Lists of Bests: Essential Canadian Books http://www.listsofbests.com/list/45472 The Essential works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama by Canadian writers. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:24:30 GMT en-us 0 50 66 50 0 The Blind Assassin http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337828 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2337828"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1860498809.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1005983 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> The Handmaid's Tale (Everyman's Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/713466 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/713466"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307264602.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Atwood</div> The Last Spike: The Great Railway, 1881-1885 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/215050 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/215050"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385658419.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pierre Berton</div> Changing on the Fly: The Best Poems of George Bowering http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1168412 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1168412"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1551927152.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Bowering</div> Such Is My Beloved (New Canadian Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22810 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22810"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/077109955X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057194626_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Morley Callaghan</div> Carrier: La Guerre - Yes Sir! (BCP French Texts) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/852958 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/852958"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/1853994812.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1084030593_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by P. Roch-Carrier</div> All That Matters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/903366 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/903366"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590512154.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wayson Choy</div> Beautiful Losers http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18913 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18913"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679748253.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leonard Cohen</div> Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18973 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18973"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679755411.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leonard Cohen</div> Cremazie (Collection Classiques canadiens) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3122326 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Octave Cremazie</div> Fifth Business http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2736752 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2736752"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0143051385.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robertson Davies</div> Leaven of Malice (Salterton Trilogy) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/575030 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/575030"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140167897.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robertson Davies</div> Generation X http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1036771 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1036771"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0349108390.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Douglas Coupland</div> The Game http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/690034 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/690034"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0470833556.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Dryden</div> The Wars http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71623 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/71623"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0571207995.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Timothy Findley</div> Not Wanted on the Voyage http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2924925 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2924925"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/0196GED1Y5L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Timothy Findley</div> Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41535 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/41535"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0691069999.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45104756_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Northrop Frye</div> The Great Code: The Bible and Literature http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4041 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4041"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0156027801.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Northrop Frye</div> The Affluent Society (Penguin Business) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1934509 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1934509"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140285199.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Kenneth Galbraith</div> Neuromancer http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12791 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/12791"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0441012035.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Gibson</div> The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9966 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9966"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385094027.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1067309580_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Erving Goffman</div> The Clockmaker The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville[EasyRead Comfort Edition] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3121995 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3121995"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01O3ZH7tSRL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Chandler Haliburton</div> Kamouraska http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/417382 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/417382"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0773674195.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anne Hébert</div> The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974622 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/974622"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0691123934.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45417108_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Ignatieff</div> E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake: Collected Poems and Selected Prose http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2200211 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2200211"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0802084974.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1120800593_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by E. Pauline Johnson</div> The Fencepost chronicles http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66296 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W. P. Kinsella</div> No Logo : Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72549 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/72549"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0312203438.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Naomi Klein</div> Obasan http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10232 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10232"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385468865.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43049087_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joy Kogawa</div> The Selected Poems of Irving Layton http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3121988 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3121988"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01emC9TAMXL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Irving Layton</div> A Jest of God (Phoenix Fiction Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62864 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62864"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0226469522.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Laurence</div> The Diviners (Phoenix Fiction Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4992 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4992"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0226469352.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Laurence</div> The Stone Angel (Phoenix Fiction Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4993 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4993"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0226469360.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Laurence</div> Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (Norton Critical Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/671636 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/671636"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0393926346.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V45261579_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Leacock</div> No Great Mischief: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9287 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9287"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375726659.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alistair Macleod</div> LA Sagouine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27470 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Antonine Maillet</div> Two Solitudes http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3133251 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3133251"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01A7S0935YL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hugh MacLennan</div> Life of Pi http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3804 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3804"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0151008116.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056422370_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Yann Martel</div> The Medium is the Massage http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32097 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/32097"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1584230703.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marshall McLuhan</div> Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5323 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5323"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0262631598.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marshall McLuhan</div> Such a Long Journey http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/971116 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/971116"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0771061315.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rohinton Mistry</div> A Fine Balance (Oprah's Book Club) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28860 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28860"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/140003065X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rohinton Mistry</div> Who Has Seen the Wind http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22801 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/22801"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0771061110.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056486316_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by W.O. Mitchell</div> Anne of Green Gables (Signet Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1086056 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1086056"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0451528824.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by L. M. Montgomery</div> Roughing It In The Bush http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1005637 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1005637"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1419145517.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V59644182_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Susanna Strickland Moodie</div> A Short History of Canada: Sixth Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3121992 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Desmond Morton</div> Love You Forever http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2729910 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2729910"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/009926689X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Munsch</div> Lives of Girls and Women: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9152 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9152"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375707492.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Munro</div> Runaway: Stories http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28978 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28978"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/140004281X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Munro</div> Never Cry Wolf http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3133441 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3133441"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01R55198R5L.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Farley Mowat</div>