COUNTRY · CANADABooks set in Canada
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26 books · 23 authors · 1903–2025
26 books here
Most-set authors
Margaret Atwood (3) · Emily St. John Mandel (2) · Hannah Deitch (1) · Carley Fortune (1) · Elsie Silver (1) · L.M. Montgomery (1)
Genres
literary fiction (8) · mystery & crime (2) · thriller & suspense (1) · science fiction (1) · romance (1)
Books set here
Set in Canada (18)

One Golden Summer
Carley Fortune
lakeside Ontario cottage town

Wild Side
Elsie Silver
fictional mountain town setting
Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery
Green Gables farm, Avonlea

The Shipping News
Annie Proulx
Newfoundland coastal town setting

Isola
Allegra Goodman
island exile survival

Alias Grace
Margaret Atwood
Kingston Penitentiary, 1840s

The Call of the Wild
Jack London
Klondike Gold Rush sled trails

The Black Wolf
Louise Penny
fictional village Three Pines; series home base

The Tomb
F. Paul Wilson
Quebec murder investigation opens
The Passenger Seat
Vijay Khurana
road trip setting

Indian Horse
Richard Wagamese
Ojibwe wilderness, residential school

Fifth Business
Robertson Davies
fictional Deptford boyhood town

Cat's Eye
Margaret Atwood
Elaine childhood and adult life

Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel
King Lear theater opening night

Staying On
Paul Scott
1990s urban women friendships

The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel
remote hotel on island coast

Hey Nostradamus!
Douglas Coupland
Suburban school shooting aftermath

Late Nights on Air
Elizabeth Hay
CBC radio station 1975
Also featuring Canada (8)
Killer Potential
Hannah Deitch
the border crossing

Ru
Kim Thúy
Quebec resettlement town

The Perfect Storm
Sebastian Junger
swordfishing grounds, storm site
Goaltender Interference
Ari Baran
Matt's hockey team city

Washington Black
Esi Edugyan
free man refuge after Arctic

The Stone Diaries
Carol Shields
brief career and marriage

The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood
fictional industrial Ontario hometown

Obasan
Joy Kogawa
Japanese Canadian internment camp