I <3 Books

Mordecai Richler 1997

Ellie Wiesel 1956 This is a true account of Wiesel's experience during the Holocaust.

The Great Depression 1929-1939 Pierre Berton 1990 This is a social and political account of Canada during the Depression years. This book su...

The Northern Magus Richard Gwynn 1980 This is a biography of Pierre Trudeau. In the book Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond talks about ho...

The Bishop's Man Linden MacIntyre 2009 This is a Canadian novel set in Cape Breton where a priest and he bishop deal with their church...

Last Night In Twisted River John Irving 2009 This is a new John Irving novel spanning fifty years, starting in New Hampshire and ending in O...

The Manxman Hall Caine 1884 This is serious Victorian novel about a love triangle and peasant life on the Isle of Man. I had to take a break...

Vanity Fair William Thackeray 1847 This is a Victorian novel satirizing English society. This is an excellent book, and I was really enjoyin...

Never Cry Wolf Farley Mowat 1963 This is a non-fiction memoir about Farley Mowat's year living in NWT studying wolves. Brilliant, funny,...

Through Black Spruce Joseph Boyden 2008 This is a Canadian novel about a native community on James Bay. Giller prize winner. Always good. Gi...

The Promised Land: Settling the West 1896-1914 Pierre Berton 1984 This is a complex history of the filling up of the Canadian prairies foll...

Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush Pierre Berton 1958 Perhaps Berton at his best, and, as with many writers, Berton at his earliest. This, I...

Seven Rivers Of Canada Hugh MacLennan 1961 This is non-fiction cultural and geographic tour of seven major rivers in Canada. Hugh MacLennan ...

Worlds Joe Haldeman 1981 This is a sci fi book about a future where colonized satellites are orbiting the earth. I didn't love this bo...

Bluebeard Kurt Vonnegut 1987 This is a mock autobiography of an immigrant, WW2 soldier, and minor player in the abstract expressionist art m...

One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich Alexander Solzhenitsyn 1963 This is a book follows Shukov (Ivan), a political prisoner at a labour ...

Moby Dick Herman Melville 1851 This is a novel about whaling and a vengant quest in search of a single white whale. Wow, long, long. This wa...

Animals Make Us Human Temple Grandin 2008 This is a sort of half memoir half guide to proper animal care. Temple Grandin's story gets he...

The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 This is a post-apocalyptic novel about a man and his son walking south trying to survive. This novel is what p...

Twilight Stephenie Meyer 2005 This is an adolescent novel about vampires. This book bothers me because it targets deep thinking pre-teen gir...

History of the English Speaking People: The Birth Of Britain Winston Churchill 1956 This is the first of four volumes on the history of Engl...

In The Skin Of A Lion Michael Ondaatje 1987 This is a poetic, descriptive, novel about life in pre-WW2 Toronto, and the building of massive ...

Gone With The Wind Margaret Mitchell 1936 This is an American novel about social upheaval in the South during and after the Civil War. Anyon...

Straight From The Heart Jean Chretien 1985 This is a memoir written by Chretien, prior to becoming Prime Minister, about his years in politi...

The Manticore Robertson Davies 1972 This is a novel about a man telling his life story to a therapist. It is the second book in the Deptford...

Fifth Business Robertson Davies 1970 It was good to read this book. I know American history, British history, and Canadian history, but not ...

Ocean Ocean: Sandford Fleming's Expidition Through Canada in 1872 George M. Grant 1873 This is a diary written by George Grant as he acc...

The Last Spike Pierre Berton 1971 This is a history book about the actual construction of the rail road in the 1890's. It is the continu...

The National Dream: The Great Railway, 1871-1881 Pierre Berton 1970 This is the first of two books chronicling the planning and building of ...

A Long Way Gone: memoirs of a boy soldier Ishmael Beah 2007 This is a memoir of a boy in Sierra Leone who fought in a guerrilla war for two ...

Jailbird Kurt Vonnegut 1979 This is a cynical novel about US culture. I don't think I've written about Vonnegut here yet. It's b...

A Long Day's Journey Into Night Eugene O'Neill 1942/1956 This is a play about a family falling apart. I guess Eugene O'Neill wro...

Les Miserables Victor Hugo 1862 This is a long novel about various characters, often miserable, over a 20 year period in post-Napoleonic...

Ender's Game Orson Scott Card 1985 This is a science fiction novel about a boy who prepares for and leads humanity into battle against a...

Right Side Up The Fall of Paul Martin and the Rise of Stephen's Harper's New Conservativism Paul Wells 2007 This is a recounting of ...

Dogs A Natural History Jake Page 2007 This is a natural science book about the evolution and breeding of dogs. What was more unlikely, that ...

Watchmen Alan Moore 1986 This is a graphic novel about superheroes fighting evil. Wow. There are several stories playing out simultaneously ...

The Gum Thief Douglas Coupland 2007 This is a novel constructed from letters exchanged between cynical workers at Staples. I guess I'm m...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion Of Freedom Conrad Black 2005 This is an in depth one-volume biography of Roosevelt. Big book. Long. Comi...

Les Canadiens Rick Salutin 1977 This is a play about Canadian history intertwined with the history of The Montreal Canadiens. This play is o...

The Wild Duck Henrik Ibsen 1884 This is a play about a social and family values in late 1800's Norway. There is a lot in this play. A co...

Marley And Me John Grogan 2005 This book is a memoir about a man raising his dog and his family. The writing gets better near the end as the...

D-Day: June 6, 1944 The Climactic Battle Of World War II Stephen Ambrose 1994 This book is a historical recounting of D-Day, the day when th...

The Second World War: Triumph And Tragedy Winston Churchill 1953 How the Great Democracies Triumphed, and so Were able to Resume the Follies...

The Second World War: Closing The Ring Winston Churchill 1951 How Nazi Germany was isolated and Assailed on All Sides. The allies force thei...

The Second World War: The Hinge Of Fate Winston Churchill 1950 How the power of the Grand Alliance became preponderant. The tone of the writ...

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling 2007 This book met all expectations. It was a thrilling adventure/fantasy novel on it...

The Second World War: The Grand Alliance Winston Churchill 1948 How the British fought on with Hardship their Garment until Soviet Russia an...

JPod Douglas Coupland 2006 Coupland is at the point in his career where his current writings are inevitably compared to his earlier writing,...

Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures Vincent Lam 2006 Touching. Beautiful. Poetic. This book won the Giller prize this year. Like David Berg...