Reading Across Canada 🍁 2025 (Bookworm Adventure Girl) - hosted by bookwormadventuregirl

A Canadian book ... that is nonfiction
Here are 28 nonfiction books that were submitted for the Best Can Lit books of the 21st Century Project.
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The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed by John Vaillant

The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed

John Vaillant

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history nature adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together As Things Fall Apart by Astra Taylor

The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together As Things Fall Apart

Astra Taylor

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction memoir philosophy politics sociology informative slow-paced
L'érable et la perdrix by Elisabeth Cardin, Michel Lambert
L'érable et la perdrix
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Elisabeth Cardin, Michel Lambert

L'érable et la perdrix

Elisabeth Cardin, Michel Lambert

400 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

medium-paced
The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards by Jessica Waite

The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards

Jessica Waite

317 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga

Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City

Tanya Talaga

329 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative sad medium-paced
Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present by Robyn Maynard

Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present

Robyn Maynard

280 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby

A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder

Ma-Nee Chacaby

264 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
elseship: an unrequited affair by Tree Abraham

elseship: an unrequited affair

Tree Abraham

288 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography lgbtqia+ memoir
How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love, and Plenty by Bonny Reichert

How to Share an Egg: A True Story of Hunger, Love, and Plenty

Bonny Reichert

304 pages • first pub 2025 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Don: The Story of Toronto's Infamous Jail by Lorna Poplak

The Don: The Story of Toronto's Infamous Jail

Lorna Poplak

208 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction design history true crime dark informative medium-paced