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• Camp Zero

  a Novel

  Sterling, Michelle Min, 1982-

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  A Vancouver Island author takes readers to a northern Canada settlement in 2049, with a cast of climate change survivors fighting for their future. A NYTImes Bestseller & A Today Show #ReadwithJenna Book Club Pick.

• All the Quiet Places

  A Novel

  Isaac, Brian Thomas

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  A coming-of-age story of an Indigenous (Syilx) boy, told through the young narrator's wide-eyed observations of the world around him. Finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, Longlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fake

  a Novel

  Whittall, Zoe

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  A gripping story of deception based on the author’s real-life experience of dating a con artist who lied about having cancer.

• Pure Colour

  Heti, Sheila, 1976-

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  A mystical book juxtaposing the profound and the everyday, telling the story of a woman struggling with the death of her beloved father. Winner of the Governor General's Literary Awards for Fiction

• Forgotten Work

  Guriel, Jason, 1978-

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  In the year 2063, on the edge of the Crater formerly known as Montréal, a middle-aged man and his ex’s daughter search for a cult hero: the leader of a short-lived band named after a forgotten work of poetry and known to fans through a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cobra Clutch

  Devlin, A.J.

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  A.J. Devlin is an author and screenwriter from British Columbia. Cobra Clutch, the first book in the Hammerhead Jed professional wrestling mystery-comedy series, was nominated for a Lefty Award for Best Debut Mystery and won the 2019 Crime…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Old Babes in the Wood

  Stories

  Atwood, Margaret, 1939-

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  From the award-winning Canadian author of The Handmaid's Tale comes a dazzling collection of short stories that look deeply into the heart of family relationships, marriage, loss and memory, and what it means to spend a life together. A…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Really Good, Actually

  A Novel

  Heisey, Monica

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  This self-deprecatingly funny, “anti-romantic” story of a 28-year old Toronto woman coping with a divorce gets into the pitfalls of breakups with keen observational comedy. A National Bestseller and one of the most hilarious and barbed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sea of Tranquility

  Mandel, Emily St. John, 1979-

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  Covering a span of nearly 500 years, Sea of Tranquility is grand in scope, but intimate in detail. And despite its future-gazing – or maybe because of it – it still feels very timely. Full of unsettling surprises and clever connections,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Librarianist

  a Novel

  deWitt, Patrick, 1975-

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  An ordinary retired librarian starts volunteering at a senior centre, where details of his past come to light. A bittersweet story.

• The Eden Test

  Sternbergh, Adam,

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  From an Edgar Award-finalist author comes an electrifying domestic suspense novel about a couple who are forced to the ultimate extremes to save their marriage—and themselves.

• Meet Me at the Lake

  Fortune, Carley,

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  A random connection sends two strangers on a daylong adventure where they make a promise one keeps and the other breaks, with life-changing effects. An Instant #1 NYTimes Bestseller. A Most Anticipated Book: Today, Oprah Daily, Katie…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Snow Road Station

  A Novel

  Hay, Elizabeth

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  From the Giller Prize-winning author comes a novel set in a small-town in Ontario about thwarted ambition, unrealized dreams, the enduring bonds of female friendship, and love’s capacity to surprise us at any age.

• Bad Cree

  a Novel

  Johns, Jessica,

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  An award-winning short story turned into a full-length supernatural horror novel about a young Cree woman whose dreams lead her toward self-discovery and eventually seep into reality.

• The Taste of Hunger

  Scott, Barbara Joan

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  Set in Saskatchewan in the late 1920s, 15-year-old Olena is forced into a marriage with a man twice her age. Stuck in a life she despises, Olena rebels against her fate and sets off a chain of events whose effects reverberate through…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Broken Places

  Peck, Frances

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  A beautifully written and terrifying story of how people react to chaos after a massive earthquake hits Vancouver. The central characters are wonderfully complex – rich, entitled people clash with hardworking, regular folks as they are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Dove

  McAdam, Colin,

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  Colin McAdam is one of Canada’s best writers. Some say that Black Dove is his best work so far.

• The Most Precious Substance on Earth

  Bhat, Shashi, 1983-

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  Journey Prize winner Shashi Bhat’s sharp-edged and devastating look at how women are conditioned to hide their trauma and suppress their fear, loneliness, and anger. An unforgettable portrait of how silence can shape a life.

• A Minor Chorus

  a Novel

  Belcourt, Billy-Ray,

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  Set in northern Alberta, this novel conveys the region’s landscape and Indigenous presence with magnificent turns of phrase and sharp observations.

• Birnam Wood

  Catton, Eleanor, 1985-

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  The Canadian-born, Booker Prize-winning author of The Luminaries returns with a New Zealand-set psychological thriller about activist gardeners, billionaires and philosophy.