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Canada Reads Winners and Nominees

Type: Preset list created by gypsysmom

Description: Since 2002 CBC has hosted a week long program to pick an essential Canadian read.

Based on bookaward: Canada Reads

Members: 4 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date | CK Order
1
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
40,791 members, 970 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), WeeTurtle (1), gypsysmom (2)

Score: 11.36

2
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
15,780 members, 508 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), WeeTurtle (2), gypsysmom (4)

Score: 9.56

3
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
37,373 members, 1,072 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3), gypsysmom (3)

Score: 6.08

4
The Hero's Walk
by Anita Rau Badami
571 members, 20 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: MaggieFlo (1), ahef1963 (14)

Score: 6.07

5
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
8,599 members, 243 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (4), gypsysmom (5)

Score: 5.5

6
Fall on Your Knees
by Ann-Marie MacDonald
5,155 members, 119 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (5), gypsysmom (7)

Score: 5.13

7
The Birth House
by Ami McKay
1,891 members, 104 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), gypsysmom (9)

Score: 4.87

8
The Stone Angel
by Margaret Laurence
1,620 members, 38 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7), gypsysmom (12)

Score: 4.61

9
Away
by Jane Urquhart
776 members, 22 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8), gypsysmom (20)

Score: 4.27

10
Two Solitudes
by Hugh MacLennan
426 members, 10 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9), gypsysmom (29)

Score: 4.03

11
The Best Laid Plans
by Terry Fallis
474 members, 37 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (1)

Score: 4

12
Not Wanted on the Voyage
by Timothy Findley
942 members, 16 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16), gypsysmom (19)

Score: 3.92

13
The Book of Negroes
by Lawrence Hill
3,349 members, 173 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10), gypsysmom (44)

Score: 3.8

14
A Complicated Kindness
by Miriam Toews
2,141 members, 64 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (11), gypsysmom (46)

Score: 3.73

15
Lullabies for Little Criminals
by Heather O'Neill
1,479 members, 73 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (12), gypsysmom (47)

Score: 3.68

16
Son of a Trickster
by Eden Robinson
386 members, 30 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (17), gypsysmom (61)

Score: 3.4

17
The Year of the Flood
by Margaret Atwood
6,713 members, 350 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (6)

Score: 2.56

18
Unless
by Carol Shields
2,902 members, 90 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (8)

Score: 2.38

19
Three Day Road
by Joseph Boyden
1,739 members, 84 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (10)

Score: 2.25

20
Beautiful Losers
by Leonard Cohen
1,643 members, 20 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (11)

Score: 2.2

21
Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
by Douglas Coupland
5,113 members, 58 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13)

Score: 2.11

22
The Outlander
by Gil Adamson
1,313 members, 89 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (13)

Score: 2.11

23
Half Blood Blues
by Esi Edugyan
1,310 members, 77 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (14)

Score: 2.07

24
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
by Wayne Johnston
1,088 members, 20 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (15)

Score: 2.03

25
Natasha: And Other Stories
by David Bezmozgis
454 members, 17 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (15)

Score: 2.03

26
Green Grass, Running Water
by Thomas King
1,060 members, 27 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (16)

Score: 2

27
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
by John Vaillant
1,108 members, 62 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (17)

Score: 1.97

28
Annabel
by Kathleen Winter
959 members, 75 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (18)

Score: 1.94

29
Deafening
by Frances Itani
719 members, 26 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (21)

Score: 1.87

30
Mercy Among the Children
by David Adams Richards
698 members, 30 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (22)

Score: 1.85

31
The Jade Peony
by Wayson Choy
619 members, 22 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (23)

Score: 1.83

32
Ru
by Kim Thúy
751 members, 54 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (24)

Score: 1.81

33
February
by Lisa Moore
565 members, 46 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (25)

Score: 1.79

34
The Lost Garden
by Helen Humphreys
530 members, 36 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (26)

Score: 1.77

35
Good to a Fault
by Marina Endicott
448 members, 38 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (27)

Score: 1.76

36
The Collected Essex County
by Jeff Lemire
590 members, 41 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (28)

Score: 1.74

38
Stanley Park
by Timothy Taylor
332 members, 10 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (31)

Score: 1.7

39
Icefields
by Thomas Wharton
299 members, 16 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (32)

Score: 1.68

40
Indian Horse
by Richard Wagamese
629 members, 44 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (33)

Score: 1.67

41
Company Town
by Madeline Ashby
404 members, 30 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (34)

Score: 1.66

42
Children of My Heart
by Gabrielle Roy
164 members, 9 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (35)

Score: 1.65

43
And the Birds Rained Down
by Jocelyne Saucier
232 members, 31 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (36)

Score: 1.63

44
Sarah Binks
by Paul G. Hiebert
112 members, 4 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (37)

Score: 1.62

45
Shelf Monkey
by Corey Redekop
119 members, 12 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (38)

Score: 1.61

46
Whylah Falls
by George Elliott Clarke
116 members, 2 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (39)

Score: 1.6

47
The Break
by Katherena Vermette
406 members, 29 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (40)

Score: 1.59

48
The Age Of Hope
by David Bergen
84 members, 13 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (41)

Score: 1.58

49
Intolerable
by Kamal Al-Solaylee
75 members, 9 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (42)

Score: 1.57

50
No Crystal Stair
by Mairuth Sarsfield
57 members, 4 reviews
3 stars (3 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (43)

Score: 1.56

51
In the Skin of a Lion
by Michael Ondaatje
2,658 members, 41 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (45)

Score: 1.54

52
The Orenda
by Joseph Boyden
914 members, 41 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (48)

Score: 1.52

53
The Last Crossing
by Guy Vanderhaeghe
744 members, 21 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (49)

Score: 1.51

54
Nikolski
by Nicolas Dickner
462 members, 44 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (50)

Score: 1.5

55
Fifteen Dogs: An Apologue
by André Alexis
730 members, 51 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (51)

Score: 1.5

56
The Illegal: A Novel
by Lawrence Hill
356 members, 22 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (52)

Score: 1.49

57
Rockbound
by Frank Parker Day
231 members, 12 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (53)

Score: 1.48

58
King Leary
by Paul Quarrington
181 members, 15 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (54)

Score: 1.48

59
Next Episode
by Hubert Aquin
189 members, 1 review
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (55)

Score: 1.47

60
The Love of a Good Woman
by Alice Munro
1,787 members, 31 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (56)

Score: 1.46

61
Brother
by David Chariandy
301 members, 22 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (57)

Score: 1.46

63
La femme qui fuit
by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
98 members, 6 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (59)

Score: 1.44

64
The Bone Cage
by Angie Abdou
100 members, 9 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (60)

Score: 1.44

65
Homes: A Refugee Story
by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah
106 members, 14 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (62)

Score: 1.43

66
Barney's Version
by Mordecai Richler
1,687 members, 35 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (63)

Score: 1.42

67
Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club
by Megan Gail Coles
118 members, 6 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (64)

Score: 1.41

68
Radicalized
by Cory Doctorow
333 members, 16 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (65)

Score: 1.41

69
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
by Samra Habib
214 members, 13 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (66)

Score: 1.4

70
The Midnight Bargain
by C. L. Polk
375 members, 28 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (67)

Score: 1.4

71
Butter Honey Pig Bread
by Francesca Ekwuyasi
122 members, 5 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (68)

Score: 1.39

72
Five Little Indians
by Michelle Good
224 members, 15 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (69)

Score: 1.39

73
Washington Black
by Esi Edugyan
1,833 members, 115 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (70)

Score: 1.38

74
What Strange Paradise
by Omar El Akkad
236 members, 18 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (71)

Score: 1.38

75
Jonny Appleseed
by Joshua Whitehead
305 members, 15 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (72)

Score: 1.37

76
Scarborough
by Catherine Hernandez
105 members, 6 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (73)

Score: 1.37

77
Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing
by Clayton Thomas-Muller
47 members, 3 reviews
3.36 stars (3.36 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (74)

Score: 1.36

78
Bone and Bread
by Saleema Nawaz
126 members, 13 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (75)

Score: 1.36

79
American War
by Omar El Akkad
1,522 members, 84 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Score: 0

80
Brown Girl In The Ring
by Nalo Hopkinson
1,035 members, 44 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Score: 0

81
The Marrow Thieves
by Cherie Dimaline
788 members, 33 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Score: 0

82
Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir
by Marina Nemat
658 members, 33 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Score: 0

83
Hench
by Natalie Zina Walschots
560 members, 47 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Score: 0

84
The Game: A Thoughtful and Provocative Look at a Life in Hockey
by Ken Dryden
428 members, 12 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Score: 0

85
Cockroach
by Rawi Hage
344 members, 16 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Score: 0

86
Fruit
by Brian Francis
317 members, 16 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Score: 0

87
The Fat Woman Next Door Is Pregnant
by Michel Tremblay
275 members, 14 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Score: 0

88
Cocksure
by Mordecai Richler
257 members, 5 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Score: 0

90
Volkswagen Blues
by Jacques Poulin
228 members, 8 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Score: 0

91
Birdie
by Tracey Lindberg
223 members, 10 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Score: 0

92
The Boat People
by Sharon Bala
205 members, 21 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Score: 0

94
The Song of Kahunsha
by Anosh Irani
179 members, 12 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Score: 0

95
Elle
by Douglas Glover
172 members, 8 reviews
3.29 stars (3.29 stars)

Score: 0

96
From the Fifteenth District
by Mavis Gallant
167 members, 6 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Score: 0

98
Forgiveness
by Mark Sakamoto
123 members, 11 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Score: 0

99
Bottle Rocket Hearts
by Zoe Whittall
115 members, 5 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Score: 0

100
Minister Without Portfolio
by Michael Winter
106 members, 14 reviews
3.27 stars (3.27 stars)

Score: 0

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