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VPL - Books Just For You - Sci-Fi, Canadian Fiction and Some Canadian Non Fiction

This Books Just For You reading list has been compiled by VPl's reader's advisory team for readers looking for Science Fiction and Canadian Fiction. We have also added in a few nonfiction books as they give a great overview of where the Canadian fiction comes from. We hope readers are able to find something of interest to them. This list was written with fans of "The Other Valley", "The Winter Knight" & "Best Laid Plans" in mind.

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  • Eden Robinson introduces us to Jared, a 16 year old who is trying his best to navigate through life with a mother who never quite grew out of her party phase. Taking place in Northern British Columbia around the Kitimat area, this blending of…
    Book, 2017Toronto : Knopf Canada, [2017]
  • The world Yumi occupies is one of light and wonder with basic needs being met thanks to the help of Spirits. The Spirits grant everything from light to food to warmth and Yumi is special as one of the only people in the world able to summon them and…
    Book, 2023New York : Tor, Tor Publishing Group, 2023.
  • Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hell-bent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions.…
    Book, 2019New York : Saga Press, [2019]
  • "Joining the crew of the aging Wayfarer, loner Rosemary Harper must unexpectedly risk her life when they are offered the job of a lifetime, teaching her lessons about love and trust, and that having a family isn't the worst thing in the universe."…
    Book, 2015London Hodder & Stoughton, An Hachette UK Company, 2015.
  • "Corey (the shared pseudonym of Ty Franck and Hugo-nominated fantasist Daniel Abraham) kicks off a sprawling space opera series with this riveting interplanetary thriller." -- Publishers Weekly
    Book, 2011New York : Orbit, 2011.
  • Mitêwâcimowina

    Indigenous Science Fiction and Speculative Storytelling

    The first collection of Indigenous science fiction stories to be published in Canada. The title is Cree for extraordinary stories.
    Book, 2016[Penticton, BC] : Theytus Books, 2016.
  • Witty, fast-paced and unbelievably intricate, Stephenson's hard sci-fi classic will draw you in.
    Book, 1999New York : Avon Press, 1999.
  • The first book in Whishaw's Lane Winslow mystery series. Set in the 1940s, ex-intelligence officer Lane Winslow has left London for a new life in small town, interior British Columbia. Her new surroundings are idyllic at first, but when the body of…
    Book, 2016[Victoria, British Columbia] : TouchWood Editions, [2016]
  • This is a great hockey book! As a player in his mid-forties, Andy Bathgate has seen better days, His team, the Mohawks, is in last place in their league standings. Andy has a complicated life and is burdened by feelings of guilt stemming from a…
    Book, 2013Toronto : Cormorant Books, [2013]
  • The Honourable John Norquay

    Indigenous Premier, Canadian Statesman

    Friesen, Gerald
    From the Red River Settlement to Ottawa John Norquay was a powerhouse at the time taking on such familiar faces as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald and railway baron George Stephen for the fate of his people. He was a leader among the Scots Cree and…
    Book, 2024Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2024.
  • This Canadian murder mystery features Corporal Danny Killian, an Aboriginal man still struggling with grief following his wife’s unsolved murder. His new case involves the murder of Minister of Natural Defense, Leland Warner. The chief suspect is…
    Book, 2016Pikeville, North Carolina : Dancing Lemur Press, L.L.C., [2016]