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
12657 Eager Ben Goldfarb 2018 American English
12764 How To Share An Egg Bonny Reichert 2025 Unknown English
12872 Yarrow Charles de Lint 1986 Canadian English
12884 The Uncollected Stories Mavis Gallant 2025 Canadian English
12901 Nova Scotia House Charlie Porter 2025 Unknown English
13061 Detective Aunty Uzma Jalaluddin 2025 Canadian English
13255 House Of Psychotic Women Kier-La Janisse 2012 Unknown English
13279 The Adversary Michael Crummey 2024 Canadian English
13567 J Pod Douglas Coupland 2006 Canadian English
13600 Not Everybody Lives the Same Way Jean-Paul Dubois 2019 French French
13736 Christianity In The Twentieth Century Brian Stanley 2018 British English
13800 Dancing On Our Turtle's Back Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 2011 Canadian English
13924 No Highway Nevil Shute 1948 British English
13941 Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life Bryan Lee O'Malley 2004 Canadian English
13941 A Tale For The Time Being Ruth Ozeki 2013 American English
14025 Split Tooth Tanya Tagaq 2018 Canadian English
14025 Heart Berries Terese Marie Mailhot 2018 Canadian English
14025 The Wife's Tale Aida Edemariam 2018 Canadian English
14043 Memory Serves Lee Maracle 2015 Canadian English
14097 Trader Charles de Lint 1997 Canadian English
14121 Mulengro Charles de Lint 1997 Canadian English
14232 Memoirs Of A Polar Bear Yoko Tawada 2011 German German
14324 All The Devils Are Here Louise Penny 2020 Canadian English
14342 The Man From Glengarry Ralph Connor 1901 Canadian English
14433 Fault Lines Nancy Huston 2006 French French
14456 The Spell Of The Yukon Robert W. Service 1907 British English
14458 Cocksure Mordecai Richler 1968 Canadian English
14492 Every Summer After Carley Fortune 2022 Canadian English
14493 A History Of Burning Janika Oza 2023 Unknown English
14589 Fuzz Mary Roach 2021 American English
14626 Maria Chapdelaine Louis Hémon 1913 French French
14630 The Gutenberg Galaxy Marshall McLuhan 1962 Canadian English
14774 Oliver Wiswell Kenneth Roberts 1940 American English
14833 Railroader Howard Green 2018 Canadian English
14985 Wonderful Life Stephen Jay Gould 1989 American English
14985 Away Jane Urquhart 1993 Canadian English
14985 Dear Life Alice Munro 2012 Canadian English
14971 The Trumpet Of The Swan E. B. White 1970 American English
14985 Lullabies For Little Criminals Heather O'Neill 2006 Canadian English
14985 Natasha And Other Stories David Bezmozgis 2004 Canadian English
14985 The Outlander Gil Adamson 2007 Canadian English
14985 Elon Musk Walter Isaacson 2023 American English
14985 Into The Silence Wade Davis 2011 Canadian English
14985 The Glass Hotel Emily St John Mandel 2020 Canadian English
14985 Ornamentalism David Cannadine 2001 British English
14985 The Robber Bride Margaret Atwood 1993 Canadian English
14985 Ru Kim Thuy 2009 Canadian French
14985 The Englishman's Boy Guy Vanderhaeghe 1996 Canadian English
14985 Wolf Willow Wallace Stegner 1962 American English
14985 The Paper Bag Princess Robert Munsch 1980 Canadian English
14985 Held Anne Michaels 2023 Unknown English
15667 In The Valleys Of The Noble Beyond John Zada 2019 Unknown English
15858 Who Has Seen The Wind W. O. Mitchell 1947 Canadian English
15916 The Fur Trade In Canada Harold A. Innis 1930 Canadian English
15916 A Season In The Life Of Emmanuel Marie-Claire Blais, Derek Coltman 1965 Canadian French
15916 Sunshine Sketches Of A Little Town Stephen Leacock 1912 Canadian English
15916 Swamp Angel Ethel Wilson 1954 Canadian English
15916 The Double Hook Sheila Watson 1959 Canadian English
15916 Paddle To The Sea Holling C. Holling 1941 American English
15916 Proceed, Sergeant Lamb Robert Graves 1940 British English
15916 At Grand Central Station I Sat Down And Wept Elizabeth Smart 1945 Canadian English
15916 Northwest Passage Kenneth Roberts 1937 American English
15916 Arundel Kenneth Roberts 1930 American English
15916 Rabble In Arms Kenneth Roberts 1933 American English
15916 La Salle And The Discovery Of The Great West Francis Parkman 1869 American English
15895 Mountain Meadow John Buchan 1941 Scottish English
16596 Anne Of Avonlea L. M. Montgomery 1909 Canadian English
16777 The World Crisis Winston Churchill 1923 British English
17163 Masterworks of the Classical Haida Mythtellers Robert Bringhurst 2000 Canadian English
17163 The Tenderness of Wolves Stef Penney 2006 British English
16990 Kabloona Gontran de Poncins 1941 French French
17048 Journal of the Voyage to the Pacific Alexander Mackenzie 1801 Canadian English
17163 Liberty's Exiles Maya Jasanoff 2011 American English
17163 Larry's Party Carol Shields 1997 Canadian English
17163 Flashforward Robert J. Sawyer 1999 Canadian English
17163 A Jest Of God Margaret Laurence 1966 Canadian English
17163 Black Robe Brian Moore 1985 Canadian English
17163 The Fire Dwellers Margaret Laurence 1969 Canadian English
17163 Swimming Studies Leanne Shapton 2012 Canadian English
17163 Elijah Of Buxton Christopher Paul Curtis 2007 American English
17163 The Death And Life Of The Great Lakes Dan Egan 2017 American English
17163 Conversations With Glenn Gould Jonathan Cott 1983 Canadian English
17163 A Wilderness Station Alice Munro 1996 American English
17163 The Man Game Lee Henderson 2008 Canadian English
17163 Louis Riel Chester Brown 2003 Canadian English
17163 The Last Crossing Guy Vanderhaeghe 2002 Canadian English
17163 George Sprott Seth 2009 Canadian English
17163 Borrowed Finery Paula Fox 2001 American English
17163 Barkskins Annie Proulx 2016 American English
17163 Finding Winnie Lindsay Mattick 2015 Canadian English
17163 Motherhood Sheila Heti 2018 Canadian English
17163 The Game Ken Dryden 1983 Canadian English
17163 The Great Code Northrop Frye 1982 Canadian English
17163 Ayesha At Last Uzma Jalaluddin 2018 Canadian English
17163 The Victorian Internet Tom Standage 1998 British English
17163 The Global Soul Pico Iyer 2000 British English
17163 A Patriot's History Of The United States Larry Schweikart 2004 American English
17163 Alaska James A. Michener 1988 American English
17163 Whole Earth Discipline Stewart Brand 2009 American English
17163 The Paris Wife Paula McLain 2011 American English
17163 Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Bryan Lee O'Malley 2004 Canadian English
17163 Churchill Roy Jenkins 2001 British English
17163 Bad Cree Jessica Johns 2023 Unknown English
17163 Drawdown Paul Hawken 2017 American English
17163 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17163 The Grey Wolf Louise Penny 2024 Unknown Unknown
17163 Moon Of The Turning Leaves Waubgeshig Rice 2024 Canadian English
17163 Wrong Norma Anne Carson 2024 Unknown English
17163 A Year Of Last Things Michael Ondaatje 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Secret History Of Bigfoot John O'Connor 2024 Unknown Unknown
17163 American Civil Wars Alan Taylor 2024 American English
17163 The Jade Peony Wayson Choy 1995 Canadian English
17163 Deadlock Sara Paretsky 1984 American English
17163 The First American H.W. Brands 2000 American English
17163 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17163 The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium Martin Gurri 2014 Unknown English
17163 A Way To Be Happy Caroline Adderson 2024 Canadian English
17163 Death By A Thousand Cuts Shashi Bhat 2024 Unknown English
17163 What I Know About You Éric Chacour 2024 Unknown French
17163 Curiosities Anne Fleming 2024 Canadian English