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
7762 Too Much Happiness Alice Munro 2009 Canadian English
7764 This Is Your Brain On Music Daniel J. Levitin 2006 Canadian English
7793 The Rebel Angels Robertson Davies 1981 Canadian English
7849 The Birth House Ami McKay 2006 Canadian English
7948 George & Rue George Elliott Clarke 2005 Canadian English
8008 The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz Mordecai Richler 1959 Canadian English
8031 Notes From The Century Before Edward Hoagland 1969 American English
8070 Gaff Topsails Patrick Kavanagh 1996 Canadian English
8075 Nurture Shock Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman 2008 American English
8105 The Moccasin Maker E. Pauline Johnson 1913 Canadian English
8105 Purple Springs Nellie L. McClung 1921 Canadian English
8194 The Living Beach Silver Donald Cameron 1998 Canadian English
8221 Island Alistair MacLeod 2000 Canadian English
8235 Strange Heaven Lynn Coady 1998 Canadian English
8255 Someone Knows My Name Lawrence Hill 2007 Canadian English
8326 This All Happened Michael Winter 2000 Canadian English
8351 River Thieves Michael Crummey 2001 Canadian English
8434 Baltimore's Mansion Wayne Johnston 1999 Canadian English
8469 Poems Of Anne Hébert Anne Hébert 1960 Canadian French
8502 Latitudes Of Melt Joan Clark 2000 Canadian English
8560 Open Lisa Moore 2002 Canadian English
8620 Play The Monster Blind Lynn Coady 2000 Canadian English
8640 Water Marq de Villiers 2000 Canadian English
8723 In Praise Of Older Women Stephen Vizinczey 1965 Canadian English
8781 Cape Breton Road D. R. MacDonald 2001 Canadian English
8794 Heave Christy Ann Conlin 2002 Canadian English
8830 Fire Weather John Vaillant 2023 Canadian English
8856 The Navigator Of New York Wayne Johnston 2002 Canadian English
8979 Downhill Chance Donna Morrissey 2002 Canadian English
8980 Sailors, Slackers And Blind Pigs Stephen Kimber 2002 Canadian English
8981 Nova Scotia, Shaped By The Sea Lesley Choyce 2002 Canadian English
9058 The Book Of Records Madeleine Thien 2025 Canadian English
9068 The Town That Forgot How To Breathe Kenneth J. Harvey 2003 Canadian English
9089 The Cunning Man Robertson Davies 1994 Canadian English
9100 The Big Why Michael Winter 2004 Canadian English
9150 The Curve Of Time M. Wylie Blanchet 1961 Canadian English
9161 A Place Between The Tides Harry Thurston 2004 Canadian English
9173 Anima Wajdi Mouawad 2012 French French
9189 Happy City Charles Montgomery 2013 Canadian English
9189 The Confidence Game Maria Konnikova 2015 American English
9244 An Audience Of Chairs Joan Clark 2005 Canadian English
9278 What Hath God Wrought Daniel Walker Howe 2007 American English
9306 Down To The Dirt Joel Hynes 2004 Canadian English
9324 Sylvanus Now Donna Morrissey 2004 Canadian English
9373 Incredible Adventures Algernon Blackwood 1914 British English
9589 Alligator Lisa Moore 2005 Canadian English
9607 A Forest For Calum Frank MacDonald 2005 Canadian English
9618 Curse Of The Narrows Laura Mac Donald 2005 Canadian English
9694 I Heard The Owl Call My Name Margaret Craven 1967 Canadian English
9719 The Terminal Experiment Robert J. Sawyer 1995 Canadian English
9716 Inside Kenneth J. Harvey 2006 Canadian English
9740 Something I've Been Meaning To Tell You Alice Munro 1974 Canadian English
9788 The Friends Of Meager Fortune David Adams Richards 2006 Canadian English
9806 Journal Julie Delporte 2013 Unknown French
9808 The Custodian Of Paradise Wayne Johnston 2006 Canadian English
9819 Mean Boy Lynn Coady 2006 Canadian English
9830 Barney's Version Mordecai Richler 1997 Canadian English
9892 The Love of a Good Woman Alice Munro 1998 Canadian English
9941 Medicine Walk Richard Wagamese 2014 Canadian English
9986 The Lost Highway David Adams Richards 2007 Canadian English
10014 The Architects Are Here Michael Winter 2007 Canadian English
10020 The Nine Lives Of Charlotte Taylor Sally Armstrong 2007 Canadian English
10021 Ragged Islands Don Hannah 2007 Canadian English
10023 The Iambics Of Newfoundland Robert Finch 2007 Canadian English
10053 A Truce That Is Not Peace Miriam Toews 2025 Canadian English
10086 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10135 Dinner Along The Amazon Timothy Findley 1984 Canadian English
10176 Monkey Beach Eden Robinson 2000 Canadian English
10206 Halfbreed Maria Campbell 1973 Canadian English
10215 What's Bred In The Bone Robertson Davies 1985 Canadian English
10233 Burning Down The House Russell Wangersky 2008 Canadian English
10259 The Warrior Who Carried Life Geoff Ryman 1985 British English
10363 Isola Allegra Goodman 2025 American English
10449 Churchill Andrew Roberts 2018 British English
10521 Endling Maria Reva 2025 Canadian English
10545 Pageboy Elliot Page 2023 Canadian English
10597 Book Of Lives Margaret Atwood 2025 Canadian English
10682 What An Owl Knows Jennifer Ackerman 2023 Unknown English
10711 Fi Alexandra Fuller 2024 Unknown English
10872 Lost In Translation Eva Hoffman 1989 Canadian English
10989 Happenstance Carol Shields 1980 Canadian English
11001 Friend Of My Youth Alice Munro 1990 Canadian English
11021 Alphabetical Diaries Sheila Heti 2024 Unknown Unknown
11218 The Color Of Violence INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence 2006 Unknown English
11288 Experimental Film Gemma Files 2015 Canadian English
11341 Best Loved Folktales Of The World Joanna Cole 1982 Unknown English
11410 Spin Robert Charles Wilson 2005 Canadian English
11436 Field Notes From A Catastrophe Elizabeth Kolbert 2006 American English
11480 Why Comics? Hillary L. Chute 2017 American English
11505 The Roaring Girl Greg Hollingshead 1995 Canadian English
11505 The Coming Bad Days Sarah Bernstein 2021 Canadian English
11544 Beautiful Losers Leonard Cohen 1966 Canadian English
11563 Nox Anne Carson 2010 Canadian English
11567 The Swallower Swallowed Réjean Ducharme 1966 Canadian French
11579 The Devil Is Loose Antonine Maillet 1986 Canadian French
11598 World of Wonders Robertson Davies 1975 Canadian English
11608 A Complicated Kindness Miriam Toews 2005 Canadian English
11610 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11629 Death By Video Game Simon Parkin 2015 British English
11634 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11646 A Secular Age Charles Taylor 2007 Canadian English
11660 The Boy In The Moon Ian Brown 2009 Canadian English
11660 The Moons Of Jupiter Alice Munro 1982 Canadian English
11660 The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams 2018 American English
11811 My Father's House Sylvia Fraser 1987 Canadian English
11825 I Am Woman Lee Maracle 1988 Canadian English
11893 The Bird Artist Howard Norman 1994 Canadian English
11899 Sans Souci And Other Stories Dionne Brand 1988 Canadian English
11939 The Life of Sir William Osler Harvey Cushing 1925 American English
12039 Crash Override Zoë Quinn 2017 American English
12181 Pick A Color Souvankham Thammavongsa 2025 Canadian English
12243 Cannon Lee Lai 2025 Australian English
12258 Disappearing Moon Cafe Sky Lee 1990 Canadian English
12324 The Collected Stories Of Mavis Gallant Mavis Gallant 1996 Canadian English
12419 Moonheart Charles de Lint 1984 Canadian English
12513 Child Of Her People Anne Cameron 1991 Canadian English
12513 The Montreal Massacre Louise Malette, Marie Chalouh 1991 Canadian French
12561 The Migrant Rain Falls In Reverse Vinh Nguyen 2025 Unknown English
12586 The Ice Master Jennifer Niven 2000 American English
12655 Patient H.M. Luke Dittrich 2016 American English