The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Canada

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
132 The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood 1985 Canadian English
230 The Call of the Wild Jack London 1903 American English
250 Anne of Green Gables L. M. Montgomery 1908 Canadian English
488 The Shipping News Annie Proulx 1993 Canadian English
644 The English Patient Michael Ondaatje 1992 Canadian English
918 The Plot Against America Philip Roth 2004 American English
933 Lives of Girls and Women Alice Munro 1971 Canadian English
1142 Life of Pi Yann Martel 2001 Canadian English
1261 The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood 2000 Canadian English
1285 Selected Stories of Alice Munro Alice Munro 1996 Canadian English
1344 The Emigrants W. G. Sebald 1992 German German
1381 Station Eleven Emily St John Mandel 2014 Canadian English
1563 Runaway Alice Munro 2004 Canadian English
1567 To Build A Fire Jack London 1902 American English
1571 Fifth Business Robertson Davies 1970 Canadian English
1606 White Fang Jack London 1906 American English
1649 Cat's Eye Margaret Atwood 1988 Canadian English
1697 The Stone Diaries Carol Shields 1993 Canadian English
1766 Who Do You Think You Are? Alice Munro 1978 Canadian English
1800 The Deptford Trilogy Robertson Davies 1970 Canadian English
1824 The Engineer of Human Souls Josef Škvorecký 1977 Czech Czech
1890 Obasan Joy Kogawa 1981 Canadian English
1904 The Diviners Margaret Laurence 1974 Canadian English
2140 Shadows on the Rock Willa Cather 1931 American English
2175 Surfacing Margaret Atwood 1972 Canadian English
2184 No Logo Naomi Klein 1999 Canadian English
2468 Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage Alice Munro 2001 Canadian English
2474 Fall On Your Knees Ann-Marie MacDonald 1996 Canadian English
2604 The Wars Timothy Findley 1977 Canadian English
2677 Anne Of The Island L. M. Montgomery 1915 Canadian English
2699 Cod Mark Kurlansky 1997 American English
2841 The Stone Angel Margaret Laurence 1964 Canadian English
2920 Barometer Rising Hugh MacLennan 1941 Canadian English
2923 The Progress of Love Alice Munro 1986 Canadian English
2929 Unless Carol Shields 2002 Canadian English
2957 Fugitive Pieces Anne Michaels 1996 Canadian English
2988 Two Solitudes Hugh MacLennan 1945 Canadian English
3140 Great Heart James West Davidson, John Rugge 1988 American English
3247 A Strange Manuscript Found In A Copper Cylinder James De Mille 1888 Canadian English
3324 The Tin Flute Gabrielle Roy 1945 Canadian French
3469 The Story Of English Robert McCrum 1986 British English
3527 All My Puny Sorrows Miriam Toews 2014 Canadian English
3625 The Lost Salt Gift Of Blood Alistair MacLeod 1976 Canadian English
3626 Bear Marian Engel 1976 Canadian English
4071 The Mountain And The Valley Ernest Buckler 1954 Canadian English
4161 Rockbound Frank Parker Day 1928 Canadian English
4188 The Nymph And The Lamp Thomas H. Raddall 1950 Canadian English
4287 In The Skin Of A Lion Michael Ondaatje 1987 Canadian English
4290 Pélagie Antonine Maillet 1979 Canadian French
4368 The Clockmaker Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1800 Canadian English
4395 Halifax, Warden Of The North Thomas H. Raddall 1948 Canadian English
4474 Alias Grace Margaret Atwood 1996 Canadian English
4502 How Should a Person Be? Sheila Heti 2010 Canadian English
4516 The Channel Shore Charles Bruce 1954 Canadian English
4528 The Medium Is The Massage Marshall McLuhan 1967 Canadian English
4568 No Great Mischief Alistair MacLeod 1999 Canadian English
4629 The Governor's Lady Thomas H. Raddall 1960 Canadian English
4672 Rilla Ze Złotego Brzegu L. M. Montgomery 1921 Canadian English
4678 Each Man's Son Hugh MacLennan 1951 Canadian English
4754 Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism Chogyam Trungpa 1973 Multiple English
4900 The Redeemed Captive John Williams 1707 American English
4934 The Terror Dan Simmons 2007 American English
5117 The Boat Who Wouldn't Float Farley Mowat 1969 Canadian English
5164 House Of Hate Percy Janes 1970 Canadian English
5259 Solomon Gursky Was Here Mordecai Richler 1989 Canadian English
5381 Bluenose Ghosts Helen Creighton 1969 Canadian English
5385 Ox Bells And Fireflies Ernest Buckler 1968 Canadian English
5390 St. Urbain's Horseman Mordecai Richler 1971 Canadian English
5437 Death On The Ice Cassie Brown 1972 Canadian English
5458 Mercy Among The Children David Adams Richards 2000 Canadian English
5570 A Whale For The Killing Farley Mowat 1972 Canadian English
5595 World War Z Max Brooks 2006 American English
5604 Canada Richard Ford 2012 American English
5630 Hatchet Gary Paulsen 1987 American English
5721 Warlight Michael Ondaatje 2018 Canadian English
5749 Open Secrets Alice Munro 1994 Canadian English
5758 Brown Girl In The Ring Nalo Hopkinson 1998 Canadian English
5772 His Majesty's Yankees Thomas H. Raddall 1977 Canadian English
5857 The Oregon Trail Francis Parkman 1849 American English
5939 The Turning Point Fritjof Capra 1982 American English
5957 The Education Of Everett Richardson Silver Donald Cameron 1977 Canadian English
6101 The Foxes Of Beachy Cove Harold Horwood 1977 Canadian English
6125 The First Garden Anne Hébert 1988 Canadian French
6128 Selected Poems, 1965-1975 Margaret Atwood 1976 Canadian English
6129 Three Day Road Joseph Boyden 2005 Canadian English
6134 L'hiver De Force Réjean Ducharme 1973 Canadian French
6143 The Bannonbridge Musicians Raymond Fraser 1978 Canadian English
6182 The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams Wayne Johnston 1998 Canadian English
6214 Doppelganger Naomi Klein 2023 Canadian English
6242 Dictionary Of Newfoundland English G.M. Story 1982 Canadian English
6363 Girlfriend In A Coma Douglas Coupland 1998 Canadian English
6410 The Fighting Fisherman Raymond Fraser 1981 Canadian English
6522 Crow Lake Mary Lawson 2002 Canadian English
6532 Kit's Law Donna Morrissey 1999 Canadian English
6543 Voyage Of The Iceberg Richard Brown 1983 Canadian English
6562 Nights Below Station Street David Adams Richards 1988 Canadian English
6578 Indian Horse Richard Wagamese 2012 Canadian English
6591 The Story Of Bobby O'malley Wayne Johnston 1985 Canadian English
6607 Still Life Louise Penny 2005 Canadian English
6620 Sea Of Slaughter Farley Mowat 1984 Canadian English
6672 What The Dog Saw And Other Adventures Malcolm Gladwell 2009 Canadian English
6745 Life With Billy Brian Vallee 1986 Canadian English
6802 Random Passage Bernice Morgan 1992 Canadian English
6812 Scorched Wajdi Mouawad 2003 French French
6901 Raymond And Hannah Stephen Marche 2005 Canadian English
6903 Selected Poems II Margaret Atwood 1987 Canadian English
6906 Washington Black Esi Edugyan 2018 Canadian English
6989 Red China Blues Jan Wong 1996 Canadian English
7038 The Afterlife Of George Cartwright John Steffler 1992 Canadian English
7039 The Americans Are Coming Herb Curtis 1989 Canadian English
7044 The Beothuk Way John Kitchen 1991 Canadian English
7053 The Divine Ryans Wayne Johnston 1990 Canadian English
7101 The Glenn Gould Reader Glenn Gould 1984 Canadian English
7137 Bury Your Dead Louise Penny 2010 Canadian English
7594 For Those Who Hunt The Wounded Down David Adams Richards 1993 Canadian English
7616 Don't Get Too Comfortable David Rakoff 2005 Canadian English
7649 Jalna Mazo de La Roche 1927 Canadian English
7652 The Republic Of Nothing Lesley Choyce 1994 Canadian English
7680 Master Slave Husband Wife Ilyon Woo 2023 Unknown English
7714 We Were Not The Savages Daniel N. Paul 1993 Canadian English