8 must-read nonfiction books like No Turning Back: Surviving the Linehan Family Tragedy by Ida Linehan Young

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No Turning Back: Surviving the Linehan Family Tragedy

By: Ida Linehan Young

4.71

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

On a June night in 1980, the Linehan household in North Harbour went up in flames. In moments the f…

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1. The Night Watch

By: Sarah Waters

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN . Moving back through the 1940s, through air raids, bl… read more

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2. Tsunami: The Newfoundland Tidal Wave Disaster

By: Maura Hanrahan

3.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Twenty-seven dead. Staggering property losses. Triggered by an offshore earthquake on the Grand Ban… read more

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3. The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

By: Mark Bramhall , Michael Finkel

3.90

Format: 5 pages, Audio CD

Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable tr… read more

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"I read. That's my form of travel."

-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

"The word "noise" is derived from the Latin word nausea."

-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

"He left because the world is not made to accommodate people like him."

-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

"Carl Jung said that only an introvert could see "the unfathomable stupidity of man"

-Mark Bramhall, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

4. Death On The Ice: The Great Newfoundland Sealing Disaster Of 1914

By: Cassie Brown , None

3.36

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Each year, for generations, poor, ill-clad Newfoundland fisherman sailed out 'to the ice' to hunt s… read more

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5. February

By: Lisa Moore

3.82

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Winner of Canada Reads 2013 and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize In 1982, the oil rig Ocean Rang… read more

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6. Two Kinds of Truth (Harry Bosch, #22; Harry Bosch Universe, #29)

By: Michael Connelly

3.77

Format: None pages,

Harry Bosch searches for the truth in the new thriller from #1 NYT bestselling author Michael Conne… read more

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7. The Paris Agent

By: Kelly Rimmer

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

1970—In the aftermath of his war-ravaged past, Noah Ainsworth is still haunted by memories of his t… read more

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"To truly love someone, we must accept the real version of them, scars and all."

-Kelly Rimmer, The Paris Agent

"And whatever we do with the freedom we have been gifted, whether our achievements and our struggles are big or small, we will do it in honor of those who gave so much so that we could live in a bette…"

-Kelly Rimmer, The Paris Agent

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8. 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

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"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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9. The Jane Austen Society

By: Natalie Jenner

3.74

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

2020 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction and for Debut Novel! Just after the S… read more

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"Saved by Jane Austen"

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

"But one can always read Austen."

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

"You read too much. You read her to much."

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

"Reading, she now understood, had been her own choice of rebellion."

-Natalie Jenner, The Jane Austen Society

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10. The Good Women of Safe Harbour

By: Bobbi French

4.39

Format: 304 pages, ebook

An unforgettable, life-affirming novel about a woman living on her own terms at last and reclaiming… read more

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11. This Is How We Love

By: Lisa Moore

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the celebrated author of February and Caught comes an exhilarating new novel that asks: What m… read more

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12. Nosy Parker

By: Lesley Crewe

4.26

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Globe & Mail bestselling Lesley Crewe’s new novel brings readers to 1960s Montreal & features a nos… read more

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"Math is not my strong suit. Neither is French. I am absolutely hopeless at French. It's like a foreign language."

-Lesley Crewe, Nosy Parker

"I spent what seemed like hours listening to the mind-numbing details of life in Tudor England. The only fact that stays with me is King Henry VIII was definitely a serial killer. Several headless que…"

-Lesley Crewe, Nosy Parker

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13. The Family You Make (Sunrise Cove, #1)

By: Jill Shalvis

4.05

Format: 356 pages, Paperback

Beloved New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis begins a new series--Sunrise Cove--set near … read more

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14. One Good Reason: A Memoir of Addiction and Recovery, Music and Love

By: Séan McCann

4.24

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In this deeply personal memoir, co-written with wife Andrea Aragon, singer-songwriter and renowned … read more

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15. The Woman in the Attic

By: Emily Hepditch

3.85

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

On the coast of rural Newfoundland, Hannah Fitzgerald's mother has lived her life in near total iso… read more

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16. White Picket Monsters: A Story of Strength and Survival

By: Bev Moore Davis

4.05

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

White Picket Monsters tells the story of a young girl growing up in a house of horrors – a house br… read more

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17. The Strangers

By: Katherena Vermette

4.10

Format: 336 pages, None

From the bestselling author of The Break comes a staggering intergenerational saga that explores ho… read more

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"Summer was always the worst season. Everyone always complained about winter, but winter was simple, you just didn't go outside. Summer always tried to sneak in where it was not wanted."

-Katherena Vermette, The Strangers

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18. The Berlin Girl

By: Mandy Robotham

4.07

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of The German Midwife comes the heart-wrenching story of a country on t… read more

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19. Rock Paper Sex: The Oldest Profession in Canada's Oldest City

By: Kerri Cull

4.10

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

St. John s is known as a flourishing port city, a cultural gem, and popular tourist destination: a … read more

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20. Alone on the Trail

By: Emily Hepditch

3.94

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

From the #1 bestselling author of The Woman in the Attic Four best friends. One wrong turn. One … read more

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21. The Wards

By: Terry Doyle

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The Wards are a working-class Newfoundland family on the cusp of upheaval. The children are becomin… read more

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22. The Body on the Beach

By: Patrick J. Collins

3.82

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Inspired by True Events Harbour Grace, 1920 Frank Fallon, a veteran policeman, finds himself … read more

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23. What Happened to Maggie Dalton?

By: Christopher Tobin

4.23

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

Inspired by True Events In his youth, Richard “Dickie” Dalton had the potential to become a writ… read more

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24. Rock Paper Sex Volume 2: Trigger Warning (The Rock Paper Sex Series)

By: Kerri Cull

4.04

Format: 204 pages, Kindle Edition

This follow-up to the bestselling Rock Paper Sex provides a space for the varied voices of individu… read more

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Cover of Message in a Bottle: Ocean Dispatches from a Seabird Biologist by Holly Hogan

25. Message in a Bottle: Ocean Dispatches from a Seabird Biologist

By: Holly Hogan

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the heart of the Labrador Current to the furthest reaches of our global oceans, Message in a B… read more

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26. No Turning Back: Surviving the Linehan Family Tragedy

By: Ida Linehan Young

4.71

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

On a June night in 1980, the Linehan household in North Harbour went up in flames. In moments the f… read more

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27. Hunting Helena

By: Natalie Carter-Giles

4.13

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A top ten contender for the NL Public Libraries 2024 Local Must-Read Book of the Year! Helena Do… read more

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28. Operation Masonic (Operation, #5)

By: Helen C. Escott

4.20

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Operation Masonic The Lost Cathedral The Freemasons' Most Worshipful Grand Master has been mu… read more

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29. This Is the House That Luke Built

By: Violet Browne

4.02

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

Muscle sinew bone. Luke Tremblett is one of five fishermen lost at sea off the coast of Newfoundla… read more

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30. Death at the Harbourview Cafe: A True Crime Story

By: Fred Humber

3.54

Format: 230 pages, Paperback

Botwood, Newfoundland and Labrador, 1958 In the midnight blackness of a cold November night mixe… read more

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31. Tomcats and House Calls: Memoir of A Country Doctor

By: William O'Flaherty

3.45

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Dr. William O'Flaherty draws on thousands of patient encounters, both human and animal, for Tomcats… read more

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6 must-read nonfiction books like White Picket Monsters: A Story of Strength and Survival by Bev Moore Davis

Transform Your Habits

Unqualified

Anna Faris , Chris Pratt

3.47

All the Way

Stephen Brunt , Jordin Tootoo

3.95

Transform Your Habits

White Picket Monsters: A Story of Strength and Survival

Bev Moore Davis

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Rock Paper Sex: The Oldest Profession in Canada's Oldest City

Kerri Cull

4.10

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