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The Canadian Canon (Fiction) - Page 4

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 Lamp at Noon (Sinclair Ross)
The Lamp at Noon
121
Sinclair Ross
The Last Crossing
The Last Crossing
122
Last of the Curlews (Fred Bodsworth)
Last of the Curlews
123
Fred Bodsworth
Late Nights on Air
Late Nights on Air
124
The Law of Dreams (Peter Behrens)
The Law of Dreams
125
Peter Behrens
La Guerre, Yes Sir! De Roch Carrier
La Guerre, Yes Sir! De Roch Carrier
126
Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush (Susanna Moodie)
Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush
127
Susanna Moodie
Literary Lapses (Stephen Leacock)
Literary Lapses
128
Stephen Leacock
Lives of Girls and Women (Alice Munro)
Lives of Girls and Women
129
Alice Munro
Lives of the Saints (Nino Ricci)
Lives of the Saints
130
Nino Ricci
Lives of Short Duration (David Adams Richards)
Lives of Short Duration
131
David Adams Richards
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (Brian Moore)
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
132
Brian Moore
The Lost Salt Gift of Blood (Alistair MacLeod)
The Lost Salt Gift of Blood
133
Alistair MacLeod
The Luck of Ginger Coffey (Brian Moore)
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
134
Brian Moore
Lullabies for Little Criminals (Heather O'Neill)
Lullabies for Little Criminals
135
Heather O'Neill
Mad Shadows (Marie-Claire Blais)
Mad Shadows
136
Marie-Claire Blais
The Man From Glengarry
The Man From Glengarry
137
The Manticore (Robertson Davies)
The Manticore
138
Robertson Davies
Maria Chapdelaine (Louis Hémon)
Maria Chapdelaine
139
Louis Hémon
Mercy Among the Children
Mercy Among the Children
140
Monkey Beach
Monkey Beach
141
More Joy in Heaven (Morley Callaghan)
More Joy in Heaven
142
Morley Callaghan
The Mountain and the Valley (Ernest Buckler)
The Mountain and the Valley
143
Ernest Buckler
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
144
William Gibson
The New Ancestors (Dave Godfrey)
The New Ancestors
145
Dave Godfrey
Next Episode (Hubert Aquin)
Next Episode
146
Hubert Aquin
Nights Below Station Street (David Adams Richards)
Nights Below Station Street
147
David Adams Richards
Nikolski (Nicolas Dickner)
Nikolski
148
Nicolas Dickner
No Crystal Stair (Mairuth Sarsfield)
No Crystal Stair
149
Mairuth Sarsfield
No Great Mischief (Alistair MacLeod)
No Great Mischief
150
Alistair MacLeod
Not Wanted on the Voyage
Not Wanted on the Voyage
151
The Nymph and the Lamp (Thomas H. Raddall)
The Nymph and the Lamp
152
Thomas H. Raddall
Obasan (Joy Kogawa)
Obasan
153
Joy Kogawa
The Orenda (Joseph Boyden)
The Orenda
154
Joseph Boyden
Oryx and Crake
Oryx and Crake
155
Over Prairie Trails (Frederick Philip Grove)
Over Prairie Trails
156
Frederick Philip Grove
Overhead in a Balloon (Mavis Gallant)
Overhead in a Balloon
157
Mavis Gallant
Ox Bells and Fireflies (Ernest Buckler)
Ox Bells and Fireflies
158
Ernest Buckler
Pandora (Sylvia Fraser)
Pandora
159
Sylvia Fraser
A Perfect Night to Go to China (David Gilmour)
A Perfect Night to Go to China
160
David Gilmour
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