http://www.listsofbests.com/list/45521 Every year, the CBC holds a star-studded literary affair called "Canada Reads":http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/, where each participant chooses a novel for the country to read, and defends it against the other four. These are the 2008 nominees. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:35:11 GMT en-us 0 50 5 0 0 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13291 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13291"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0446674338.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nalo Hopkinson</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2814384 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2814384"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/012J9VSMHBL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mavis Gallant</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3122177 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3122177"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/01WCJcqmDvL.jpg" /></a></div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/10000 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Quarrington</div> http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2924925 <div id="position">5</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>