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Who We Are is a memoir by Murray Sinclair, pictured. (McClelland & Stewart)<\/p>\nHere’s a ranked list of the top 20 books Canadians have been buying\u00a0so far in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This\u00a0bestseller list is compiled by Bookmanager using weekly sales stats from more than 260 Canadian independent stores between January 1 and June 30 of this year.<\/p>\n
20. Who We Are by Murray Sinclair\u00a0with Sara Sinclair and Niigaan SinclairWho We Are is a memoir by Murray Sinclair, pictured. (McClelland & Stewart)<\/p>\n
Murray Sinclair made his mark on Canadian society as a judge, activist, senator, chief commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and co-chair of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry. He wrote\u00a0all about it in his memoir\u00a0Who We Are<\/a>.\u00a0The book answers the four guiding questions of Sinclair’s life \u2014 Where do I come from? Where am I going? Why am I here? Who am I? \u2014 through stories about his remarkable career and trailblazing advocacy for Indigenous peoples’ rights and freedoms.\u00a0<\/p>\n Murray Sinclair\u00a0died in November 2024,\u00a0at age 73<\/a>. Anishinaabe and a member of the Peguis First Nation, Sinclair was the first Indigenous judge appointed in Manitoba and the second appointed in Canada. He won awards including the National Aboriginal Achievement Award, the Manitoba Bar Association’s Equality Award and its Distinguished Service Award (2016) and received Honorary Doctorates from 14 Canadian universities.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sara Sinclair is an oral historian of Cree-Ojibwa and mixed settler descent. She teaches at Columbia University and is currently co-editing two anthologies of Indigenous letters.\u00a0<\/p>\n Niigaan Sinclair is a writer, editor, activist and the head of the Department of Native Studies at the University of Manitoba. He is the co-editor of\u00a0Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water\u00a0and\u00a0Centering Anishinaabeg Studies: Understanding the World Through Stories.\u00a0He won the Peace Educator of the Year award in 2019.\u00a0He is also the author of the book\u00a0W\u00eenip\u00eak<\/a>.<\/p>\n 19. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters In The Berry Pickers<\/a>, it’s July of 1962, and a Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. A few weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie is last seen by her six-year-old brother, Joe, and he is forever altered by her mysterious disappearance. Years\u00a0later, in Maine, a young girl named Norma is troubled by recurring dreams that seem too real to be her imagination. As she grows older, she senses there is something her family isn’t telling her, and this eventually sets her off on a\u00a0search for the truth.\u00a0<\/p>\n Amanda Peters is a writer of Mi’kmaq and settler ancestry based in Annapolis Valley, N.S. Her work has appeared in The Antigonish Review, the Alaska Quarterly Review and The Dalhousie Review. She is the winner of the\u00a02021 Indigenous Voices Award<\/a>\u00a0for Unpublished Prose and was named a\u00a0Writers’ Trust 2021 Rising Star.<\/a>\u00a0The Berry Pickers<\/a>\u00a0won the\u00a0Carnegie Medal for Excellence<\/a>\u00a0and was\u00a0on the\u00a0shortlist for the 2023 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n LISTEN |\u00a0Amanda Peters\u00a0on\u00a0The Next Chapter:\u00a0<\/p>\n The Next ChapterWhy patience was key for Amanda Peters in writing her first novel<\/p>\n 18. All the Little Monsters by David A. Robertson In the\u00a0memoir\u00a0All The Little Monsters<\/a>, bestselling author David A. Roberston opens up about his experiences with anxiety as a way to accept and heal. He reveals what tools help him cope with his struggles\u00a0in the hopes that others going through similar things won’t feel as alone.<\/p>\n Robertson, a two-time\u00a0Governor General’s Literary Award<\/a>\u00a0winner and member of the Norway House Cree Nation, has written over 30 books for both children and adults, including\u00a0the Misewa Saga series, picture books\u00a0On the Trapline<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0When We Were Alone<\/a>, graphic novel\u00a0Breakdown<\/a>, and his debut memoir\u00a0Black Water<\/a>. He lives in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n LISTEN\u00a0| David A. Robertson\u00a0on Unreserved:\u00a0<\/p>\n UnreservedDavid A. Robertson on living with mental health’s little monsters<\/p>\n 17. Theory of Water\u00a0by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson In\u00a0Theory of Water<\/a>, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson\u00a0traces the historical and cultural interactions of Indigenous peoples with water in all its forms. She presents water as a catalyst for radical transformation\u00a0and shows its potential to heal and reshape the world in response to environmental and social injustice.\u00a0<\/p>\n Betasamosake Simpson is a Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, activist, musician, artist, author and member of Alderville First Nation. Her books include\u00a0Islands of Decolonial Love<\/a>,\u00a0This Accident of Being Lost<\/a>,\u00a0Dancing on Our Turtle’s Back<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0As We Have Always Done<\/a>.\u00a0This Accident of Being Lost<\/a>\u00a0was shortlisted for the Rogers Writer’s Trust Fiction Prize in 2017 and the 2018 Trillium Book Award.\u00a0Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies<\/a>\u00a0was shortlisted for the\u00a0Governor General’s Literary Award<\/a>\u00a0for Fiction and the Dublin Literary Prize. Her book\u00a0Rehearsals for Living<\/a>, a collaboration with Robyn Maynard, was shortlisted for the\u00a0Governor General’s Literary Award<\/a>\u00a0for Nonfiction.<\/p>\n LISTEN | Leanne Betasamosake Simpson on\u00a0The Sunday Magazine:\u00a0<\/p>\n The Sunday MagazineProtecting our water in a time of crisis<\/p>\n 16. Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey Watch Out for Her<\/a>\u00a0is about a young mother named Sarah who thinks her problems are solved when she hires a young babysitter, Holly, for her six-year-old son. Her son adores Holly and Holly adores Sarah, who is like the mother she never had. But when Sarah sees something that she can’t unsee, she uproots her family to start over.\u00a0Her past follows her to this new life, raising paranoid questions of who is watching her now and what they want.\u00a0<\/p>\n Watch Out for Her<\/a>\u00a0was\u00a0championed by Olympic gold medallist Maggie Mac Neil<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Canada Reads<\/a>\u00a02025.\u00a0<\/p>\n Samantha M. Bailey is a journalist and editor in Toronto. Her first thriller,\u00a0Woman on the Edge<\/a>,\u00a0was released in 2019 and was an international bestseller. Her other novels include\u00a0A Friend in the Dark<\/a>\u00a0and her latest,\u00a0Hello, Juliet. Her journalistic work can be found in publications including NOW Magazine, The Village Post, The Thrill Begins and The Crime Hub.<\/p>\n LISTEN |\u00a0Maggie Mac Neil\u00a0on\u00a0championing\u00a0Watch Out for Her\u00a0by Samantha M. Bailey:\u00a0<\/p>\n The Next ChapterCanada Reads duo Maggie Mac Neil and Samantha M. Bailey discuss Watch Out For Her and Instagram sleuthing<\/p>\n 15. At a Loss for Words by Carol Off At a\u00a0Loss for Words: Conversation in an Age of Rage,\u00a0traces what former CBC Host Carol Off calls the manipulation and weaponization of language through the lens of six words: freedom, democracy, truth, woke, choice\u00a0and taxes.<\/p>\n Off\u00a0spent almost sixteen years co-hosting the award-winning CBC radio program\u00a0As It Happens. Before that, she covered news and current affairs in Canada and around the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n LISTEN | Carol Off on the weaponization of language:\u00a0<\/p>\n As It HappensCarol Off wants to take the word ‘freedom’ back from the far right<\/p>\n 14. Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Moon of the Crusted Snow<\/a>\u00a0is a dystopian drama involving a protagonist named Evan Whitesky\u00a0and\u00a0a northern Anishinaabe community facing dwindling resources and rising panic after their electrical power grid shuts down during a cold winter. While the community tries to maintain order, forces from outside and within threaten to destroy the reserve.<\/p>\n Waubgeshig\u00a0Rice<\/a>\u00a0is an Anishinaabe author and\u00a0journalist originally from Wasauksing First Nation. He is also the author of the\u00a0short story collection\u00a0Midnight Sweatlodge\u00a0and the novels\u00a0Moon of the Turning Leaves<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Legacy<\/a>.\u00a0He used to be the host of CBC Radio’s\u00a0Up North.<\/p>\n 13. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Released in 1985,\u00a0The Handmaid’s Tale<\/a>\u00a0was Margaret Atwood’s breakthrough book on an international scale. The modern classic tells the story of a handmaid known as Offred who is trapped in a society where her only purpose is to conceive and bear the child of a powerful man.<\/p>\n Atwood is one of Canada’s best known and most prolific writers. She has written more than 40 books in nearly all literary forms including short stories, nonfiction, children’s books and stage plays.\u00a0The Handmaid’s Tale<\/a>\u00a0won Atwood her second Governor General’s Literary Award<\/a> and scored her first nomination for the Booker Prize. It has since undergone several adaptations, for film, stage, ballet, opera and\u00a0a graphic novel. It was also adapted for television and the sixth and final season was released in May 2025.<\/p>\n LISTEN | Margaret Atwood talks about\u00a0The Handmaid’s Tale\u00a0in 1985:\u00a0<\/p>\n ArchivesMargaret Atwood describes The Handmaid’s Tale on CBC Radio<\/p>\n 12. A Two Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby, with Mary Louisa Plummer In\u00a0A Two-Spirit Journey<\/a>,\u00a0Ma-Nee Chacaby, an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian who grew up in a remote northern Ontario community, tells the story of how she overcame experiences with abuse and alcohol addiction to become a counsellor and lead Thunder Bay’s first gay pride parade.\u00a0<\/p>\n A Two-Spirit Journey<\/a>\u00a0won\u00a0Canada Reads<\/a>\u00a02025. It was\u00a0championed by podcaster and wellness advocate Shayla Stonechild<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ma-Nee Chacaby is a two-spirit Ojibwa-Cree writer, artist, storyteller and activist. She lives in Thunder Bay, Ont., and was raised by her grandmother near Lake Nipigon, Ont. Chacaby won the Ontario Historical Society’s Alison Prentice Award and the Oral History Association’s Book Award for\u00a0A Two-Spirit Journey<\/a>. In 2021, Chacaby won the Community Hero Award from the mayor of Thunder Bay.<\/p>\n Mary Louisa Plummer is a social scientist whose work focuses on public health and children’s rights.\u00a0<\/p>\n LISTEN | Shayla Stonechild\u00a0on\u00a0championing\u00a0A Two-Spirit Journey\u00a0by Ma-Nee Chacaby:\u00a0<\/p>\n The Next ChapterShayla Stonechild shares an Ojibwa-Cree elder’s message of hope and healing with Canada Reads<\/p>\n 11. Finding Flora by Elinor Florence In\u00a0Finding Flora<\/a>, Scottish newcomer to Canada,\u00a0Flora, escapes her abusive husband to the Alberta prairie, determined to rebuild her life. But when a hostile government threatens their land and her violent husband is on the hunt for her, Flora forms a bond with her neighbours \u2014 a Welsh widow with three children, two American women raising chickens, and a M\u00e9tis woman training wild horses. United, the women come together to face their challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n Elinor Florence is an author, journalist and member of the M\u00e9tis Nation of B.C. Her debut novel was\u00a0Bird’s Eye View,\u00a0and her second novel,\u00a0Wildwood,\u00a0was one of Kobo’s Hundred Most Popular Canadian Books of All Time. Florence holds degrees in English and journalism. She grew up in Saskatchewan and currently lives in Invermere, B.C.\u00a0<\/p>\n LISTEN | 3 historical fiction books to transport you:\u00a0<\/p>\n The Next ChapterTalia Kliot recommends 3 Must-Read historical fiction novels<\/p>\n 10. The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue The Paris Express<\/a>\u00a0takes readers aboard a suspenseful train journey from the Normandy coast to Paris. Inspired by a real-life photo of a train hanging off the side of Montparnasse station,\u00a0The Paris Express<\/a>\u00a0unravels over the course of one fateful day, featuring the fascinating stories of the passengers, from a young boy traveling solo to a pregnant woman on the run, the devoted railway workers and a young anarchist on a mission.<\/p>\n Emma Donoghue is an Irish Canadian writer whose books include the novels\u00a0Landing<\/a>,\u00a0Room<\/a>,\u00a0Frog Music<\/a>,\u00a0The Wonder<\/a>,\u00a0The Pull of the Stars<\/a>,\u00a0Learned by Heart<\/a>\u00a0and the children’s book\u00a0The Lotterys Plus One<\/a>.\u00a0Room<\/a>\u00a0was an international bestseller and was adapted into a critically acclaimed film starring Brie Larson.\u00a0The Pull of the Stars<\/a>\u00a0was\u00a0longlisted for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Canada Reads\u00a02025<\/a>\u00a0and shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n 9. Jennie’s Boy by Wayne Johnston Jennie’s Boy<\/a>\u00a0is a memoir that recounts a six-month period in Wayne Johnston’s chaotic childhood, much of which was spent as a frail and sickly boy with a fiercely protective mother. While too sick to attend school, he spent his time with his funny and eccentric grandmother, Lucy, and picked up some important life lessons along the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jennie’s Boy<\/a>\u00a0won the\u00a02023 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal<\/a>. It was\u00a0championed by Linwood Barclay<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Canada Reads<\/a>\u00a02025.\u00a0<\/p>\n Johnston is a writer, born and raised in Goulds, N.L. His novels include\u00a0The Divine Ryans,\u00a0A World Elsewhere,\u00a0The Custodian of Paradise,\u00a0The Navigator of New York<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0The Colony of Unrequited Dreams<\/a>. His 1999 memoir,\u00a0Baltimore’s Mansion<\/a>, won the RBC Taylor Prize.\u00a0The Colony of Unrequited Dreams<\/a>\u00a0was shortlisted for the\u00a0Giller Prize<\/a>\u00a0and was a 2003\u00a0Canada Reads<\/a>\u00a0finalist, when it was championed by Justin Trudeau before he was prime minister.<\/p>\n LISTEN | Linwood Barclay\u00a0on\u00a0championing\u00a0Jennie’s Boy\u00a0by Wayne Johnston:\u00a0<\/p>\n The Next ChapterCanada Reads duo Linwood Barclay and Wayne Johnston discuss Jennie’s Boy and debate strategy<\/p>\n 8. The Cost of a Hostage by Iona Whishaw In\u00a0The Cost of a Hostage<\/a>,\u00a0Lane’s quiet August morning is jolted when two shocking cases unfold \u2014 she receives news that her brother-in-law, Bob, is missing in Mexico, while her husband, Inspector Darling, is confronted by a frantic mother reporting her son’s kidnapping. While the couple searches for Bob, the kidnapper and child are found, making it seem like the case is solved \u2014 until another body is discovered.\u00a0<\/p>\n Iona Whishaw is a Vancouver-based author and former teacher and social worker. She has published works of short fiction, poetry, the children’s book\u00a0Henry and the Cow Problem\u00a0and the Lane Winslow Mystery series.<\/p>\n 7. Mallory and the Trouble with Twins by Arley Nopra In\u00a0Mallory and the Trouble with Twins<\/a>,\u00a0Mallory is confident in her babysitting skills \u2014 after all, she’s taken care of her seven younger siblings for years. But when she starts watching the Arnold twins, Marilyn and Carolyn, she quickly realizes they’re more trouble than she expected.\u00a0The twins play tricks, act spoiled and make her job a nightmare.\u00a0Still, as a responsible member of the Baby-Sitters Club, Mallory refuses to give up.<\/p>\n Arley Nopra is a\u00a0Filipino\u00a0comic creator who lives in Toronto. She has adapted and illustrated the\u00a0Babysitters Club books\u00a0Claudia\u00a0and the Bad Joke\u00a0and\u00a0Mallory and the Trouble with Twins<\/a>.<\/p>\n 6. Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper In\u00a0Etta and Otto and Russell and James<\/a>,\u00a082-year-old Etta decides to walk 3,232 kilometres to Halifax from her farm in Saskatchewan to fulfil her dream of seeing the ocean. With little more than a rusty rifle and a talking coyote named James for company, she begins her adventure, and in the process, her early life with her husband, Otto, and their friend Russell is revealed in flashbacks. While Russell wants to bring her home safe, she’s committed to making her way to the sea before returning to her husband, who waits patiently for her to come back.<\/p>\n Etta and Otto and Russell and James<\/a>\u00a0was\u00a0championed by\u00a0Heartland\u00a0actor Michelle Morgan<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Canada Reads<\/a>\u00a02025.\u00a0<\/p>\n Emma Hooper\u00a0is a Canadian musician and writer. Her other novels include\u00a0Our Homesick Songs<\/a>,\u00a0which was\u00a0longlisted for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize<\/a>, and\u00a0We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky<\/a>. She also holds a PhD in music-literary studies and has published her research on many related topics. Raised in Alberta, she currently lives in England.<\/p>\n LISTEN | Michelle Morgan on\u00a0championing\u00a0Etta and Otto and Russell and James\u00a0by Emma Hooper:\u00a0<\/p>\n The Next ChapterHeartland actor Michelle Morgan and author Emma Hooper talk Canada Reads<\/p>\n 5. One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune One Golden Summer<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0a follow-up to Carley Fortune’s debut book\u00a0Every Summer After<\/a>\u00a0and tells the story of\u00a0Alice, a photographer seeking a quiet, restorative summer at her childhood cottage with her grandmother. But her plans for peace are upended when Charlie \u2014 charming, flirtatious\u00a0and impossible to ignore \u2014 unexpectedly reappears. Soon, Alice finds herself feeling like she’s 17 again, questioning whether this summer might hold something more than she ever expected.<\/p>\n Fortune\u00a0is a Toronto-based writer and journalist who has worked as an editor for Refinery29, The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine and Toronto Life. Her previous books are\u00a0Every Summer After<\/a>,\u00a0This Summer Will Be Different<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Meet Me at the Lake<\/a>, which\u00a0was a contender for\u00a0Canada Reads<\/a>\u00a02024,\u00a0championed by Mirian Njoh<\/a>. Every Summer After<\/a> is being adapted for a television series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n 4. The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus by Emma Knight In\u00a0The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus<\/a>, Pen arrives at the University of Edinburgh, set on uncovering what her divorced parents in Canada have hid from her.\u00a0Not only does she start to uncover the truth about them during a weekend visit to a famous writer, an old friend of her father’s, Pen also experiences the many milestones\u00a0of adulthood for the first time,\u00a0including falling in love for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\n Emma Knight is an author, journalist and entrepreneur based in Toronto. Her work has appeared in Literary Hub, Vogue, The Globe and Mail, The Walrus and The New York Times. She co-hosted and created the podcast\u00a0Fanfare\u00a0and co-founded the organic beverage company Greenhouse. She is the author of cookbooks\u00a0How to Eat with One Hand\u00a0and\u00a0The Greenhouse Cookbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n 3. Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew Dandelion<\/a>\u00a0is a novel about family secrets, migration, isolation, motherhood and mental illness. When Lily was a child, her mother, Swee Hua, walked away from the family and was never heard from again. After becoming a new mother herself, Lily is obsessed with discovering what happened to Swee Hua. She recalls growing up in a British Columbia mining town where there were only a handful of Asian families and how Swee Hua longed to return to Brunei. Eventually, a clue leads Lily to southeast Asia to find the truth about her mother.\u00a0<\/p>\n Dandelion<\/a>\u00a0was\u00a0championed by pastry chef Sa\u00efd M’Dahoma<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Canada Reads<\/a>\u00a02025.<\/p>\n Jamie Chai Yun Liew is a lawyer, law professor and podcaster based in Ottawa.\u00a0Dandelion<\/a>\u00a0is her first novel, which won her the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award from the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop. She also wrote the nonfiction book\u00a0Ghost Citizens<\/a>. Liew was\u00a0named one of CBC Books writers to watch in 2022<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n LISTEN |\u00a0Sa\u00efd M’Dahoma\u00a0on\u00a0championing\u00a0Dandelion\u00a0by Jamie Chai Yun Liew:\u00a0<\/p>\n The Next ChapterCanada Reads duo Sa\u00efd M\u2019Dahoma and Jamie Chai Yun Liew talk french pastries and Dandelion<\/p>\n 2. Values by Mark Carney Values<\/a>\u00a0is a book by the former Bank of Canada governor and current prime minister, Mark Carney. Published in 2021,\u00a0Values<\/a>\u00a0looks at the “fault lines” that divide contemporary society \u2014 racial, geographical, cultural and economic \u2014 and argues that they all stem from the same thing: a crisis of values. In the book, Carney offers a vision of a “more humane society” and a map toward getting there.<\/p>\n Carney is the prime minister of Canada. He was formerly the Governor of the Bank of England and the Governor of the Bank of Canada. He lives in Ottawa.<\/p>\n 1. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This<\/a>\u00a0marks Egyptian Canadian journalist and writer Omar El Akkad’s nonfiction debut. On Oct. 25,\u00a02023, after Israeli bombardment of Gaza following\u00a0the Oct. 7 attacks, he posted on social media a statement:\u00a0“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”\u00a0One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This<\/a>\u00a0expands on his powerful social media message and chronicles his thoughts on\u00a0the fragile nature of truth, justice, privilege and morality.<\/p>\n El Akkad is a Canadian journalist and author who currently lives in Portland, Ore. His\u00a0novel\u00a0American War<\/a>\u00a0was defended on\u00a0Canada Reads<\/a>\u00a02018 by actor Tahmoh Penikett\u00a0and his novel\u00a0What Strange Paradise<\/a>\u00a0won\u00a0the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize<\/a>\u00a0and was defended on\u00a0Canada Reads<\/a>\u00a02022 by\u00a0Tareq Hadhad<\/a>.<\/p>\n LISTEN | Omar El Akkad on Front Burner:\u00a0<\/p>\n Front BurnerOmar El Akkad on Gaza, and ‘breaking up’ with the West<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here’s a ranked list of the top 20 books Canadians have been buying\u00a0so far in 2025.\u00a0 This\u00a0bestseller list…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[64,63,457,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-14908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-books","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/the-berry-pickers-by-amanda-peters.jpg\")
The Berry Pickers is a novel by Amanda Peters. (Harper Perennial, Audrey Michaud-Peters)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/david-a-robertson-s-all-the-little-monsters.jpg\")
David A. Robertson and his newest book, “All the Little Monsters” (Amber Green, Harper Collins)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/theory-of-water-by-leanne-betasamosake-simpson.jpg\")
Theory of Water is a book by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. (Knopf Canada, Zahra Siddiqi)<\/p>\n![\"Watch](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/watch-out-for-her-by-samantha-m-bailey.jpg\")
Watch Out for Her is a thriller by Samantha M. Bailey. (Dahlia Katz, Simon & Schuster)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/at-a-loss-for-words-by-carol-off.png\")
At a Loss For Words is a nonfiction book by Carol Off. (CBC, Penguin Random House Canada)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/moon-of-crusted-snow-by-waugeshig-rice.jpg\")
Moon of the Crusted Snow is a book by Waubgeshig Rice. (ECW Press)<\/p>\n![\"An](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/margaret-atwood-s-the-handmaid-s-tale.jpg\")
(McClelland & Stewart, Luis Mora)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/a-two-spirit-journey-by-ma-nee-chacaby-with-mary-louisa-plummer.jpg\")
Ma-Nee Chacaby, left, recounts her life and the hardships she faced throughout in her autobiography, A Two-Spirit Journey, written with Mary Louisa Plummer. (Ruth-Kivilahti\/University of Manitoba Press\/Yasmin Kudrati-Plummer)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/finding-flora-by-elinor-florence.jpg\")
Finding Flora is a book by Elinor Florence. (Simon & Schuster)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/the-paris-express-by-emma-donoghue.jpg\")
The Paris Express is a book by Emma Donoghue. (HarperCollins Canada, Woodgate Photography)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jennie-s-boy-by-wayne-johnston.jpg\")
Jennie’s Boy is a memoir by Wayne Johnston. (Knopf Canada, Mark Raynes Roberts)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/the-cost-of-a-hostage-by-iona-whishaw.jpg\")
The Cost of a Hostage is a book by Iona Whishaw. (TouchWood Editions, Submitted by Iona Whishaw )<\/p>\n![\"On](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mallory-and-the-trouble-with-twins-by-arley-nopra.png\")
Mallory and the Trouble with Twins is a graphic novel by Arley Nopra. (Submitted by Arley Nopra, Graphix)<\/p>\n![\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/etta-and-otto-and-russell-and-james-by-emma-hooper.jpg\")
Emma Hooper is the author of Etta and Otto and Russell and James. (Penguin Canada, Sean Maylon)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/updated-one-golden-summer-by-carley-fortune.jpg\")
One Golden Summer is a novel by Carley Fortune. (Penguin Random House Canada, Jenna Marie Wakani)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/the-life-cycle-of-the-common-octopus-by-emma-knight-1.jpg\")
The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus is a novel by Emma Knight. (Viking, Caitlin Cronenberg)<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dandelion-by-jamie-chai-yun-liew.jpg\")
Dandelion is a book by Jamie Chai Yun Liew. (Kenya-Jade Pinto, Arsenal Pulp Press)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/values-by-mark-carney.png\")
Values is a book by Mark Carney. (Signal, Chris Young\/Canadian Press)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/one-day-everyone-will-have-always-been-against-this-by-omar-el-akkad-1.jpg\")
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is a book by Omar El Akkad. (Knopf, Kateshia Pendergrass)<\/p>\n