Summer Challenge 2026: Debut Canadian Novel

Looking for help completing your Summer Challenge Bingo Card? Here are some debut novels by Canadian writers!

Updated June 10, 2026
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Greater Victoria Public Library
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Julie Chan is dead
Zhang, Liann
Paper Book
The instant internationally bestselling outrageously unputdownable debut for fans of Bunny, Bat Eater and Yellowface 'An absolute masterpiece' STYLIST 'You'll enjoy this nail-biting life-swap ride through the glossy influencer scene'...
The immortal woman
Chang, Su (Author of The immortal woman)
Paper Book
Longlisted, 2025 Toronto Book Awards Finalist, Foreword INDIES 2025 Book of the Year A CBC Best Book of 2025 A sweeping generational story of heartbreak, resilience, and yearning, revealing an insider's view of the fractured lives of Chinese immigrants and those they leave...
Pick a colour
Thammavongsa, Souvankham
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE GILLER PRIZE 2025 A TLS AND TIME MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR From Giller Prize and O. Henry Award winner Souvankham Thammavongsa comes a revelatory novel about loneliness, love, labor, and class. 'I live in a world of...
Deep cuts : a novel
Brickley, Holly
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "Tender as a ballad and pleasurable as a pop song, Deep Cuts is both a romp into the indie sleaze era of the early aughts and a timeless love story."--Coco Mellors, New York Times bestselling author of Blue Sisters SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION...
Little fish
Plett, Casey.
Ebook

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