Recs if you like What Strange Paradise...

Fiction books by Arab authors and/or books starring Arab characters (and as always, Free Palestine)

Stories centered around isolation, being stranded, societal collapse, and surviving in the wilderness.

The most recent contenders from Canada Reads, an annual "Battle of the Books" run by the CBC (Canada's national broadcaster). Each year five Canadian celebrities step in to champion one Canadian book in a series of televised debates/discussions to see which book will come out on top.

Books that have won Canada's largest literary prize from 1994 to present

Books for an adult book club at your local library!

a list of past winners from the giller prize—one of canada's most prestigious literary prizes