Write Reads #66 Top Ten Canadian Books of the 2010s
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We’re back! We know that you’re expecting a discussion of This Is How You Lose the Time War but you’re going to be sad. We read the book but we decided not to discuss it. We hope you will survive the disappointment. If you read the book and have lots to say about it, let us know and we’ll address your comments in our next podcast. We’ll also let you know what book we’ll be discussing for that podcast very, very soon.
To recognize the decade that has passed, the year that has passed, the year to come, and the Lunar New Year that will be happening this coming weekend, we are presenting our Top 10 Canadian Books of the 2010s and Kirt’s Top 5 of 2019. We hope that you’ll enjoy listening to our picks and that you will share your picks with us.
If you don’t want to listen to our blather, here are the lists:
Tania’s Top 10 Canadian Books of the 2010s
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Every Blade of Grass by Thomas Wharton (Write Reads #54)
Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis (Write Reads #28)
River of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay (Write Reads #52)
The Party Wall by by Catherine Leroux (Write Reads #42)
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (After Canada Reads #1 and #2)
SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki
The Nest by Kenneth Oppel (Write Reads #47)
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline
Plain Kate by Erin Bow
Kirt’s Top 10 Canadian Books of the 2010s
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese
A Profession of Hope by Jenna Butler (Write Reads #38)
The Widow Tree by Nicole Lundrigan (Write Reads #14)
The Party Wall by Catherine Leroux
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Dr. Brinkley’s Tower by Robert Hough
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews (Write Reads #30)
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Kirt’s Top 5 of 2019
French Exit by Patrick deWitt (Write Reads #58)
Madame Victoria by Catherine Leroux (Write Reads #63)
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice (Write Reads #60)
The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht
The Substitute by Nicole Lundrigan (Write Reads #57)