Gone but Still Here
By: Jennifer Dance
4.16
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
As her recent memories fade, Mary lives increasingly in the past ― returning to the secrets of her …
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1. Lily and the Octopus
By: Steven Rowley
3.73
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
Combining the emotional depth of The Art of Racing in the Rain with the magical spirit of The Life … read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"What’s wrong with Tuesdays?"-Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus
"I have to be better about living in the not knowing."-Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus
"There's no shame in surrender when it's time to stop fighting."-Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus
"I always thought Peter Pan was death. An angel of death who came to collect children."-Steven Rowley, Lily and the Octopus
2. The Town That Drowned
By: Riel Nason
3.00
Format: 54 pages, Paperback
Living with a weird brother in a small town can be tough enough. Having a spectacular fall through … read more
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- fiction
- canada
- historical fiction
3. At the Edge of the Orchard
By: Tracy Chevalier
4.14
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
From internationally bestselling author Tracy Chevalier, a riveting drama of a pioneer family on th… read more
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4. 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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5. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
By: Kate Beaton
4.41
Format: 430 pages, Hardcover
Celebrated cartoonist Kate Beaton vividly presents the untold story of Canada. Before there was … read more
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- canada
6. The Secrets of Hartwood Hall
By: Katie Lumsden
3.67
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
A gripping and atmospheric debut that is at once a chilling gothic mystery and a love letter to Vic… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"But I did not want the future he had planned for me. I did not want a future chosen by anyone but myself."-Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall
"I said nothing. Too many reasons, too many sins. But he was right. It did not feel wrong. It felt less wrong than anything had in a long time."-Katie Lumsden, The Secrets of Hartwood Hall
7. Haven
By: Emma Donoghue
3.42
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In seventh-century Ireland, a scholar and priest called Artt has a dream telling him to leave the s… read more
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- fiction
- canada
- historical fiction
"Fog makes an island of every man."-Emma Donoghue, Haven
"To travel is to turn the pages of the great book of life."-Emma Donoghue, Haven
"Cormac’s distracted by a slopping sound under the slats. He keeps talking to soothe his nerves. ‘Here’s a saying I’ve heard but don’t understand: Never turn your back on the ocean.’ ‘Even on a calm d…"-Emma Donoghue, Haven
8. 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
- contemporary
"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
9. Greenwood
By: Michael Christie
4.33
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
It's 2034 and Jake Greenwood is a storyteller and a liar, an overqualified tour guide babysitting u… read more
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- contemporary
- fiction
- canada
- historical fiction
"There is nothing more quieting than an ancient tree"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
"Do you know what becomes of men like us without the armour of wealth...?"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
"Maybe trees do have souls. Which makes wood a kind of flesh. And perhaps instruments of wooden construction sound so pleasing to our ears for this reason: the choral shimmer of a guitar; the heartbea…"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
"Still, Temple has no illusions concerning her library's impact. Her books won't lift anyone from their low station. They won't right wrongs or save wandering souls from perdition or fill grumbling st…"-Michael Christie, Greenwood
10. 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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- contemporary
- fiction
- canada
- historical fiction
"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
11. When We Lost Our Heads
By: Heather O'Neill
3.97
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding story about two girls whose friendship is so intense it not only threatens to destro… read more
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- fiction
- canada
- historical fiction
"Her heart leaped like a frog out of a child’s fist."-Heather O'Neill, When We Lost Our Heads
"Loving everyone is the same thing as loving nobody at."-Heather O'Neill, When We Lost Our Heads
"She felt jealousy pounding like enemy soldiers at the gate."-Heather O'Neill, When We Lost Our Heads
"Her words squiggled onto the page like the laces of a girl running for her life with untied boots."-Heather O'Neill, When We Lost Our Heads
12. 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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- fiction
- canada
- historical fiction
"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
13. 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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- family
- fiction
- canada
- contemporary
14. Closer by Sea
By: Perry Chafe
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER CBC Books “86 Works of Canadian Fiction to Read in the First Half of 20… read more
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- fiction
- canada
- historical fiction
15. 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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- family
- fiction
- canada
- historical fiction
"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
16. Maureen (Harold Fry #3)
By: Rachel Joyce
3.95
Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition
From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry comes a moving novel told from… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
17. 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
- contemporary
"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
18. 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
- historical fiction
"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter
19. We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies
By: Tsering Yangzom Lama
4.08
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
In the wake of China's invasion of Tibet throughout the 1950s, Lhamo and her younger sister, Tenkyi… read more
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- family
- fiction
- canada
- historical fiction
20. The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
By: Desmond Cole
4.45
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
A bracing, provocative, and perspective-shifting book from one of Canada's most celebrated and unco… read more
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- canada
"The false promise of objectivity in journalism reinforces white supremacy."-Desmond Cole, The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
"it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy—white settlers deny Black communities the necessities of life, then blame us for the social dysfunction that follows."-Desmond Cole, The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
"This idea that Canada's racial injustices are not as bad as they could be, this notion of Slavery Lite, of Racism Lite, of what my friend calls the "toy version of racism" is a very Canadian way of s…"-Desmond Cole, The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power
21. Daughters of the Deer
By: Danielle Daniel
4.40
Format: 327 pages, Paperback
In this haunting, groundbreaking, historical novel, Danielle Daniel imagines the lives of her ances… read more
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- canada
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22. 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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- contemporary
- fiction
- canada
- historical fiction
23. Bloomsbury Girls
By: Natalie Jenner
3.86
Format: 353 pages, Hardcover
The internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society returns with a compelling and hea… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"As her eyes met his, Grace took strength in that feeling of understanding, which she now knew to be another form of love. Being understood, appreciated, and not judged: these, surely, were the corner…"-Natalie Jenner, Bloomsbury Girls
24. All the Quiet Places
By: Brian Thomas Isaac
3.85
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Brian Isaac's powerful debut novel All the Quiet Places is the coming-of-age story of Eddie Toma, a… read more
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- canada
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25. The Memory of an Elephant
By: Alex Lasker
4.62
Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition
“The Memory of an Elephant" is an epic saga told by an aging African elephant as he makes a last, p… read more
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- fiction
- historical fiction
"I remembered the second most important rule of life, but I should have paid more heed; when things are going well, embrace the days, because they never last for long. The dark wind is always waiting …"-Alex Lasker, The Memory of an Elephant
"In almost every life there is a moment where a choice is made that changes everything from that point on; the road not taken, the courage to speak up or remain silent in a face of a bully, the carrie…"-Alex Lasker, The Memory of an Elephant
26. Under the Light of the Italian Moon
By: Jennifer Anton
4.34
Format: 396 pages, Paperback
A promise keeps them apart until WW2 threatens to destroy their love forever Fonzaso Italy, betw… read more
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- historical fiction
27. The Truth About Ben and June
By: Alex Kiester
3.60
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A heartfelt debut that explores the complexity of a modern-day marriage when a new mother vanishes … read more
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- family
- contemporary
28. The Quintland Sisters
By: Shelley Wood
3.64
Format: 464 pages, ebook
In Shelley Wood’s fiction debut, readers are taken inside the devastating true story of the Dionne … read more
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- family
- contemporary
- fiction
- historical fiction
29. When We Fell Apart
By: Soon Wiley
3.77
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A drama that untangles the complicated ties that bind families together--or break them apart--as a … read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
"The more I got to know here, the more impressed I was with her imperishable desire for something else. Never satisfied with how things were or how others thought they should be, she was always intere…"-Soon Wiley, When We Fell Apart
"The more I got to know her, the more impressed I was with her imperishable desire for something else. Never satisfied with how things were or how others thought they should be, she was always interes…"-Soon Wiley, When We Fell Apart
30. The Girl in the Middle: Growing Up Between Black and White, Rich and Poor
By: Anais Granofsky
3.92
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In this poignant and timely memoir--written with the searing power of Beautiful Struggle and Born a… read more
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- canada
31. Gone but Still Here
By: Jennifer Dance
4.16
Format: 392 pages, Paperback
As her recent memories fade, Mary lives increasingly in the past ― returning to the secrets of her … read more
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