Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun LiewGreenwood by Michael ChristieHalf-Bads in White Regalia by Cody CaetanoMoon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig RiceFinding Edward by Sheila Murray
Canada Reads Longlist 2023
15 books — 4 voters
Lincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersBeartown by Fredrik BackmanThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Heart's Invisible Furies by John BoyneAmerican War by Omar El Akkad
Best Books of 2017
1,743 books — 3,084 voters

Life of Pi by Yann Martel1984 by George OrwellLes Misérables by Victor HugoCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
Best Books Ever
74,784 books — 277,563 voters

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLes Misérables by Victor HugoHamlet by William ShakespeareGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
Must/Should Read
39 books — 9 voters
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard FlanaganFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittLife of Pi by Yann MartelCloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,850 books — 21,771 voters

In the Skin of a Lion by Michael OndaatjeRu by Kim ThúyRockbound by Frank Parker DayFifteen Dogs by André AlexisForgiveness by Mark Sakamoto
CBC Canada Reads Winners
21 books — 44 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittCloud Atlas by David MitchellFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserThe Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,362 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,452 books — 16,031 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauWolf Willow by Wallace Stegner
A Journey Through Literary America
151 books — 218 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,229 books — 3,403 voters