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The Canadian Canon (Fiction) - Page 2

There are not a lot of Canadian literature (CanLit) lists on here and I wanted to make a list of titles that someone should read if they knew absolutely nothing about CanLit and wanted to fully absorb 150+ years of Canadian literary culture.
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The Cellist of Sarajevo (Steven Galloway)
The Cellist of Sarajevo
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Steven Galloway
The Channel Shore (Charles Bruce)
The Channel Shore
42
Charles Bruce
Children of My Heart
Children of My Heart
43
Clara Callan
Clara Callan
44
The Clockmaker (Thomas Chandler Haliburton)
The Clockmaker
45
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Cocksure (Mordecai Richler)
Cocksure
46
Mordecai Richler
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje
The Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje
47
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (Wayne Johnston)
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
48
Wayne Johnston
Come, Thou Tortoise (Jessica Grant)
Come, Thou Tortoise
49
Jessica Grant
The Coming of Winter (David Adams Richards)
The Coming of Winter
50
David Adams Richards
A Complicated Kindness (Miriam Toews)
A Complicated Kindness
51
Miriam Toews
Crackpot (Adele Wiseman)
Crackpot
52
Adele Wiseman
The Cruelest Month (Ernest Buckler)
The Cruelest Month
53
Ernest Buckler
Dance of the Happy Shades (Alice Munro)
Dance of the Happy Shades
54
Alice Munro
Deafening
Deafening
55
Deep Hollow Creek (Sheila Watson)
Deep Hollow Creek
56
Sheila Watson
Deniro's Game (Rawi Hage)
Deniro's Game
57
Rawi Hage
The Deserter (Douglas Lepan)
The Deserter
58
Douglas Lepan
Digging Up the Mountains (Neil Bissoondath)
Digging Up the Mountains
59
Neil Bissoondath
The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
The Diviners
60
Margaret Laurence
Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Madeleine Thien)
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
61
Madeleine Thien
The Double Hook
The Double Hook
62
A Dream Like Mine (M.T. Kelly)
A Dream Like Mine
63
M.T. Kelly
Dust Over the City (Andre Langevin)
Dust Over the City
64
Andre Langevin
Earth and High Heaven
Earth and High Heaven
65
The Edible Woman (Margaret Atwood)
The Edible Woman
66
Margaret Atwood
Elizabeth and After (Matt Cohen)
Elizabeth and After
67
Matt Cohen
Elle (Douglas Glover)
Elle
68
Douglas Glover
Emily of New Moon (L.M. Montgomery)
Emily of New Moon
69
L.M. Montgomery
The Engineer of Human Souls
The Engineer of Human Souls
70
The English Patient
The English Patient
71
The Englishman's Boy (Guy Vanderhaeghe)
The Englishman's Boy
72
Guy Vanderhaeghe
The Equations of Love (Ethel Wilson)
The Equations of Love
73
Ethel Wilson
Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace (David Adams Richards)
Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace
74
David Adams Richards
Execution (Colin Mcdougall)
Execution
75
Colin Mcdougall
The Fall of a Titan (Igor Gouzenko)
The Fall of a Titan
76
Igor Gouzenko
Fall on Your Knees
Fall on Your Knees
77
The Favourite Game (Leonard Cohen)
The Favourite Game
78
Leonard Cohen
February
February
79
Fifth Business (Robertson Davies)
Fifth Business
80
Robertson Davies
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