Starting with Life of Pi, which is a novel about young boys, find the top selling books in Canada below, which is comprised of old favorites and new discoveries. The selections compiled here are based on Amazon’s top selling Canadian books.

1. Life of Pi by Yann Martel

This is a novel that will take you to a small community in India to the middle of the Pacific Ocean where a boy and a tiger has been trapped in a lifeboat, which eventually led to a special kind of friendship.
Yann Martel wrote a wonderful story of survival that explores every angle of human nature in the middle of adversity. The author ended the story with an exciting twist that you can never put down, leaving you feeling good long after you have finished reading the book.

2. How to Be a Canadian (Even if You Already Are One) by Will and Ian Ferguson

“There is the assumption that Canada has only two seasons: Winter and not winter. In fact, Canada has no fewer than six distinct seasons: Tax; Hockey; More hockeys; Still more hockeys; summer (also known as the July long weekend); and finally Good God, isn’t the Hockey Season over by now?!”

More of this kind of humor is found on How to Be a Canadian (Even If You Already Are One). It ended with a funny quiz that evaluates your level of being a Canadian and concluded by an explanation from Ferguson why the perfect score is zero, which is: “So, you couldn’t even be bothered to do the damn quiz. Too much effort, eh? You just skipped to the end. Talk about slack. Talk about Canadian! Congratulations. You are now one of us.”

3. The Way the Crow Flies by Ann-Marie Macdonald

A well written and entertaining book that depicts the life of a real Canadian. The Way the Crow Flies is a tragic story that will remind us of the possible price that we will have to pay for lies and hiding secrets. It can take you into reading until 3 AM to learn how each of the events is going to end.

4. Shake Hands With The Devil by Romeo Dallaire

After a painful experience in Rwanda that led to Canadian General Dallaire’s attempt to commit suicide and post traumatic stress disorder, he came out to give talks and wrote this book to hopefully retrieve his soul. When he was asked how he could possibly believe in God after going through such experience, he replied “I know there is a God, because in Rwanda, I shook hands with the devil.”

Shake Hands with the Devil, is by far, one of the most interesting source about world events. It is a remarkable tale of a man who cares deeply about human life and denied numerous times of the support that could have prevented a tragedy.

5. Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed The World by Margaret MacMillan
Nobody can explain better than MacMillan how the Allies reorganized and changed the world after the First World War. She has placed a different perspective on the Paris Peace Conference that still affects our lives up to this day.

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