CBC Canada Reads: 2026 Longlist

Canada's great book debate is back for another year! Find all 15 of the longlisted titles at GVPL to read along.

Learn more about the debate on CBC: Canada Reads on CBC.

Updated March 20, 2026
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CBC Canada Reads: 2026 Longlist

Canada's great book debate is back for another year! Find all 15 of the longlisted titles at GVPL to read along.

Learn more about the debate on CBC: Canada Reads on CBC.

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MINOR CHORUS: A NOVEL
Belcourt, Billy-Ray.
Paper Book
In the stark expanse of Northern Alberta, a queer Indigenous doctoral student steps away from his dissertation to write a novel, informed by a series of poignant encounters: a heart-to-heart with fellow doctoral student River over the mounting pressure placed on marginalized scholars; a meeting...
Every thing is fine here : a novel
Tushabe, Iryn
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THREE SASKATCHEWAN BOOK AWARDS Longlist, Canada Reads 2026 A CBC Best Book of 2025 A beguiling coming of age novel set in Uganda in which a young woman grapples with the truth about her sister in a country that punishes gay people. Eighteen-year-old...
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