In Canada, we say there are only two seasons: summer reading season and winter reading season! (You thought I was going to say construction season and hockey season, didn’t you?) At any time of year, and for any occasion, books make great gifts. With the Big Shopping Season (aka Black Friday, Boxing Day) coming up, The Miramichi Reader has some great picks for everyone. The following books are chosen from some of the finalists (and winners) for a “The Very Best!” Book Awards over the past two years.
Fiction
- In the Wake by Nicola Davison
- Circle on the Surface by Carol Bruneau
- First Things First: Early and Uncollected Stories by Diane Schoemperlen
- No Fury Like That by Lisa de Nikolits
- Arrow’s Flight by Joel Scott (Action & Adventure)
- The Carpenter from Montreal by George Fetherling (Noir, Prohibition, Gangsters)
- Quarry by Catherine Graham
- Watermark by Jennifer Farquhar (Suspense)
- The Land’s Long Reach by Valerie Mills-Milde
- Through Sunlight and Shadows by Raymond Fraser
- Songs for the Cold of Heart by Eric Dupont (A Giller Prize 2018 Finalist!)
- Deli Meat by Tom Halford (Crime, Humour)
Young Readers
- The Maiden Voyage (TIMEFLIES, #1) by M.C. Goldrick
- The Glory Wind & Rain Shadow by Valerie Sherrard
- Waiting for Still Water by Susan White
Non-Fiction
- New Brunswick Was His Country by Ronald Rees
- A Boy From Botwood by Pte. A.W. Manuel
- Desperation by Gary Collins (Historical Fiction, based on an actual event)
- Tappan Adney and the Heritage of the St. John River Valley by Keith Helmuth
- Death at the Harbourview Cafe by Fred Humber
- Hiking Trails of New Brunswick by Marianne Eislet and H.A. Eislet
- Fishing the High Country: A Memoir of the River by Wayne Curtis
- Sea Change: A Man, A Boat and a Journey Home by Maxwell Taylor Kennedy
These books should be available on Amazon.ca. Each review has a link at the bottom to take you to Amazon. Please note if you choose to purchase books through Amazon using those links I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks, and happy gifting!
