Wishlist – Books in English 2024

Heather Marshall  

$24.99

The #1 bestselling author of Looking for Jane returns with a poignant, gripping novel about a pianist in Berlin on the cusp of WWII and the choices she makes that echo across generations.

Neal Stephenson  

$39.50

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new series—an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age.

Rita Bullwinkel

$37.99

Frenetic, surprising, and strikingly original, Headshot is a portrait of the desire, envy, perfectionism, madness, and sheer physical pleasure that motivate young women to fight—even, and perhaps especially, when no one else is watching.

Samantha Harvey 

$39.50 

A singular new novel from Betty Trask Prize-winner Samantha Harvey, Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in 24 hours

Travis Baldree 

$23.99

When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn’t always what we seek.

Set in the world of Legends & Lattes, Travis takes us on a journey of high fantasy, first loves, and secondhand books.

Hisham Matar  

$38.00

A masterful, intensely moving novel about three friends living in political exile and the emotional homeland that deep friendships can provide – from the Booker-shortlisted, Pulitzer prize-winning author of THE RETURN

Aysegül Savas  

$23.99

Unfolding over a series of apartment viewings, late-night conversations, last rounds of drinks and lazy breakfasts, The Anthropologists is a soulful examination of homebuilding and modern love, written with Aysegül Savas’ distinctive elegance, warmth, and humor.

Sloane Crosley  

$24.00

Disarmingly witty and poignant, Sloane Crosley’s memoir explores multiple kinds of loss following the death of her closest friend.

Gurjinder Basran  

$24.95

In Gurjinder Basran’s The Wedding, she takes inspiration from Bollywood dramas to explore the lead-up to the lavish Sikh wedding between Devi and Baby.  

Edward Y C Lee  

$24.99

Fall 1913, St. Catharines, Ontario. Thirteen-year-old Hoi Wing Woo, the son of a scholar, is forced to give up his dreams of an education when he is sent to work in a Chinese laundry in Canada. The Laundryman’s Boy is a moving coming-of-age story that bravely examines notions of race, duty and friendship in early Canada.

Guy Vanderhaeghe  

$25.95

Because Somebody Asked Me To invites readers to ponder the transformations Canadian writing has undergone, where it is now, and where it might go from here.

Alison McCreesh  

$30.00

At age 21, Alison hitchhiked to the Yukon and spent the summer living in a tent. 10 years later, in the deep of winter and seven months pregnant, she returns. Degrees of Separation is about what happened in between.

Éric Chacour

$23.95

A heartbreaking tale of a family and an impossible love, torn apart by secrets and traditions in late-twentieth-century Cairo.

Canisia Lubrin  

$34.95

Canisia Lubrin’s debut fiction is that rare work of art—a brilliant, startlingly original book that combines immense literary and political force. Its structure is deceptively simple: it departs from the infamous real-life “Code Noir,” to write fifty-nine linked fictions—vivid, unforgettable, multi-layered fragments filled with globe-wise characters who desire to live beyond the ruins of the past.

Conor Kerr  

$24.95

The Giller Prize-longlisted author of Avenue of Champions returns with a frenetic, propulsive crime thriller that doubles as a sharp critique of modern activism and challenges readers to consider what “Land Back” might really look like.

Fawn Parker  

$24.95

Strikingly original, provocative, and engrossing Hi, It’s Me takes us into the furthest corners of grief, invoking the physicality and painful embodiment of terminal illness with astonishing precision and emotional force. This mesmerizing, devastating novel asks: Why must it be this way?

Sheung-King  

$33.95

From Governor General’s Award-nominated author Sheung-King comes a novel about a millennial living through the Hong Kong protests, as he struggles to make sense of modern life and the parts of himself that just won’t gel.

Corinna Chong  

$24.95

By turns thrilling and heartwarming, rife with gothic tension, and carried by fervent compassion, Bad Land is a story about the toxic nature of guilt, the fragility of memory, and the ways we shape our own versions of the truth in order to survive.

Anne Fleming

$35.00 

This sparkling, genre-bending novel opens with amateur historian Anne, who has a passion for research into the murkier corners of England in the 1600s. In an archive, Anne has stumbled across an obscure memoir, one that hints at an intricate tapestry of secret lives and loves.

Claire Messud  

$39.99

Inspired in part by long-ago stories from her own family’s history, Claire Messud animates her characters’ rich interior lives amid the social and political upheaval of the recent past. 

Loghan Paylor 

$24.95 

Evocative, magical and luminously written, The Cure for Drowning is not only a brilliant, boundary-pushing love story but a Canadian historical novel that boldly centres queer and non-binary characters in unprecedented ways.

Deepa Rajagopalan  

$22.99

With an intense awareness of privilege and the lack of it, the fourteen stunning stories in Peacocks of Instagram explore what it means to be safe, to survive, and to call a place home.

Robin Wall Kimmerer

$25.00

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world.

Anne Applebaum 

$26.25

From the Pulitzer-prize winning author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them

Geo Rutherford  

$31.99

Backed by extensive research and packed with all-new content—including eerie and eye-popping watercolor illustrations in full color—Spooky Lakes takes readers on an adventure through weird and wild waters.

Mary Lyn Ray

$28.99

A marvelous exploration of the special relationship children find with the natural world and the fascination and friendship they find in special rocks, from poet Mary Lyn Ray and artist Felicita Sala.

Honor Cargill

$9.50

The Winter Solstice Grand Tournament is fast approaching, and Bea Black is ready to shine! Determined to prove herself, she’s spending more time practicing magic and less time with her best friend, Ash. He’s not happy about it and suspects something is up.

Craig Kofi Farmer 

$23.99 

Discover a stunning middle grade fantasy about a boy hurled into the Ghanaian underworld to help his grandmother save humanity, perfect for fans of Tristan Strong and Amari and the Night Brothers.

Wanda Coven

$18.99

In this hilarious fourth book in the Middle School and Other Disasters series, witch-in-training Heidi Heckelbeck tries to keep magic hidden when Lucy Lancaster comes to visit.

J C Cervantes  

$24.99

Esmerelda Santos is a rare bruja, born with Chaos magic in her veins. She and her family are direct descendants of one of the four original witches—a mysterious legend about the night magic was born in San Bosco.

Kyle Lukoff

$24.99

Jack wants to apologize for hurting Zoe’s feelings. He just can’t seem to find the right words. Turns out there’s more to an apology than just saying “I’m sorry.”

Sophie Escabasse  

$18.99

In this hilarious and heartwarming graphic novel, a young girl’s first period brings an unexpected gift: the ability to see ghosts! As she meets these spectral visitors, she uncovers her family’s secret lineage of mediums, while learning about the power of compassion and community.

Sharon M Draper 

$24.99 

Melody flies to London to speak at a convention about differently abled kids in this stunning sequel to the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling middle grade novels Out of My Mind and Out of My Heart.

Alina Pete  

$30.50

Featuring an all-Indigenous creative team, INDIGNERDS is an exhilarating anthology collecting 11 stories about Indigenous people balancing traditional ways of knowing with modern pop culture.

Rina Singh

$21.95

The remote village of Janwaar in Northern India has been the same for a long time, with the community strictly divided into castes. It’s a quiet village… until the construction project begins.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes  

$13.99

Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s The Naturals is a gripping novel with killer appeal and a to-die-for romance. Don’t miss the other books in the Naturals series: Killer Instinct, All In, and Bad Blood.  

Debra Kempf Shumaker

$21.99

Author Debra Kempf Shumaker uses figurative language and metaphors to capture the imagination of readers as they learn about wind.

Ann M Martin

$16.99

When Kristy sees how much her little brothers and sister want to play on a softball team, she starts a ragtag team of her own.  Now Bart’s Bashers have challenged the Krushers to a game. It’s bad enough that the Bashers truly are lean and mean — but what’s worse is that Kristy has a crush on the Bashers’ coach!

Ben Hoare  

$33.99

Soar through the sky with best-selling author Ben Hoare and discover some of the most exquisite birds on our planet. The seventh book in the bestselling Children’s Anthologies series, An Anthology of Exquisite Birds explores some of the most impressive birds on our planet.

Dana Simpson

$16.99

In this exciting new collection of Phoebe and Her Unicorn comics, 10-year-old Phoebe Howell and her magical unicorn best friend, Marigold, enjoy a series of fantastical adventures. 

Maddy Mara  

$7.99

The Storm Dragons are being called back to the Magic Forest for one last adventure. Zora and her cousins, Mina and Hana, have to protect the forest from the Chaos Queen’s reign.

Aaron Blabey

$22.99

Kids will love the silly antics and life lessons of Pig the Pug and his friend, Trevor the sausage dog. This collection is a perfect introduction to these beloved characters, and includes these five bestselling stories.

Lauren Tarshis

$16.99

A bold graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis’s bestselling I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79, with text adapted by Georgia Ball and art by Dave Shephard.

Devin Dennie  

$23.50

A beautiful field guide featuring notes, photos, and illustrations of more than 100 rocks, minerals, and gems A compact version of DK’s bestselling anthology series, An Anthology of Rocks and Minerals is perfect for young geologists aged 7-9 for taking on the go.