSELLERA family tries to learn from the mistakes of … read more
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18. The Perfect Father: The True Story of Chris Watts, His All-American Family, and a Shocking Murder
By: John Glatt
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the true story of a Col… read more
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19. Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless
By: Laurah Norton
3.87
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating deep dive into the dark world of forensic science as experts team up to solve the ide… read more
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20. The Adventurer's Son
By: Roman Dial
3.93
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
"I’m planning on doing 4 days in the jungle. . . . It should be difficult to get lost forever": The… read more
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"During that golden age, we shared music and books, swapped interests and insights. And as he grew to know more than I did in economics, genetics, and politics, he shared his knowledge enriching my li…"-Roman Dial, The Adventurer's Son
21. A History of Fear
By: Luke Dumas
3.70
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Grayson Hale, the most infamous murderer in Scotland, is better known by a different name: the Devi… read more
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22. Don't Call It a Cult: The Shocking Story of Keith Raniere and the Women of NXIVM
By: Sarah Berman
3.93
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
They draw you in with the promise of empowerment, self-discovery, women helping women. The more sec… read more
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23. The Spoon Stealer
By: Lesley Crewe
4.40
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
Born into a basket of clean sheets—ruining a perfectly good load of laundry—Emmeline never quite fi… read more
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"So much of our lives depend on just one move, one way or the other. If I'd turned left instead of right that day..."-Lesley Crewe, The Spoon Stealer
24. The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer
By: Liza Rodman
3.66
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Growing up on Cape Cod in the 1960s, Liza Rodman was a lonely little girl. During the summers, whil… read more
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25. A Lovely Girl: The Tragedy of Olga Duncan and the Trial of One of California's Most Notorious Killers
By: Deborah Holt Larkin
4.07
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The incredible story of a 1958 murder that ended with the last woman to ever be executed in Califor… read more
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26. Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System That Failed Toronto's Queer Community
By: Justin Ling
4.23
Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition
The tragic and resonant story of the disappearance of eight men--the victims of serial killer Bruce… read more
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27. We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
By: Becky Cooper
3.73
Format: 501 pages, Hardcover
Dive into a true crime narrative of an unsolved 1969 murder at Harvard, of obsession and love for … read more
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"Back then, I was blind to the idea that an institution could still be destructive even if its members were good people."-Becky Cooper, We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
"For we live in several worlds, each truer than the one it encloses, and itself false in relation to the one which encompasses it. [...] Truth lies in a progressive dilating of the meaning [...] up to…"-Becky Cooper, We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
"My freshmen seminar professor had warned our class that Harvard was an institution on a scale we could not imagine: "Harvard will change you by the end of your four years, but don't expect to change …"-Becky Cooper, We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence
28. Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial
By: Rabia Chaudry
4.12
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
Serial told Only Part of the Story… In early 2000, Adnan Syed was convicted and sentenced to lif… read more
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"It wasn't just Adnan being indicted at this grand jury proceeding, it wasn't just him being prosecuted. His faith, his ethnicity, his community--they were all on trial."-Rabia Chaudry, Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial
29. All Together Now: A Newfoundlander's Light Tales for Heavy Times
By: Alan Doyle
4.24
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
One of Newfoundland's funniest and most beloved storytellers offers his cure for the Covid blues. … read more
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30. Songs for the End of the World
By: Saleema Nawaz
3.83
Format: 428 pages, Paperback
"In these dark days, Saleema Nawaz dares to write of hope. Songs for the End of the World is a lovi… read more
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31. MURDER IN THE FAMILY: HOW THE SEARCH FOR MY MOTHER'S KILLER LED
By: Jeff Blackstock
3.94
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Diplomat father. Murdered mother. Emotionally neglected children. An elaborate cover-up. Family din… read more
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