Atlantic Canada's 100 Greatest Books
Atlantic Canada's 100 Greatest Books is a non-fiction book by Trevor J. Adams and Stephen Patrick Clare, published by Nimbus Publishing. The first book of its type, it ranks and reviews the top 100 books written by Atlantic Canadian writers, published in the region, or focusing on the region. The 100 books chosen were selected from a list of over 2,000 titles voted on by over 700 authors, editors and critics. The book includes reviews of each of the ranked titles, top-ten lists on a variety of literary subjects, and lists from guest contributors such as the premiers of the Maritime Provinces and novelists such as David Adams Richards and Ami MacKay.
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No Great Mischief
Alistair MacLeod · 1999 · 2 lists
- 2
Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery · 1908 · 3 lists
- 3
The Colony Of Unrequited Dreams
Wayne Johnston · 1998 · 1 list
- 4
The Mountain And The Valley
Ernest Buckler · 1952 · 1 list
- 5
Fall on Your Knees
Ann-Marie MacDonald · 1996 · 2 lists
- 6
Barometer Rising
Hugh MacLennan · 1941 · 1 list
- 7
Random Passage
Bernice Morgan · 1992 · 1 list
- 8
The Lost Salt Gift Of Blood
Alistair MacLeod · 1976 · 1 list
- 9
Mercy Among the Children
David Adams Richards · 2000 · 1 list
- 10
Rockbound
Frank Parker Day · 1928 · 1 list
- 11
The Nymph And The Lamp
Thomas H. Raddall · 1950 · 1 list
- 12
The Birth House
Ami McKay · 2006 · 1 list
- 13
Two Solitudes
Hugh MacLennan · 1945 · 1 list
- 14
Island
Alistair MacLeod · 1989 · 1 list
- 15
River Thieves
Michael Crummey · 2001 · 1 list
- 16
Nights Below Station Street
David Adams Richards · 1988 · 1 list
- 17
The Clockmaker
Thomas Chandler Haliburton · 1800 · 1 list
- 18
Open
Lisa Moore · 2002 · 1 list
- 19
Halifax, Warden Of The North
Thomas H. Raddall · 1948 · 1 list
- 20
Kit's Law
Donna Morrissey · 1999 · 1 list
- 21
House Of Hate
Percy Janes · 1970 · 1 list
- 22
The Shipping News
Annie Proulx · 1993 · 7 lists
- 23
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
Farley Mowat · 1969 · 1 list
- 24
This All Happened
Michael Winter · 2001 · 1 list
- 25
The Afterlife Of George Cartwright
John Steffler · 1992 · 1 list
- 26
An Audience Of Chairs
Joan Clark · 2005 · 1 list
- 27
The Channel Shore
Charles Bruce · 1954 · 1 list
- 28
When The Earth Was Flat
Raymond Fraser · 2007 · 1 list
- 29
Someone Knows My Name
Lawrence Hill · 2007 · 1 list
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The Big Why
Michael Winter · 2004 · 1 list
- 32
The Republic Of Nothing
Lesley Choyce · 1994 · 1 list
- 33
The Governor's Lady
Thomas H. Raddall · 1960 · 1 list
- 34
Death On The Ice
Cassie Brown · 1972 · 1 list
- 35
The Living Beach
Silver Donald Cameron · 1998 · 1 list
- 36
The Beothuk Way
John Kitchen · 1 list
- 37
His Majesty's Yankees
Thomas H. Raddall · 1942 · 1 list
- 38
For Those Who Hunt The Wounded Down
David Adams Richards · 1993 · 1 list
- 39
A Place Between The Tides
Harry Thurston · 2004 · 1 list
- 40
George & Rue
George Elliott Clarke · 2005 · 1 list
- 41
Latitudes Of Melt
Joan Clark · 2000 · 1 list
- 42
Strange Heaven
Lynn Coady · 1998 · 1 list
- 43
Heave
Christy Ann Conlin · 2002 · 1 list
- 44
- 45
Each Man's Son
Hugh MacLennan · 1951 · 1 list
- 46
The Story Of Bobby O'malley
Wayne Johnston · 1985 · 1 list
- 47
The Education Of Everett Richardson
Silver Donald Cameron · 1977 · 1 list
- 48
Footsteps On Old Floors
Thomas H. Raddall · 1968 · 1 list
- 49
Inside
Kenneth J. Harvey · 2006 · 1 list
- 50
The Navigator Of New York
Wayne Johnston · 2002 · 1 list
- 51
A Whale for the Killing
Farley Mowat · 1972 · 1 list
- 52
The Town That Forgot How To Breathe
Kenneth J. Harvey · 2003 · 1 list
- 53
The Divine Ryans
Wayne Johnston · 1990 · 1 list
- 54
Bluenose Ghosts
Helen Creighton · 1957 · 1 list
- 55
We Were Not The Savages
Daniel N. Paul · 1993 · 1 list
- 56
The Bannonbridge Musicians
Raymond Fraser · 1978 · 1 list
- 57
Pélagie
Antonine Maillet · 1982 · 1 list
- 58
The Accidental Indies
Robert Finley · 2000 · 1 list
- 59
Baltimore's Mansion
Wayne Johnston · 1999 · 1 list
- 60
Rum River
Raymond Fraser · 1997 · 1 list
- 61
Alligator
Lisa Moore · 2005 · 1 list
- 62
The Friends Of Meager Fortune
David Adams Richards · 2006 · 1 list
- 63
Life With Billy
Brian Vallee · 1986 · 1 list
- 64
Down To The Dirt
Joel Hynes · 2004 · 1 list
- 65
The Lost Highway
David Adams Richards · 2007 · 1 list
- 66
Gaff Topsails
Patrick Kavanagh · 1996 · 1 list
- 67
Emily of New Moon
L.M. Montgomery · 1923 · 1 list
- 68
The Foxes Of Beachy Cove
Harold Horwood · 1967 · 1 list
- 69
Play The Monster Blind
Lynn Coady · 2000 · 1 list
- 70
Various Persons Named Kevin O'brien
Alden Nowlan · 1973 · 1 list
- 71
The Custodian Of Paradise
Wayne Johnston · 2006 · 1 list
- 72
The Chrysalids
John Wyndham · 1955 · 1 list
- 73
Anne of the Island
L.M. Montgomery · 1915 · 2 lists
- 74
Sailing Alone around the World
Joshua Slocum · 1900 · 2 lists
- 75
A Forest For Calum
Frank MacDonald · 2005 · 1 list
- 76
Ox Bells And Fireflies
Ernest Buckler · 1968 · 1 list
- 77
Mean Boy
Lynn Coady · 2006 · 1 list
- 78
In A Cloud Of Dust And Smoke
Raymond Fraser · 2003 · 1 list
- 79
Cape Breton Road
D. R. MacDonald · 2000 · 1 list
- 80
Sylvanus Now
Donna Morrissey · 2005 · 1 list
- 81
The Fighting Fisherman
Raymond Fraser · 1981 · 1 list
- 82
19 Knives
Mark Anthony Jarman · 1997 · 1 list
- 83
A Strange Manuscript found in a Copper Cylinder
James De Mille · 1888 · 1 list
- 84
The Architects Are Here
Michael Winter · 2007 · 1 list
- 85
The Americans Are Coming
Herb Curtis · 1989 · 1 list
- 86
Curse Of The Narrows
Laura Mac Donald · 2005 · 1 list
- 87
Thirteen Years After; A Great War Veteran Returns To The Old Battlefields
Will R. Bird · 1932 · 1 list
- 88
Downhill Chance
Donna Morrissey · 2002 · 1 list
- 89
Sea Of Slaughter
Farley Mowat · 1984 · 1 list
- 90
Water
Marq de Villiers · 1999 · 1 list
- 91
The Nine Lives Of Charlotte Taylor
Sally Armstrong · 2007 · 1 list
- 92
Sailors, Slackers And Blind Pigs
Stephen Kimber · 2002 · 1 list
- 93
Nova Scotia, Shaped By The Sea
Lesley Choyce · 2011 · 1 list
- 94
Ragged Islands
Don Hannah · 2007 · 1 list
- 95
Burning Down The House
Russell Wangersky · 2009 · 1 list
- 96
The Betrayer
Michael Hennessey · 2003 · 1 list
- 97
Bittersweet
Philip Lee · 2010 · 1 list
- 98
The Iambics Of Newfoundland
Robert Finch · 2007 · 1 list
- 99
Red Soil
Felix Perry · 2000 · 1 list
- 100
Voyage Of The Iceberg
Richard Brown · 1983 · 1 list
