Canadian Authors (M to Z)
Some Great Thing by Colin McAdam
Two men–one a self-made contractor, the other a disaffected businessman–become friends and seek to find happiness in a world that seems bent on keeping both of them dissatisfied with their lives.
Summer Gone by David MacFarlane
A divorced father and his estranged son face death on a doomed canoe trip, and they must confront each other as they struggle to survive.
The Mysteries by Robert McGill
A woman’s disappearance unlocks the dark secrets of a small Ontario town.
Cape Breton Road by D. R. Macdonald
Innis Corbett is born into a Highlander community in Nova Scotia and lives a turbulent life between Canada and Boston, struggling with family ties and romance.
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper’s son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.
The Dutch Wife by Eric McCormack
Thomas Vanderlinden, an aging professor, shares with his neighbor the story of his remarkable mother Rachel and the two men with whom she shared her life. Both men went by the same name. The first went abroad and never returned. The second, a man whom Rachel accepted unquestioningly as her husband, was a mystery. Who exactly was he?
The Book of Knights by Yves Meynard
Enchanted by a dusty copy of “The Book of Knights,” young Adelrune longs to escape his strict stepparents and the harsh religious rule of his village and resolves to run away and become a knight. (Science Fiction)
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
The diary of Jakob Beer tells the story of his life, a polish Jew who’s parents were killed by the Nazis during the holocaust.
Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry
A seventy-nine-year-old man struggles to be independent from his overprotective step-children as he relives his past relationships and contemplates the overwhelming influences family can have on individual lives.
Blood of Others by Rick Mofina
A lonely woman, determined to find a man who will love her, finds solace in the arms of a man tormented by his brutal past, but their love is violently shattered when he descends into a murderous rage.
Kit’s Law by Donna Morrissey
Living a reclusive and isolated existence with her mentally retarded mother and her grandmother in a ramshackle cottage on Newfoundland’s outer banks, teenager Kit Pitman finds her life turned upside down by the death of her grandmother.
Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro
This classic female coming-of-age novel is both the story of strong-willed Del Jordan and an evocative portrait of small-town rural Ontario in the 1940s.
Volkswagen Blues by Jacques Poulin
Jack Waterman is a Quebec novelist looking for his brother Theo. He sets out in a rusty old Volkswagen minibus with an armload of maps, a postcard, several dictionaries and a bag of cookies. Their search becomes a classic journey into the soul of North America, traveling the highways of history and literature to the Pacific.
The Heart is an Involuntary Muscle by Monique Proulx
The story revolves around Florence, who hates writers and their hang-ups and likes their books even less. She only likes Zeno, who is her partner in business. He likes Pierre Laliberté, the mysterious, reclusive novelist. Because of Zeno, Florence finds herself following a trail that could lead her to Pierre Laliberté, an imposter who pillages other people’s lives.
Lost Girls by Andrew Pyper
The disappearance of two fourteen-year-old girls from a down-and-out northern Ontario town draws idealistic defense lawyer Bartholomew Christian Crane into a sticky murder trial.
French Hats in Iran by Heydar Radjavi
A memoir of growing up in Tabriz in the 1930s and 1940s. The author describes a traditionalist Iran grappling with modernity.
Ten Thousand Lovers by Edeet Raveel
A recent immigrant to Israel, Lily, a young student, finds her life turned upside down when she falls in love with Ami, a handsome former actor and Israeli army interrogator, as the horrors of his work affect their relationship.
Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards
Blaming himself for the death of another child, 12-year-old Sidney Henderson takes a vow of non-violence that lasts into adulthood, when an act of violence forces him to turn his back on his promise.
Cold is the Grave by Peter Robinson
Maverick police inspector Alan Banks finds himself drawn into London’s underworld when he aids his archrival Chief Constable Riddle, after the chief’s missing daughter turns up on a pornographic website.
No Crystal Stair by Maruth Sarsfield
Marion Willow, a proud young widow, must work at two jobs to ensure that her three girls develop lifestyles not hindered by class and colour.
A Song for Nettie Johnson by Gloria Sawai
A collection of stories including a novella about Nettie Johnson, who manages to have a great life despite being ostracized by the townsfolk.
Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
In a parallel world in which Neanderthals became the dominant intelligent species, a scientific experiment traps a Neanderthal physicist on Earth.
Our Lady of the Lost and Found by Diane Schoemperlan
The Virgin Mary appears in a middle-aged writer’s house one day and decides to stay for a week.
The Heart Does Not Bend by Makeda Silvera
When Maria Galloway dies, she leaves everything to her spoiled, wayward grandson, Vittorio. Her only granddaughter, Molly, is left to confront the unyielding bitterness Maria harbored against her.
In the Midnight Hour by Michele Spring
Twelve years after 4-year-old Timmy Cable vanished, Timmy’s grieving mother encounters a street musician whom she believes is her long-lost son.
Mme. Proust and the Kosher Kitchen by Kate Taylor
Stretching between turn-of-the-century Paris and contemporary Canada, this is the story of three women whose lives intersect across time.
The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe
Ordered by their father to find their missing brother, Englishmen Charles and Addington Gaunt set off to America, and confront their personal demons.
The In-between World of Vikram Lall by M.G. Vassangi
In 1953 Kenya the lives of a group of friends–Indian, African, and British–are transformed by the violence of the Mau Mau uprising against British rule.
Darwinia by Robert Wilson
In an alternative history of the twentieth century, Europe is replaced by a nightmarish jungle and monsters that contains the secret of human destiny.
Dirt Music by Tim Winton
Georgie Jutland has never really become a part of the fishing community, and her tentative link to conventional life is further jeopardized when she begins a love affair with Luther Fox, the local poacher and outcast.
The Sacrifice by Adele Wiseman
A haunting depiction of one family and its often tragic attempts to come to terms with a new life in a new country.
A Chill Rain in January by L.R. Wright
To Karl Alberg, the death of Benjamin Strachan was baffling. Had his untimely death been precipitated by a drunken fall down his estranged sister’s basement stairs? Or something far more sinister?.
Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright
A tale of two sisters who have chosen very different paths.
Compiled by Christine Brown (2005)
