Best Canada Books | Summaries & Audio

Canada Book Summaries

Broken Circle

by Theodore Fontaine • 2010

Forced into a residential school at seven, an Ojibway boy survives on forbidden words and kitchen.

4.01

500+

🏫 Residential Schools 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma 🕊️ Truth And Reconciliation 🗜️ Forced Assimilation 🤕 Child Abuse Survivor

Broken Circle

Forced into a residential school at seven, an Ojibway boy survives on forbidden words and kitchen.

by Theodore Fontaine 2010 190 pages

4.01

500+ ratings

🏫 Residential Schools 🩸 Intergenerational Trauma 🕊️ Truth And Reconciliation 🗜️ Forced Assimilation 🤕 Child Abuse Survivor

Ghost Rider

by Neil Peart • 2002

Two deaths in a year. One motorcycle. 55,000 miles, and grief refused to be left behind.

4.12

6k+

🪦 Grief Memoir 🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🛣️ Healing Through Motion 🌲 Solitude And Nature 🥁 Creative Recovery

Ghost Rider

Two deaths in a year. One motorcycle. 55,000 miles, and grief refused to be left behind.

by Neil Peart 2002 462 pages

4.12

6k+ ratings

🪦 Grief Memoir 🏍️ Motorcycle Travel 🛣️ Healing Through Motion 🌲 Solitude And Nature 🥁 Creative Recovery

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter

by Scaachi Koul • 2017

Online trolls, body hair, Indian wedding: a daughter of immigrants learns where her fight belongs.

3.72

13k+

🌏 South Asian Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Families ✊ Modern Feminism 🪞 Body Image 📱 Online Harassment

One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter

Online trolls, body hair, Indian wedding: a daughter of immigrants learns where her fight belongs.

by Scaachi Koul 2017 241 pages

3.72

13k+ ratings

🌏 South Asian Diaspora 🧳 Immigrant Families ✊ Modern Feminism 🪞 Body Image 📱 Online Harassment

We Were Dreamers

by Simu Liu • 2022

Fired from accounting, he answered a Craigslist ad for Asian extras. Today he's Shang-Chi.

4.33

30k+

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🎬 Actor Memoir 🎯 Parental Expectations 🌏 Asian Representation 🎨 Starving Artist

We Were Dreamers

Fired from accounting, he answered a Craigslist ad for Asian extras. Today he's Shang-Chi.

by Simu Liu 2022 320 pages

4.33

30k+ ratings

🛬 Immigrant Memoir 🎬 Actor Memoir 🎯 Parental Expectations 🌏 Asian Representation 🎨 Starving Artist

Baignades

by Andrée A. Michaud • 2024

A family escapes a tense campground, drives into a Quebec storm, and stumbles onto a murder.

3.50

4k+

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📖 Literary Thriller 🌲 Rural Noir 🍁 Quebec Setting 🏕️ Remote Wilderness

Baignades

A family escapes a tense campground, drives into a Quebec storm, and stumbles onto a murder.

by Andrée A. Michaud 2024 301 pages

3.50

4k+ ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 📖 Literary Thriller 🌲 Rural Noir 🍁 Quebec Setting 🏕️ Remote Wilderness

Company Town

by Madeline Ashby • 2016

An unaugmented bodyguard on an oil rig protects a teenage heir from a body-snatching killer.

3.50

5k+

🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🧬 Bioaugmentation 🫂 Found Family

Company Town

An unaugmented bodyguard on an oil rig protects a teenage heir from a body-snatching killer.

by Madeline Ashby 2016 285 pages

3.50

5k+ ratings

🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 🔪 Serial Killer Hunt 🧬 Bioaugmentation 🫂 Found Family

Monkey Beach

by Eden Robinson • 2000

Her brother missing at sea, a Haisla woman follows the spirits only she can see.

4.02

10k+

🖤 Indigenous Gothic 🌌 Indigenous Cosmology 👁️ Spirit Visions 💙 Sibling Devotion 💔 Intergenerational Trauma

Monkey Beach

Her brother missing at sea, a Haisla woman follows the spirits only she can see.

by Eden Robinson 2000 374 pages

4.02

10k+ ratings

🖤 Indigenous Gothic 🌌 Indigenous Cosmology 👁️ Spirit Visions 💙 Sibling Devotion 💔 Intergenerational Trauma

Cat’s Eye

by Margaret Atwood • 1988

A painter's Toronto return forces a reckoning with the girlhood friend who nearly destroyed her.

3.95

73k+

🎨 Artist Protagonist 👧 Girlhood Cruelty 🖼️ Art As Survival 🕰️ Memory And Trauma 🤔 Psychological Realism

Cat’s Eye

A painter's Toronto return forces a reckoning with the girlhood friend who nearly destroyed her.

by Margaret Atwood 1988 462 pages

3.95

73k+ ratings

🎨 Artist Protagonist 👧 Girlhood Cruelty 🖼️ Art As Survival 🕰️ Memory And Trauma 🤔 Psychological Realism

The New Penguin History of Canada

by Robert Bothwell • 2006

How French and British rivalry, a vast unforgiving land, and an accidental border forged Canada.

3.59

413

🍁 Canadian History 📚 National Histories ⚔️ Imperial Rivalry 🦫 Fur Trade 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Loyalist Migration

The New Penguin History of Canada

How French and British rivalry, a vast unforgiving land, and an accidental border forged Canada.

by Robert Bothwell 2006 500 pages

3.59

413 ratings

🍁 Canadian History 📚 National Histories ⚔️ Imperial Rivalry 🦫 Fur Trade 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Loyalist Migration

The Heart Goes Last

by Margaret Atwood • 2015

Homeless, they joined a town of monthly jail turns. An affair made them each other's inmates.

3.39

75k+

🎭 Dystopian Satire 🏚️ Near-Future Collapse 📹 Surveillance State 👥 Double Life 💋 Forbidden Desire

The Heart Goes Last

Homeless, they joined a town of monthly jail turns. An affair made them each other's inmates.

by Margaret Atwood 2015 320 pages

3.39

75k+ ratings

🎭 Dystopian Satire 🏚️ Near-Future Collapse 📹 Surveillance State 👥 Double Life 💋 Forbidden Desire

Walking in Two Worlds

by Wab Kinew • 2021

A Native teen rules a VR world with sacred magic, but a hateful clan needs her erased.

3.47

1k+

🖥️ Indigenous Futurism 🎮 Virtual Reality Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Contemporary Rez Life 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

Walking in Two Worlds

A Native teen rules a VR world with sacred magic, but a hateful clan needs her erased.

by Wab Kinew 2021 296 pages

3.47

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Indigenous Futurism 🎮 Virtual Reality Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏘️ Contemporary Rez Life 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

A Little Bit Broken

by Roz Weston • 2022

Burning himself brought the only peace he knew. Then fatherhood asked for something harder.

4.25

1k+

🇨🇦 Canadian Memoir 🎙️ Celebrity Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bonds 🕯️ Parental Loss

A Little Bit Broken

Burning himself brought the only peace he knew. Then fatherhood asked for something harder.

by Roz Weston 2022 333 pages

4.25

1k+ ratings

🇨🇦 Canadian Memoir 🎙️ Celebrity Memoir 🩹 Childhood Trauma 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bonds 🕯️ Parental Loss

by Eva Jurczyk • 2025

On a snowbound train, a writer faces a corpse and the woman whose life she stole.

2.97

8k+

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 📖 Literary Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💔 Fragile Marriage

On a snowbound train, a writer faces a corpse and the woman whose life she stole.

by Eva Jurczyk 2025 352 pages

2.97

8k+ ratings

🚪 Locked Room Mystery 📖 Literary Suspense ✍️ Writer Protagonist 🤝 Reluctant Allies 💔 Fragile Marriage

Canada

by Richard Ford • 2012

His parents rob a bank. He is sent to Canada, into the keeping of a killer.

3.53

28k+

🏚️ Parental Betrayal 🌾 Canadian Prairie ⚠️ Dangerous Guardian 💔 Fractured Family 🥀 Quiet Devastation

Canada

His parents rob a bank. He is sent to Canada, into the keeping of a killer.

by Richard Ford 2012 420 pages

3.53

28k+ ratings

🏚️ Parental Betrayal 🌾 Canadian Prairie ⚠️ Dangerous Guardian 💔 Fractured Family 🥀 Quiet Devastation

The Rule of 30

by Frederick Vettese • 2021

Forget fixed 15% rules: a retirement formula that adjusts for mortgage, kids, and life.

3.73

241

🏖️ Retirement Planning 🔄 Flexible Saving Rules 📉 Consumption Smoothing 🇨🇦 Canadian Personal Finance 💰 Tax-Efficient Saving

The Rule of 30

Forget fixed 15% rules: a retirement formula that adjusts for mortgage, kids, and life.

by Frederick Vettese 2021 224 pages

3.73

241 ratings

🏖️ Retirement Planning 🔄 Flexible Saving Rules 📉 Consumption Smoothing 🇨🇦 Canadian Personal Finance 💰 Tax-Efficient Saving

Birds Art Life Death

by Kyo Maclear • 2017

As her father faded, a writer watched city birds. Small things, closely seen, restored her life.

4.00

3k+

🌿 Nature Writing 🖤 Grief Memoir 🐦 Birding Memoir 🏙️ Urban Nature 👁️ Attention Cultivation

Birds Art Life Death

As her father faded, a writer watched city birds. Small things, closely seen, restored her life.

by Kyo Maclear 2017 274 pages

4.00

3k+ ratings

🌿 Nature Writing 🖤 Grief Memoir 🐦 Birding Memoir 🏙️ Urban Nature 👁️ Attention Cultivation

I Must Say

by Martin Short • 2014

Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

4.12

18k+

🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss 🛡️ Humor As Resilience 🏙️ Second City Alumni

I Must Say

Orphaned at twenty, widowed decades later. The memoir that reveals grief as just another tough room.

by Martin Short 2014 336 pages

4.12

18k+ ratings

🎙️ Comedy Memoirs 🇨🇦 Canadian Comedy 🕊️ Grief And Loss 🛡️ Humor As Resilience 🏙️ Second City Alumni

The Hitchhikers

by Chevy Stevens • 2025

A couple's RV trip becomes a hostage nightmare when two hitchhikers turn out to be wanted killers.

3.83

12k+

🚐 Road Trip Thriller 🔒 Hostage Survival 👁️ Dual Pov 💔 Cycle Of Abuse 🌲 Canadian Wilderness

The Hitchhikers

A couple's RV trip becomes a hostage nightmare when two hitchhikers turn out to be wanted killers.

by Chevy Stevens 2025 374 pages

3.83

12k+ ratings

🚐 Road Trip Thriller 🔒 Hostage Survival 👁️ Dual Pov 💔 Cycle Of Abuse 🌲 Canadian Wilderness

Last Night in Montreal

by Emily St. John Mandel • 2009

Lilia vanishes. Her lover and a detective chase a woman who has been running since childhood.

3.74

21k+

🕵️ Literary Mystery 🚗 Fugitive Narrative 🔍 Obsessive Pursuit 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🍂 Melancholic Tone

Last Night in Montreal

Lilia vanishes. Her lover and a detective chase a woman who has been running since childhood.

by Emily St. John Mandel 2009 230 pages

3.74

21k+ ratings

🕵️ Literary Mystery 🚗 Fugitive Narrative 🔍 Obsessive Pursuit 🧠 Unreliable Memory 🍂 Melancholic Tone

Sucker Punch

by Scaachi Koul • 2025

She sold the internet a love story and a tidy assault narrative. Both were lies.

3.81

2k+

🖊️ Confessional Essays 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Memoir 🧠 Trauma Memoir 🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating

Sucker Punch

She sold the internet a love story and a tidy assault narrative. Both were lies.

by Scaachi Koul 2025 272 pages

3.81

2k+ ratings

🖊️ Confessional Essays 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Memoir 🧠 Trauma Memoir 🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating

The Book of Negroes

by Lawrence Hill • 2007

Stolen into slavery, an African girl fights for freedom with her wits, her midwifery, and her pen.

4.47

91k+

🌊 Neo Slave Narrative ⛓️ Middle Passage 🤰 Midwife Protagonist 📖 Literacy As Power 💌 Separated Lovers

The Book of Negroes

Stolen into slavery, an African girl fights for freedom with her wits, her midwifery, and her pen.

by Lawrence Hill 2007 512 pages

4.47

91k+ ratings

🌊 Neo Slave Narrative ⛓️ Middle Passage 🤰 Midwife Protagonist 📖 Literacy As Power 💌 Separated Lovers

Little Blue Encyclopedia

by Hazel Jane Plante • 2019

An encyclopedia of a cult TV show becomes a memorial for her magnetic trans friend Vivian.

4.22

1k+

📖 Encyclopedic Novel 📺 Fictional Tv Show 💔 Grieving For A Friend 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Womanhood 🤝 Queer Friendship

Little Blue Encyclopedia

An encyclopedia of a cult TV show becomes a memorial for her magnetic trans friend Vivian.

by Hazel Jane Plante 2019 200 pages

4.22

1k+ ratings

📖 Encyclopedic Novel 📺 Fictional Tv Show 💔 Grieving For A Friend 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Womanhood 🤝 Queer Friendship

Up Till Now

by William Shatner • 2008

Star Trek typecast him for decades; a late-career role as a shameless lawyer changed everything.

3.84

3k+

👤 Celebrity Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Careers 📺 Television History 🖖 Star Trek 🔄 Career Reinvention

Up Till Now

Star Trek typecast him for decades; a late-career role as a shameless lawyer changed everything.

by William Shatner 2008 358 pages

3.84

3k+ ratings

👤 Celebrity Memoirs 🎬 Hollywood Careers 📺 Television History 🖖 Star Trek 🔄 Career Reinvention

The Klondike Fever

by Pierre Berton • 1958

One ship carrying a fortune in gold turned a frozen creek into a city of forty thousand.

4.11

462

🏞️ Gold Rush History 🏜️ Western Frontier ⛺ Survival Narratives 🔫 Lawless Frontiers 🏘️ Boomtown Chronicles

The Klondike Fever

One ship carrying a fortune in gold turned a frozen creek into a city of forty thousand.

by Pierre Berton 1958 494 pages

4.11

462 ratings

🏞️ Gold Rush History 🏜️ Western Frontier ⛺ Survival Narratives 🔫 Lawless Frontiers 🏘️ Boomtown Chronicles

Relax.

by Timothy Caulfield • 2020

Never been safer, yet drowning in health anxiety. The evidence for what to actually worry about.

3.71

500+

🧪 Health Myths 😵 Decision Fatigue 📊 Risk Perception 🎯 Anti-Perfectionism 📱 Digital Wellness

Relax.

Never been safer, yet drowning in health anxiety. The evidence for what to actually worry about.

by Timothy Caulfield 2020 301 pages

3.71

500+ ratings

🧪 Health Myths 😵 Decision Fatigue 📊 Risk Perception 🎯 Anti-Perfectionism 📱 Digital Wellness

Chercher Sam

by Sophie Bienvenu • 2014

A homeless man's dog vanishes. She was the last warmth left after his daughter's death.

4.34

4k+

🐕 Human Animal Bond 🖤 Parental Grief 🤝 Found Family 🗣️ Raw Narrative Voice 🏙️ Gritty Realism

Chercher Sam

A homeless man's dog vanishes. She was the last warmth left after his daughter's death.

by Sophie Bienvenu 2014 172 pages

4.34

4k+ ratings

🐕 Human Animal Bond 🖤 Parental Grief 🤝 Found Family 🗣️ Raw Narrative Voice 🏙️ Gritty Realism

Penguin Celebrations - The Science of Everyday Life

by Jay Ingram • 1989

What walking, blinking, and bees reveal about physics, evolution, and your own brain.

3.76

230

Penguin Celebrations - The Science of Everyday Life

What walking, blinking, and bees reveal about physics, evolution, and your own brain.

by Jay Ingram 1989 200 pages

3.76

230 ratings

Shakey

by Jimmy McDonough • 2002

His health failed, his relationships crumbled, and still he refused to compromise a single note.

4.09

8k+

🧑‍🎤 Rock History 🎸 Singer-Songwriters 🌴 Laurel Canyon Scene 🎭 Tortured Artists 🔨 Artistic Obsession

Shakey

His health failed, his relationships crumbled, and still he refused to compromise a single note.

by Jimmy McDonough 2002 786 pages

4.09

8k+ ratings

🧑‍🎤 Rock History 🎸 Singer-Songwriters 🌴 Laurel Canyon Scene 🎭 Tortured Artists 🔨 Artistic Obsession

The Book of Grief and Hamburgers

by Stuart Ross • 2022

A poet tries to face grief directly, accidentally writes a book about why he can't.

3.84

189

🖋️ Poetic Memoir 🕯️ Grief Memoir 🛡️ Emotional Avoidance 📝 Writing As Therapy 🎤 Confessional Poetry

The Book of Grief and Hamburgers

A poet tries to face grief directly, accidentally writes a book about why he can't.

by Stuart Ross 2022 141 pages

3.84

189 ratings

🖋️ Poetic Memoir 🕯️ Grief Memoir 🛡️ Emotional Avoidance 📝 Writing As Therapy 🎤 Confessional Poetry

The Beautiful Mystery

by Louise Penny • 2012

The choirmaster lies dead inside a locked monastery. Gamache's only suspects: the brothers who sing.

4.20

91k+

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏔️ Isolated Community 🎵 Music As Obsession 📜 Ancient Manuscripts 👥 Detective Mentorship

The Beautiful Mystery

The choirmaster lies dead inside a locked monastery. Gamache's only suspects: the brothers who sing.

by Louise Penny 2012 373 pages

4.20

91k+ ratings

🔒 Locked Room Mystery 🏔️ Isolated Community 🎵 Music As Obsession 📜 Ancient Manuscripts 👥 Detective Mentorship

Là où je me terre

by Caroline Dawson • 2020

A refugee child in Montreal trades her language and her lunch for a chance to belong.

4.36

11k+

🌍 Immigrant Coming Of Age 🎭 Assimilation Pressure 💞 Mother Daughter Bond 💸 Class Shame 👤 Self Erasure

Là où je me terre

A refugee child in Montreal trades her language and her lunch for a chance to belong.

by Caroline Dawson 2020 208 pages

4.36

11k+ ratings

🌍 Immigrant Coming Of Age 🎭 Assimilation Pressure 💞 Mother Daughter Bond 💸 Class Shame 👤 Self Erasure

The Imposter Bride

by Nancy Richler • 2012

When her mother disappears, a daughter traces the stolen identity she carried out of the war.

3.34

7k+

🏙️ Post-War Montreal 🕊️ Holocaust Survivors 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 💔 Maternal Abandonment 🎭 Assumed Identity

The Imposter Bride

When her mother disappears, a daughter traces the stolen identity she carried out of the war.

by Nancy Richler 2012 352 pages

3.34

7k+ ratings

🏙️ Post-War Montreal 🕊️ Holocaust Survivors 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 💔 Maternal Abandonment 🎭 Assumed Identity

One Bird's Choice

by Iain Reid • 2010

Back on his parents' farm: broke, overeducated, and outranked by a guinea fowl.

3.74

461

🔙 Boomerang Kids 🐓 Farm Life 🙃 Self-Deprecating Humor 👴 Aging Parents 📉 Underemployment

One Bird's Choice

Back on his parents' farm: broke, overeducated, and outranked by a guinea fowl.

by Iain Reid 2010 264 pages

3.74

461 ratings

🔙 Boomerang Kids 🐓 Farm Life 🙃 Self-Deprecating Humor 👴 Aging Parents 📉 Underemployment

Lives of Girls and Women

by Alice Munro • 1971

Del Jordan grows up watching women's lives in rural Ontario and resolves to write her own.

3.94

16k+

🖇️ Linked Stories 🏡 Small Town Coming Of Age 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Tension 🌸 Sexual Awakening 👁️ Outsider Narrator

Lives of Girls and Women

Del Jordan grows up watching women's lives in rural Ontario and resolves to write her own.

by Alice Munro 1971 277 pages

3.94

16k+ ratings

🖇️ Linked Stories 🏡 Small Town Coming Of Age 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Tension 🌸 Sexual Awakening 👁️ Outsider Narrator

Dead Mom Walking

by Rachel Matlow • 2020

Elaine chose juice cleanses over chemotherapy. Her daughter documented the disaster with dark humor.

4.14

500+

🧸 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🏥 Cancer Memoirs 🌿 Alternative Medicine 🕯️ End-Of-Life Choices 😂 Grief And Humor

Dead Mom Walking

Elaine chose juice cleanses over chemotherapy. Her daughter documented the disaster with dark humor.

by Rachel Matlow 2020 320 pages

4.14

500+ ratings

🧸 Mother-Daughter Bonds 🏥 Cancer Memoirs 🌿 Alternative Medicine 🕯️ End-Of-Life Choices 😂 Grief And Humor

Crow Lake

by Mary Lawson • 2003

Orphaned in rural Ontario, a girl's bond with her brilliant brother is tested by sacrifice.

4.02

29k+

🏞️ Rural Family Saga 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Orphaned Siblings 🖤 Generational Trauma 🤫 Small-Town Secrets 🏠 Family Obligation

Crow Lake

Orphaned in rural Ontario, a girl's bond with her brilliant brother is tested by sacrifice.

by Mary Lawson 2003 320 pages

4.02

29k+ ratings

🏞️ Rural Family Saga 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Orphaned Siblings 🖤 Generational Trauma 🤫 Small-Town Secrets 🏠 Family Obligation

Stock Investing For Canadians For Dummies

by Andrew Dagys • 2003

RRSPs, TFSAs, and the TSX: how to invest in stocks as a Canadian, start to finish.

3.78

142

📈 Stock Market Investing 🇨🇦 Canadian Finance 📊 Fundamental Analysis 📉 Technical Analysis 🧩 Portfolio Diversification

Stock Investing For Canadians For Dummies

RRSPs, TFSAs, and the TSX: how to invest in stocks as a Canadian, start to finish.

by Andrew Dagys 2003 440 pages

3.78

142 ratings

📈 Stock Market Investing 🇨🇦 Canadian Finance 📊 Fundamental Analysis 📉 Technical Analysis 🧩 Portfolio Diversification

A Canadian's Guide to Money-smart Living

by Kelley Keehn • 2019

Canadian money talk: automate savings, ditch debt, and claim the tax breaks most people never touch.

3.79

109

📘 Personal Finance Basics 🍁 Canadian Finance 🧠 Money Mindset 🤖 Automated Saving 💳 Debt Management

A Canadian's Guide to Money-smart Living

Canadian money talk: automate savings, ditch debt, and claim the tax breaks most people never touch.

by Kelley Keehn 2019 192 pages

3.79

109 ratings

📘 Personal Finance Basics 🍁 Canadian Finance 🧠 Money Mindset 🤖 Automated Saving 💳 Debt Management

Run Towards the Danger

by Sarah Polley • 2022

A doctor's rule for healing her concussed brain becomes a filmmaker's key to every buried trauma.

4.30

14k+

📝 Essay Collections 🌟 Child Stardom 🧠 Trauma And Memory 🗣️ Survivor Stories 🩺 Invisible Illness

Run Towards the Danger

A doctor's rule for healing her concussed brain becomes a filmmaker's key to every buried trauma.

by Sarah Polley 2022 272 pages

4.30

14k+ ratings

📝 Essay Collections 🌟 Child Stardom 🧠 Trauma And Memory 🗣️ Survivor Stories 🩺 Invisible Illness

Exchange-Traded Funds For Canadians For Dummies

by Russell Wild • 2013

Cut your investment fees by 90%: the Canadian guide to replacing mutual funds with ETFs.

4.23

🇨🇦 Canadian Investing 📊 Etf Investing 📈 Index Investing 🏗️ Portfolio Construction 🏖️ Retirement Planning

Exchange-Traded Funds For Canadians For Dummies

Cut your investment fees by 90%: the Canadian guide to replacing mutual funds with ETFs.

by Russell Wild 2013 360 pages

4.23

13 ratings

🇨🇦 Canadian Investing 📊 Etf Investing 📈 Index Investing 🏗️ Portfolio Construction 🏖️ Retirement Planning

We Survived the Night

by Julian Brave NoiseCat • 2025

A newborn found in a residential school incinerator. His son's memoir of survival and return.

4.27

1k+

📖 Indigenous Memoir 🏫 Residential Schools 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌎 Native Sovereignty 🗣️ Oral Storytelling

We Survived the Night

A newborn found in a residential school incinerator. His son's memoir of survival and return.

by Julian Brave NoiseCat 2025 432 pages

4.27

1k+ ratings

📖 Indigenous Memoir 🏫 Residential Schools 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🌎 Native Sovereignty 🗣️ Oral Storytelling

Wilful Blindness

by Sam Cooper • 2021

How narcos, tycoons, and CCP agents turned a Canadian casino into a global money-laundering machine.

4.15

500+

🕵️ Transnational Crime 💰 Money Laundering 🏛️ State-Sponsored Crime 💊 Fentanyl Crisis 🐉 Foreign Influence

Wilful Blindness

How narcos, tycoons, and CCP agents turned a Canadian casino into a global money-laundering machine.

by Sam Cooper 2021

4.15

500+ ratings

🕵️ Transnational Crime 💰 Money Laundering 🏛️ State-Sponsored Crime 💊 Fentanyl Crisis 🐉 Foreign Influence

Humans

by Robert J. Sawyer • 2003

Between parallel Earths: a human, her Neanderthal lover, and the bullet that could close the portal.

3.83

6k+

🪐 Parallel Worlds 📚 Anthropological Sci-Fi 🦴 Neanderthal Fiction 👽 First Contact 💘 Cross-Species Romance

Humans

Between parallel Earths: a human, her Neanderthal lover, and the bullet that could close the portal.

by Robert J. Sawyer 2003 334 pages

3.83

6k+ ratings

🪐 Parallel Worlds 📚 Anthropological Sci-Fi 🦴 Neanderthal Fiction 👽 First Contact 💘 Cross-Species Romance

Mudflowers

by Aley Waterman • 2023

Lonely in Toronto, Sophie falls for a poet while her oldest friend still shares her bed.

3.42

421

🏠 Chosen Family 💫 Queer Desire 🎨 Artist's Journey 💧 Emotionally Raw 🕯️ Maternal Grief

Mudflowers

Lonely in Toronto, Sophie falls for a poet while her oldest friend still shares her bed.

by Aley Waterman 2023 232 pages

3.42

421 ratings

🏠 Chosen Family 💫 Queer Desire 🎨 Artist's Journey 💧 Emotionally Raw 🕯️ Maternal Grief

Lizards Hold the Sun

by Dani Trujillo • 2023

On a remote First Nation, a grieving archaeologist falls for the architect who can't stay.

3.87

315

🏗️ Workplace Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Grieving Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏺 Cultural Preservation

Lizards Hold the Sun

On a remote First Nation, a grieving archaeologist falls for the architect who can't stay.

by Dani Trujillo 2023 266 pages

3.87

315 ratings

🏗️ Workplace Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 💔 Grieving Heroine 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏺 Cultural Preservation

The Shots You Take

by Rachel Reid • 2025

A funeral brings a grieving hockey player home to the ex-teammate he once loved in secret.

4.07

29k+

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤫 Secret Past Lovers 🏒 Hockey Romance 🌱 Healing Journey

The Shots You Take

A funeral brings a grieving hockey player home to the ex-teammate he once loved in secret.

by Rachel Reid 2025 336 pages

4.07

29k+ ratings

🖤 Second Chance Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🤫 Secret Past Lovers 🏒 Hockey Romance 🌱 Healing Journey

Crow Winter

by Karen McBride • 2019

A grieving daughter, a trickster crow, and a quarry that is the dead's only road home.

3.81

1k+

🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🐦‍⬛ Trickster Guide 🖤 Grieving A Parent 🌿 Land As Character ⚖️ Colonial Land Rights

Crow Winter

A grieving daughter, a trickster crow, and a quarry that is the dead's only road home.

by Karen McBride 2019 352 pages

3.81

1k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🐦‍⬛ Trickster Guide 🖤 Grieving A Parent 🌿 Land As Character ⚖️ Colonial Land Rights

Tiohtiáke

by Michel Jean • 2021

An Innu ex-con, banished to Montreal's streets, must survive the winter and the violence inside.

4.19

4k+

🌆 Indigenous Urban Life 🌃 Street Survival 🤝 Found Family 💔 Generational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reconnection

Tiohtiáke

An Innu ex-con, banished to Montreal's streets, must survive the winter and the violence inside.

by Michel Jean 2021 192 pages

4.19

4k+ ratings

🌆 Indigenous Urban Life 🌃 Street Survival 🤝 Found Family 💔 Generational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reconnection

The Boat Who Wouldn't Float

by Farley Mowat • 1984

The schooner leaked from every plank, the engine ran backwards, and Montreal was 1,400 miles away.

4.11

2k+

🚢 Maritime Adventure 🇨🇦 Newfoundland ⛵ Small Boat Sailing 🤦 Travel Mishaps 🏘️ Coastal Communities

The Boat Who Wouldn't Float

The schooner leaked from every plank, the engine ran backwards, and Montreal was 1,400 miles away.

by Farley Mowat 1984 256 pages

4.11

2k+ ratings

🚢 Maritime Adventure 🇨🇦 Newfoundland ⛵ Small Boat Sailing 🤦 Travel Mishaps 🏘️ Coastal Communities

Split Tooth

by Tanya Tagaq • 2018

A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.

3.88

14k+

🪶 Indigenous Magical Realism ❄️ Arctic Wilderness 🕯️ Ancestral Spirits 🩸 Visceral Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice

Split Tooth

A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.

by Tanya Tagaq 2018 202 pages

3.88

14k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Magical Realism ❄️ Arctic Wilderness 🕯️ Ancestral Spirits 🩸 Visceral Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice

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