Hey, y’all! It’s that time of year again. What time is that? Award season, of course! Last week the nominees for CBC Canada Reads 2023 longlist were announced. In total, there are 15 books nominated. They represent a variety of genres and come from authors of various backgrounds. A few were on various best of 2022 lists. The one thing they all have in common is they come from Canadian authors.
This year the CBC has decided to go with the theme of one book to shift your perspective.
The stories we tell, and the way we tell them, can shape how we see ourselves, our communities and the world. This collection of books is an opportunity to broaden our horizons, expand our worldview and think differently about the world around us and our place in it.
15 books make Canada Reads 2023 longlist | CBC Books
All titles are linked to Goodreads.
Now, let’s take a look at the CBC Canada Reads 2023 Longlist!
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
- Release Date: September 2022
- Genre: Graphic Novel, Memoir
Revery: A Year of Bees by Jenna Butler
- Release Date: October 2020
- Genre: Nature, Memoir
Half-Bads in White Regalia: A Memoir by Cody Caetano
- Release Date: May 2022
- Genre: Memoir
Greenwood by Michael Christie
- Release Date: February 2020
- Genre: Fiction
Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye
- Release Date: March 2022
- Genre: Fantasy
Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin
- Release Date: April 2021
- Genre: Romance
All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Release Date: May 2022
- Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction
Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew
- Release Date: April 2022
- Genre: Fiction
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu
- Release Date: May 2022
- Genre: Autobiography
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Release Date: June 2020
- Genre: Horror, Gothic Fiction
Finding Edward by Sheila Murray
- Release Date: June 2022
- Genre: Fiction
Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah
- Release Date: March 2022
- Genre: Historical Fiction
We Spread by Iain Reid
- Release Date: September 2022
- Genre: Suspense, Horror
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
- Release Date: October 2018
- Genre: Science Fiction
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- Release Date: September 2014
- Genre: Science Fiction
That is the CBC Canada Reads 2023 Longlist. The shortlist and their champions will be announced on January 25. The debates will start on March 27, with the winner announced on March 30.
I haven’t read any of the nominees, but I have heard of several. Have you read any of the CBC Canada Reads 2023 nominees? Which ones do you hope will be shortlisted?
Looking for some more books to read? Check out my other bookish lists, book reviews, and monthly reading wrap-ups.
I’ve read Hana Khan 🙌
That’s an interesting, and very varied, list! I hope you enjoy whichever ones you end up reading. I’ve read and enjoyed Mexican Gothic and Station Eleven is on my TBR, but I haven’t heard of most of the others.
My TTT: https://bookwyrmknits.com/2023/01/17/top-12-books-2022-review-and-2023-goals/
I have not read any of thes, but I want to read We Were Dreamers
I try to read the shortlist books each year, so will check out which ones made it. I have not read any of these yet.