Not sure what book to read next because you’re just in one of those moods? Check out this book list across many genres to help you pick your next favourite book!
Fiction
Mudflowers by Aley Waterman is perfect for fans of Sally Rooney, and takes readers on a journey from Newfoundland to Toronto, where our main character Sophie finds herself in a complicated situationship as she tries to come to terms with her mother’s death.
If a literary collection featuring sexy stories by some of Canada’s established and upcoming writers sounds amazing to you, pick up Secret Sex edited by Russell Smith. Featuring new stories from Heather O’Neill, Zoe Whittall, Jean-Marc Ah-Sen, and more, the only thing you’ll have to do is figure out who wrote what story.
Pull a complete 180 on your normal genres with a copy of Naniki by Oonya Kempadoo, a speculative climate fiction journey where Amana and Skelele, evolved sea beings with Taino and African ancestry, begin an archipelagic journey throughout the Caribbean Basin to see the strange future they dreamed of … until devastation erupts.
History
If history is calling your name, you are most definitely in a MOOD! If you want something specific to Toronto, we recommend Toronto Mayors by Mark Maloney, which looks back at all the 65 mayors in Toronto history. The earlier ones are where the real drama is at!
If the Olympics is all you were watching during the summer, then Famous for a Time by Jason Wilson; Richard M. Reid is a wonderful deep dive that explores a number of important Canadian athletes and the sports they played that reveals the socio-cultural trends that have shaped Canada since Confederation.
Memoir
Translated from French by JC Sutcliffe, Stolen Family is Johanne Durocher’s incredibly sad story about how her daughter and four grandchildren are trapped in a hostile environment in Saudi Arabia — Nathalie Morin's four children cannot leave Saudi Arabia without exit visas signed by Nathalie’s abusive husband, and Johanne has been fighting to free her family for years.
A little closer to home, Never Better by Gonzalo Riedel is a memoir that’s touching, funny, and a bit of a tear-jerker and Gonzalo reflects on his life as a single father raising two very young boys after the death of his wife.
Business
Sometimes, a good business type of book is what we need, and Lucky Iron Fish by Gavin Armstrong fits the bill! Ground-breaking research led to the creation of the Lucky Iron Fish, a unique device that tackles iron deficiency globally, propelled by the entrepreneurial spirit of Dr. Gavin Armstrong. This is his story of how this came to be, and the bright future ahead.