CBC Canada Reads 2012 Top 10 (10 books)

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In 2012, Canada Reads turns to non-fiction for the first time ever. Canada Reads: True Stories is about finding the memoir, biography or work of literary non-fiction for the entire country to read.

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1		Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda by Roméo Dallaire 4.25 avg rating — 13,962 ratings score: 392, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nemat (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 14,762 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Journey to Understand His Extraordinary Son by Ian Brown 3.89 avg rating — 1,920 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Cockeyed: A Memoir by Ryan Knighton 3.83 avg rating — 894 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		Paris, 1919: Six Months that Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan 4.13 avg rating — 15,257 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter by Carmen Aguirre 3.92 avg rating — 3,044 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		The Game by Ken Dryden 4.17 avg rating — 7,713 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography by Chester Brown 3.87 avg rating — 6,034 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		On a Cold Road: Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock by Dave Bidini 3.74 avg rating — 454 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival by John Vaillant 4.06 avg rating — 21,512 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

10 books · 7 voters · list created November 7th, 2011 by Leslie (votes) .

Tags: 2012, canada-reads, cbc, non-fiction

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message 1: by Gwnhwyfer (new)

Nov 12, 2011 01:29PM

Gwnhwyfer

Yay! I'm so happy CBC choose to select non-fiction this year - it's one of my favourite genre's!

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message 2: by Ruth (new)

Aug 26, 2012 02:49PM

Ruth

Glad they picked both "Prisoner of Tehran" and "Shake Hands with the Devil" both deeply moving books!

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