The Sleeping Car Porter
When a mudslide strands a train, Baxter, a queer Black sleeping car porter, must contend with the perils of white passengers, ghosts, and his secret love affair
The Sleeping Car Porter brings to life a…
If you like book The Sleeping Car Porter here is the list of books you may also like
Buy this book on AmazonSimilar books (20)
-
Hotline
A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman’s struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration
Buy this book on Amazon
It’s 1986, and Muna Heddad is in a bind. She and her son have fled Lebanon and moved to Montreal, lea… -
-
Jennie's Boy: A Newfoundland Childhood
NATIONAL BESTSELLERNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE CBCConsummate storyteller and bestselling novelist Wayne Johnston reaches back into his past to bring us a sad, tender and at times extremely fu…
Buy this book on Amazon -
-
All the Colour in the World
The story of the restorative power of art in one man's life, set against the sweep of the twentieth century--from Toronto in the '20s and '30s, through the killing fields of World War II, to 1960s Sic…
Buy this book on Amazon -
The Story of Us
From the author of Canada Reads finalist Scarborough, a stunning new novel about the unbreakable bond of family and the magic that can happen when we meet in the middle
Buy this book on Amazon
Like many Overseas Filipino Work… -
Dandelion
When Lily was eleven years old, her mother, Swee Hua, walked away from the family, never to be seen or heard from again. Now, as a new mother herself, Lily becomes obsessed with finding out what happe…
Buy this book on Amazon -
-
real ones
From the author of the nationally bestselling Strangers saga comes a heartrending story of two Michif sisters who must face their past trauma when their mother is called out for false claims to Indige…
Buy this book on Amazon -
The Future
In an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own kingdom in the trees.
Buy this book on Amazon
In an alternate history of Detroit, the Motor City was never surrendered to the U… -
Shut Up You're Pretty
In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions during a family wedding, a teenage girl looks for happiness inside a pack of cigarettes, a mother recon…
Buy this book on Amazon -
Denison Avenue
A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese Canadian elders
Buy this book on Amazon
Bringing together ink artwork and fiction, Denison Avenue by Daniel Inn… -
-
Study for Obedience
A haunting, compressed masterwork from an extraordinary new voice in Canadian fiction.
Buy this book on Amazon
A young woman moves from the place of her birth to the remote northern country of her forebears to be housekeeper … -
The Bittlemores
A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwriter, member of Canada's Music Hall of Fame and star of her own hit TV sitcom. A little bit All Creat…
Buy this book on Amazon -
Bad Cree
In this gripping debut tinged with supernatural horror, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a perilous journey of self-discovery that ultimately forces her to confront the toll of a legacy of viol…
Buy this book on Amazon -
Etta and Otto and Russell and James
I've gone. I've never seen the water, so I've gone there. I will try to remember to come back.
Buy this book on Amazon
Etta's greatest unfulfilled wish, living in the rolling farmland of Saskatchewan, is to see the sea. And s… -
-
Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)
In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a brave scouting party of hunters and harvesters led by Evan Whitesky must venture into unknown and dange…
Buy this book on Amazon -
In Winter I Get Up at Night
From one of the greatest writers of our time comes a profound and moving novel of an unforgettable life.
Buy this book on Amazon
In the early morning dark, Emer McConnell rises for a day of teaching music in the schools of ru…