CBC Canada Reads: 2025 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 February 1, 2025
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A two-spirit journey : the autobiography of a lesbian Ojibwa-Cree elder
Chacaby, Ma-Nee
Ebook
Shortlisted for Canada Reads 2025 From her early, often harrowing memories of life and abuse in a remote Ojibwa community, Ma-Nee Chacaby's extraordinary story is one of enduring and ultimately overcoming the social and economic legacies of colonialism. As a child, Chacaby learned...

Shortlisted for Canada Reads 2025 and championed by Shayla Stonechild

Clyde Fans : a picture novel in five parts
Seth
Paper Book
Appeared on 20 best of the year lists, including The New York Times, Washington Post, The Guardian, and more! "Open Clyde Fans and let Seth take you into his time machine. There's no room for nostalgia in Seth's vision. The past is as sharp and painful...

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