Wisdom in Nonsense: Invaluable Lessons from My Father
By: Heather O'Neill
4.28
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
I broke all the rules that my dad gave me. It was he who had given me, in part, the confidence to t…
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1. A Fine Balance
By: Rohinton Mistry
4.37
Format: 603 pages, Paperback
With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magn… read more
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- canada
"Time had changed the magical to mundane"-Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
"Marriage is like death, only happens once."-Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
"How starved they seemed for ordinary kindness"-Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
"the secret of survival was to balance hope and despair"-Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
2. This One Summer
By: Jillian Tamaki , Mariko Tamaki
3.69
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
Every summer, Rose goes with her mom and dad to a lake house in Awago Beach. It's their getaway, th… read more
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- coming of age
"Don't worry about any of this stuff, okay? It's all just adult junk that doesn't mean anything."-Jillian Tamaki, This One Summer
3. Who Needs Books?: Reading in the Digital Age
By: Paul Kennedy , Lynn Coady
3.91
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
"More people play games than read books. More people watch porn than read books. More people watch … read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
4. All My Puny Sorrows
By: Miriam Toews
3.75
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Miriam Toews is beloved for her irresistible voice, for mingling laughter and heartwrenching poigna… read more
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- family
- canada
5. The Marrow Thieves
By: Cherie Dimaline
3.97
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
In a futuristic world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dre… read more
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"When we heal our land, we are healed also."-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves
"I did have the longest hair of any of the boys... I braided it myself each morning, to keep it out of the way and to remind myself of things I couldn’t quite remember but that, nevertheless, I knew t…"-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves
"We go to the schools and they leach the dreams from where our ancestors hid them, in the honeycombs of slushy marrow buried in our bones. And us? Well, we join our ancestors, hoping we left enough dr…"-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves
"And I understood that as long as there are dreamers left, there will never be want for a dream. And I understood just what we would do for each other, just what we would do for the ebb and pull of th…"-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves
6. Bright Dead Things
By: Ada Limon
3.57
Format: None pages,
Bright Dead Things examines the chaos that is life, the dangerous thrill of living in a world you k… read more
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7. Glass Beads
By: Dawn Dumont
3.55
Format: None pages, Paperback
These short stories interconnect the friendships of four First Nations people -- Everett Kaiswatim,… read more
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8. The Adult
By: Bronwyn Fischer
3.72
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
"Soon, but not yet, Nora will look up and she will see me, sitting at a distance. In the wet grass… read more
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- coming of age
9. 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
10. Leslie F*cking Jones
By: Leslie Jones
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you. Now, I’m gonna be honest: Som… read more
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- humor
- nonfiction
- memoir
"Dad"-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"Some of the stories about my childhood is vague, because a bitch is 55 and I've smoked a lot of weed."-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"I was built for strong... I was never a victim. And even though really bad shit happened to me, I know it's my job to help other back girls and women get strong like me."-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"I even attended a Christian singles night lecture kind of thing—I was single, it was free, and it was Church. Honestly, that night should be an episode of American Horror Story. The woman leading it …"-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
11. Acting Class
By: Nick Drnaso
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant and suspenseful follow-up to the Booker-nominated graphic novel Sabrina."Every single p… read more
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12. Roaming
By: Jillian Tamaki
3.77
Format: 443 pages, Paperback
Spring break, 2009. High school best friends Zoe and Dani are now freshman college students, meetin… read more
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- coming of age
13. Learned by Heart
By: Emma Donoghue
3.51
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Eliza and Lister have never been this wide-awake in their lives, and the Slope, with its curtains d… read more
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14. Five Little Indians
By: Michelle Good
4.48
Format: 304 pages, ebook
Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential sch… read more
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- canada
15. 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
16. The Fake
By: Zoe Whittall
3.44
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A con artist can make you feel like the luckiest person on earth just to be in their presence. But … read more
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"There are worse things than telling a lie."-Zoe Whittall, The Fake
17. Corps vivante
By: Julie Delporte
4.30
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
En 1990, Julie Delporte n’a encore jamais vu de butch, mais sa tante préférée chasse et fume le cig… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
"On entend dire que le sexe est bon pour la santé, mais la moitié du monde autour de moi a été violée."-Julie Delporte, Corps vivante
18. Sabrina
By: Nick Drnaso
3.83
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
How many hours of sleep did you get last night? Rate your overall mood from 1 to 5, 1 being poor. R… read more
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"There you are."-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina
"Just remember that crisis leads to opportunity."-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina
"A lot of people are able to turn their grief into something positive. Maybe you’re destined for some kind of job in law enforcement."-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina
"What if an American citizen needs to disappear, for reasons that might never be revealed to you, and you are involved, even peripherally, in the plot? Are you willing to participate in a crime like t…"-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina
19. Rose à l'île
By: Michel Rabagliati
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
À l’été 2017, Rose et son père louent un chalet à l’île Verte, dans le Bas-Saint-Laurent. Pour Paul… read more
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- canada
20. 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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- canadian literature
- canada
"Desperate feelings can swivel into loathing."-Suzette Mayr, The Sleeping Car Porter
21. Behind You
By: Catherine Hernandez
4.04
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
As terror grips a city, a young girl faces danger closer to home and chilling memories that last a … read more
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22. Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century
By: Kim Fu
3.86
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
In the twelve unforgettable tales of Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, the strange is made… read more
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"Just imagine it: no longer feeling guilty for everything you have and don't deserve, for an unjust world bent in your favor, paying the piper at last. Wasn't it worth it, after all? My head on a pike…"-Kim Fu, Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century
"My wife and I are that other kind of rich: the misers among you, in our quaint three-bedroom house in the suburbs, unrenovated since the 1990s, one modest hatchback car between us, our big-box store …"-Kim Fu, Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century
23. A Short History of the Blockade: Giant Beavers, Diplomacy and Regeneration in Nishnaabewin
By: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
4.37
Format: 63 pages, Paperback
In A Short History of the Blockade, award-winning writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson uses Michi Saa… read more
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- canada
- essays
24. A Great Country
By: Shilpi Somaya Gowda
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel in the tradition of Celeste Ng's Little Fires E… read more
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- canada
25. Libérer la culotte
By: Geneviève Morand
4.25
Format: 239 pages, Paperback
Après avoir traqué la colère en 2017, les codirectrices de Libérer la colère poursuivent leur relec… read more
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26. 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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- memoir
- canada
27. 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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- memoir
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28. 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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- canada
29. The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability (ANIMA: Critical Race Studies Otherwise)
By: Jasbir K. Puar
4.36
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
In The Right to Maim Jasbir K. Puar brings her pathbreaking work on the liberal state, sexuality, a… read more
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30. An Anthology of Monsters: How Story Saves Us from Our Anxiety (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series)
By: Cherie Dimaline
4.36
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
An Anthology of Monsters by Cherie Dimaline, award-winning author of The Marrow Thieves, is the tal… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
"Lee Maracle used to always talk about this. She explained that celebrating yourself, holding your hard work and successes up, meant that your community then had the opportunity to celebrate and hope …"-Cherie Dimaline, An Anthology of Monsters: How Story Saves Us from Our Anxiety (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series)
"Lee Maracle used to always talk about this. She explained that celebrating yourself, holding your hard work and successes up, meant that your community than hand the opportunity to celebrate and hold…"-Cherie Dimaline, An Anthology of Monsters: How Story Saves Us from Our Anxiety (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series)
"The best thing I can give myself as a person who suffers with acute anxiety is unconditional love. And that seems easy to say, but it has been almost impossible to practice. Unconditional —without co…"-Cherie Dimaline, An Anthology of Monsters: How Story Saves Us from Our Anxiety (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series)
31. Wisdom in Nonsense: Invaluable Lessons from My Father
By: Heather O'Neill
4.28
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
I broke all the rules that my dad gave me. It was he who had given me, in part, the confidence to t… read more
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- coming of age
- humor
- canadian literature
- nonfiction
- family
- essays
