'A mesmerizing and achingly beautiful novel that will linger in your memory indefinitely' Jan Ransom, author of The Whale Tatto 'Impressive... It is rare to read such a masterful, thrilling debut' L'Express 'A debut that reads like a classic' Le Figaro ______A heartbreaking tale of impossible love in late-twentieth century Egypt. Cairo, 1980s. Tarek's whole life is laid out for him. A doctor like his father, he has taken over the family medical practice, married his childhood sweetheart an...

**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION • FINALIST FOR THE 2024 GILLER PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 FERRO-GRUMLEY AWARD FOR LGBTQ FICTION • The Globe and Mail’s Best Books of 2024 • CBC’s Best Canadian Fiction of 2024“Pure delight.” —Ann-Marie MacDonald“Dazzling . . . A riot of cerebral invention.” —Toronto Star**This sparkling, genre-bending novel opens with amateur historian Anne, who has a passion for research into ...

When Lily was eleven years old, her mother, Swee Hua, walked away from the family, never to be seen or heard from again. Now, as a new mother herself, Lily becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Swee Hua. She recalls the spring of 1987, growing up in a small British Columbia mining town where there were only a handful of Asian families; Lily’s previously stateless father wanted them to blend seamlessly into Canadian life, while her mother, alienated and isolated, longed to retu...

**LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 GILLER PRIZEA GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEARNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe eagerly awaited follow-up novel from the Giller prize-winning author of Reproduction, You’ve Changed is a daring and clever dissection of a crumbling marriage between two people who are morphing in ways that confound each other.**Middle-aged and about to be dumped from his construction job, Beckett is not feeling his best—especially sin...

GLOBE 100 BOOKS OF 2024 • INDIGO BEST BOOKS OF 2024 • CBC BEST FICTION OF 2024!The second novel by Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Michelle Winters teems with hot towel shaves and the steady thrum of female rage.Spurred by adolescent trauma, Louise adopts a life of hardcore punk violence until she stumbles into a job at a mysterious men’s hair salon, where her unique relationship with her clientele shows h...

"A beautiful story of unfolding secrets and unforeseen consequences, filled with moments that are somehow restrained and astute and gorgeously written all at the same time."—Holly Gramazio, bestselling author of The Husbands“Infinitely moving, quirky, acutely observed and beautifully written...Confirms Clare Chambers as one of our most talented writers."--The GuardianAn alluring literary mystery full of secrets and...

**Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for FictionA classic . . . I'll be rereading it the rest of my life' - Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr!'I just didn't put it down' - Miranda July, author of All Fours**A medical crisis brings one man close to death – and to love, art, and beauty – in a profound and luminous novel by award-winning author Garth Greenwell.A poet’s life is turned inside out by a sudden, wrenching pain. The pain ...

***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 GILLER PRIZE**FINALIST FOR THE 2025 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD*From the author of the nationally bestselling Strangers saga comes a heartrending story of two Michif sisters who must face their past trauma when their mother is called out for false claims to Indigenous identity.**June and her sister, lyn, are NDNs—real ones.Lyn has her pottery artwork, her precocious kid, Willow, and the uncertain terrain of h...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the celebrated author of Disappearing Earth comes a tale of family, obsession, and a mysterious creature in the woods—“a mesmerizing story about hope, sisterhood, and survival with a truly shocking twist at the end” (People, Book of the Week).NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK!FINALIST FOR THE JOYCE CAROL OATES PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTIO...

Based on Portuguese legend, this #OwnVoices historical fantasy is an epic tale of mystery, magic, and making the impossible choice between love and duty…With just one touch, bread turns into roses. With just one bite, cheese turns into lilies.There’s a famine plaguing the land, and Princess Yzabel is wasting food simply by trying to eat. Before she can even swallow, her magic—her curse—has turned her meal into a bouquet. She’s on the verge of starv...

**Shortlisted for CANADA READS · Instant #1 National Bestseller · A Globe and Mail Best Book of the YearA tense psychological thriller about a mother who must keep watch at all times if she wants to keep her family safe—from USA TODAY and #1 national bestselling author Samantha M. Bailey.**Wherever you go…she’ll be watching.Sarah Goldman, mother to six-year-old Jacob, is relieved to move across the country. She has a lot sh...

WINNER of Canada Reads 2025From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community, Ma-Nee Chacaby's extraordinary story is one of enduring and ultimately overcoming the social and economic legacies of colonialism.As a child, Chacaby learned spiritual and cultural traditions from her Cree grandmother and trapping, hunting, and bush survival skills from her Ojibwa stepfather. She also suffered physical and sexual violence, and...