Atlantic Canada's 100 Greatest Books

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Book, 100 Books

A book by Trevor J. Adams and Stephen Patrick Clare that ranks and reviews the top 100 books written by Atlantic Canadian writers, published in the region, or focusing on the region. The 100 selected books were chosen from a list of over 2,000 titles voted on by more than 700 authors, editors, and critics

This list was originally published in 2009 and was added to this site about 1 year ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
4561 No Great Mischief Alistair MacLeod 1999 Canadian English
250 Anne of Green Gables L. M. Montgomery 1908 Canadian English
6171 The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams Wayne Johnston 1998 Canadian English
4064 The Mountain And The Valley Ernest Buckler 1954 Canadian English
2468 Fall On Your Knees Ann-Marie MacDonald 1996 Canadian English
2914 Barometer Rising Hugh MacLennan 1941 Canadian English
6791 Random Passage Bernice Morgan 1992 Canadian English
3619 The Lost Salt Gift Of Blood Alistair MacLeod 1976 Canadian English
5448 Mercy Among The Children David Adams Richards 2000 Canadian English
4155 Rockbound Frank Parker Day 1928 Canadian English
4182 The Nymph And The Lamp Thomas H. Raddall 1950 Canadian English
7834 The Birth House Ami McKay 2006 Canadian English
2981 Two Solitudes Hugh MacLennan 1945 Canadian English
8207 Island Alistair MacLeod 2000 Canadian English
8338 River Thieves Michael Crummey 2001 Canadian English
6549 Nights Below Station Street David Adams Richards 1988 Canadian English
4361 The Clockmaker Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1800 Canadian English
8546 Open Lisa Moore 2002 Canadian English
4388 Halifax, Warden Of The North Thomas H. Raddall 1948 Canadian English
6519 Kit's Law Donna Morrissey 1999 Canadian English
5154 House Of Hate Percy Janes 1970 Canadian English
488 The Shipping News Annie Proulx 1993 Canadian English
5107 The Boat Who Wouldn't Float Farley Mowat 1969 Canadian English
8312 This All Happened Michael Winter 2000 Canadian English
7026 The Afterlife Of George Cartwright John Steffler 1992 Canadian English
9227 An Audience Of Chairs Joan Clark 2005 Canadian English
4509 The Channel Shore Charles Bruce 1954 Canadian English
9743 When The Earth Was Flat Raymond Fraser 2007 Canadian English
8241 Someone Knows My Name Lawrence Hill 2007 Canadian English
6230 Dictionary Of Newfoundland English G.M. Story 1982 Canadian English
9083 The Big Why Michael Winter 2004 Canadian English
7635 The Republic Of Nothing Lesley Choyce 1994 Canadian English
4620 The Governor's Lady Thomas H. Raddall 1960 Canadian English
5427 Death On The Ice Cassie Brown 1972 Canadian English
8180 The Living Beach Silver Donald Cameron 1998 Canadian English
7031 The Beothuk Way John Kitchen 1991 Canadian English
5760 His Majesty's Yankees Thomas H. Raddall 1977 Canadian English
7578 For Those Who Hunt The Wounded Down David Adams Richards 1993 Canadian English
9144 A Place Between The Tides Harry Thurston 2004 Canadian English
7934 George & Rue George Elliott Clarke 2005 Canadian English
8487 Latitudes Of Melt Joan Clark 2000 Canadian English
8221 Strange Heaven Lynn Coady 1998 Canadian English
8780 Heave Christy Ann Conlin 2002 Canadian English
4662 Rilla Ze Złotego Brzegu L. M. Montgomery 1921 Canadian English
4668 Each Man's Son Hugh MacLennan 1951 Canadian English
6578 The Story Of Bobby O'malley Wayne Johnston 1985 Canadian English
5946 The Education Of Everett Richardson Silver Donald Cameron 1977 Canadian English
6852 Footsteps On Old Floors Thomas H. Raddall 1988 Canadian English
9698 Inside Kenneth J. Harvey 2006 Canadian English
8842 The Navigator Of New York Wayne Johnston 2002 Canadian English
5561 A Whale For The Killing Farley Mowat 1972 Canadian English
9051 The Town That Forgot How To Breathe Kenneth J. Harvey 2003 Canadian English
7040 The Divine Ryans Wayne Johnston 1990 Canadian English
5371 Bluenose Ghosts Helen Creighton 1969 Canadian English
7697 We Were Not The Savages Daniel N. Paul 1993 Canadian English
6132 The Bannonbridge Musicians Raymond Fraser 1978 Canadian English
4283 Pélagie Antonine Maillet 1979 Canadian French
8569 The Accidental Indies Robert Finley 2000 Canadian English
8418 Baltimore's Mansion Wayne Johnston 1999 Canadian English
8201 Rum River Raymond Fraser 1997 Canadian English
9570 Alligator Lisa Moore 2005 Canadian English
9771 The Friends Of Meager Fortune David Adams Richards 2006 Canadian English
6733 Life With Billy Brian Vallee 1986 Canadian English
9289 Down To The Dirt Joel Hynes 2004 Canadian English
9969 The Lost Highway David Adams Richards 2007 Canadian English
8056 Gaff Topsails Patrick Kavanagh 1996 Canadian English
2589 Emily of New Moon L. M. Montgomery 1923 Canadian English
6090 The Foxes Of Beachy Cove Harold Horwood 1977 Canadian English
8606 Play The Monster Blind Lynn Coady 2000 Canadian English
5673 Various Persons Named Kevin O'brien Alden Nowlan 1973 Canadian English
9792 The Custodian Of Paradise Wayne Johnston 2006 Canadian English
2663 The Chrysalids John Wyndham 1955 Canadian English
2673 Anne Of The Island L. M. Montgomery 1915 Canadian English
2664 Sailing Alone Around the World Joshua Slocum 1900 Canadian English
9589 A Forest For Calum Frank MacDonald 2005 Canadian English
5374 Ox Bells And Fireflies Ernest Buckler 1968 Canadian English
9803 Mean Boy Lynn Coady 2006 Canadian English
9132 In A Cloud Of Dust And Smoke Raymond Fraser 2003 Canadian English
8767 Cape Breton Road D. R. MacDonald 2001 Canadian English
9307 Sylvanus Now Donna Morrissey 2004 Canadian English
6398 The Fighting Fisherman Raymond Fraser 1981 Canadian English
8227 19 Knives Mark Anthony Jarman 1997 Canadian English
3241 A Strange Manuscript Found In A Copper Cylinder James De Mille 1888 Canadian English
9997 The Architects Are Here Michael Winter 2007 Canadian English
7027 The Americans Are Coming Herb Curtis 1989 Canadian English
9600 Curse Of The Narrows Laura Mac Donald 2005 Canadian English
4813 Thirteen Years After; A Great War Veteran Returns To The Old Battlefields Will R. Bird 1931 Canadian English
8965 Downhill Chance Donna Morrissey 2002 Canadian English
6606 Sea Of Slaughter Farley Mowat 1984 Canadian English
8626 Water Marq de Villiers 2000 Canadian English
10003 The Nine Lives Of Charlotte Taylor Sally Armstrong 2007 Canadian English
8966 Sailors, Slackers And Blind Pigs Stephen Kimber 2002 Canadian English
8967 Nova Scotia, Shaped By The Sea Lesley Choyce 2002 Canadian English
10004 Ragged Islands Don Hannah 2007 Canadian English
10212 Burning Down The House Russell Wangersky 2008 Canadian English
9143 The Betrayer Michael Hennessey 2003 Canadian English
8773 Bittersweet Philip Lee 2001 Canadian English
10006 The Iambics Of Newfoundland Robert Finch 2007 Canadian English
4817 Red Soil Felix Perry 1926 Canadian English
6530 Voyage Of The Iceberg Richard Brown 1983 Canadian English