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