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Week of November 2, 2026

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Mystery / Canadian fiction

Miss Wolcott’s Ghost: A Novel

By Louise Penny

A shocking murder exposes a long-buried tragedy, sending Armand Gamache into a case where the past refuses to stay dead.

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Fantasy / series fiction

Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection)

By Rebecca Yarros

A new instalment in Rebecca Yarros's bestselling dragon-rider fantasy saga, with all the romance, high-stakes drama and intrigue that has made the series wildly popular.

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Fiction / contemporary

Peck & Peck

By Bonnie Garmus

The bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry returns with a new literary novel about ambition, creativity and the chaotic world of publishing.

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Fantasy / romantasy

A Court of Splintered Harmony

By Sarah J. Maas

Read the book that produced the biggest first day of retail sales in the last decade for Indigo where the chain hosted 89 midnight release parties.

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Nonfiction / science and memoir

Earthrise: A Canadian Astronaut’s Journey Into Deep Space

By John Larsen & Jeremy Hansen

Part memoir, part space saga, this book follows Jeremy Hansen's journey from fighter pilot to Artemis II astronaut.

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Nonfiction / housing

Housing Inc.: A Global Takeover and Our Fight for Home

By Leilani Farha

How did housing move away from being a human right and into an investment vehicle? This book attempts to find out.

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Fiction / Literary

Eliza Sunshine

By Michelle Good

Three generations of Cree women navigate the legacy of residential schools, exploring resilience, identity and healing through the power of storytelling.

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Fiction / literary fantasy

The Sorceress of Sky Serpents

By Eden Robinson

The first book in a new series by bestselling Trickster author Eden Robinson centres on a misfit whose gifts may hold the key to saving her people.

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Fiction / poetry

Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse

By Anne Carson

The 2026 Nobel prize winner for literature, Carson's new novel reimagines a Greek myth as a coming of age story.

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Fiction / contemporary

The Hystericals

By Vivek Shraya

A new novel from Vivek Shrarya which examines how a young woman's death sparks a movement against a dystopian, authorative regime.

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