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
7764 Too Much Happiness Alice Munro 2009 Canadian English
7766 This Is Your Brain On Music Daniel J. Levitin 2006 Canadian English
7795 The Rebel Angels Robertson Davies 1981 Canadian English
7850 The Birth House Ami McKay 2006 Canadian English
7949 George & Rue George Elliott Clarke 2005 Canadian English
8009 The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz Mordecai Richler 1959 Canadian English
8032 Notes From The Century Before Edward Hoagland 1969 American English
8071 Gaff Topsails Patrick Kavanagh 1996 Canadian English
8076 Nurture Shock Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman 2008 American English
8107 The Moccasin Maker E. Pauline Johnson 1913 Canadian English
8107 Purple Springs Nellie L. McClung 1921 Canadian English
8196 The Living Beach Silver Donald Cameron 1998 Canadian English
8223 Island Alistair MacLeod 2000 Canadian English
8237 Strange Heaven Lynn Coady 1998 Canadian English
8257 Someone Knows My Name Lawrence Hill 2007 Canadian English
8328 This All Happened Michael Winter 2000 Canadian English
8353 River Thieves Michael Crummey 2001 Canadian English
8437 Baltimore's Mansion Wayne Johnston 1999 Canadian English
8473 Poems Of Anne Hébert Anne Hébert 1960 Canadian French
8506 Latitudes Of Melt Joan Clark 2000 Canadian English
8563 Open Lisa Moore 2002 Canadian English
8623 Play The Monster Blind Lynn Coady 2000 Canadian English
8643 Water Marq de Villiers 2000 Canadian English
8727 In Praise Of Older Women Stephen Vizinczey 1965 Canadian English
8785 Cape Breton Road D. R. MacDonald 2001 Canadian English
8798 Heave Christy Ann Conlin 2002 Canadian English
8833 Fire Weather John Vaillant 2023 Canadian English
8859 The Navigator Of New York Wayne Johnston 2002 Canadian English
8982 Downhill Chance Donna Morrissey 2002 Canadian English
8983 Sailors, Slackers And Blind Pigs Stephen Kimber 2002 Canadian English
8984 Nova Scotia, Shaped By The Sea Lesley Choyce 2002 Canadian English
9062 The Book Of Records Madeleine Thien 2025 Canadian English
9072 The Town That Forgot How To Breathe Kenneth J. Harvey 2003 Canadian English
9093 The Cunning Man Robertson Davies 1994 Canadian English
9104 The Big Why Michael Winter 2004 Canadian English
9154 The Curve Of Time M. Wylie Blanchet 1961 Canadian English
9165 A Place Between The Tides Harry Thurston 2004 Canadian English
9176 Anima Wajdi Mouawad 2012 French French
9192 Happy City Charles Montgomery 2013 Canadian English
9192 The Confidence Game Maria Konnikova 2015 American English
9247 An Audience Of Chairs Joan Clark 2005 Canadian English
9282 What Hath God Wrought Daniel Walker Howe 2007 American English
9310 Down To The Dirt Joel Hynes 2004 Canadian English
9328 Sylvanus Now Donna Morrissey 2004 Canadian English
9377 Incredible Adventures Algernon Blackwood 1914 British English
9593 Alligator Lisa Moore 2005 Canadian English
9611 A Forest For Calum Frank MacDonald 2005 Canadian English
9622 Curse Of The Narrows Laura Mac Donald 2005 Canadian English
9698 I Heard The Owl Call My Name Margaret Craven 1967 Canadian English
9723 The Terminal Experiment Robert J. Sawyer 1995 Canadian English
9720 Inside Kenneth J. Harvey 2006 Canadian English
9744 Something I've Been Meaning To Tell You Alice Munro 1974 Canadian English
9792 The Friends Of Meager Fortune David Adams Richards 2006 Canadian English
9810 Journal Julie Delporte 2013 Unknown French
9812 The Custodian Of Paradise Wayne Johnston 2006 Canadian English
9823 Mean Boy Lynn Coady 2006 Canadian English
9834 Barney's Version Mordecai Richler 1997 Canadian English
9896 The Love of a Good Woman Alice Munro 1998 Canadian English
9946 Medicine Walk Richard Wagamese 2014 Canadian English
9991 The Lost Highway David Adams Richards 2007 Canadian English
10019 The Architects Are Here Michael Winter 2007 Canadian English
10025 The Nine Lives Of Charlotte Taylor Sally Armstrong 2007 Canadian English
10026 Ragged Islands Don Hannah 2007 Canadian English
10028 The Iambics Of Newfoundland Robert Finch 2007 Canadian English
10059 A Truce That Is Not Peace Miriam Toews 2025 Canadian English
10092 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10140 Dinner Along The Amazon Timothy Findley 1984 Canadian English
10182 Monkey Beach Eden Robinson 2000 Canadian English
10212 Halfbreed Maria Campbell 1973 Canadian English
10221 What's Bred In The Bone Robertson Davies 1985 Canadian English
10239 Burning Down The House Russell Wangersky 2008 Canadian English
10264 The Warrior Who Carried Life Geoff Ryman 1985 British English
10368 Isola Allegra Goodman 2025 American English
10454 Churchill Andrew Roberts 2018 British English
10526 Endling Maria Reva 2025 Canadian English
10550 Pageboy Elliot Page 2023 Canadian English
10602 Book Of Lives Margaret Atwood 2025 Canadian English
10687 What An Owl Knows Jennifer Ackerman 2023 Unknown English
10716 Fi Alexandra Fuller 2024 Unknown English
10877 Lost In Translation Eva Hoffman 1989 Canadian English
10993 Happenstance Carol Shields 1980 Canadian English
11006 Friend Of My Youth Alice Munro 1990 Canadian English
11026 Alphabetical Diaries Sheila Heti 2024 Unknown Unknown
11223 The Color Of Violence INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence 2006 Unknown English
11293 Experimental Film Gemma Files 2015 Canadian English
11346 Best Loved Folktales Of The World Joanna Cole 1982 Unknown English
11414 Spin Robert Charles Wilson 2005 Canadian English
11440 Field Notes From A Catastrophe Elizabeth Kolbert 2006 American English
11483 Why Comics? Hillary L. Chute 2017 American English
11508 The Roaring Girl Greg Hollingshead 1995 Canadian English
11508 The Coming Bad Days Sarah Bernstein 2021 Canadian English
11547 Beautiful Losers Leonard Cohen 1966 Canadian English
11565 Nox Anne Carson 2010 Canadian English
11569 The Swallower Swallowed Réjean Ducharme 1966 Canadian French
11582 The Devil Is Loose Antonine Maillet 1986 Canadian French
11601 World of Wonders Robertson Davies 1975 Canadian English
11611 A Complicated Kindness Miriam Toews 2005 Canadian English
11613 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11632 Death By Video Game Simon Parkin 2015 British English
11637 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11649 A Secular Age Charles Taylor 2007 Canadian English
11663 The Boy In The Moon Ian Brown 2009 Canadian English
11663 The Moons Of Jupiter Alice Munro 1982 Canadian English
11663 The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams 2018 American English
11813 My Father's House Sylvia Fraser 1987 Canadian English
11827 I Am Woman Lee Maracle 1988 Canadian English
11895 The Bird Artist Howard Norman 1994 Canadian English
11901 Sans Souci And Other Stories Dionne Brand 1988 Canadian English
11941 The Life of Sir William Osler Harvey Cushing 1925 American English
12041 Crash Override Zoë Quinn 2017 American English
12182 Pick A Color Souvankham Thammavongsa 2025 Canadian English
12244 Cannon Lee Lai 2025 Australian English
12259 Disappearing Moon Cafe Sky Lee 1990 Canadian English
12326 The Collected Stories Of Mavis Gallant Mavis Gallant 1996 Canadian English
12421 Moonheart Charles de Lint 1984 Canadian English
12515 Child Of Her People Anne Cameron 1991 Canadian English
12515 The Montreal Massacre Louise Malette, Marie Chalouh 1991 Canadian French
12563 The Migrant Rain Falls In Reverse Vinh Nguyen 2025 Unknown English
12588 The Ice Master Jennifer Niven 2000 American English
12657 Patient H.M. Luke Dittrich 2016 American English