The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Montreal

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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
2986 Two Solitudes Hugh MacLennan 1945 Canadian English
3324 The Tin Flute Gabrielle Roy 1945 Canadian French
4899 The Redeemed Captive John Williams 1707 American English
5258 Solomon Gursky Was Here Mordecai Richler 1989 Canadian English
5388 St. Urbain's Horseman Mordecai Richler 1971 Canadian English
6131 L'hiver De Force Réjean Ducharme 1973 Canadian French
6989 Red China Blues Jan Wong 1996 Canadian English
7764 This Is Your Brain On Music Daniel J. Levitin 2006 Canadian English
8008 The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz Mordecai Richler 1959 Canadian English
9173 Anima Wajdi Mouawad 2012 French French
9830 Barney's Version Mordecai Richler 1997 Canadian English
11341 Best Loved Folktales Of The World Joanna Cole 1982 Unknown English
11544 Beautiful Losers Leonard Cohen 1966 Canadian English
11567 The Swallower Swallowed Réjean Ducharme 1966 Canadian French
11646 A Secular Age Charles Taylor 2007 Canadian English
12513 The Montreal Massacre Louise Malette, Marie Chalouh 1991 Canadian French
12655 Patient H.M. Luke Dittrich 2016 American English
13599 Not Everybody Lives the Same Way Jean-Paul Dubois 2019 French French
14457 Cocksure Mordecai Richler 1968 Canadian English
14983 Lullabies For Little Criminals Heather O'Neill 2006 Canadian English
14983 Elon Musk Walter Isaacson 2023 American English
14983 Ru Kim Thuy 2009 Canadian French
15897 Paddle To The Sea Holling C. Holling 1941 American English
15897 Proceed, Sergeant Lamb Robert Graves 1940 British English
15897 Northwest Passage Kenneth Roberts 1937 American English
15897 Rabble In Arms Kenneth Roberts 1933 American English
15897 La Salle And The Discovery Of The Great West Francis Parkman 1869 American English
17119 Borrowed Finery Paula Fox 2001 American English
17119 The Game Ken Dryden 1983 Canadian English
17119 Montreal Standard Time Mavis Gallant 2024 Canadian Unknown
17119 Sir John A. Macdonald And The Apocalyptic Year 1885 Patrice Dutil 2024 Canadian English
17119 Bone And Bread Saleema Nawaz 2013 Canadian English
17119 How To Make Love To A Negro Without Getting Tired Dany Laferriere 1989 Canadian French
17119 King Leary Paul Quarrington 1987 Canadian English
17119 Rainbow Black Maggie Thrash 2024 Unknown English
17119 Because Internet Gretchen McCulloch 2019 Canadian English
16905 Fate Is The Hunter Ernest K. Gann 1961 American English
17119 Ghosts Of The Orphanage Christine Kenneally 2023 Unknown English
17119 Migratory Birds Mariana Oliver 2014 Mexican Spanish