Canada, eh!
Canadian authors writing books set in Canada.
created by kathytrithardt
last updated March, 2026
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Lemme know your Canadian favs so I can add them!
please add grey dog! horror written in nova scotia!
Done! Thanks so much for the recommendation!
I didn't see any Guy Gavriel Kay in the list. Tigana is my favourite, and a standalone, but Lions of Al-Rassan is also highly regarded.
Thank you! I have added Tigana!
Oh, wait, sorry - this list's parametres are "Canadian authors writing books set in Canada" so Tigana doesn't actually count. I'll check Kay's other books to see if there is one that fits.
idk if you wanna add tons of romance but Elsie silver and hannah bonam-young are both Canadian and their books are all set in Canada!
Awesome! I'm only adding one book per author, so which from each of them would you recommend makes that top cut?
from hannah bonam-young i'd say either out on a limb or people watching
from elsie silver, my fave is wild side!
Added! Thanks so much :D
Indian Horse by Richard Wagamse would fit this I believe! (I think I spelt his last name wrong but its one of my current reads if that helps)
I have another book by him, One Native Life, already on the list (gotta scroll way back for it) âșïž
Oh, I didn't see it đ i didn't even think to look for the authors name
Oh, no worries! I was just pretty sure I'd added something at some point and was happy my memory didn't fail me.
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline is on my tbr
The winter readalong book PB loved to hate, Three Holidays and a Wedding technically fits the brief. Also, Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin.
The Hunger We Pass Down By Jen Sookfong Lee
The Jade Peony and All That Matters by Wayson Choy.
Also, I haven't seen a Farley Mowat title in forever and it warmed my heart.
Haven't read a FM since elementary school and that was about 3 decades ago... Added your recs! Thanks for sharing them.
I'm planning on just adding one book per author, so if you have discourse about which should be included, let me know!
The Take-down by Lily Chu! The couple are highly competitive geocachers so there's tons of scenes around Toronto.
Added!
Ellie K. Wilde is my favorite but her books are set in the US sigh
Sigh indeed. I get it, but yeah.
For a bit of variety: Carley Fortune: One Golden Summer will be my personal favourite Margaret Laurence : A Bird in the House Eternity Martis: They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up Noreen Nanja :The Summers Between Us
Added all of those, thanks!
*Sorry in advance if any of these are already there- I'm half asleep with one eye closed so not sure what I saw beyond the maple syrup book đ
Any Heather O'Neill (Lullabies for Little Criminals or Girl Who Was Saturday Night particularly come to mind)
Friends of Meager Fortune
Two Solitudes
Added!
The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood and Really Good Actually by Monica Heisey
I know there is already an Atwood on there somewhere, but I added the Heisey!
Like Animals by Eve Lemieux. French-Canadian author. Book set in Montreal. Translated by fellow French-Canadian, Cayman Rock. I really liked it.
Added! Thanks for the recommendation!
this is maybe not well known but The Republic of Nothing by Lesley Choyce!
Adding!
All added! Thanks so much!
Kit Pearson - awake and dreaming (bonus: set in Victoria!)
Ah yes, the famous one I haven't read yet!
Janet Lunn- shadow in hawthorn bay
Thanks, bestie! Also, I would totally read this.
I think I still have it, along with the other ones in the series
Beautiful!!
Margaret Buffie - Who is Frances Rain (slightly unsure, i think set in Canada? It's been a long time since I read)
Ann Walsh - the ghost of Soda Creek
Looks like Manitoba for that first one âșïž
I would offer "Greenwood" by Michael Christie
Added!
Oh also The Cure for Drowning Loghan Paylor is on my TBR
