The Amazon Canada First Novel Award
achievements of Canadian authors and their debut novels, as well as young writers and their short stories.
The 2023 Finalists
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A Minor Chorus
- A Novel
- Written by: Billy-Ray Belcourt
- Narrated by: Jesse Nobess
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance12
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Story12
*WINNER OF THE 2023 BC AND YUKON ETHEL WILSON PRIZE* *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE* NATIONAL BESTSELLER An urgent first novel about breaching the prisons we live inside from one of Canada’s most daring literary talents. An unnamed narrator abandons his unfinished thesis and...
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A Minor Chorus
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Jesse Nobess
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2022-09-27
- Language: English
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$28.66 or free with 30-day trial
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Bad Cree
- A Novel
- Written by: Jessica Johns
- Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall100
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Performance86
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Story86
2024 CBC CANADA READS SELECTION AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD SHORTLIST A CBC BOOKS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AN AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ALEX AWARD WINNER AURORA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL SHORTLIST RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE FOR LITERARY FICTION SHORTLIST NATIONAL BESTSELLER A haunting...
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A Modern Thriller You Will Enjoy
- By Michael Melenberg on 2024-02-02
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Bad Cree
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Tanis Parenteau
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 2023-01-10
- Language: English
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Hollow Bamboo
- A Novel
- Written by: William Seto Ping
- Narrated by: Richard Lam
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance6
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Story6
2026 RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER'S PRIZE SHORTLIST AMAZON FIRST NOVEL AWARD SHORTLIST THOMAS RADDALL ATLANTIC FICTION AWARD SHORTLIST BMO WINTERSET AWARD SHORTLIST DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD LONGLIST NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TELEGRAM AND WINNIPEG FREE PRESS The hilarious and...
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Humour and heartbreak
- By Mishy on 2023-06-23
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Hollow Bamboo
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Richard Lam
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 2023-02-21
- Language: English
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$35.34 or free with 30-day trial
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The Island of Forgetting
- A Novel
- Written by: Jasmine Sealy
- Narrated by: Varia Williams
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
WINNER of the Amazon First Novel Award Finalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer Award Finalist for OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Shortlisted for the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society Awards How does memory become myth? How do lies become family lore? How do we escape the trauma...
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Loved it!
- By Isaac Murisa on 2023-03-14
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The Island of Forgetting
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Varia Williams
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 2022-04-26
- Language: English
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In the Upper Country
- A Novel
- Written by: Kai Thomas
- Narrated by: Wesley French, Milton Barnes, Tymika Tafari
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance5
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Story5
*NATIONAL BESTSELLER* *WINNER OF THE 2023 WRITER'S TRUST ATWOOD GIBSON PRIZE* SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOVERNER GENERAL'S AWARD FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE RAKUTEN KOBO EMERGING WRITER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 HURSTON/WRIGHT LEGACY AWARD...
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In the Upper Country
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Wesley French, Milton Barnes, Tymika Tafari
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 2023-01-10
- Language: English
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Previous Winners
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Ghost Forest
- A Novel
- Written by: Pik-Shuen Fung
- Narrated by: Pik-Shuen Fung
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance6
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Story6
This “powerful” (BuzzFeed) award-winning debut about love, grief, and family welcomes you into its pages and invites you to linger, staying with you long after you’ve closed its covers. “Quietly moving . . . connected by a kind of dream logic . . . deeply felt . . . There is joy and...
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Small and perfectly formed
- By R. Baldry on 2023-01-05
Written by: Pik-Shuen Fung
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Five Little Indians
- A Novel
- Written by: Michelle Good
- Narrated by: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall935
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Performance809
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Story805
WINNER: Canada Reads 2022 WINNER: Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction WINNER: Amazon First Novel Award WINNER: Kobo Emerging Author Prize Finalist: Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalist: Atwood Gibson Writers Trust Prize Finalist: BC & Yukon Book Prize Shortlist: Indigenous Voices Awards...
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great book, needs better narration
- By Tawny McC on 2020-09-15
Written by: Michelle Good
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The Dishwasher
- Written by: Stéphane Larue, Pablo Strauss - translator
- Narrated by: Robert Naylor
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance41
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Story41
It’s October in Montreal, 2002, and winter is coming on fast. Past due on his first freelance gig and ensnared in lies to his family and friends, a graphic design student with a gambling addiction goes after the first job that promises a paycheck: dishwasher at the sophisticated La Trattoria. Though he feels out of place in the posh dining room, warned by the manager not to enter through the front and coolly assessed by the waitstaff in their tailored shirts, nothing could have prepared him for the tension and noise of the kitchen, or the dishpit’s clamor and steam.
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Awesome book
- By Christine on 2020-07-04
Written by: Stéphane Larue, and others
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Little Fish
- A Novel
- Written by: Casey Plett
- Narrated by: A. Almeida
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance15
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Story15
It's the dead of winter in Winnipeg and Wendy Reimer, a 30-year-old trans woman, feels like her life is frozen in place. When her Oma passes away Wendy receives an unexpected phone call from a distant family friend with a startling secret: Wendy's Opa (grandfather) - a devout Mennonite farmer - might have been transgender himself. At first she dismisses this revelation, but as Wendy's life grows increasingly volatile, she finds herself aching for the lost pieces of her Opa's truth.
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Amazing story
- By Britttay Unger on 2023-09-20
Written by: Casey Plett
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The Break
- Written by: Katherena Vermette
- Narrated by: Michaela Washburn
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall505
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Performance442
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Story437
When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break - a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house - she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly, with the victim - police, family, and friends - tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night.
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Every Canadian must read
- By Anonymous on 2018-03-20
Written by: Katherena Vermette
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Three Day Road
- Written by: Joseph Boyden
- Narrated by: Ruth Ann Phimister
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall289
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Performance259
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Story259
Cree Indians and best-friends Xavier and Elijah enlist in the Canadian Army in 1915, eager to become heroes. Seasoned hunters, the men become expert snipers, but their horrifying experiences serving in World War I will leave devastating impressions on each man’s life.
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A must read. Captivating from start to end.
- By Travelmug on 2018-04-23
Written by: Joseph Boyden
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Ghost Forest
- A Novel
- Written by: Pik-Shuen Fung
- Narrated by: Pik-Shuen Fung
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall9
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Performance6
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Story6
This “powerful” (BuzzFeed) award-winning debut about love, grief, and family welcomes you into its pages and invites you to linger, staying with you long after you’ve closed its covers. “Quietly moving . . . connected by a kind of dream logic . . . deeply felt . . . There is joy and...
-
-
Small and perfectly formed
- By R. Baldry on 2023-01-05
Written by: Pik-Shuen Fung
-
Five Little Indians
- A Novel
- Written by: Michelle Good
- Narrated by: Kyla Garcia
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall935
-
Performance809
-
Story805
WINNER: Canada Reads 2022 WINNER: Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction WINNER: Amazon First Novel Award WINNER: Kobo Emerging Author Prize Finalist: Scotiabank Giller Prize Finalist: Atwood Gibson Writers Trust Prize Finalist: BC & Yukon Book Prize Shortlist: Indigenous Voices Awards...
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great book, needs better narration
- By Tawny McC on 2020-09-15
Written by: Michelle Good
-
The Dishwasher
- Written by: Stéphane Larue, Pablo Strauss - translator
- Narrated by: Robert Naylor
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall47
-
Performance41
-
Story41
It’s October in Montreal, 2002, and winter is coming on fast. Past due on his first freelance gig and ensnared in lies to his family and friends, a graphic design student with a gambling addiction goes after the first job that promises a paycheck: dishwasher at the sophisticated La Trattoria. Though he feels out of place in the posh dining room, warned by the manager not to enter through the front and coolly assessed by the waitstaff in their tailored shirts, nothing could have prepared him for the tension and noise of the kitchen, or the dishpit’s clamor and steam.
-
-
Awesome book
- By Christine on 2020-07-04
Written by: Stéphane Larue, and others
-
Little Fish
- A Novel
- Written by: Casey Plett
- Narrated by: A. Almeida
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall16
-
Performance15
-
Story15
It's the dead of winter in Winnipeg and Wendy Reimer, a 30-year-old trans woman, feels like her life is frozen in place. When her Oma passes away Wendy receives an unexpected phone call from a distant family friend with a startling secret: Wendy's Opa (grandfather) - a devout Mennonite farmer - might have been transgender himself. At first she dismisses this revelation, but as Wendy's life grows increasingly volatile, she finds herself aching for the lost pieces of her Opa's truth.
-
-
Amazing story
- By Britttay Unger on 2023-09-20
Written by: Casey Plett
-
The Break
- Written by: Katherena Vermette
- Narrated by: Michaela Washburn
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall505
-
Performance442
-
Story437
When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break - a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house - she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly, with the victim - police, family, and friends - tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night.
-
-
Every Canadian must read
- By Anonymous on 2018-03-20
Written by: Katherena Vermette
-
Three Day Road
- Written by: Joseph Boyden
- Narrated by: Ruth Ann Phimister
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall289
-
Performance259
-
Story259
Cree Indians and best-friends Xavier and Elijah enlist in the Canadian Army in 1915, eager to become heroes. Seasoned hunters, the men become expert snipers, but their horrifying experiences serving in World War I will leave devastating impressions on each man’s life.
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A must read. Captivating from start to end.
- By Travelmug on 2018-04-23
Written by: Joseph Boyden