The Hermit of Africville: The Life of Eddie Carvery
By: Jon Tattrie
4.02
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
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1. The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5)
By: Diana Gabaldon
3.88
Format: 0 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The year is 1771, and war is coming. Jamie Fraser's wife tells him so. Little as he wishes to, he m… read more
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2. A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6)
By: Diana Gabaldon
3.88
Format: 0 pages,
A Breath of Snow and Ashescontinues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser a… read more
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3. An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7)
By: Diana Gabaldon
3.60
Format: 253 pages, Hardcover
The Seventh Outlander novel from #1 National Bestselling author Diana Gabaldon. Jamie Fraser, erstw… read more
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4. Scarborough
By: Catherine Hernandez
4.19
Format: 208 pages,
Scarborough is a low-income, culturally diverse neighborhood east of Toronto, the fourth largest ci… read more
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5. 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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6. 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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7. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
By: Henry Winkler
4.14
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more
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"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
8. 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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"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
9. The Bone Hacker (Temperance Brennan, #22)
By: Kathy Reichs
4.07
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her twenty-second high-stakes thrill… read more
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10. The Librarian of Burned Books
By: Brianna Labuskes
3.93
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
For fans of The Rose Code and The Paris Library, The Librarian of Burned Books is a captivating WWI… read more
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"Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people."-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books
"p. 364 Do you want to be the ones handing out the gasoline cans? Or the ones trying to put out the fire?"-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books
"The men who sough violence didn't understand that while swords could destroy bodies, a pen could destroy a nation."-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books
"The men who sought violence didn't understand that while swords could destroy bodies, a pen could destroy a nation."-Brianna Labuskes, The Librarian of Burned Books
11. Pageboy
By: Elliot Page
3.75
Format: 271 pages, None
Pageboy is a groundbreaking coming-of-age memoir from the Academy Award-nominated actor Elliot Page… read more
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"Her visibility meant the world to me. I think about this as I walk through the world now."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"How do people do it? How do they shut off the noise? And I don't mean "happy", they may not be happy, but they seem to be able to exist at least."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"In a world where queerness all too often alienates us from blood, I am grateful to Julia, and the family I have chosen. Without them, I wouldn't be here."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"I could block myself out, I was a person I didn't know, I'd gaze into what felt like the universe, my eye a planet of its own. I must be somewhere in there, I'd think."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
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. 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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"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
14. How to Be an Antiracist
By: Ibram X. Kendi
4.37
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justi… read more
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"Racist"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"I use “anticapitalist"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"Internalized racism is the real Black on Black crime."-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
"But what was the difference between Ebonics and so-called “standard"-Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist
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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"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. In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience (The Regina Collection, 11)
By: Helen Knott
4.53
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Long-listed for the 2020 RBC Taylor Prize A memoir of addiction, intergenerational trauma, a… read more
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17. Indians on Vacation
By: Thomas King
3.77
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Meet Bird and Mimi in this brilliant new novel from one of Canada’s foremost authors. Inspired by a… read more
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18. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
By: Whoopi Goldberg
4.33
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influ… read more
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"Listen. The confines of this neighbourhood do not represent the confines of your life. You can go and do and be whatever you want. But, whatever you choose, be yourself."-Whoopi Goldberg, Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
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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"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter
20. The Keeper of Hidden Books
By: Madeline Martin
4.13
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A heartwarming story about the power of books to bring us together, inspired by the true story of t… read more
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21. 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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"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
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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23. 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
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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25. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
By: Alicia Elliott
4.42
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A bold and profound meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression and racism in North America from award… read more
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"If intergenerational trauma can alter DNA, why can’t intergenerational love?"-Alicia Elliott, A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
26. Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing
By: Clayton Thomas-Muller
3.65
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
For much of his life, Clayton Thomas-Muller's very existence has been scrutinized and vilified. As … read more
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27. Beholden
By: Lesley Crewe
4.25
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
The story begins with Nell, the “spinster on the hill” near St. Peter’s, Cape Breton. Scarred by he… read more
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28. Blood on the Coal: The True Story of the Great Springhill Mine Disaster
By: Ken Cuthbertson
4.16
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Blood on the Coal has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher. read more
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29. When the World Fell Silent
By: Donna Jones Alward
4.39
Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition
A story of loss, hope and redemption against the most impossible odds. 1917. Halifax, Nova Scotia. … read more
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30. Song of Rita Joe: Autobiography of a Mi'kmaq Poet (American Indian Lives)
By: Rita Joe
4.08
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
Here is the enlightening story of an esteemed and eloquent Mi’kmaq woman whose message of “gentle p… read more
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31. The Hermit of Africville: The Life of Eddie Carvery
By: Jon Tattrie
4.02
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
As Black Lives Matter protests swept the world, one of Canada’s greatest anti-racism fighters retur… read more
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