Recs if you like The Berry Pickers...

Credits to @Literary.leveret for some of the books on here

Canadian authors writing books set in Canada.

Fiction and Non-Fiction books that challenge colonial frameworks either through storytelling and/or through information. These books are books that have had an impact on me - but open to suggestions to build this out further!

An ongoing list of books that I've read which combine the urban environment and Indigeneity into one concept or identity.

Either by or about Indigenous American, Hawaiian, Aboriginal people, etc. (with an emphasis on the supernatural and folklore just because that’s my fav) I am not Indigenous so I would love suggestions and comments!

Multigenerational family/chosen family narratives! Books with multiple POVs from different generations within communities.

if you can eats it, it goes on the list

Fiction Stories based on Indigenous/American Indian/Native American culture.

Books about the Maritime Provinces (NB, NS, PEI) written by (mostly) Canadian authors.

Howard Norman is my personal exception because he wrote a book about Parrsboro and lived in Canada.

Goodreads 80 of the Past Decade’s Very Popular Fiction from 2016 - 2025

2025 Broken Country - Isola 2024 The Women - Real Americans 2023 Tom Lake - Weyward 2022 Demon Copperhead - Diamond Eye 2021 Reading List - Cloud Cuckoo Land 2020 My Dark Vanessa - Vanishing Half 2019 Giver of Stars - Girl, Woman, Other 2018 Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell - Where the Crawdads Sing 2017 Stay with Me - 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 2016 Lilac Girls - Behold the Dreamers

Fic + NonFic | Updating Regularly

from multi-generational tales to sibling sagas!

Celebrating Canadian authors, with an emphasis on fiction. I'm also trying to include a lot of Indigenous authors in this list! Open to suggestions.

An ongoing guide to modern, 21st century "classic" fiction by a former English student. These are the types of books you can read, analyze, and deep-dive into like a true classic—and the types I hope to see in future curricula.

Indigenous Canadians writing thought-provoking and inspiring work about facing down the legacy of colonialism.

I work in Tribal Libraries and I try to read a lot of Indigenous Lit

A list of books set across different countries (mainly for the historical fiction globe trotters)

epics or sagas around the family, intergenerational or otherwise. think complex, layered relationships, conflict spanning decades, familial trauma, and great love stories

fiction about generations of families, their relationships, and their legacies.

(mostly fiction) stories set in boston and new england you should read if you want to be a ✨masshole✨