Yesterday, I posted about the Kobo Emerging Writers Prizes
given to Canadian authors. That got me
to thinking about debut novels and I came across this list of 25 Canadian debut
novels compiled by CBC Books: http://www.cbc.ca/books/2016/06/the-25-greatest-canadian-debut-novels.html.
I’ve read 14 of the titles on that list, and some of them
are among the best novels I’ve ever read.
I would highly recommend What the Body Remembers by Shauna Singh
Baldwin
Three Day Road by Joseph
Boyden
River Thieves by Michael Crummey
A Student of Weather by Elizabeth Hay
Obasan by Joy Kogawa
Fall on Your Knees by
Ann-Marie MacDonald
No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod
Annabel by Kathleen Winter
To the CBC list of great Canadian debut novels, I would add
the following:
Tamarind Mem by Anita Rau Badami
The Good House by Bonnie Burnard
Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens
Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
The Birth House by Ami McKay
Kit’s Law by Donna Morrissey
Cool Water by Dianne Warren
So those are my 15 suggestions for Canadian debut
novels.
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