16 must-read canada books like Empty Spaces by Jordan Abel

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Empty Spaces

By: Jordan Abel

3.77

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed, boundary-breaking author of NISHGA comes a hypnotic and mystifying exploration …

If you liked the canada plot in Empty Spaces by Jordan Abel , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. The Stranger's Child

By: Alan Hollinghurst

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A magnificent, century-spanning saga about a love triangle that spawns a myth, and a family mystery… read more

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  • fiction
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2. 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
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3. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

By: Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
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4. The Lie Maker

By: Linwood Barclay

4.13

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

In this twisty, fast-paced thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Find You First an… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
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5. 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
  • canada
"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

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6. 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
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7. The Future

By: Catherine Leroux

3.32

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own k… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
"It'll come back," Ulysses says again. "This place isn't made for disappearing, it's a place for resurrection."

-Catherine Leroux, The Future

"The exact opposite of the huge car factories she imagines as the city's womb, a uterus that makes automobiles the way others make promises, or laws."

-Catherine Leroux, The Future

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8. 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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  • fiction
  • canada
  • indigenous
"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

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9. 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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  • fiction
  • canada
  • indigenous
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10. 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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  • fiction
  • canada
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11. Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada

By: Michelle Good

4.44

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

Abold, provocative collection of essays exploring the historical and contemporary Indigenous experi… read more

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  • canada
  • indigenous
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12. Behind You Is the Sea

By: Susan Muaddi Darraj

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American communi… read more

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  • fiction
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13. Ordinary Notes

By: Christina Sharpe

4.55

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

A singular achievement, Ordinary Notes explores profound questions about loss and the shapes of Bla… read more

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14. A Minor Chorus

By: Billy-Ray Belcourt

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In Northern Alberta, a queer Indigenous doctoral student steps away from his dissertation to write … read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • indigenous
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15. The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island

By: Kent Monkman

4.31

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

From global art superstar Kent Monkman and his long-time collaborator Gisèle Gordon, a transformati… read more

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  • canada
  • indigenous
Cover of The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 2: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island by Kent Monkman

16. The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 2: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island

By: Kent Monkman

4.38

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

From global art superstar Kent Monkman and his longtime collaborator Gisèle Gordon, a transformatio… read more

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  • indigenous
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17. Prairie Edge

By: Conor Kerr

4.15

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

The Giller Prize-longlisted author of Avenue of Champions returns with a frenetic, propulsive crime… read more

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  • fiction
  • canada
  • indigenous
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18. 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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  • canada
  • indigenous
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19. Empty Spaces

By: Jordan Abel

3.77

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed, boundary-breaking author of NISHGA comes a hypnotic and mystifying exploration … read more

Similar categories in Jordan Abel's Empty Spaces book and Jordan Abel's Empty Spaces

  • fiction
  • canada
  • indigenous
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20. The Knowing

By: Tanya Talaga

4.69

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed and award-winning author of Seven Fallen Feathers , an urgent explora… read more

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  • canada
  • indigenous
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21. The Message

By: Ta-Nehisi Coates

4.58

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more

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"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"

-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message

13 must-read fiction books like Empty Spaces by Jordan Abel

Transform Your Habits

The Stranger's Child

Alan Hollinghurst

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Adversary

Michael Crummey

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Lie Maker

Linwood Barclay

4.13

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21 must-read fiction books like The Adversary by Michael Crummey

Transform Your Habits

The Adversary

Michael Crummey

3.85

Transform Your Habits

Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Librarianist

Patrick deWitt

3.41

Transform Your Habits

Rage the Night

Donna Morrissey

3.97

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