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
2927 Unless Carol Shields 2002 Canadian English
3527 All My Puny Sorrows Miriam Toews 2014 Canadian English
4286 In The Skin Of A Lion Michael Ondaatje 1987 Canadian English
4472 Alias Grace Margaret Atwood 1996 Canadian English
4500 How Should a Person Be? Sheila Heti 2010 Canadian English
5755 Brown Girl In The Ring Nalo Hopkinson 1998 Canadian English
6126 Three Day Road Joseph Boyden 2005 Canadian English
6671 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
7615 Don't Get Too Comfortable David Rakoff 2005 Canadian English
7679 Master Slave Husband Wife Ilyon Woo 2023 Unknown English
7762 Too Much Happiness Alice Munro 2009 Canadian English
7793 The Rebel Angels Robertson Davies 1981 Canadian English
8075 Nurture Shock Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman 2008 American English
9188 The Confidence Game Maria Konnikova 2015 American English
9719 The Terminal Experiment Robert J. Sawyer 1995 Canadian English
10014 The Architects Are Here Michael Winter 2007 Canadian English
10135 Dinner Along The Amazon Timothy Findley 1984 Canadian English
11216 The Color Of Violence INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence 2006 Unknown English
11286 Experimental Film Gemma Files 2015 Canadian English
11339 Best Loved Folktales Of The World Joanna Cole 1982 Unknown English
11408 Spin Robert Charles Wilson 2005 Canadian English
11629 Death By Video Game Simon Parkin 2015 British English
11660 The Moons Of Jupiter Alice Munro 1982 Canadian English
12039 Crash Override Zoë Quinn 2017 American English
13058 Detective Aunty Uzma Jalaluddin 2025 Canadian English
13735 Christianity In The Twentieth Century Brian Stanley 2018 British English
13941 Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life Bryan Lee O'Malley 2004 Canadian English
14492 A History Of Burning Janika Oza 2023 Unknown English
14629 The Gutenberg Galaxy Marshall McLuhan 1962 Canadian English
14983 Natasha And Other Stories David Bezmozgis 2004 Canadian English
14983 The Robber Bride Margaret Atwood 1993 Canadian English
17117 Flashforward Robert J. Sawyer 1999 Canadian English
17117 Swimming Studies Leanne Shapton 2012 Canadian English
17117 Conversations With Glenn Gould Jonathan Cott 1983 Canadian English
17117 George Sprott Seth 2009 Canadian English
17117 Motherhood Sheila Heti 2018 Canadian English
17117 Ayesha At Last Uzma Jalaluddin 2018 Canadian English
17117 The Global Soul Pico Iyer 2000 British English
17117 Whole Earth Discipline Stewart Brand 2009 American English
17117 The Paris Wife Paula McLain 2011 American English
17117 Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Bryan Lee O'Malley 2004 Canadian English
17117 Drawdown Paul Hawken 2017 American English
17117 Deadlock Sara Paretsky 1984 American English
17117 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17117 The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium Martin Gurri 2014 Unknown English
17117 This Summer Will Be Different Carley Fortune 2024 Unknown English
17117 Age 16 Rosena Fung 2024 Unknown English
17084 The Edible Woman Margaret Atwood 1969 Canadian English
17117 There And Back: Diaries 1999 2009 Michael Palin 2024 British English
17117 Endure Alex Hutchinson 2018 Canadian English
17117 Forty Words For Sorrow Giles Blunt 2000 Canadian English
17117 Holding Still For As Long As Possible Zoe Whittall 2009 Canadian English
17117 Six Metres Of Pavement Farzana Doctor 2011 Canadian English
17117 Skim Mariko Tamaki 2008 Canadian English
17117 The Amazing Absorbing Boy Rabindranath Maharaj 2010 Canadian English
17117 The Bishop's Man Linden MacIntyre 2009 Canadian English
17117 The Romantic Barbara Gowdy 2003 Canadian English
17117 The Wives Of Bath Susan Swan 1993 Canadian English
17117 The Sports Gene David Epstein 2013 American English
17117 The Brain That Changes Itself Norman Doidge 2007 Canadian English
17117 Swann Carol Shields 1987 Canadian English
17117 King Leary Paul Quarrington 1987 Canadian English
17117 The Summer Game Roger Angell 1972 American English
17117 Big Red Of Meadow Stable William Nack 1988 American English
17117 Big Game, Small World Alexander Wolff 2002 Unknown English
17117 Game Misconduct Russ Conway 1995 Unknown English
17117 The Power Of Meaning Emily Esfahani Smith 2017 American English
17117 Born Standing Up Steve Martin 2007 American English
17117 On Fire Naomi Klein 2019 Canadian English
17117 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17117 Him Sarina Bowen 2015 Unknown English
17117 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
17117 A History Of Burning Janika Oza 2023 Unknown English
17117 Be Mine Richard Ford 2023 American English
17117 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17117 Spare Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex 2023 British English
17117 Find You First Linwood Barclay 2021 Canadian English
17117 The Women's History Of The World Rosalind Miles 1988 British English
17117 The Climate Crisis And The Global Green New Deal Noam Chomsky 2020 American English
17117 Scott Pilgrim The Complete Series Bryan Lee O'Malley 2010 Canadian English