For an author, Guy Gavriel Kay. Appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014 for his contributions to the field of speculative fiction as an internationally celebrated author.
One-Antelope849 on
Eden Robinson; Thomas King; Carol Shields (personally I loved “Unless”); Timothy Findley – try “Headhunter”; Louise Penny’s mysteries are great!
specificspypirate on
Station Eleven Emily St John Mandel
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
The Capital of Dreams by Heather O’Neill
Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez.
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Ducks by Kate Beaton
This_Confusion2558 on
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
No_Rub8316 on
Anything by Katherena Vermette! Start with a the Break and she’s got a series of books that have overlapping characters. Also anything by Miriam Toews. Also second the recommendations for Waubgeshig Rice and Heather O’Niell.
One more – Douglas Coupland if you’re looking for something a LITTLE lighter and quirkier.
Autodidact2 on
Check out some Farley Mowat.
Also Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Throw rocks at me if you will, but I like Mazo de la Roche.
Successful-Try-8506 on
Fire Weather by John Vaillant was a fascinating non-fiction read.
SirTimmons on
The Call of the Wild
youngboomergal on
The Manawaka books by Margaret Laurence, also The Diviners
Farley Mowat’s books
Frazzledmama19 on
The Inspector Gamache books by Louise Penny
CL Polk writes good fantasy as does Danielle Jensen.
suhoward on
Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny
-kielbasa on
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
unlovelyladybartleby on
A Boy of Good Breeding by Miriam Toewes is the ultimate quirky small Canadian town novel
justsayin199 on
Somehow I only recently discovered The Outlander by Gil Adamson, and recommend it. I found a couple more of her books (The Ridge runner, Ashland)
Iona Wishsaw’s Lane Winslow series set in and around Nelson BC post WWll.
NoMoPolenta on
*Lullabies for Little Criminals* by Heather I’Neil
twicedcoffee on
Anne Carson lives in Canada/has for quite a while!! Her subject matter very rarely has to do with Canada and/or the culture/mythos of Canada specifically, but she’s SO fuckin talented. She’s a classics essayist and translator or Ancient Greek/Latin, and she also does her own adaptations and original work
Wizoerda on
CBC does a “Canada Reads” program where books “compete” to win. Each book is defended by someone Canadian-famous, and you can listen to those online through CBC Radio’s website. Any of the nominated books would be a good choice.
BernardFerguson1944 on
*The Klondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush* by Pierre Berton.
27 Comments
For an author, Guy Gavriel Kay. Appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014 for his contributions to the field of speculative fiction as an internationally celebrated author.
Eden Robinson; Thomas King; Carol Shields (personally I loved “Unless”); Timothy Findley – try “Headhunter”; Louise Penny’s mysteries are great!
Station Eleven Emily St John Mandel
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
The Capital of Dreams by Heather O’Neill
Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez.
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
Ducks by Kate Beaton
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anything by Katherena Vermette! Start with a the Break and she’s got a series of books that have overlapping characters. Also anything by Miriam Toews. Also second the recommendations for Waubgeshig Rice and Heather O’Niell.
One more – Douglas Coupland if you’re looking for something a LITTLE lighter and quirkier.
Check out some Farley Mowat.
Also Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Throw rocks at me if you will, but I like Mazo de la Roche.
Fire Weather by John Vaillant was a fascinating non-fiction read.
The Call of the Wild
The Manawaka books by Margaret Laurence, also The Diviners
Farley Mowat’s books
The Inspector Gamache books by Louise Penny
CL Polk writes good fantasy as does Danielle Jensen.
Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
A Boy of Good Breeding by Miriam Toewes is the ultimate quirky small Canadian town novel
Somehow I only recently discovered The Outlander by Gil Adamson, and recommend it. I found a couple more of her books (The Ridge runner, Ashland)
A song for Arbonne, by Guy Gavriel Kay
Among Others. , by Jo Walton
I made this list of Canadian historical fiction: https://www.librarything.com/list/44584/Canadian-Historical-Fiction-%F0%9F%87%A8%F0%9F%87%A6.
If you like mystery, Louise Penny ❤️🇨🇦
Helpless by Barbara Gowdy
Iona Wishsaw’s Lane Winslow series set in and around Nelson BC post WWll.
*Lullabies for Little Criminals* by Heather I’Neil
Anne Carson lives in Canada/has for quite a while!! Her subject matter very rarely has to do with Canada and/or the culture/mythos of Canada specifically, but she’s SO fuckin talented. She’s a classics essayist and translator or Ancient Greek/Latin, and she also does her own adaptations and original work
CBC does a “Canada Reads” program where books “compete” to win. Each book is defended by someone Canadian-famous, and you can listen to those online through CBC Radio’s website. Any of the nominated books would be a good choice.
*The Klondike Fever: The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush* by Pierre Berton.
J-Pod by Douglas Coupland
The Shipping News, by Annie Proulx.
Greenwood by Michael Christie.
Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat