FICTION

1 The Tiger Flu

Larissa Lai. A community of parthenogenic women are threatened with extinction.

2 The Turn of the Screw

Henry James. A classic ghost story.

3 Sodom Road Exit

Amber Dawn. A queer love story set in a decaying Ontario town.

4 When the Flood Falls

J.E. Barnard. Mystery novel set in the Alberta foothills. Winner of the Unhanged Arthur Award.

5 Washington Black

Esi Edugyan. A young slave’s life is changed by his new abolitionist master.

6 The Saturday Night Ghost Club

Craig Davidson. A novel about group investing in macabre urban myth.

7 At This Juncture

Rona Altrows. A woman writes letters to the CEO of Canada Post.

8 French Exit

Patrick DeWitt. A send-up of high society from the author of The Sisters Brothers.

9 She of the Mountains

Vivek Shraya. A love story reimagining of Hindu mythology.

10 A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles. An unrepentant aristocrat is sentenced to house arrest in a luxury hotel.