Here is the Canada Reads 2020 longlist

Fifteen books are on the Canada Reads longlist for 2020.

From deeply personal memoirs to poetry and speculative fiction, this year’s longlisted books speak to the theme: One book to bring Canada into focus.

We’re looking at Canada’s 2020 vision. How do we move forward together? These books inspire readers to think twice about the lens through which they see themselves and Canada.

The final five books and their champions will be revealed on Jan. 22, 2020.

The Canada Reads 2020 longlist is:

• NDN Coping Mechanisms by Billy-Ray Belcourt
• Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club by Megan Gail Coles
• Radicalized by Cory Doctorow
• Sputnik’s Children by Terri Favro
• Amphibian by Carla Gunn
• We Have Always Been Here by Samra Habib
• Love Lives Here by Amanda Jetté Knox
• The Dishwasher by Stéphane Larue, translated by Pablo Strauss
• Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson
• The Youth of God by Hassan Ghedi Santur
• From the Ashes by Jesse Thistle
• The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp
• Worry by Jessica Westhead
• The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
• Dear Scarlet by Teresa Wong

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