New NL/Local Books

Updated February 12, 2025
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Atlantic Canada
Lonely Planet/Rhyno, Darcy/Bain, Andrew/Donaldson
Paper Book
Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Atlantic Canada. Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from walking the surreal orange landscape of the Tablelands to driving Newfoundland's Viking...
Bloom Where You Are Planted Across Canada: 50 Inspiring Conversations
Denter, Beka Shane
Paper Book
Bloom Where You Are Planted Across Canada is a fascinating collection of fifty interviews and portraits that celebrate diversity, innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship. The women and non-binary people featured in this book represent different...
The Country and the Game: Thirteen Thousand Miles of Hockey Stories
Shuker, Ronnie
Paper Book
A joyful, beautifully written tribute to Canada's most salient features--hockey and highways. In the waning days of the pandemic, sportswriter Ronnie Shuker stuffed his skates, sticks, and backpack into his faithful automobile, Gumpy, named for legendary goaltender Gumpy Worsley,...
Embers of the hands : hidden histories of the Viking Age
Barraclough, Eleanor Rosamund.
Paper Book
In imagining a Viking, a certain image springs to mind: a barbaric warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorize the hapless local population of a northern European town. Yet while such characters define our imagination of the Viking Age today, they were in the minority. ...
Five for Forteau
Paper Book
Award recognition for Two for the Tablelands: ***THE HOWARD ENGEL AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL SET IN CANADA 2021 - SHORTLIST*** ***ATLANTIC BOOKS TODAY STAFF PICK 2021 - SHORTLIST*** Award Recognition for Three for Trinity: ***THE HOWARD ENGEL AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL...
Flannery
Moore, Lisa
Ebook
A spellbinding story about chasing love, fighting family, losing friends and starting all over again, from the internationally acclaimed Lisa Moore. Sixteen-year-old Flannery Malone has it bad. She's been in love with Tyrone O'Rourke since the days she still believed in Santa Claus. But...
Invisible Prisons: Jack Whalen's Tireless Fight for Justice
Moore, Lisa
Paper Book
FINALIST FOR THE 2024 HILARY WESTON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE The Globe and Mail's Best Books of 2024 * CBC's Best Canadian Non-Fiction of 2024 Riveting nonfiction from multi-award-winning author Lisa Moore, based on the shocking true story of a teenaged boy who endured abuse...
A Man Downstairs : A Novel
Lundrigan, Nicole.
Paper Book
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER What if the childhood you remember isn't really what happened at all? "A gripping story of troubled relationships, mental illness, and buried secrets with a murder at its heart. . . . Clever, twisty, and chilling." --Shari Lapena, #1...
Mary Foley, Mary Doyle : Unravelling a mother's secrets
Doyle, Marjorie.
Paper Book
Marjorie Doyle grew up in a life of privilege in St. John's, Newfoundland's capital city. Her father, a middle-aged prosperous businessman, married Mary Foley, a young woman who had escaped a childhood of poverty. Mary Foley, Mary Doyle is Marjorie's journey to uncover the layers of...
Moon Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada : With New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland & Labrador: Coastal Getaways, Historic Towns, Scenic Drives
Hempstead, Andrew/ Moon Travel Guides (COR)
Paper Book
Catch a glimpse of the world's rarest whales, hike through lush forests, or wander around quaint historic towns: the very best of the northeast is yours with Moon Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada. Inside you'll find: Strategic, flexible itineraries...
Ocean : a history of the Atlantic before Columbus
Haywood, John
Paper Book
A magisterial cultural history of the Atlantic Ocean before Columbus, ranging from the early shaping of the continents and the emergence of homo sapiens to the story of shipbuilding, navigation, maritime exploration, slavery, and nascent European imperialism. A...
Sisters of Belfast : a novel
Maure, Melanie
Paper Book
In the spirit of Heather Morris, Kate Quinn, and Pam Jenoff, an enthralling and deeply moving story that begins during World War II, about orphaned twin sisters in Ireland whose lives diverge for decades, until fate--and faith--reunite them in the twilight of their lives. Orphaned during...

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