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Giller Prize

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

Clara Callan : a novel Cover
Clara Callan :…
Wright, Richard B., 1937- author.
La rivière du loup : roman Cover
La rivière du…
Laberge, Andrée.
The December man = L'homme de décembre Cover
The December man…
Murphy, Colleen, 1954-
Children of my heart Cover
Children of my…
Roy, Gabrielle, 1909-1983.
A perfect night to go to China : a novel Cover
A perfect night…
Gilmour, David, 1949-
The owl and the pussycat Cover
The owl and…
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888.
Alphabeasts Cover
Alphabeasts
Edwards, Wallace.
Lives of the saints Cover
Lives of the…
Ricci, Nino, 1959- author.
Whatever you do, don't go near that canoe! Cover
Whatever you do,…
Lawson, Julie, 1947-
A salmon for Simon Cover
A salmon for…
Waterton, Betty, 1923-
Cocksure Cover
Cocksure
Richler, Mordecai, 1931-2001.
I've got a home in glory land : a lost tale of the underground railroad Cover
I've got a…
Smardz Frost, Karolyn.
A complicated kindness : a novel Cover
A complicated kindness…
Toews, Miriam, 1964-
Stumbling in the bloom Cover
Stumbling in the…
Pass, John, 1947-
The crazy man Cover
The crazy man
Porter, Pamela Paige, 1956-
Fifteen days : stories of bravery, friendship, life and death from inside the new Canadian Army Cover
Fifteen days :…
Blatchford, Christie.
Divisadero Cover
Divisadero
Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
The underpainter Cover
The underpainter
Urquhart, Jane, 1949-
Anil's ghost Cover
Anil's ghost
Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
The spaces in between : selected poems, 1965-2001 Cover
The spaces in…
Scobie, Stephen, 1943-
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Canada Reads

Unless [book club set] Cover
Unless [book club…
Shields, Carol, 1935-2003.
Rockbound [cd nonmusic] Cover
Rockbound [cd nonmusic]
Day, Frank Parker.
Three day road [book club set] : a novel Cover
Three day road…
Boyden, Joseph, 1966-
The best laid plans : a novel Cover
The best laid…
Fallis, Terry.
Icefields [book club set] Cover
Icefields [book club…
Wharton, Thomas, 1963-
The last crossing 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-
Nikolski : a novel Cover
Nikolski : a…
Dickner, Nicolas, 1972-
In the skin of a lion : a novel Cover
In the skin…
Ondaatje, Michael, 1943-
The book of negroes Cover
The book of…
Hill, Lawrence, 1957-
A complicated kindness [cd nonmusic, abridged] Cover
A complicated kindness…
Toews, Miriam, 1964-
The last crossing [cd nonmusic] Cover
The last crossing…
Vanderhaeghe, Guy, 1951-
The birth house [book club set] : a novel Cover
The birth house…
McKay, Ami, 1968-
King Leary Cover
King Leary
Quarrington, Paul.
Cocksure Cover
Cocksure
Richler, Mordecai, 1931-2001.
A complicated kindness : a novel Cover
A complicated kindness…
Toews, Miriam, 1964-
February Cover
February
Moore, Lisa Lynne, 1964-
Ru Cover
Ru
Thúy, Kim.
Three day road Cover
Three day road
Boyden, Joseph, 1966-
Rockbound [book club set] Cover
Rockbound [book club…
Day, Frank Parker.
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Man Booker Prize

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

Globe & Mail Bestsellers

Kitchen confidential [ebook] : adventures in the culinary underbelly Cover
Kitchen confidential [ebook]…
Homo deus : a brief history of tomorrow Cover
Homo deus :…
Braiding sweetgrass : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants Cover
Braiding sweetgrass :…
Shoe dog : a memoir by the creator of Nike Cover
Shoe dog :…
Elon Musk [ebook] : Tesla, SpaceX, and the quest for a fantastic future Cover
Elon Musk [ebook]…
The winter sea [mp3 nonmusic] Cover
The winter sea…
The innocent man [cd nonmusic] : murder and injustice in a small town Cover
The innocent man…
Milk and honey Cover
Milk and honey
The Silk Roads : a new history of the world Cover
The Silk Roads…
The body keeps the score : brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma Cover
The body keeps…
Kitchen confidential : adventures in the culinary underbelly Cover
Kitchen confidential :…
Elon Musk : l'homme qui va changer le monde : PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, SolarCity, Hyperloop Cover
Elon Musk :…
99 : stories of the game Cover
99 : stories…
The innocent man : murder and injustice in a small town Cover
The innocent man…
Sapiens : a brief history of humankind Cover
Sapiens : a…
Elon Musk : Tesla, SpaceX, and the quest for a fantastic future Cover
Elon Musk :…
The innocent man [ebook] : murder and injustice in a small town Cover
The innocent man…
News of the world : a novel Cover
News of the…
Red notice : a true story of high finance, murder, and one man's fight for justice Cover
Red notice :…
The handmaid's tale [ebook] Cover
The handmaid's tale…
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New York Time Bestsellers

The warmth of other suns [ebook] : the epic story of America's great migration Cover
The warmth of…
Wilkerson, Isabel, author.
The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness Cover
The new Jim…
Alexander, Michelle, author.
Just mercy [ebook] : a story of justice and redemption Cover
Just mercy [ebook]…
Stevenson, Bryan, author.
Braiding sweetgrass : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants Cover
Braiding sweetgrass :…
Kimmerer, Robin Wall, 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.
The warmth of other suns : the epic story of America's great migration Cover
The warmth of…
Wilkerson, Isabel, author.
The nightingale Cover
The nightingale
Hannah, Kristin, author.
News of the world [mp3 nonmusic] : a novel Cover
News of the…
Jiles, Paulette, 1943- author.
The song of Achilles [ebook] Cover
The song of…
Miller, Madeline, author.
Sapiens Cover
Sapiens
Harari, Yuval N., author.
Milk and honey Cover
Milk and honey
Kaur, Rupi, author, illustrator.
News of the world : a novel Cover
News of the…
Jiles, Paulette, 1943- author.
The new Jim Crow [ebook] : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness Cover
The new Jim…
Alexander, Michelle, author.
Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption Cover
Just mercy :…
Stevenson, Bryan, author.
Just mercy [downloadable audio file] : a story of justice and redemption Cover
Just mercy [downloadable…
Stevenson, Bryan, author narrator.
My own words Cover
My own words
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, author.
The song of Achilles Cover
The song of…
Miller, Madeline.
Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood Cover
Born a crime…
Noah, Trevor, 1984- author.
Sapiens : a brief history of humankind Cover
Sapiens : a…
Harari, Yuval N., author.
The five love languages : how to express heartfelt commitment to your mate Cover
The five love…
Chapman, Gary D., 1938-
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Vancouver Sun Bestsellers

Keep sharp : build a better brain at any age Cover
Keep sharp :…
Gupta, Sanjay, 1969- author.
Where the crawdads sing [LARGE PRINT] Cover
Where the crawdads…
Owens, Delia, author.
The body : a guide for occupants Cover
The body :…
Bryson, Bill, author, narrator.
Breath : the new science of a lost art Cover
Breath : the…
Nestor, James, author.
The body : a guide for occupants Cover
The body :…
Bryson, Bill, author.
Paying the land Cover
Paying the land
Sacco, Joe, author, artist.
Untamed Cover
Untamed
Doyle, Glennon, 1976- author.
The body : a guide for occupants Cover
The body :…
Bryson, Bill, author.
The skin we're in : a year of Black resistance and power Cover
The skin we're…
Cole, Desmond, 1982- author.
The last trial Cover
The last trial
Turow, Scott, author.
Where the crawdads sing Cover
Where the crawdads…
Owens, Delia, author.
How to be an antiracist Cover
How to be…
Kendi, Ibram X., author.
All the devils are here Cover
All the devils…
Penny, Louise, author.
Where the crawdads sing Cover
Where the crawdads…
Owens, Delia, author.
The body : a guide for occupants Cover
The body :…
Bryson, Bill, author.
Where the crawdads sing Cover
Where the crawdads…
Owens, Delia, author.
Where the crawdads sing Cover
Where the crawdads…
Owens, Delia, author.
The last trial Cover
The last trial
Turow, Scott, author.
Where the crawdads sing Cover
Where the crawdads…
Owens, Delia, author.
Agency Cover
Agency
Gibson, William, 1948- author.
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