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This weeks BEST SELLER LISTS for Canada and the US

 Booklist Reader - Monthly reviews of new and recently published books for kids and adults

Checkout Booklist Reader more reading suggestions. Whether you are hunting for your next book to read, selecting for a book club or great ideas for kids, you will find librarian-approved selections and reviews in the latest edition of Booklist Reader. Visit the link below to read the latest issue, as well as recent issues, all for free.

Booklist Reader is a monthly book-review magazine published by the American Library Association and is free to read online.

May Listening: Spring Surprises

Where to find Podcasts

Podcasts can be found online and through mobile apps, often for free. Some places podcasts can be found include:

  • Spotify (Online and mobile app - Free account sign up required)
  • Apple Podcasts (Mobile app only - can listen through iTunes on a computer)
  • Google Podcasts (Online and mobile app)
  • Castbox (Online and Mobile app)
  • Stitcher (Online and Mobile app only)
  • TuneIn Radio (Online and mobile app)


Award Winners

Checkout these book awards for more titles that you may be interested in. You can browse dozen of different book awards in our catalogue.

 Canada Reads

The CBC's annual battle of the books, Canada Reads, is a great source for new books and titles you may have missed the first time around.

2022 Winner

Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

2021 Winner

Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

 Scotiabank Giller Prize

The Scotiabank Giller Prize was founded in 1994 by Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller, who passed away from cancer the year before. The award recognized excellence in Canadian fiction.

2021 Winner

What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

2020 Winner

How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa

 Governor General's Award for Literature

The Governor General's Literary Awards are given annually to the best English-language and the best French-language book in the seven categories.

2021 English Language Winners

Fiction

Tainna by Norma Dunning

Non-Fiction

Alfabet/Alphabet by Sadiqa de Meijer

2020 English Language Winners

Fiction

Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

Non-fiction

This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart by Madhur Anand

 Booker Prizes

The Booker Prize is the leading literary award in the English speaking world, rewarding the finest in fiction, highlighting great books to readers. As of 2016, the Man Booker International Prize will be awarded annually for a single book, translated into English and published in the UK. In 2018 the Golden Booker Prize was awarded for the best fiction writing over the last 5 decades.

2021 Book Prize Winner

The Promise by Damon Galgut

2021 Booker International Prize Winner

At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop

2020 Booker Prize Winner

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

2020 Booker International Prize Winner

Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld

 Goodreads Choice Awards

Started in 2009, the Goodreads Choice Awards are the only major book awards decided by readers worldwide.

 2020
  • The Midnight Library by Matt Haig - Fiction
  • The Guest List by Lucy Foley - Mystery / Thriller
  • The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett - Historical Fiction
  • House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas - Fantasy
  • From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout - Romance
  • To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini - Science Fiction
  • Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Horror
  • Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle - Humour
  • Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi - Nonfiction
  • A Promised Land by Barack Obama - Memoir & Autobiography
  • Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson - History & Biography
  • A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough - Science & Technology
  • Modern Comfort Food by Ina Garten - Food & Cookbooks
  • Heartstopper: Volume 3 by Alice Oseman - Graphic Novels & Comics
  • Dearly by Margaret Atwood - Poetry
  • Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid - Debut Novel
  • Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo - Young Adult Novel
  • The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black - Young Adult Fantasy
  • The Trials of Apollo: The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan - Middle Grade & Children's
  • Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi - Picture Books
 2021
  • Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney - Fiction
  • The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave - Mystery / Thriller
  • Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid - Historical Fiction
  • A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas - Fantasy
  • People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry - Romance
  • Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - Science Fiction
  • The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix - Horror
  • Broken (in the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson - Humour
  • The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green - Nonfiction
  • Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner - Memoir & Autobiography
  • Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe - History & Biography
  • Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe - Graphic Novels & Comics - Coming soon!
  • The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman - Poetry
  • The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas - Debut Novel
  • Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley - Young Adult Novel
  • Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo - Young Adult Fantasy
  • Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan - Middle Grade & Children's
 Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is awarded annually to an American author.

2021 Winner

The Night Watchman by Louise Erdich

2020 Winner

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Dublin Literary Award

The Dublin Literary Award is presented annually for a novel written in English or translated into English. The Award promotes excellence in world literature and is solely sponsored by Dublin City Council, and administered by Dublin City Libraries. Nominations are submitted by libraries in major cities throughout the world. 

2022 Shortlist (winner announced May 19)

Remote Sympathy by Catherine Chidgey
At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop, translated by Anna Moschovakis
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
The Art of Falling by Danielle McLaughlin
Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies by writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
The Art of Losing by Alice Zeniter, translated by Frank Wynne

You can find previous shortlist nominees in our catalogue

Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction

The Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction is given annually for excellence in the category of literary nonfiction, which includes essays, history, biography, memoir, commentary, and criticism. The winning book demonstrates a distinctive voice, as well as a persuasive and compelling command of tone, narrative, style, and technique. The prize has been sponsored by The Hon. Hilary M. Weston since 2011 and is funded by the Weston Family Foundation.

2021 Winner

Permanent Astonishment by Tomson Highway

Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence

Formerly the Arthur Ellis Awards. The Awards are for crime writing and are not restricted to mystery writing. Crime-writing encompasses far more than the traditional whodunit. The crime genre includes crime, detective, espionage, mystery, suspense, and thriller writing, as well as fictional or factual accounts of criminal doings and crime-themed literary works. The Arthur Ellis Awards honour the best in Canadian crime writing.

2021 Shortlists

2020 Best Novel Winner

Greenwood by Michael Christie

2019 Best Novel Winner

Though the Heavens Fall by Anne Emery

Indigenous Voices Awards

The Indigenous Voices Awards were established in 2017 to support and nurture the work of Indigenous writers in lands claimed by Canada. The prizes are awarded annually.

2021 Fiction Winner

Ghost Lake by Nathan Adler

2021 Non-Fiction Winner

Genocidal Love by Bevann Fox

 Leacock Medal (Humour)

The Board of Directors of the Stephen Leacock Associates works to preserve the literary legacy of Stephen Leacock, oversee the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour award and encourage the growth of Canadian humour writing.

2021 Winner

Indians On Vacation by Thomas King

2020 Winner

Molly of the Mall by Heidi L. M. Jacobs

Toronto Book Awards

Established by Toronto City Council in 1974, the Toronto Book Awards honour authors of books of literary or artistic merit that are evocative of Toronto. The annual awards offer $15,000 in prize money: finalists receive $1,000 and the winning author is awarded $10,000.

2021 Winner

Speak, Silence by Kim Echlin

2020 Winner

The Skin We're In by Desmond Cole

 Trillium Book Award

The Ontario government established the Trillium Book Award in 1987 to recognize excellence, support marketing and foster increased public awareness of the quality and diversity of Ontario writers and writing.

2022 Shortlist

Winner announced June 21, 2022

Missed Connections by Brian Francis

Aether by Catherine Graham (coming soon)

The Pump by Sydney Hegel (formerly Sydney Warner Brooman)

The Hunter and the Old Woman by Pamela Korgemagi

The Last Exiles by Ann Shin

 

2021 Winner

How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa

 Women's Prize for Fiction (UK)

The inspiration for the Women's Prize for Fiction was the Booker Prize of 1991 when none of the six shortlisted books was by a woman, despite some 60% of novels published that year being by female authors. The first prize was awarded in 1996. 2020 marks the 25 year of the award.

2022 Shortlist

Shortlist to be announced April 27 with winner announced June 15

Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason

Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

The Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini (coming soon)

The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

2021 Winner

Pireanesi by Susanna Clarke

2020 Winner

Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell (also published as Hamnet And Judith)

Reading Challenges

Trying to read more this year? Check out these great reading challenges that will help keep you on track.

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Lists!

Who doesn't like a good Top 100 list? You will find most of these books in our collection.

The OLC Library 100

BBC Top 100 Books You Need To Read

Pengiun 100 Must-Read Classics

Top 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, so far

Heather's Picks (Chapters/Indigo CEO)

Oprah's Book Club (Oprah Winfrey)

Read With Jenna - Jenna Bush Hager's Picks (host of The Today Show)

Reese's Book Club (Reese Witherspoon)

Jillian Harris Book Club

Other Websites

Check out the websites below to help you find new authors and different books to read. Also, sign up for our NextReads Newsletters and receive monthly emails highlighing new books in our collection.

BookBrowse

Access BookBrowse to discover read-a-likes and similar authors to your favourites. Make use of the book club resources for you next book club meeting.

NextReads Newsletters

Sign-up for a NextReads newsletter and receive email notifications with book suggestions in our catalogue. Each title links back to the catalogue where you can place holds on the titles that interest you most.

NoveList

Access NoveList Plus to discover new books to read. You'll find read-alikes and authors suggestions. Browse genres and award winning books. 

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