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Award Winners

Giller Prize

Minds of winter [ebook] Cover
Minds of winter…
O'Loughlin, Ed, author.
Fifteen dogs : an apologue Cover
Fifteen dogs :…
Alexis, André, 1957- author.
419 Cover
419
Ferguson, Will, author.
Late nights on air [book club set] Cover
Late nights on…
Hay, Elizabeth, 1951-
Tell : a novel Cover
Tell : a…
Itani, Frances, 1942- author.
Split tooth Cover
Split tooth
Tagaq, 1975- author.
Corps conducteurs Cover
Corps conducteurs
Michaels, Sean, 1982- auteur.
Small game hunting at the local coward gun club Cover
Small game hunting…
Coles, Megan Gail, 1981-
419 Cover
419
Ferguson, Will.
Half-blood blues Cover
Half-blood blues
Edugyan, Esi.
Through black spruce Cover
Through black spruce
Boyden, Joseph, 1966-
Fifteen dogs [book club set] : an apologue Cover
Fifteen dogs [book…
Alexis, André, 1957- author.
The crooked maid : a novel Cover
The crooked maid…
Vyleta, Dan.
Minds of winter Cover
Minds of winter
O'Loughlin, Ed, author.
Late nights on air [paperback] Cover
Late nights on…
Hay, Elizabeth, 1951-
By gaslight Cover
By gaslight
Price, Steven, 1976- author.
The sentimentalists : a novel Cover
The sentimentalists :…
Skibsrud, Johanna, 1980-
Son of a trickster [ebook] Cover
Son of a…
Robinson, Eden, author.
Anil's ghost Cover
Anil's ghost
Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
Barney's version Cover
Barney's version
Richler, Mordecai, 1931-2001.
Half blood blues Cover
Half blood blues
Edugyan, Esi, author.
The girl who was Saturday night [book club set] : a novel Cover
The girl who…
O'Neill, Heather, author.
Do not say we have nothing [book club set] : a novel Cover
Do not say…
Thien, Madeleine, 1974- author.
I am a truck [ebook] Cover
I am a…
Winters, Michelle, 1972- author.
Transit Cover
Transit
Cusk, Rachel, 1967- author.
Fifteen dogs [ebook] : an apologue Cover
Fifteen dogs [ebook]…
Alexis, André, 1957- author.
Son of a trickster Cover
Son of a…
Robinson, Eden, author.
Clara Callan : a novel Cover
Clara Callan :…
Wright, Richard B., 1937- author.
The in-between world of Vikram Lall : a novel Cover
The in-between world…
Vassanji, M. G.
Hellgoing [ebook] : stories Cover
Hellgoing [ebook] :…
Coady, Lynn, 1970-
Do not say we have nothing Cover
Do not say…
Thien, Madeleine, 1974- author.
Do not say we have nothing [ebook] Cover
Do not say…
Thien, Madeleine, 1974-
Washington Black : a novel Cover
Washington Black :…
Edugyan, Esi, author.
Runaway [paperback] : stories Cover
Runaway [paperback] :…
Munro, Alice, 1931-
Alias Grace Cover
Alias Grace
Atwood, Margaret, 1939- author.
Fifteen dogs [downloadable audio file] : an apologue Cover
Fifteen dogs [downloadable…
Alexis, André, 1957- author.
Through black spruce Cover
Through black spruce
Boyden, Joseph, 1966- author.
Bellevue Square [ebook] Cover
Bellevue Square [ebook]
Redhill, Michael, 1966- author.
Transit Cover
Transit
Cusk, Rachel, 1967- author.
The crooked maid [paperback] : a novel Cover
The crooked maid…
Vyleta, Dan.
The party wall Cover
The party wall
Leroux, Catherine, 1979- author.
The bishop's man : a novel Cover
The bishop's man…
MacIntyre, Linden.
Hellgoing : stories Cover
Hellgoing : stories
Coady, Lynn, 1970- author.
Yiddish for pirates : a novel Cover
Yiddish for pirates…
Barwin, Gary, author.
I am a truck Cover
I am a…
Winters, Michelle, 1972- author.
Bellevue Square : a novel Cover
Bellevue Square :…
Redhill, Michael, 1966- author.
The Wonder : a novel Cover
The Wonder :…
Donoghue, Emma, 1969- author.
Do not say we have nothing Cover
Do not say…
Thien, Madeleine, 1974- author.
Us conductors : in which I seek the heart of Clara Rockmore, my one true love, finest theremin player the world will ever know Cover
Us conductors :…
Michaels, Sean, 1982- author.
Yiddish for pirates Cover
Yiddish for pirates
Barwin, Gary, author.
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Governor General's Award

The fly in autumn : poems Cover
The fly in…
Zieroth, Dale, 1946-
A salmon for Simon Cover
A salmon for…
Waterton, Betty, 1923-
The December man = L'homme de décembre Cover
The December man…
Murphy, Colleen, 1954-
Divisadero Cover
Divisadero
Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
A perfect night to go to China : a novel Cover
A perfect night…
Gilmour, David, 1949-
Cool water Cover
Cool water
Warren, Dianne, 1950-
Bone cage Cover
Bone cage
Banks, Catherine, 1957-
There is a season [book club set] : a memoir in a garden Cover
There is a…
Lane, Patrick, 1939-
Clara Callan : a novel Cover
Clara Callan :…
Wright, Richard B., 1937- author.
From then to now : a short history of the world Cover
From then to…
Moore, Christopher, 1950-
Lives of the saints Cover
Lives of the…
Ricci, Nino, 1959- author.
La rivière du loup : roman Cover
La rivière du…
Laberge, Andrée.
The spaces in between : selected poems, 1965-2001 Cover
The spaces in…
Scobie, Stephen, 1943-
Stumbling in the bloom Cover
Stumbling in the…
Pass, John, 1947-
Anil's ghost Cover
Anil's ghost
Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
Mordecai : the life & times Cover
Mordecai : the…
Foran, Charles, 1960-
Fishtailing Cover
Fishtailing
Phillips, Wendy, 1959-
The crazy man Cover
The crazy man
Porter, Pamela, 1956- author.
Cocksure Cover
Cocksure
Richler, Mordecai, 1931-2001.
Children of my heart Cover
Children of my…
Roy, Gabrielle, 1909-1983.
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Canada Reads

Ru Cover
Ru
Thúy, Kim.
Half blood blues Cover
Half blood blues
Edugyan, Esi, author.
Lullabies for little criminals [cd nonmusic] : a novel Cover
Lullabies for little…
O'Neill, Heather.
Ru [large print] Cover
Ru [large print]
Thúy, Kim.
Indian horse [book club set] : a novel Cover
Indian horse [book…
Wagamese, Richard.
Something fierce : memoirs of a revolutionary daughter Cover
Something fierce :…
Aguirre, Carmen, 1967-
The inconvenient Indian : a curious account of Native people in North America Cover
The inconvenient Indian…
King, Thomas, 1943- author.
The last crossing [cd nonmusic] Cover
The last crossing…
Vanderhaeghe, Guy, 1951-
In the skin of a lion [book club set] : a novel Cover
In the skin…
Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
The best laid plans [book club set] : a novel Cover
The best laid…
Fallis, Terry.
Cocksure Cover
Cocksure
Richler, Mordecai, 1931-2001.
Unless  [book club set] Cover
Unless [book club…
Shields, Carol, 1935-2003.
A complicated kindness [cd nonmusic] Cover
A complicated kindness…
Toews, Miriam, 1964-
Icefields [book club set] Cover
Icefields [book club…
Wharton, Thomas, 1963-
Three day road Cover
Three day road
Boyden, Joseph, 1966-
Three day road  [book club set] : a novel Cover
Three day road…
Boyden, Joseph, 1966-
The hero's walk : a novel Cover
The hero's walk…
Badami, Anita Rau, 1961- author.
The birth house  [book club set] : a novel Cover
The birth house…
McKay, Ami, 1968-
King Leary Cover
King Leary
Quarrington, Paul.
A complicated kindness [cd nonmusic, abridged] Cover
A complicated kindness…
Toews, Miriam, 1964-
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Man Booker Prize

Half-blood blues Cover
Half-blood blues
Edugyan, Esi.
The Sisters Brothers Cover
The Sisters Brothers
deWitt, Patrick, 1975-
The narrow road to the deep north [mp3 nonmusic] Cover
The narrow road…
Flanagan, Richard, 1961- author.
The narrow road to the deep north [cd nonmusic] Cover
The narrow road…
Flanagan, Richard, 1961-
The narrow road to the deep north : a novel Cover
The narrow road…
Flanagan, Richard, 1961- author.
Wolf Hall Cover
Wolf Hall
Mantel, Hilary, 1952-
The white tiger : a novel Cover
The white tiger…
Adiga, Aravind, author.
The sense of an ending Cover
The sense of…
Barnes, Julian.
On Chesil Beach Cover
On Chesil Beach
McEwan, Ian.
Mother's milk : a novel Cover
Mother's milk :…
St. Aubyn, Edward, 1960-
The Finkler question Cover
The Finkler question
Jacobson, Howard.
The luminaries Cover
The luminaries
Catton, Eleanor, 1985- author.
The luminaries Cover
The luminaries
Catton, Eleanor, 1985- author.
Harvest  [book club set] Cover
Harvest [book club…
Crace, Jim
On Chesil Beach Cover
On Chesil Beach
McEwan, Ian, author.
Half blood blues Cover
Half blood blues
Edugyan, Esi, author.
Wolf Hall [cd nonmusic] : a novel Cover
Wolf Hall [cd…
Mantel, Hilary, 1952-
L'histoire de Pi Cover
L'histoire de Pi
Martel, Yann.
The Finkler question [book club set] Cover
The Finkler question…
Jacobson, Howard.
A brief history of seven killings Cover
A brief history…
James, Marlon, 1970-
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Bestsellers

Globe & Mail Bestsellers

Kitchen confidential [ebook] : adventures in the culinary underbelly Cover
Kitchen confidential [ebook]…
L'accusé Cover
L'accusé
It ends with us Cover
It ends with…
Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow Cover
Homo deus :…
Shoe dog : a memoir by the creator of Nike Cover
Shoe dog :…
99 [cd nonmusic] : stories of the game Cover
99 [cd nonmusic]…
The innocent man [cd nonmusic] : murder and injustice in a small town Cover
The innocent man…
One true loves : a novel Cover
One true loves…
Sapiens : a brief history of humankind Cover
Sapiens : a…
The innocent man : murder and injustice in a small town Cover
The innocent man…
99 [ebook] : stories of the game Cover
99 [ebook] :…
Shoe dog [cd nonmusic] : a memoir by the creator of Nike Cover
Shoe dog [cd…
The innocent man [ebook] : murder and injustice in a small town Cover
The innocent man…
99 : stories of the game Cover
99 : stories…
12 rules for life : an antidote to chaos Cover
12 rules for…
The Silk Roads : a new history of the world Cover
The Silk Roads…
One true loves [large print] Cover
One true loves…
Red notice [ebook] : a true story of high finance, murder, and one man's fight for justice Cover
Red notice [ebook]…
Red notice : a true story of high finance, murder, and one man's fight for justice Cover
Red notice :…
Kitchen confidential : adventures in the culinary underbelly Cover
Kitchen confidential :…
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New York Time Bestsellers

The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo : a novel Cover
The seven husbands…
Reid, Taylor Jenkins, author.
The body keeps the score : brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma Cover
The body keeps…
Van der Kolk, Bessel A., 1943- author.
Atomic habits : tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones Cover
Atomic habits :…
Clear, James, author.
The body keeps the score : brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma Cover
The body keeps…
Van der Kolk, Bessel A., 1943- author.
Crying in H Mart : a memoir Cover
Crying in H…
Zauner, Michelle, author.
Killers of the Flower Moon [downloadable audio file] : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI Cover
Killers of the…
Grann, David, author.
Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI Cover
Killers of the…
Grann, David, author.
It ends with us [downloadable audio file] Cover
It ends with…
Hoover, Colleen, author.
The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo : a novel Cover
The seven husbands…
Reid, Taylor Jenkins, author.
The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo : a novel Cover
The seven husbands…
Reid, Taylor Jenkins, author.
Killers of the Flower Moon [cd nonmusic] : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI Cover
Killers of the…
Grann, David, author.
The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo : a novel Cover
The seven husbands…
Reid, Taylor Jenkins, author.
The body keeps the score : brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma Cover
The body keeps…
Van der Kolk, Bessel A., 1943- author.
Atomic habits : tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones Cover
Atomic habits :…
Clear, James, author.
Greenlights Cover
Greenlights
McConaughey, Matthew, 1969- author.
Atomic habits : tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones Cover
Atomic habits :…
Clear, James, author.
It ends with us Cover
It ends with…
Hoover, Colleen, author.
The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo [LIBRARY CANNOT REORDER - TITLE OUT OF PRINT] Cover
The seven husbands…
Reid, Taylor Jenkins, author.
Killers of the Flower Moon [ebook] : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI Cover
Killers of the…
Grann, David, author.
It ends with us [ebook] Cover
It ends with…
Hoover, Colleen, author.
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Vancouver Sun Bestsellers

The myth of normal : Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture Cover
The myth of…
Maté, Gabor, author.
The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse Cover
The boy, the…
Mackesy, Charlie, author.
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Cover
Tomorrow, and tomorrow,…
Zevin, Gabrielle, author.
Atomic habits : tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones Cover
Atomic habits :…
Clear, James, author.
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow : a novel Cover
Tomorrow, and tomorrow,…
Zevin, Gabrielle, author.
True reconciliation : how to be a force for change Cover
True reconciliation :…
Wilson-Raybould, Jody, 1971- author.
Ducks : two years in the oil sands Cover
Ducks : two…
Beaton, Kate, 1983- author, illustrator.
The myth of normal Cover
The myth of…
Maté, Gabor, author.
The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse Cover
The boy, the…
Mackesy, Charlie, author, illustrator.
Before the coffee gets cold Cover
Before the coffee…
Kawaguchi, Toshikazu, 1971- author.
True reconciliation : how to be a force for change Cover
True reconciliation :…
Wilson-Raybould, Jody, 1971- author.
The myth of normal : trauma, illness & healing in a toxic culture Cover
The myth of…
Maté, Gabor, author.
Before the coffee gets cold : a novel Cover
Before the coffee…
Kawaguchi, Toshikazu, 1971- author.
El niño, el topo, el zorro y el caballo Cover
El niño, el…
Mackesy, Charlie, author, illustrator.
Atomic habits : tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones Cover
Atomic habits :…
Clear, James, author.
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Cover
Tomorrow, and tomorrow,…
Zevin, Gabrielle, author.
In the lives of puppets Cover
In the lives…
Klune, TJ, author.
Before the coffee gets cold : a novel Cover
Before the coffee…
Kawaguchi, Toshikazu, 1971- author.
Snow Road Station : a novel Cover
Snow Road Station…
Hay, Elizabeth, 1951- author.
Before the coffee gets cold Cover
Before the coffee…
Kawaguchi, Toshikazu, 1971- author.
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