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A Town Called Solace By Mary Lawson Penguin Random House Reading a Mary Lawson book is like sitting by a fire with a good friend, wrapped...

Ridgerunner by Gil Adamson House of Anansi Press This novel, winner of the Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, contains one of the most...

We Begin at the End By Chris Whitaker Henry Holt and Co. This is one of those books that grabs you with the first few pages and doesn’t...

Gutter Child By Jael Richardson HarperCollins Canada Woah. If you can handle it, stop what you’re doing right now and read this book. It...

Indians on Vacation Thomas King HarperCollins Canada I’m late to the party on this one, but I highly recommend it. Anyone who has...

Hamnet and Judith By Maggie O'Farrell Penguin Random House This is one of those books that after you read the last page, you find...

Consent By Annabel Lyon Random House It took me a while to write this review, and truthfully, I’m still not sure what to make of this...

A Song for the Dark Times By Ian Rankin Orion Books The very best crime novels give readers big moral questions to ponder. That’s exactly...

The Lying Life of Adults By Elena Ferrante Europa Editions Translated by Ann Goldstein Wow, wow, wow. If only it were a quartet like her...

Magic Lessons Alice Hoffman Simon & Schuster Alice Hoffman takes readers all the way back to the beginning of the story behind Practical...

The Pull of the Stars By Emma Donoghue HarperCollins How did Irish-Canadian author Emma Donoghue pull this off? She’s written a book...

Forest Green By Kate Pullinger Penguin Random House Have you ever wondered about the back story of a homeless person you’ve seen on the...

I hadn’t read any reviews or plot summaries when I picked up this book, so I was in for a surprise.

The Things We Cannot Say By Kelly Rimmer Graydon House Books Wow. This is an extremely accomplished book and I highly recommend it. Dual...

Lucy Foley The Guest List HarperCollins Canada Looking for a fun summer read that’s entertaining and fast? Look no further than Lucy...

Five Little Indians By Michelle Good Harper Collins Read. This. Book. It’s the story of Kenny, Lucy, Clara, Howie and Maisie, five...

A Good Neighborhood By Therese Anne Fowler St. Martin's Press If you’re looking for a compelling novel to take your mind completely away...

Read this book. Whether you're a budding environmentalist, a downright tree hugger or neither of the two, give it a go. I opened this...

A little Alice Hoffman, anyone? In The World That We Knew, Hoffman writes about the French Resistance during the Second World War, but in...

Fans of Jackson Brodie can rejoice – he’s back chasing bad guys in Big Sky, Kate Atkinson’s latest novel. It’s been nine long years since...