Canada Reads Inspired

When Place is a Character

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Rebecca and Tara highlight books they've read in which the location or place is a distinct character in the novel.

Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):

  • True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between by Governor Gretchen Whitmer
  • Widow Fantasies by Hollay Ghadery
  • Scarborough by Catherine Hernandez / Scarborough, Ontario
  • Brother by David Chariandy / Scarborough, Ontario
  • Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay / Hanging Rock, Victoria, Australia
  • The Street by Ann Petry / Harlem, New York City
  • My Ántonia by Willa Cather / Nebraska
  • Denison Ave by Christina Wong / Chinatown, Kensington Market
  • Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill / Toronto
  • The Lost Ones (Nora Watts series) by Sheena Kamal / Vancouver
  • The Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty / Vacca Vale, Indiana
  • Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah / Montreal
  • Chevy in the Hole by Kelsey Ronan / Flint, Michigan
  • The Break by Katherina Vermette / Winnipeg's North End

    • Tara (@onabranchreads):

    • Death & Other Inconveniences by Lesley Crewe
  • Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder: A Memoir by Julia Zarankin
  • Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life by Jonathan Van Ness
  • Road Ends by Mary Lawson
  • Lost Girls by Andrew Pyper / Northern Ontario, Cottage Country
  • The Dry by Jane Harper / Australia
  • River Mumma by Zalika Reid-Benta / Toronto
  • Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery / Prince Edward Island
  • Galore by Michael Crummey / Newfoundland
  • David Adams Richards / New Brunswick

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