Compelling CanLit Fiction

1.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,260 ratings
2.
The Stone Angel
The Stone Angel 3.77 avg rating — 13,219 ratings
3.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,143 ratings
4.
The Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes 4.47 avg rating — 90,242 ratings
5.
The Birth House
The Birth House
by: Ami McKay
4.04 avg rating — 45,662 ratings
6.
The Deptford Trilogy
The Deptford Trilogy 4.33 avg rating — 8,190 ratings
7.
A Complicated Kindness
A Complicated Kindness 3.69 avg rating — 27,735 ratings
8.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,942 ratings
9.
The Piano Man's Daughter
The Piano Man's Daughter 3.93 avg rating — 4,887 ratings
10.
The Robber Bride
The Robber Bride 3.83 avg rating — 49,006 ratings
11.
The Stone Carvers
The Stone Carvers 3.94 avg rating — 6,889 ratings
12.
Room
Room 4.08 avg rating — 826,339 ratings
13.
Half Blood Blues
Half Blood Blues 3.70 avg rating — 17,537 ratings
14.
Annabel
Annabel 3.84 avg rating — 11,927 ratings
15.
Three Day Road (Bird Family Trilogy, #1)
Three Day Road (Bird Family Trilogy, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 25,560 ratings
16.
The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating — 137,382 ratings
17.
The Best Laid Plans
The Best Laid Plans 3.92 avg rating — 11,067 ratings
18.
Late Nights on Air
Late Nights on Air 3.58 avg rating — 12,532 ratings
19.
Away
Away 3.83 avg rating — 6,212 ratings
20.
The Edible Woman
The Edible Woman 3.69 avg rating — 39,571 ratings
21.
Not Wanted on the Voyage
Not Wanted on the Voyage 3.98 avg rating — 7,182 ratings
22.
No Great Mischief
No Great Mischief 4.02 avg rating — 12,060 ratings
22.
Ru
Ru
by: Kim Thúy
3.82 avg rating — 24,630 ratings
24.
The Wars
The Wars 3.85 avg rating — 9,782 ratings
25.
All My Puny Sorrows
All My Puny Sorrows 4.01 avg rating — 31,465 ratings
26.
The Diviners
The Diviners 4.18 avg rating — 7,915 ratings
27.
A House in the Sky
A House in the Sky 4.28 avg rating — 70,663 ratings
28.
The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries 3.89 avg rating — 41,487 ratings
29.
The Cornish Trilogy: The Rebel Angels / What's Bred in the Bone / The Lyre of Orpheus
The Cornish Trilogy: The Rebel Angels / What's Bred in the Bone / The Lyre of Orpheus 4.44 avg rating — 2,458 ratings
30.
419
419 3.62 avg rating — 12,798 ratings
31.
Indian Horse
Indian Horse 4.41 avg rating — 33,166 ratings
32.
The Virgin Cure
The Virgin Cure
by: Ami McKay
3.79 avg rating — 16,002 ratings
33.
Unless
Unless 3.63 avg rating — 16,938 ratings
34.
The Cunning Man (Toronto Trilogy, #2)
The Cunning Man (Toronto Trilogy, #2) 3.92 avg rating — 2,913 ratings
35.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,163 ratings
36.
Cat’s Eye
Cat’s Eye 3.95 avg rating — 71,398 ratings
37.
Lady Oracle
Lady Oracle 3.67 avg rating — 15,291 ratings
38.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth 4.14 avg rating — 95,612 ratings
39.
The Antagonist
The Antagonist 3.58 avg rating — 2,011 ratings
40.
Liminal
Liminal 3.83 avg rating — 372 ratings
41.
Cam & Beau
Cam & Beau 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings
42.
The Last Crossing
The Last Crossing 3.90 avg rating — 3,855 ratings
43.
Matachewan: Postcards from Lisa Dee
Matachewan: Postcards from Lisa Dee
by: Lisa Dee
4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
44.
Daughters of the Deer
Daughters of the Deer 4.38 avg rating — 5,913 ratings
45.
Through Black Spruce (Bird Family Trilogy, #2)
Through Black Spruce (Bird Family Trilogy, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 15,385 ratings
46.
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town 3.73 avg rating — 3,812 ratings
47.
Never Cry Wolf
Never Cry Wolf 4.21 avg rating — 25,555 ratings
48.
Fall on Your Knees
Fall on Your Knees 3.97 avg rating — 67,611 ratings
48.
The Cure for Death by Lightning
The Cure for Death by Lightning 3.70 avg rating — 6,811 ratings
48.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,873 ratings
48.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating — 156,850 ratings
52.
Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3)
Anne of the Island (Anne of Green Gables, #3) 4.28 avg rating — 188,794 ratings
53.
Solomon Gursky Was Here
Solomon Gursky Was Here 3.98 avg rating — 3,142 ratings
54.
The Salterton Trilogy: Tempest-Tost / Leaven of Malice / A Mixture of Frailties
The Salterton Trilogy: Tempest-Tost / Leaven of Malice / A Mixture of Frailties 4.35 avg rating — 1,961 ratings
55.
The Heart Is an Involuntary Muscle
The Heart Is an Involuntary Muscle 3.50 avg rating — 192 ratings
55.
Barney's Version
Barney's Version 4.17 avg rating — 13,341 ratings
57.
Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel
Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel 3.16 avg rating — 1,142 ratings
58.
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 3.73 avg rating — 9,210 ratings
59.
The Tin Flute
The Tin Flute 3.71 avg rating — 4,855 ratings
60.
The Cat's Table
The Cat's Table 3.62 avg rating — 27,173 ratings
61.
A Jest of God
A Jest of God 3.96 avg rating — 3,391 ratings
62.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 176,375 ratings
63.
In the Skin of a Lion
In the Skin of a Lion 3.84 avg rating — 18,984 ratings
64.
The Flying Troutmans
The Flying Troutmans 3.77 avg rating — 8,604 ratings
65.
Anil's Ghost
Anil's Ghost 3.58 avg rating — 18,629 ratings
66.
The Wreckage
The Wreckage 3.88 avg rating — 1,417 ratings
67.
Mad Shadows
Mad Shadows 3.58 avg rating — 797 ratings
68.
Ten Thousand Lovers (Tel Aviv Trilogy #1)
Ten Thousand Lovers (Tel Aviv Trilogy #1) 3.76 avg rating — 1,121 ratings
69.
February
February 3.71 avg rating — 7,528 ratings
70.
The Headmaster's Wager
The Headmaster's Wager 3.88 avg rating — 5,120 ratings
70.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating — 203,037 ratings
72.
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1)
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 49,456 ratings
73.
A Map of Glass
A Map of Glass 3.56 avg rating — 1,367 ratings
74.
The Lowland
The Lowland 3.88 avg rating — 95,699 ratings
75.
Larry's Party
Larry's Party 3.74 avg rating — 9,020 ratings
76.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating — 280,152 ratings
77.
The Night Stages
The Night Stages 3.54 avg rating — 1,148 ratings
78.
Postcards
Postcards 3.77 avg rating — 5,993 ratings
79.
Sanctuary Line
Sanctuary Line 3.48 avg rating — 1,493 ratings
80.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating — 150,736 ratings
81.
The Amazing Absorbing Boy
The Amazing Absorbing Boy 3.22 avg rating — 368 ratings
82.
The Underpainter
The Underpainter 3.67 avg rating — 2,899 ratings
83.
Surfacing
Surfacing 3.45 avg rating — 28,050 ratings
84.
The Time In Between
The Time In Between 3.26 avg rating — 3,037 ratings
85.
Graffiti Hack
Graffiti Hack 3.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
85.
Tranquility
Tranquility 4.28 avg rating — 71 ratings
85.
Split
Split 3.93 avg rating — 28 ratings
85.
Rockets Versus Gravity
Rockets Versus Gravity 3.73 avg rating — 66 ratings
85.
After the Bloom
After the Bloom 3.51 avg rating — 222 ratings
85.
The Book of Eve
The Book of Eve 3.83 avg rating — 488 ratings
85.
A Broken Winter
A Broken Winter 3.81 avg rating — 27 ratings
85.
After Elias
After Elias 4.07 avg rating — 481 ratings
85.
After Elias
After Elias 4.07 avg rating — 481 ratings
85.
The Wild Heavens
The Wild Heavens 3.93 avg rating — 193 ratings
85.
Always Brave, Sometimes Kind
Always Brave, Sometimes Kind 4.14 avg rating — 147 ratings
85.
Your Mouth Is Lovely
Your Mouth Is Lovely 3.74 avg rating — 343 ratings
85.
Where The Waters Meet: A Novel
Where The Waters Meet: A Novel 3.61 avg rating — 519 ratings
85.
The Oracle of Spring Garden Road
The Oracle of Spring Garden Road 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings
99.
Sandra Beck
Sandra Beck 4.47 avg rating — 19 ratings
99.
All the Things We Leave Behind
All the Things We Leave Behind 4.03 avg rating — 221 ratings
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