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 over 1 year ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
4568 No Great Mischief Alistair MacLeod 1999 Canadian English
250 Anne of Green Gables L. M. Montgomery 1908 Canadian English
6182 The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams Wayne Johnston 1998 Canadian English
4071 The Mountain And The Valley Ernest Buckler 1954 Canadian English
2474 Fall On Your Knees Ann-Marie MacDonald 1996 Canadian English
2919 Barometer Rising Hugh MacLennan 1941 Canadian English
6802 Random Passage Bernice Morgan 1992 Canadian English
3624 The Lost Salt Gift Of Blood Alistair MacLeod 1976 Canadian English
5458 Mercy Among The Children David Adams Richards 2000 Canadian English
4161 Rockbound Frank Parker Day 1928 Canadian English
4188 The Nymph And The Lamp Thomas H. Raddall 1950 Canadian English
7850 The Birth House Ami McKay 2006 Canadian English
2987 Two Solitudes Hugh MacLennan 1945 Canadian English
8224 Island Alistair MacLeod 2000 Canadian English
8354 River Thieves Michael Crummey 2001 Canadian English
6562 Nights Below Station Street David Adams Richards 1988 Canadian English
4368 The Clockmaker Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1800 Canadian English
8565 Open Lisa Moore 2002 Canadian English
4395 Halifax, Warden Of The North Thomas H. Raddall 1948 Canadian English
6532 Kit's Law Donna Morrissey 1999 Canadian English
5164 House Of Hate Percy Janes 1970 Canadian English
488 The Shipping News Annie Proulx 1993 Canadian English
5117 The Boat Who Wouldn't Float Farley Mowat 1969 Canadian English
8329 This All Happened Michael Winter 2000 Canadian English
7038 The Afterlife Of George Cartwright John Steffler 1992 Canadian English
9249 An Audience Of Chairs Joan Clark 2005 Canadian English
4516 The Channel Shore Charles Bruce 1954 Canadian English
9766 When The Earth Was Flat Raymond Fraser 2007 Canadian English
8258 Someone Knows My Name Lawrence Hill 2007 Canadian English
6242 Dictionary Of Newfoundland English G.M. Story 1982 Canadian English
9106 The Big Why Michael Winter 2004 Canadian English
7652 The Republic Of Nothing Lesley Choyce 1994 Canadian English
4629 The Governor's Lady Thomas H. Raddall 1960 Canadian English
5437 Death On The Ice Cassie Brown 1972 Canadian English
8196 The Living Beach Silver Donald Cameron 1998 Canadian English
7044 The Beothuk Way John Kitchen 1991 Canadian English
5772 His Majesty's Yankees Thomas H. Raddall 1977 Canadian English
7594 For Those Who Hunt The Wounded Down David Adams Richards 1993 Canadian English
9167 A Place Between The Tides Harry Thurston 2004 Canadian English
7949 George & Rue George Elliott Clarke 2005 Canadian English
8507 Latitudes Of Melt Joan Clark 2000 Canadian English
8238 Strange Heaven Lynn Coady 1998 Canadian English
8800 Heave Christy Ann Conlin 2002 Canadian English
4672 Rilla Ze Złotego Brzegu L. M. Montgomery 1921 Canadian English
4678 Each Man's Son Hugh MacLennan 1951 Canadian English
6591 The Story Of Bobby O'malley Wayne Johnston 1985 Canadian English
5957 The Education Of Everett Richardson Silver Donald Cameron 1977 Canadian English
6863 Footsteps On Old Floors Thomas H. Raddall 1988 Canadian English
9721 Inside Kenneth J. Harvey 2006 Canadian English
8861 The Navigator Of New York Wayne Johnston 2002 Canadian English
5570 A Whale For The Killing Farley Mowat 1972 Canadian English
9074 The Town That Forgot How To Breathe Kenneth J. Harvey 2003 Canadian English
7053 The Divine Ryans Wayne Johnston 1990 Canadian English
5381 Bluenose Ghosts Helen Creighton 1969 Canadian English
7714 We Were Not The Savages Daniel N. Paul 1993 Canadian English
6143 The Bannonbridge Musicians Raymond Fraser 1978 Canadian English
4290 Pélagie Antonine Maillet 1979 Canadian French
8588 The Accidental Indies Robert Finley 2000 Canadian English
8438 Baltimore's Mansion Wayne Johnston 1999 Canadian English
8218 Rum River Raymond Fraser 1997 Canadian English
9594 Alligator Lisa Moore 2005 Canadian English
9793 The Friends Of Meager Fortune David Adams Richards 2006 Canadian English
6745 Life With Billy Brian Vallee 1986 Canadian English
9311 Down To The Dirt Joel Hynes 2004 Canadian English
9992 The Lost Highway David Adams Richards 2007 Canadian English
8071 Gaff Topsails Patrick Kavanagh 1996 Canadian English
2592 Emily of New Moon L. M. Montgomery 1923 Canadian English
6101 The Foxes Of Beachy Cove Harold Horwood 1977 Canadian English
8625 Play The Monster Blind Lynn Coady 2000 Canadian English
5684 Various Persons Named Kevin O'brien Alden Nowlan 1973 Canadian English
9813 The Custodian Of Paradise Wayne Johnston 2006 Canadian English
2668 The Chrysalids John Wyndham 1955 Canadian English
2677 Anne Of The Island L. M. Montgomery 1915 Canadian English
2669 Sailing Alone Around the World Joshua Slocum 1900 Canadian English
9612 A Forest For Calum Frank MacDonald 2005 Canadian English
5385 Ox Bells And Fireflies Ernest Buckler 1968 Canadian English
9824 Mean Boy Lynn Coady 2006 Canadian English
9155 In A Cloud Of Dust And Smoke Raymond Fraser 2003 Canadian English
8787 Cape Breton Road D. R. MacDonald 2001 Canadian English
9329 Sylvanus Now Donna Morrissey 2004 Canadian English
6410 The Fighting Fisherman Raymond Fraser 1981 Canadian English
8244 19 Knives Mark Anthony Jarman 1997 Canadian English
3246 A Strange Manuscript Found In A Copper Cylinder James De Mille 1888 Canadian English
10020 The Architects Are Here Michael Winter 2007 Canadian English
7039 The Americans Are Coming Herb Curtis 1989 Canadian English
9623 Curse Of The Narrows Laura Mac Donald 2005 Canadian English
4823 Thirteen Years After; A Great War Veteran Returns To The Old Battlefields Will R. Bird 1931 Canadian English
8984 Downhill Chance Donna Morrissey 2002 Canadian English
6620 Sea Of Slaughter Farley Mowat 1984 Canadian English
8645 Water Marq de Villiers 2000 Canadian English
10026 The Nine Lives Of Charlotte Taylor Sally Armstrong 2007 Canadian English
8985 Sailors, Slackers And Blind Pigs Stephen Kimber 2002 Canadian English
8986 Nova Scotia, Shaped By The Sea Lesley Choyce 2002 Canadian English
10027 Ragged Islands Don Hannah 2007 Canadian English
10239 Burning Down The House Russell Wangersky 2008 Canadian English
9166 The Betrayer Michael Hennessey 2003 Canadian English
8793 Bittersweet Philip Lee 2001 Canadian English
10029 The Iambics Of Newfoundland Robert Finch 2007 Canadian English
4827 Red Soil Felix Perry 1926 Canadian English
6543 Voyage Of The Iceberg Richard Brown 1983 Canadian English