Canada Reads asked Canadians, "What is the one novel that could change our nation?" and they narrowed down the gazillion or so suggestions to make up the Canada Reads 2014 Top 40 longlist of books!
Here are the 40 books that made it to the 2014 Canada Reads longlist:
Accusation by Catherine Bush
Afterlands by Steven Heighton
Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje
Annabel by Kathleen Winter
The Blue Light Project by Timothy Taylor
The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
Cockroach by Rawi Hage
The Disappeared by Kim Echlin
Dogs at the Perimeter by Madeleine Thien
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels
Galore by Michael Crummey
Going Down Swinging by Billie Livingston
The Good Body by Bill Gaston
Half Blood Blues by Esi Eduygan
Happiness Economics by Shari Lapena
Headhunter by Timothy Findley
The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The Lizard Cage by Karen Connelly
Matadora by Elizabeth Ruth
Monoceros by Suzette Mayr
Natural Order by Brian Francis
October 1970 by Louis Hamelin
The Orenda by Joseph Boyden
Ragged Company by Richard Wagamese
The Republic of Nothing by Lesley Choyce
The Shore Girl by Fran Kimmel
Six Metres of Pavement by Farzana Doctor
The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart
Stunt Claudia Dey
Sub Rosa by Amber Dawn
A Sunday at the Pool in Kigali by Gil Courtemanche
Swarm by Lauren Carter
Sweetness in the Belly by Camila Gibb
Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
Truth & Bright Water by Thomas King
What the Body Remembers by Shauna Singh Baldwin
Y by Marjorie Celona
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
What do you think of this list? Have you read any or many of these titles? I'm pleased to see a few of my favourites in this collection. Now that we have our Top 40, it’s time for us to vote for the Top 10 to make up the Canada Reads 2014 shortlist. Don’t know where to start or who to vote for? You can explore the Top 40 books on Canada Reads and print out the list so you can add to your TBR pile! You can cast your vote for up to 10 titles by 11:59 p.m. ET on Sunday, November 3rd, 2013. The Top 10 will be revealed on Tuesday, November 12th on Q with host Jian Ghomeshi, and on the Canada Reads website. I will be following the #CanadaReads2014 activity on Twitter. So, are you with me?! Good luck to all the contenders and happy reading Canada Reads readers!
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