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The Great Canadian Reading List: 150 Books to Read for Canada 150

What books do YOU want to see on the great Canadian reading list? CBC Books posed this question to Canadians online. We combined the answers with recommendations from guests on The Next Chapter, Cross Country Checkup, books that were meaningful to prominent Canadians and added all 17 Canada Reads winners to build the ultimate reading list.
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Indian Horse
Indian Horse
1
A Great Reckoning (Louise Penny)
A Great Reckoning
2
Louise Penny
Firewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (Harold Johnson)
Firewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People
3
Harold Johnson
Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Madeleine Thien)
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
4
Madeleine Thien
My Best Stories - A. Munro
My Best Stories - A. Munro
5
Susceptible (Geneviève Castrée)
Susceptible
6
Geneviève Castrée
The Game (Ken Dryden)
The Game
7
Ken Dryden
Who Has Seen the Wind
Who Has Seen the Wind
8
Whylah Falls (George Elliott Clarke)
Whylah Falls
9
George Elliott Clarke
Obasan (Joy Kogawa)
Obasan
10
Joy Kogawa
Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
Station Eleven
11
Emily St John Mandel
The Inconvenient Indian (Thomas King)
The Inconvenient Indian
12
Thomas King
Mabel Murple (Sheree Fitch)
Mabel Murple
13
Sheree Fitch
The Disappeared
The Disappeared
14
River Thieves (Michael Crummey)
River Thieves
15
Michael Crummey
The Right to Be Cold (Sheila Watt-Cloutier)
The Right to Be Cold
16
Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Montreal's Irish Mafia (D'Arcy O'Connor)
Montreal's Irish Mafia
17
D'Arcy O'Connor
Medicine Walk (Richard Wagamese)
Medicine Walk
18
Richard Wagamese
Town Is by the Sea (Joanne Schwartz)
Town Is by the Sea
19
Joanne Schwartz
Love You Forever (Robert Munsch)
Love You Forever
20
Robert Munsch
Fifth Business (Robertson Davies)
Fifth Business
21
Robertson Davies
Dry Lips Ought to Move to Kapuskasing (Tomson Highway)
Dry Lips Ought to Move to Kapuskasing
22
Tomson Highway
Unless (Carol Shields)
Unless
23
Carol Shields
No Is Not Enough (Naomi Klein)
No Is Not Enough
24
Naomi Klein
From the Fifteenth District (Mavis Gallantt)
From the Fifteenth District
25
Mavis Gallantt
David and Goliath (Malcolm Gladwell)
David and Goliath
26
Malcolm Gladwell
Essex County (Jeff Lemire)
Essex County
27
Jeff Lemire
Crow Lake (Mary Lawson)
Crow Lake
28
Mary Lawson
Cockroach (Rawi Hage)
Cockroach
29
Rawi Hage
Calling Down the Sky (Rosanna Deerchild)
Calling Down the Sky
30
Rosanna Deerchild
The Woefield Poultry Collective (Susan Juby)
The Woefield Poultry Collective
31
Susan Juby
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
32
Margaret Atwood
Saints and Misfits (S.K. Ali)
Saints and Misfits
33
S.K. Ali
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
34
Rohinton Mistry
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419
35
Celia's Song (Lee Maracle)
Celia's Song
36
Lee Maracle
One Hour in Paris: A True Story of Rape and Recovery (Karyn L. Freedman)
One Hour in Paris: A True Story of Rape and Recovery
37
Karyn L. Freedman
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
38
Birdie (Tracey Lindberg)
Birdie
39
Tracey Lindberg
Ru (Kim Thuy)
Ru
40
Kim Thuy
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