Refugee Rights Day for Adults

Canada recognizes the rights of refugees each year on April 4. A selection of fiction and non-fiction books about the experience of refugees in Canada.

Updated April 4, 2025
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Sunshine nails : a novel
Nguyen, Mai
Paper Book
A Real Simple Must-Read Book of Summer 2023 "Mai Nguyen has proven herself to be a real standout." --Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author A tender, humorous, and page-turning debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will do...
We measure the earth with our bodies : a novel
Lama, Tsering Yangzom
Paper Book
International Bestseller Longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize For readers of Homegoing and The Leavers, a compelling and profound debut novel about a Tibetan family's journey through exile. ...
What strange paradise
El Akkad, Omar
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR * From the widely acclaimed, bestselling author of American War--a beautifully written, unrelentingly dramatic, and profoundly moving novel that looks at the global refugee crisis through the eyes of a child. "Told from...

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