20 Canadian novels you should read if you want to be a writer
The best way to become a writer? Read great writing.
The best way to become a writer? Read great writing. With that in mind, here are 20 Canadian novels that exemplify the craft of writing at its best.
- Ellen in Pieces by Caroline Adderson
- No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod
- Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill
- A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
- Certainty by Madeleine Thien
- Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
- Martin John by Anakana Schofield
- A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
- The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke
- Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
- Come, Thou Tortoise by Jessica Grant
- February by Lisa Moore
- The Antagonist by Lynn Coady
- What We All Long For by Dionne Brand
- Galore by Michael Crummey
- Unless by Carol Shields
- In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
- Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King
