The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Toronto

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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
1261 The Blind Assassin Margaret Atwood 2000 Canadian English
1381 Station Eleven Emily St John Mandel 2014 Canadian English
1649 Cat's Eye Margaret Atwood 1988 Canadian English
1824 The Engineer of Human Souls Josef Škvorecký 1977 Czech Czech
2929 Unless Carol Shields 2002 Canadian English
3527 All My Puny Sorrows Miriam Toews 2014 Canadian English
4287 In The Skin Of A Lion Michael Ondaatje 1987 Canadian English
4474 Alias Grace Margaret Atwood 1996 Canadian English
4502 How Should a Person Be? Sheila Heti 2010 Canadian English
5758 Brown Girl In The Ring Nalo Hopkinson 1998 Canadian English
6129 Three Day Road Joseph Boyden 2005 Canadian English
6672 What The Dog Saw And Other Adventures Malcolm Gladwell 2009 Canadian English
6901 Raymond And Hannah Stephen Marche 2005 Canadian English
7101 The Glenn Gould Reader Glenn Gould 1984 Canadian English
7616 Don't Get Too Comfortable David Rakoff 2005 Canadian English
7680 Master Slave Husband Wife Ilyon Woo 2023 Unknown English
7764 Too Much Happiness Alice Munro 2009 Canadian English
7795 The Rebel Angels Robertson Davies 1981 Canadian English
8076 Nurture Shock Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman 2008 American English
9192 The Confidence Game Maria Konnikova 2015 American English
9722 The Terminal Experiment Robert J. Sawyer 1995 Canadian English
10018 The Architects Are Here Michael Winter 2007 Canadian English
10139 Dinner Along The Amazon Timothy Findley 1984 Canadian English
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
11632 Death By Video Game Simon Parkin 2015 British English
11663 The Moons Of Jupiter Alice Munro 1982 Canadian English
12041 Crash Override Zoë Quinn 2017 American English
13061 Detective Aunty Uzma Jalaluddin 2025 Canadian English
13736 Christianity In The Twentieth Century Brian Stanley 2018 British English
13941 Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life Bryan Lee O'Malley 2004 Canadian English
14493 A History Of Burning Janika Oza 2023 Unknown English
14630 The Gutenberg Galaxy Marshall McLuhan 1962 Canadian English
14985 Natasha And Other Stories David Bezmozgis 2004 Canadian English
14985 The Robber Bride Margaret Atwood 1993 Canadian English
17162 Flashforward Robert J. Sawyer 1999 Canadian English
17162 Swimming Studies Leanne Shapton 2012 Canadian English
17162 Conversations With Glenn Gould Jonathan Cott 1983 Canadian English
17162 George Sprott Seth 2009 Canadian English
17162 Motherhood Sheila Heti 2018 Canadian English
17162 Ayesha At Last Uzma Jalaluddin 2018 Canadian English
17162 The Global Soul Pico Iyer 2000 British English
17162 Whole Earth Discipline Stewart Brand 2009 American English
17162 The Paris Wife Paula McLain 2011 American English
17162 Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Bryan Lee O'Malley 2004 Canadian English
17162 Drawdown Paul Hawken 2017 American English
17162 Deadlock Sara Paretsky 1984 American English
17162 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17162 The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium Martin Gurri 2014 Unknown English
17162 This Summer Will Be Different Carley Fortune 2024 Unknown English
17162 Age 16 Rosena Fung 2024 Unknown English
17142 The Edible Woman Margaret Atwood 1969 Canadian English
17162 There And Back: Diaries 1999 2009 Michael Palin 2024 British English
17162 Endure Alex Hutchinson 2018 Canadian English
17162 Forty Words For Sorrow Giles Blunt 2000 Canadian English
17162 Holding Still For As Long As Possible Zoe Whittall 2009 Canadian English
17162 Six Metres Of Pavement Farzana Doctor 2011 Canadian English
17162 Skim Mariko Tamaki 2008 Canadian English
17162 The Amazing Absorbing Boy Rabindranath Maharaj 2010 Canadian English
17162 The Bishop's Man Linden MacIntyre 2009 Canadian English
17162 The Romantic Barbara Gowdy 2003 Canadian English
17162 The Wives Of Bath Susan Swan 1993 Canadian English
17162 The Sports Gene David Epstein 2013 American English
17162 The Brain That Changes Itself Norman Doidge 2007 Canadian English
17162 Swann Carol Shields 1987 Canadian English
17162 King Leary Paul Quarrington 1987 Canadian English
17162 The Summer Game Roger Angell 1972 American English
17162 Big Red Of Meadow Stable William Nack 1988 American English
17162 Big Game, Small World Alexander Wolff 2002 Unknown English
17162 Game Misconduct Russ Conway 1995 Unknown English
17162 The Power Of Meaning Emily Esfahani Smith 2017 American English
17162 Born Standing Up Steve Martin 2007 American English
17162 On Fire Naomi Klein 2019 Canadian English
17162 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17162 Him Sarina Bowen 2015 Unknown English
17162 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
17162 A History Of Burning Janika Oza 2023 Unknown English
17162 Be Mine Richard Ford 2023 American English
17162 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17162 Spare Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex 2023 British English
17162 Find You First Linwood Barclay 2021 Canadian English
17162 The Women's History Of The World Rosalind Miles 1988 British English
17162 The Climate Crisis And The Global Green New Deal Noam Chomsky 2020 American English
17162 Scott Pilgrim The Complete Series Bryan Lee O'Malley 2010 Canadian English
17162 Losing The Signal McNish, Jacquie, Silcoff, Sean 2015 Canadian English