Wishlist – Books in English

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

$37.99

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic comes a fabulous meld of Mexican horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about the curse that haunts a legendary lost film–and awakens one woman’s hidden powers.

Nicole Baart

$24.99

When an Instagram-famous teenager mysteriously disappears, her mother grapples with the revelation of dark secrets in this twisty, atmospheric thriller—from the author of the “poignant, riveting” (Wendy Walker, author of Don’t Look for Me) Everything We Didn’t Say.

Jessica Johns

$24.99

A haunting debut novel where dreams, family and spirits collide. Haunting, fierce, an ode to female relations and the strength found in kinship, Bad Cree is a gripping, arresting debut by an unforgettable voice.

Erica McKeen

$22.95

Erica McKeen’s Tear is a hair-raising horror novel in which patriarchal dismissals of capable women fester across generations.

Andrew F. Sullivan

$24.95

Weaving together disparate storylines and tapping into the realms of body horror, urban dystopia, and ecofiction, The Marigold explores the precarity of community and the fragile designs that bind us together.

Ainslie Hogarth

$24.00

A darkly funny domestic horror novel about a woman who must take drastic measures to save her husband and herself from the vengeful ghost of her mother-in-law.

Ai Jiang

$19.99

From acclaimed author Ai Jiang, follow Wenqi, Liam, and Mrs. to the mysterious town of HOME, a place where the dead live again as spirits, conjured by the grief-sick population that refuses to let go.

Lily Chu

$25.99

From rising star Lily Chu comes a hilarious and thoughtful story of fame, family, and love for fans of The People We Meet on Vacation and everything BTS.

Cory Doctorow

$36.99

New York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow’s Red Team Blues is a grabby next-Tuesday thriller about cryptocurrency shenanigans that will awaken you to how the world really works.

Elizabeth Hay

$32.95

From the Giller Prize-winning author comes a novel, witty and wise, about thwarted ambition, unrealized dreams, the enduring bonds of female friendship, and love’s capacity to surprise us at any age.

K?tuku Titihuia Nuttall

$24.99

Tauhou is an inventive exploration of Indigenous families, womanhood, and alternate post-colonial realities by K?tuku Titihuia Nuttall, a writer of M?ori and Coast Salish descent.

Mai Nguyen

ADOPTED

A tender and funny debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family who will do whatever it takes to keep their no-frills nail salon afloat after a multimillion-dollar chain opens across the street.

Tom Rachman

$35.00

From the author of the international bestseller The Imperfectionists, the story of a chameleonic writer, and the indelible characters in her orbit, in a novel about love, the power of art and what we leave behind.

Adam Sternbergh

$36.99

From Edgar Award-finalist Adam Sternbergh, an electrifying domestic suspense novel for fans of The Perfect Marriage and Rock Paper Scissors, about a couple who are forced to the ultimate extremes to save their marriage and themselves.

Robin Yeatman

$23.99

A wickedly funny debut novel—a black comedy with a generous heart that explores the power of imagination and reading—about a woman who tries to use fiction to find her way to happiness.

Catherine Hernandez

$23.99

From the author of Canada Reads finalist Scarborough, a stunning new novel about the unbreakable bond of family and the magic that can happen when we meet in the middle

David Bergen

$24.95

From Giller Prize-winning novelist David Bergen, an electrifying novel set in Ukraine amidst the chaos of war and revolution.

Kevin Chong

ADOPTED

This fresh and unique work of metafiction follows Benson Yu, a writer, who loses control of his own narrative when he attempts to write the story of his fraught upbringing in 1980s Chinatown.

Nina Dunic

$22.95

The Clarion explores rituals of connection and belonging, themes of intimacy and performance, and how far we wander to find, or lose, our sense of self.

Erum Shazia Hasan

$24.95

A propulsive debut that grapples with timely questions about what it means to be charitable, who deserves what, and who gets the power to decide

Dionne Irving

$23.00

Powerful stories that explore the legacy of colonialism, and issues of race, immigration, sexual discrimination, and class in the lives of Jamaican women across London, Panama, France, Jamaica, Florida and more

Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer

$24.00

From lost siblings to the horrors of war to tales of selkie wives, Wait Softly Brother is filled with questions about memory, reality and the truths hidden in family lore.

Menaka Raman-Wilms

$22.95

The Rooftop Garden” is the debut novel from Menaka Raman-Wilms. It dives into themes of climate anxiety and the radicalization of young men. 

Kasia Van Schaik

$24.95

Kasia van Schaik’s We Have Never Lived on Earth is a linked short story collection concerned with the young adulthood of a millennial woman.

Deborah Willis

$34.00

A funny, poignant, and page-turning debut novel that skewers billionaire-funded space travel in a love story of interplanetary proportions.

Tan Twan Eng

$38.99

From the bestselling author of The Garden of Evening Mists, a spellbinding novel about love and betrayal, colonialism and revolution, storytelling and redemption.

Paul Murray

$40.00

From the author of Skippy Dies comes Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting , an irresistibly funny, wise, and thought-provoking tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart.

Chetna Maroo

$29.95

A taut, enthralling first novel about grief, sisterhood, and a young athlete’s struggle to transcend herself.

Martin MacInnes

$25.95

A marine biologist attempts to explore a newly discovered mid-Atlantic trench, but finds its destructive power both attracts and repels all who approach it

Paul Lynch

$40.95

A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internationally award-winning author

Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow

$24.99

A sharp, watchful account of the intense friendship that builds between these two very different women, and its fraught aftermath. Confident, charming, privileged Vita has moved to Sunday’s small town from London. Sunday, like Lloyd-Barlow, is autistic.

Siân Hughes

$24.99

Marianne is eight years old when her mother goes missing. Left behind with her baby brother and grieving father in a ramshackle house on the edge of a small village, she clings to the fragmented memories of her mother’ s love; the smell of fresh herbs, the games they played, and the songs and stories of her childhood.

Eden Paul Harding

$25.00

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Tinkers, a novel inspired by the true story of Malaga Island, an isolated island off the coast of Maine that became one of the first racially integrated communities.

Elaine Feeney

$24.95

A funny and deeply moving novel about a boy, his dream, and the people who lend him a hand, by the acclaimed author of As You Were

Jonathan Escoffery

$32.95

A major debut, blazing with style and heart, that follows a Jamaican family striving for more in Miami, and introduces a generational storyteller.

Ay??bámi Adébáy?

$37.99

A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession, and political corruption from the celebrated author of Stay with Me

John Mark Comer

$34.00

Within the pages of this book, you’ll find a fascinating roadmap to staying emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world.

Holly Hogan

$32.95

From the heart of the Labrador Current to the furthest reaches of our global oceans, Message in a Bottle conjures an exquisite diversity of marine life and warns of a central threat to its survival: ocean plastic.

Eliza Robertson

$26.95

A vivid and meticulous true-crime story that exposes the deep fractures in a system that repeatedly fails to protect women, while tracking the once-cold trail of a murderer still at large.

Astra Taylor

$23.99

These days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially stressed and emotionally overwhelmed. The status quo isn’t working for anyone, even those who appear to have it all. What is going on?

Adam Shoalts

$34.95

From Canada’s most accomplished adventurer and storyteller comes a gripping journey into the vastness of Canada’s landscape and history.

Angela Sterritt

$34.95

Unbroken is a remarkable work of memoir and investigative journalism focusing on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, written by an award-winning Gitxsan journalist who survived life on the streets against all odds.

Rick Mercer

$36.95

Having overcome a serious lack of promise as a schoolboy and risen through the showbiz ranks—as an aspiring actor, star of a surprisingly successful one-man show about the Meech Lake Accord, co-founder of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, creator and star of the dark-comedy sitcom Made in Canada—he was about to tackle his.

Josh Reynolds

$17.00

A Necromunda novel. With a Guilder armoury looted, and the culprit racing downhive in a mining hauler bristling with stolen weaponry, Kal Jerico chases the bounty… but with a prize like this, every other Venator worth the name will be after it too.

Naben Ruthnum

$25.50

Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum is a sumptuous excursion into surreal body horror and an unsparing exploration of the extreme frontiers of connubial devotion.

Cherie Dimaline

ADOPTED!

After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this brand-new young adult novel exploring grief and belonging

Liselle Sambury

$16.99

The Haunting of Hill House meets Sadie in this “genuinely terrifying” psychological thriller following two teen girls navigating the treacherous past of a mysterious mansion ten years apart.

Anne Enright

ADOPTED!

This is a meditation on love: spiritual, romantic, darkly sexual or genetic. A generational saga that traces the inheritance not just of trauma but also of wonder, it is a testament to the glorious resilience of women in the face of promises false and true. 

Catherine Stephenson

$13.99

The book enables you to support 4-10 year olds with worries by gently helping them to explore their emotions and learn techniques to manage their feelings. 

Matthew McConaughey

$20.92

Filled with his trademark humor and wisdom, Matthew McConaughey has crafted a soulful and irreverent collection of life lessons that empowers readers, big and small, to celebrate how we are all full of possibility.

Tegan Quin

ADOPTED

From indie-pop twin-sister duo Tegan and Sara comes a contemporary middle grade graphic novel that explores growing up, coming out, and finding yourself through music and sisterhood, perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier’s Sisters.

Drew Daywalt

ADOPTED

The hilarious crayons from the #1 New York Times bestselling The Day The Crayons Quit are ready to go back to school!

Elder Dr Albert D Marshall

ADOPTED!

This innovative picture book introduces readers to the concept of Etuaptmumk—or Two-Eyed Seeing, the gift of multiple perspectives in the Mi’kmaw language—as we follow a group of young children connecting to nature as their teacher.

Ryan Higgins

ADOPTED

Bruce is a bear who does not like holidays, and he really doesn’t like Halloween. His family of mice and geese decide the only way to get Bruce excited about Halloween is to tell a spooky story.

Peter Brown

ADOPTED

The New York Times bestselling The Wild Robot series returns, taking Roz on an action-packed under-the-ocean journey to save her beloved island!

Robert Munsch

$8.99

Hijinks and silliness abound during a class trip to the museum in this latest story by Canada’s best-loved and bestselling picture book duo, Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko.

Leona Prince

ADOPTED!

Rooted in Indigenous teachings, this stunning picture book encourages readers of all ages to consider the ways in which they live in connection to the world around them and to think deeply about their behaviors.

David Alexander Robertson

$21.99

Eli and Morgan experience life-changing revelations in this new adventure in the award-winning, Narnia-inspired Indigenous middle-grade fantasy series.

Lauren Soloy

$25.99

A delightful introduction and collection of facts about the secret lives of gnomes that will charm and fascinate readers of all ages.

David A Robertson

ADOPTED!

Inspired by true events, this story of strength, family, and culture shares the awe-inspiring resilience of Elder Betty Ross.

Jeff Smith

$16.99

Jeff Smith’s bestselling, award-winning BONE saga returns with this hilarious companion to Tall Tales!

Peggy Janicki

$21.95

The true story of how Indigenous girls at a residential school sewed secret pockets into their dresses to hide food and survive.

Katherine Applegate

ADOPTED

From beloved authors Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko and with illustrations from Wallace West, Dogt own is at once an uplifting story and a page-turning adventure, sure to find a forever home in readers’ hearts.

Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

ADOPTED!

In this book from the critically acclaimed, discover the life of Terry Fox, the legendary Canadian who ran the Marathon of Hope.

Sharon Hampson

$12.99

Based on the classic folk song made famous by a beloved trio of children’s entertainers, this board book is best sung aloud! “Skinnamarink” is a timeless anthem of love and inclusion.

Buffy Sainte-Marie

ADOPTED!

From Cree-Métis artist Julie Flett and Academy Award-winning icon Buffy Sainte-Marie comes a celebration of Indigenous community, and the enduring love we hold for the people and places we are far away from.

Roy Henry Vickers

ADOPTED!

Combining Roy Henry Vickers’ vivid illustrations, a glossy tactile finish and a simple yet catchy text, this sturdy board book introduces babies and toddlers to the spectacular scenery and wildlife of British Columbia.

Patrice Karst

$12.99

With over 1.5 million copies sold, this accessible, bestselling picture book phenomenon about the unbreakable connections between loved ones has healed generations of children and adults alike.

Scholastic

$15.99

New Pokémon are here! This handbook has all the stats and facts about the brand-new Pokémon from Scarlet and Violet, the newest games for Nintendo Switch.

David Alexander Robertso

ADOPTEED

It’s a race against time to save Eli, in this third book in the award-winning, Narnia-inspired Indigenous middle-grade fantasy series.

David Alexander Robertson

ADOPTED

Narnia meets traditional Indigenous stories of the sky and constellations in an epic middle-grade fantasy series from award-winning author David Robertson.

David Alexander Robertson

ADOPTED

In this second book in the Narnia-inspired Indigenous middle-grade fantasy series, Eli and Morgan journey once more to Misewa, travelling back in time.