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
