Tell It Like It Is: A List of Fearless Books
In honour of Freedom to Read Week, this is a list of Canadian books that stand out for being powerfully—even ruthlessly—honest and brave. Whether fiction or non-fiction, serious or funny (or both), the books on this list share one trait: they deal with important issues (depression, murder, inequity, disability, persecution, sex, gender, identity, family, etc.) in fearless ways that could only happen in a country that values free expression and thinking. We're talking about you, Canada.
Three Wishes
The Inconvenient Indian
A Curious Account of Native People in North America
The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You
Skim
The Wives of Bath
Cockroach
The Complete Lockpick Pornography
Lemon
Monoceros
Maidenhead
One Hour in Paris
A True Story of Rape and Recovery
Projection
Encounters with My Runaway Mother