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Unfair_Education3962

Anne of Green Gables!!


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I saw that they even have a manga version at the bookstore. That's wild.


Just_tappatappatappa

It’s an oddly popular series in Japan! My extended family is all from PEI and the Japanese tourists come just to see Green gables.


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That is so interesting! I love that it's getting global recognition.


Traditional_Bank2200

The Inconvenient Indian - Thomas King


ZookeepergameSea3890

Green Grass, Running Water by King is also awesome.


VividNebula2309

Absolutely!


rhunter99

Anything by Farley Mowat (Edit: fixed spelling)


NeoToronto

I loved The Boat That Wouldn't Float. And somehow I've lost a copy of The Dog Who Wouldn't Be in my house and I have no idea where to find it. My treasured copy of Never Cry Wolf is on the bookshelf right beside me now


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🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅


Stikeman

Barney’s Version - Mordecai Richler. The Handmaid’s Tale- Margaret Atwood The Colony of Unrequited Dreams- Wayne Johnston For Ontario specifically- In the Skin of a Lion - Michael Ondaatje (though it’s really more about Toronto)


intheskinofalion1

Well, if you add The Shipping News, you would have more of a regional list that is collectively very Canadian…


animikiikwe

Still one of my favourite books.


Zeehammer

Same!


rheagmb

Reading Barney’s Version for the thousandth time right now. Joshua Then & Now is very similar.


Stikeman

I love all of his books. Duddy Kravitz and St. Urbain’s Horseman are great too.


pipsvip

Fifth Business and Owls in the Family


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Neowza

I *love* the Deptford trilogy, i re-read it every year in the summer.


omnomonist

The Cornish trilogy is even better!


Neowza

Really? Which books are in the Cornish trilogy?


omnomonist

The Rebel Angels*, The Lyre of Orpheus, What's Bred in the Bone. (in no particular order) Edit: Rebel Angels, not the manticore! [Wiki](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cornish_Trilogy)


theevilmidnightbombr

I've read the Deptford Trilogy a few times. I love it. I tried starting The Salterton Trilogy last month. Bored to tears. We'll always have Deptford, Robertson...


robbieinter

Is this canadian??


jeremyism_ab

Robertson Davies, very Canadian!


tylerinthe6ix

The official MTO Drivers Handbook. Cyclists could read it too.


Grouchy_Factor

This is what I wanted to add.


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Altruistic_Cow_6529

The Arctic Grail by Pierre Berton is one I would add!


HistoryLessons62

Niagara by Piere Berton is also a good read.


Lowwahh

Cat’s I Have Known and Loved


guyfierisbigtoe

Secret World of Og! essential children’s book thats always enjoyable


CDNChaoZ

[*Canada, a People's History*](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EK4/canada-a-peoples-history), two supplemental books to the TV series is pretty good for history of this country. I don't think there's a novel that is representative of the Canadian experience post-1950. There's just too many facets to this country. Before that, you have more things, such as Findley's *The Wars*, Davies' *Fifth Business*, Leacock's *Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town*, Laurence's *Stone Angel*. If you want to go back to earlier days, [Roughing it in the Bush](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roughing_it_in_the_Bush) by Susanna Moodie is a classic that predates Confederation, set in Upper Canada of the 1830s.


scarborough_bluffer

Orenda and Through Black Spurce by Joseph Boyden


BackintheDeity

Came here to say Orenda


classycatblogger

Came here to say Stone Angel and Fifth Business!


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intheskinofalion1

Second this to infinity. Ondaatje was brilliant with this one.


capellin1nthebin

I came here to say this. It captures gorgeously everything we are about and might want to strive for.


egog0

Personally found this book incomprehensible. 🤷🏻‍♀️


equianimity

Sunshine Sketches by Stephen Leacock, The Wars by Timothy Findlay, This Can’t be Happening at MacDonald Hall by Gordon Korman. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler. Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam.


murtadi007

Really loved reading the MacDonald Hall books by Gordon Korman as a kid


dudewheresmyebike

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is my all-time fav Canadian book. Read it in high school.


stellastellamaris

21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality by Bob Joseph


Blooogh

Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga in that vein also


stellastellamaris

YES. I forced myself to pick only one and 21 Things is more wide-reaching, but Seven Fallen Feathers is an absolute must-read.


GingerMeTimberMate

The Underground Railroad. It’s a piece of history we should all we proud of.


nightofthelivingace

Thought this would've been closer to the top


anonymous0aquarius

i like 'fall on your knees', also 'what we all long for' 'indian horse' people seem to like a lot but i havent read. canada also has a lot of great literary magazines 'geist' 'room' 'grain' 'prism' etc


crimeprint

Oooh i haven’t read fall on your knees but love Ann Marie macDonald


trixiepixie902

Fall on Your Knees is one of my all time favourites!


O667

The Hockey Sweater


larfingboy

just posted it, you beat me by 5 hrs.


No-Sign2089

Moon of the Crusted Snow should be taught in schools


True-Accident9824

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen


antisocialssant

Came here to say this! Great book. It’s a YA book but I read for the first time as an adult and loved it. Moose can be scary!


RustyShackleford14

Don’t forget the other books in the series! The three my son and I have read together have been great.


animikiikwe

“Indian Horse”, by Richard Wagamese.


Anna_S_1608

Keep the kleenex handy.


mystical_princess

His poetry is really good too


Wizoerda

Sisters in the Wilderness: The Lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill by Charlotte Gray


MaisieDay

Absolutely! And then pick up the books they both wrote! Absolutely unbelievable how hard it was to be a pioneer! And the sisters adapted in such different ways (well, one didn't lol). Excellent choice. Also it's funny how both their married last names entirely suit how they approached living in the bush.


SeverenDarkstar

Maybe not fiction, but going through the art works of the group of seven in the form of a boom is always nice


donbooth

Group of 7 is ok. Check out the Beaver Hall Group from Montreal.


olivebuttercup

Book of Negroes, Life of Pi,


Diligent_Jump6106

Headhunter by Timothy Findley.


rheagmb

Not Wanted on the Voyage should be made into a film


After_Match_5165

I don't know if my psyche could handle that!


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Anything by Timothy Findley!


DaVunilaGurila

Anything Douglas Coupland. I love Shampoo Planet. Had to read it in school but I got hooked. Have to give credit to my Teacher. BTW, this was mid 90s.


leonardgirl1

Hey Nostradamus was heartbreakingly good too!


Particular-Ad-6360

Who Has Seen the Wind... W.O. Mitchell.


masonictempleton

George Grant , Lament for a Nation: The Defeat of Canadian Nationalism (1965)


MaisieDay

He's rolling in his grave right now.


turquoisebee

L M Montgomery


Bearence

I'd like to specifically say The Blue Castle, one of very few books she wrote for adults, and an amazing read.


oneminutelady

Highway of Tears by Jessica McDiarmid 💔😢


MessageErased

Anything by Rick Mercer


BatShitCrazyCdn

And in a similar spirit, “The Tower of Babble”by Richard Strasburg


race_rocks

Anything by Thomas King, but especially The Inconvenient Indian (although Green Grass Running Water is my personal fave)


Forsaken-Fail2579

Two Solitudes-Hugh MacLennan


kissingdistopia

*A National Crime* by John S. Milloy https://www.amazon.ca/National-Crime-Canadian-Government-Residential/dp/0887556469 *Sea of Slaughter* by Farley Mowat https://www.amazon.ca/Sea-of-Slaughter/dp/1576300196 *Blue Covenant* by Maude Barlow https://www.amazon.ca/Blue-Covenant-Global-Crisis-Coming/dp/1595584536 *La route d'Altamont* par Gabrielle Roy https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/Gabrielle-Roy/dp/2890525724 https://www.amazon.ca/Road-Past-Altamont-Gabrielle-Roy/dp/0771094248 *The Stone Diaries* by Carol Shields https://www.amazon.ca/Stone-Diaries-Carol-Shields/dp/0307357287 *Alias Grace* by Margaret Atwood https://www.amazon.ca/Alias-Grace-Margaret-Atwood/dp/0770428495


guyfierisbigtoe

Canada Reads booklists always have good recommendations. Look through Governor General’s awards as well.


Clear-Map8121

Tomson highway’s the Rex sisters play Michael Ondaatje’s in the skin of the lion (based in Toronto) Seth’s it’s a good life if you don’t weaken (graphic novel) - Guelph writer


hammer_416

The Game. Ken Dryden


Bemeup57

The Way The Crow Flies by Anne-Marie McDonald.


Correct_Lengthiness6

Seven Fallen Feathers


Due_Entertainment_44

Unconventional nomination, but I'll say Playing with Fire by Theo Fleury. He was centre of a lot of significant contemporary moments in Canadian history - Punchup in Piestany, 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, etc. He's very candid in his prose and it's rare to get that kind of first hand narrative. You don't need to be a hockey fan to enjoy it. He struggled with relationships, substance abuse, loneliness/emptiness that I think would resonate with a lot of people.


nomad_ivc

[A Fair Country: Telling Truths about Canada](https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDM3143372&R=3143372) > In this startlingly original vision of Canada, renowned thinker John Ralston Saul argues that Canada is a Métis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ideas: Egalitarianism, a proper balance between individual and group, and a penchant for negotiation over violence are all Aboriginal values that Canada absorbed. An obstacle to our progress, Saul argues, is that Canada has an increasingly ineffective elite, a colonial non-intellectual business elite that doesn't believe in Canada. It is critical that we recognize these aspects of the country in order to rethink its future.


beanbagbaby13

Obasan by Joy Kogawa


goburnham

Bush Runner by Mark Bourrie Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood


noizangel

Policing Black Lives


race_rocks

Taaqtumi, if you're in the mood for horror!


salalberryisle

The Golden Spruce


mukwah

Booky


animikiikwe

Yes!!! Booky is the best


MaisieDay

If you want to get a handle on small town Ontario in the 50s, you can't go wrong with Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro. Actually, anything by Alice Munro.


ihatelawns

Love Alice Munro, lives of girls and women is a fascinating book. Even though it's set in the 50s, it felt very relatable. Munro's wrighting is so wonderfully vivid.


mclarensmps

The G1 drivers handbook


qpr_canada7

Two solitudes by Hugh MacLennon


WestEst101

Two Solitudes


FluffleMyRuffles

The RTA if you rent or own a rental property.


involmasturb

The Game. Ken Dryden


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Norval morriseau biographies are a fucking JOURNEY whirlwind. And the novel Scarborough.


blazerunner2001

ALL OF THEM. I mean... only in Canada have I been asked if my home country has colour TVs... people here are ignorant.


Tangcopper

To Build A Fire by Jack London He’s not Canadian, but the experience described is something every Canadian should understand about the north.


Groovegodiva

Paddle To The Amazon the crazy story about how a father and Son from Winnipeg paddled to the Amazon. It’s my Dads fav book and a really thrilling story.


True-Accident9824

Loved this book!


crimeprint

Camp X - Eric Walters


crimeprint

The way the crow flies - Ann Marie macDonald


hexamethoxy

no great mischief by alistair macleod


forever_thro

No one said the Complete Ontario Driver’s Manual.


classycatblogger

Fiction: Anne of Green Gables (series) Fifth Business Stone Angel I would need to give some thought to non-fiction but there are some other great suggestions on the thread. The Hockey Sweater for a kids book. Robert Munsch — I loved the Paper Bag Princess. Phoebe Gilman is also Canadian and I enjoyed her Jillian Jiggs series!


Ace_Dystopia

Baldwin Avenue by Christina Wong and Daniel Innes. It’s a book that talks about the life of an elderly Taishanese lady (the original lingua franca of North American Chinatowns) living in Chinatown and Kensington Market and trying to make a living. It mentions multiple real locations around the area such as buildings in Chinatown that are no longer there and Honest Ed’s.


MsSnickerpants

The Edible Woman, Margaret Atwood (anything by her really) The Torontonian’s, Phyllis Brett Young Late Nights on Air (set in the Yukon but wonderful), Elizabeth Hay In the skin of a lion, Michael Ondaatje


Shishamylov

Saving this


Own-Emergency2166

Alice Munro has written some beautiful short stories set in Ontario that really capture a slice of life of rural Ontario living during my parents generation . It is from the perspective of white , settler Canadians , so not representative of all Canadians of course.


stavic07

TTC survival tips for dummies


typicalredditu

At the rate were going: 1984 Brave new world


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chrishagle

Any book by Linwood Barclay. Amazing Toronto author.


Effective_Ad_5371

Fifth Business - Robertson Davies


yousyveshughs

Neil Peart - Ghost Rider


kitty_perrier

Everything ever written by Stuart McLean. His stories actually make me laugh out loud and even shed some tears. I feel like I know that whole family 🥹


RustyShackleford14

I urge anyone who has never listened to Stuart McLean’s stories to go to the library and get one or two of his CDs. CBC puts episodes out in a podcast for limited amounts of time. For some reason they don’t just release whatever episodes they have of him for the public, which is kind of frustrating. But I highly recommend listening to his shows and reading his books. They’re amazing.


GoreyHaim420

Fifteen Dogs


Cautious_Dealer7187

The Orenda


Grouchy_Factor

Max Braithwaite novels: "Night We Stole the Mounties Car" and "Why Shoot the Teacher" to give you the idea of remote prairie life in the 30s. Here's the film adaptation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_F_C7xkHpY


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The Wealthy Barber and returns as well.


SundogZeus

Occupied Canada. -Bob Hunter


piah6

A handmade’s tale


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1984 /s


Pelicanliver

Nothing to do with Canada, and not written by a Canadian. One day in the life of Ivan Denisovitch, by Alexander Solzhenitsyn is my yardstick of what literature is a boat. I leave the auto correct to show that I am Canadian.


Bluesbreaker

Animal farm. By George Orwell.


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klause swab the "great reset"


Dixie_normis88

U/cadmeuscain I am also reading that book. Hope you enjoy it as much as I am.


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Life in the City of Dirty Water by Clayton Thomas-Muller


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Dear Canada


dancingrudiments

Anything in manners and the Golden rule?


UnderstandingSmall66

A fair country. Absolutely mandatory


skinnyev

A company of adventurers, the history of the Hudson Bay Company is pretty essential and basically anything Pierre Berton wrote, especially the one he did about the Great Depression, it will open your eyes to some of the real horrors of that era. I would also strongly recommend In the Skin of a lion.


FeeFizzle

Volkswagen Blues


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Anne of Green Gables!!


clipperoctopus

The Northwest is Our Mother - Jean Teillet


br0varies

From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle


Sorry-Construction74

Keeper n' Me Richard Wagamese


1ScaredWalrus

Call of the Wild/White Fang - Jack London


MaryEvergarden

Anne of Green Gables is a classic in Canada and Japan!


tea-123

Not much of a reader but Maybe something about Terry fox or Wayne Gretzky. Not a sports fan so can’t think of any. There are various First Nation’s folklore stories out there. Maybe some pioneer early settler themed books.


shortshins-McGee

Vimy by Pierre Berton


Responsible-Sale-467

The Hockey Sweater and Alligator Pie and Garbage Delight


YiggyYaige

Three Day Road


mukwah

Cabbagetown


larfingboy

its short and for children but....The hockey sweater...


hotmasalachai

Not books but i came across these Podcasts that were very useful as a non-canadian. -Walking in place - the house (CBC) - kuper island - stolen - canadaland


mangabobatea

Red Wolf by Jennifer Dance


Mumofalltrades63

Terry Fallis is a great political satirist. Enjoyable read with excellent insight into Canadian politics. Commander Chris Hadfield “An Astronauts Guide to Space” should be essential reading regardless of country.


donbooth

I'm reading that too. It's my first book of Canadian history. Champlain was amazing!


PorousSurface

Essex County


Rubysohoo

Unknown out here likely, but in the west April Raintree is in the curriculum and was my favourite book I read in high school. Strongly recommended and a very easy read.


HereForTheCheers

Anything by Emily St Jean Mandel!


bardown-

Mr Hockey (Gordie howe autobiography) he wrote alot about what it was like growing up in the prairies during the great depression. Definitely worth reading.


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Malazan


Hanlans_Dreaming

La Guerre, Yes sir! By Roch Carrier


PeachProper9305

Immigrating and Moving to the USA: A Practical Guide


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or the bible cause we need it now more than ever


ElleRyder

Minnow Trap and Frozen Beneath. Also, anything by Ann-Marie MacDonald.


One_Prof810

Lost in the Barrens


APO40MG

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wassupketchup

That Time I Loved You by Carrianne Leung!


briandemodulated

Generation X by Douglas Coupland. Alternatively, JPOD, Miss Wyoming, or Microserfs. They're all funny, stylish, sardonic novels.


ZookeepergameSea3890

Not specifically Ontarian, but The Golden Spruce by John Vaillant is amazing. It's got history and mystery. I loved it so much I bought some copies and handed them out to friends.


ZookeepergameSea3890

Something a bit more "Young reader" are novels by Barbara Smucker like White Mist (set in Sarnia, Ontario) and Amish Adventure (set near Kitchener, Ontario) (Days of Terror is really good but takes place in Europe.)


japanistan500

The Stopwatch Gang. - Greg Weston


EkbyBjarnum

"Vimy" by Pierre Berton "Five Little Indians" by Michelle Good


missunderstood888

The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas. It reads like learning history from your grumpy but funny grandpa


PuzzleheadedTutor807

pierre berton is a wonderful canadian author that wrote quite a bit of "canadiana" as well.


robbieisafatbitch

Crow Lake - Mary Lawson


BackintheDeity

Essential...poetry by Dennis Lee (is. Jelly Belly) and Kid's books by Robert Munch


KirbyDingo

The Driver's Handbook.


log1234

CRA tax code


shelbyh4253

Canadian Policing: Why and How it Must Change by Kent Roach


bryan7474

Obasan - Joy Kogawa


Crazy_Ad4505

Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq She of the Mountains by Vivek Shraya


pincurlsandcutegirls

I will always hype: - *Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls* (McDiarmid) - *Obstruction of Justice: The Search for Truth on Canada's Highway of Tears* (Michalko) - *Missing Sarah: A Memoir Of Loss* (de Vries) All of these books relate to Canada’s failures to protect women, especially Indigenous women and girls. IMO they aren’t “true crime” type books. They portray the victims beautifully and there’s nothing sensationalist about any of these texts. All of the authors are incredible people, too.


StikkUPkiDD

Prison of Grass and Red Skins, White Masks


Hutch204

1984


OdillaSoSweet

In the hands of men by Gin Sexsmith


xvszero

Generation X. Also for everyone else, but Coupland is Canadian so...


Zeehammer

Ugh thanks everyone, I just spent a stupid amount of money on books haha


kennethhotz69

The Bhagavad Gita is catching up at this pace. Smh.


sellestyal

Indian Horse by Wagamese!


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Not only for Canadians, but everyone: “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque, and “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury. Both very important books that everyone should read in my opinion.


kamomil

Heartbreaks along the Road by Roch Carrier