Publication year 2017
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Nation, Justice, Race, Indigenous Identity
Tags Politics & Government, Crime & Law, Race & Racism, Social Justice, Mystery & Crime Fiction, World History
Canadian Literature
The Canadian Literature Collection highlights the diversity and talent of Canadian authors. Representing the broad range of genres and traditions reflected in Candian Literature, this Collection includes fiction by Margaret Atwood, John Irving, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and other Canadian writers who have shaped the nation's literary canon.
Seven Fallen Feathers
Shake Hands with the Devil
She Didn't See It Coming
Shipwreck
Shoeless Joe
Silverwing
Simon Sort of Says
Simple Recipes
Siren Song
Slacker
Slugfest
Snoop
Some Afternoons She Does Not Pick Up the Phone
Someone Knows My Name
Son of a Trickster
Son of the Mob
So What Are You, Anyway?
Split Tooth
State of Terror
Station Eleven
Publication year 2017
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Nation, Justice, Race, Indigenous Identity
Tags Politics & Government, Crime & Law, Race & Racism, Social Justice, Mystery & Crime Fiction, World History
Publication year 2003
Genre Book, Nonfiction
Themes Politics & Government, Globalization, War, Colonialism
Tags History: African , Politics & Government, Military & War, Trauma & Abuse, World History, Biography
Lt. General Roméo Dallaire is a Canadian officer who was assigned as the force commander in the United Nations Assistance Mission to Rwanda (UNAMIR), a UN peacekeeping mission to facilitate negotiations after the Rwandan Civil War. He wrote about his experiences witnessing the breakdown of the peace process and the Rwandan Genocide in Shake Hands With The Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda. Published in 2003, the book won the 2004 Governor General’s Award... Read Shake Hands with the Devil Summary
Publication year 2025
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Grief, Guilt, Death, Appearance & Reality, Marriage, Loyalty & Betrayal, Power & Greed, Truth & Lies
Tags Horror & Suspense, Mystery & Crime Fiction
Publication year 2001
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Conflict, Emotions/Behavior: Courage, Perseverance, Hope, Mental Health, Childhood & Youth, Coming of Age, Environment, Friendship, Teamwork, Safety & Danger
Tags Action & Adventure, Realistic Fiction, Survival Fiction, Children`s Literature, Modern Classic Fiction
Publication year 1982
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Fathers
Tags Sports, Historical Fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy, Classic Fiction
Shoeless Joe (1982) by W.P. Kinsellais a magic realist novel that brings together stories about the Black Sox Scandal of the 1919 World Series by intermingling fantastic elements with the factual. The novel tells the story of Ray Kinsella, who lives with his wife Annie and five-year-old daughter, Karin, on a farm in Iowa, where he grows corn. The writer weaves the narrative around the importance of baseball in the collective memory of Americans, and... Read Shoeless Joe Summary
Publication year 1997
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Animals, Teamwork, Fear, Shame & Pride, Good & Evil
Tags Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Animals, Relationships, Children`s Literature
Kenneth Oppel’s 1997 award-winning middle-grade novel Silverwing is a high-fantasy work that follows a young bat’s journey to find his colony. The novel has sold over a million copies and been adapted for television as an animated children’s series. This book is the first of four in The Silverwing Book Series.Other works by this author include Inkling, Bloom, Half Brother, and Airborn.Plot SummaryThe novel is divided into three parts, and it shifts point of view... Read Silverwing Summary
Publication year 2023
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Fear, Memory, Mental Health, Childhood & Youth, Coming of Age, Death, Space, Family, Religion & Spirituality, Safety & Danger, Science & Technology
Tags Realistic Fiction, Children`s Literature, Modern Classic Fiction, Mental Illness, Humor
Publication year 2001
Genre Short Story Collection, Fiction
Themes Family, Memory, Immigration
Tags Psychological Fiction, Coming of Age, Dramatic Literature, Trauma & Abuse, Addiction & Substance Abuse, Immigration & Refugeeism, Food, Asian Literature
Madeleine Thien is a Canadian writer whose work explores the trans-cultural world of Asian art, politics, and family life within Canada’s diasporic Asian Communities. She was born in 1974 to a Malaysian Chinese father and a Hong Kong Chinese mother. Thien studied contemporary dance but switched to creative writing as an undergraduate in college. She earned her MFA in writing from the University of British Columbia.Thien’s collection of short stories, Simple Recipes (2001, Little Brown... Read Simple Recipes Summary
Publication year 1974
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Truth & Lies
Tags Mythology, Love & Sexuality
Publication year 2016
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Truth & Lies, Community, Self Discovery, Conflict
Tags Realistic Fiction, Humor, Children`s Literature, Education, Education, Modern Classic Fiction
Publication year 2024
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Perseverance, Regret, Gender Identity, Childhood & Youth, Coming of Age, Friendship, Teamwork, Community, Truth & Lies
Tags Sports, Children`s Literature
Publication year 2025
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Trust & Doubt, Science & Technology, Coming of Age, Friendship, Community
Tags Mystery & Crime Fiction, Children`s Literature
Publication year 2018
Genre Poem, Fiction
Themes Loneliness, Apathy, Appearance & Reality, Climate, Environment
Tags Lyric Poem, Free Verse
Publication year 2007
Genre Novel, Fiction
Tags Historical Fiction, Colonial America
Lawrence Hill’s novel Someone Knows My Name was first published in Canada in 2007 under the title The Book of Negroes. This work of historical fiction was published with its new title in the United States in 2008. The novel won the 2007 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the 2008 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize.Inspired by the historical document the “Book of Negroes,” a record of escaped African slaves who found freedom in Canada, Hill set... Read Someone Knows My Name Summary
Publication year 2017
Genre Novel, Fiction
Tags Fantasy, Modern Classic Fiction, Magical Realism
Son of a Trickster is a 2017 young adult realistic fantasy novel by Eden Robinson. The first book in Robinson’s Trickster trilogy, it was shortlisted for various Canadian awards and was a Canadian bestseller. Set in Robinson’s hometown of Kitimat, British Columbia, the story is informed by the author’s Haisla and Heiltsuk heritage. The novel contains mature themes including addiction, abuse, and self-harm.Plot SummaryThe protagonist is 16-year-old Jared, a Native boy who lives with his... Read Son of a Trickster Summary
Publication year 2002
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Family
Tags Realistic Fiction, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Modern Classic Fiction, Romance, Humor
Son of the Mob is a young adult novel by Gordon Korman, published in 2002. It is a comedic adventure story that concerns a teenaged boy named Vince Luca, and his attempts to come to terms with his Mafia family.Vince’s life is a mixture of mundane teenaged concerns (girls, grades) and adult criminal activity. This is established in the first chapter of the book, when he takes a girl named Angela out on a date... Read Son of the Mob Summary
Publication year 2000
Genre Short Story, Fiction
Themes Race, Fear, Childhood & Youth
Publication year 2018
Genre Novel/Book in Verse, Fiction
Themes Perseverance, Religion & Spirituality, Good & Evil
Tags Magical Realism, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Canadian Literature
Publication year 2021
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Loyalty & Betrayal, Power & Greed, Truth & Lies, Safety & Danger, Guilt, Hate & Anger, Teamwork, Politics & Government, Trust & Doubt
Tags Horror & Suspense, Mystery & Crime Fiction, Modern Classic Fiction, Politics & Government
Publication year 2014
Genre Novel, Fiction
Themes Memory
Tags Music, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Published in 2014, Station Eleven is the fourth novel by Emily St. John Mandel (The Glass Hotel, Sea of Tranquility). The book won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Toronto Book Award, and was shortlisted or nominated for several others. Set in a post-apocalyptic future where a flu outbreak decimates the world’s population, the book is sometimes categorized as science fiction, although it does not feature any fictional technology; its protagonists’ involvement in a traveling... Read Station Eleven Summary