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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Julie Chan Is Dead: A Novel
Zhang, Liann
Paper Book
Nominated for The Trillium Book Award Longlisted for CBC Canada Reads 2026 INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER One of NPR's Books We Love for 2025 2026 Libby Book Awards Best Thriller For fans of Bunny and...
Pick a Colour : A Novel
Thammavongsa, Souvankham.
Paper Book
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2025 GILLER PRIZE Named a Best Book of 2025 by The Globe and Mail * The New Yorker * CBC * Indigo * TIME * Kirkus * Publishers Weekly * Real Simple * The Boston Globe From Giller Prize and O. Henry Award winner Souvankham...
Deep Cuts: A Novel
Brickley, Holly
Paper Book
AN INSTANT CANADIAN BESTSELLER A love story about two people pulled apart by the same force that draws them together: music. It's a Friday night in a campus bar in Berkeley, fall of 2000, and Percy Marks is pontificating about music again. Hall and Oates is on the...
The clothesline swing
Ramadan, Ahmad Danny
Paper Book
The Clothesline Swing is a journey through the troublesome aftermath of the Arab Spring. A former Syrian refugee himself, Ramadan unveils an enthralling tale of courage that weaves through the mountains of Syria, the valleys of Lebanon, the encircling seas of Turkey, the heat of Egypt and finally...

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