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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 97 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,468,411 ratings — published 1985
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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
by (shelved 55 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,127,149 ratings — published 1908
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Alias Grace Alias Grace (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.04 — 158,510 ratings — published 1996
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Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.00 — 290,059 ratings — published 2003
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Life of Pi Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,763,997 ratings — published 2001
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Station Eleven Station Eleven (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.07 — 624,808 ratings — published 2014
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Indian Horse Indian Horse (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.40 — 35,124 ratings — published 2012
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In the Skin of a Lion (Vintage International) In the Skin of a Lion (Vintage International)
by (shelved 46 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.84 — 19,378 ratings — published 1987
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The Stone Angel The Stone Angel (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.78 — 13,558 ratings — published 1964
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Three Day Road (Bird Family Trilogy, #1) Three Day Road (Bird Family Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.28 — 26,038 ratings — published 2005
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Fall on Your Knees Fall on Your Knees (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.97 — 68,365 ratings — published 1996
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The Marrow Thieves The Marrow Thieves (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.93 — 44,855 ratings — published 2017
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The Book of Negroes The Book of Negroes (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.47 — 92,043 ratings — published 2007
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Lullabies for Little Criminals Lullabies for Little Criminals (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.05 — 30,185 ratings — published 2006
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All My Puny Sorrows All My Puny Sorrows (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.01 — 33,000 ratings — published 2014
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A Complicated Kindness A Complicated Kindness (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.69 — 28,549 ratings — published 2004
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The Orenda (Bird Family Trilogy, #3) The Orenda (Bird Family Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 40 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.22 — 19,137 ratings — published 2013
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The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)
by (shelved 39 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.20 — 433,705 ratings — published 2019
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The Blind Assassin The Blind Assassin (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.96 — 164,461 ratings — published 2000
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The English Patient The English Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.86 — 140,129 ratings — published 1992
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The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
by (shelved 37 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.07 — 133,923 ratings — published 2009
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Washington Black Washington Black (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.95 — 73,143 ratings — published 2018
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Women Talking Women Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.62 — 68,284 ratings — published 2018
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Five Little Indians Five Little Indians (ebook)
by (shelved 36 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.46 — 47,155 ratings — published 2020
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Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1) Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)
by (shelved 36 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.82 — 45,637 ratings — published 2018
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Lives of Girls and Women Lives of Girls and Women (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.94 — 16,155 ratings — published 1971
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The Glass Hotel The Glass Hotel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.69 — 198,067 ratings — published 2020
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Fifteen Dogs (Quincunx, #2) Fifteen Dogs (Quincunx, #2)
by (shelved 34 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.80 — 28,687 ratings — published 2015
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Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1) Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.80 — 14,259 ratings — published 2017
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The Break The Break (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.27 — 22,582 ratings — published 2016
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Ru Ru (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.82 — 26,025 ratings — published 2009
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The Diviners The Diviners (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.18 — 8,045 ratings — published 1974
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No Great Mischief No Great Mischief (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.02 — 12,310 ratings — published 1999
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Surfacing Surfacing (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.45 — 28,997 ratings — published 1972
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Fifth Business (The Deptford Trilogy, #1) Fifth Business (The Deptford Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 32 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.06 — 20,700 ratings — published 1970
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Through Black Spruce  (Bird Family Trilogy, #2) Through Black Spruce (Bird Family Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 32 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.12 — 15,567 ratings — published 2008
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Green Grass, Running Water Green Grass, Running Water (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.01 — 8,475 ratings — published 1993
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Cat’s Eye Cat’s Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.95 — 73,381 ratings — published 1988
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Half Blood Blues Half Blood Blues (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.70 — 17,804 ratings — published 2011
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The Sisters Brothers The Sisters Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.85 — 103,906 ratings — published 2011
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The Birth House The Birth House (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 29 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.04 — 46,563 ratings — published 2006
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How to Pronounce Knife: Stories How to Pronounce Knife: Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.83 — 20,822 ratings — published 2020
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Room Room (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 28 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.08 — 840,696 ratings — published 2010
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Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.39 — 37,552 ratings — published 2022
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The Cat's Table The Cat's Table (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.62 — 27,501 ratings — published 2011
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MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3) MaddAddam (MaddAddam, #3)
by (shelved 27 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.03 — 83,241 ratings — published 2013
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Monkey Beach Monkey Beach (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.02 — 10,743 ratings — published 2000
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The Wars The Wars (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.85 — 9,993 ratings — published 1977
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The Edible Woman The Edible Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as can-lit)
avg rating 3.70 — 41,123 ratings — published 1969
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Sea of Tranquility Sea of Tranquility (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as can-lit)
avg rating 4.05 — 303,385 ratings — published 2022
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Spencer Gordon
“All the things she couldn’t say, the things no one wanted to hear.”
Spencer Gordon, Cosmo

“Since we had always sky about,
when we had eagles they flew out
leaving no shadow bigger then wrens'
to trouble our most aeromantic hens.
Too busy bridging loneliness to be alone
we hacked in ties what Emily etched in bone.
We French, we English, never lost our civil war,
Endure it still, a bloodless civil bore;
No wounded lying about, no Whitman wanted.
It's only by our lack of ghosts we're haunted.”
Earle Birney

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