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Fiction categories

Adventure stories

Alphabet, number and picture books

Animal stories

Award winning fiction

Bestselling fiction

Canadian fiction - 5 categories

  • Canadian fiction
  • French Canadian fiction    
  • Prairie fiction
  • West coast fiction
  • East coast fiction

Christian fiction 

Classic fiction - 3 categories

  • Classic fiction
  • Modern classic fiction
  • Pre-20th century classic fiction

Disabilities fiction - 2 categories

  • Disabilities fiction
  • Blind and visually impaired fiction

Family stories

Fantasy 

Folklore, fables and fairy tales

Friendship stories

General fiction

Gentle fiction

Ghost and horror stories     

High interest, low vocabulary readers

Historical fiction

Holiday fiction

Humourous fiction

Indigenous fiction - 2 categories

  • Indigenous fiction
  • Indigenous peoples in Canada fiction

LGBTQ+ fiction

Mysteries - 5 categories

  • Mysteries and crime stories
  • Forensic fiction
  • Gentle mysteries
  • Legal stories
  • Women sleuths

Multi-cultural fiction  

Romance - 7 categories

  • Romance
  • Historical romance
  • Contemporary romance
  • Gentle romance
  • Romance series
  • Romantic suspense
  • Erotic fiction

School stories 

Science fiction

Sea stories

Serious and literary fiction

Short stories

Sports fiction

Spy stories

Suspense and thrillers

War stories

Westerns

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Non-fiction categories

Adventure and exploration

Arts and entertainment

Award winning non-fiction

Bestsellers (Non-Fiction)

Biography - 24 categories

  • Biography
  • Actors biography
  • Adventurers and explorers
  • Blind and visually impaired biography
  • Business biography
  • Canadian biography
  • Christian biography
  • Disabilities biography
  • Family biography
  • Fine arts biography
  • Historical biography
  • Indigenous peoples biography
  • Journals and memoirs
  • Law and crime biography
  • LGBTQ2+ biography
  • Literature biography
  • Music biography
  • Politics and government biography
  • Religious biography
  • Royalty biography
  • Science and medicine biography
  • Sports biography
  • War and military biography
  • Women biography

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Business and economics - 4 categories

  • Careers and job hunting
  • Economics
  • Personal finance and investing
  • General Business and economics

Canadian non-fiction - 3 categories

  • Canadian biography
  • Canadian history
  • Canadian travel and geography

Disabilities

Family and relationships

Food and drink

General non-fiction

Health and medicine - 8 categories

  • Health and medicine
  • Addiction and abuse
  • Health and aging
  • Fitness
  • Medicine
  • Nutrition
  • Pregnancy and childbirth
  • Psychology

History - 5 categories

  • Ancient history
  • Asian history
  • Canadian history
  • European history
  • United States history

Hobbies and crafts

Home and garden

Humour

Law and crime - 5 categories

  • Espionage
  • Laws and statutes
  • Police and military
  • True crime
  • General law and crime

Indigenous people - 2 categories

  • Indigenous peoples
  • Indigenous peoples in Canada

Literature  - 5 categories

  • Anthologies
  • Criticism
  • Drama
  • Poetry
  • Writing

Music

Nature - 3 categories 

  • Nature
  • Animals and wildlife
  • Environment

Paranormal - 2 categories

  • Paranormal
  • Witchcraft

Parenting

Philosophy

Politics and government - 2 categories

  • Politics and government
  • Canadian politics and government

Reference

Religion - 8 categories

  • Religion
  • Buddhism
  • Christianity
  • Inspirational and family life
  • Islam
  • Judaism
  • Religious texts
  • Spirituality

Science and technology  - 5 categories

  • Science and technology
  • Archaeology
  • Computers and internet
  • Dinosaurs
  • Physics

Self-help - 2 categories

  • Self help
  • Death and bereavement

Social issues

Aging (social issues)

Sports and games - 4 categories

  • Sports and games
  • Baseball
  • Games
  • Hockey

Travel and geography - 6 categories

  • Travel and geography
  • Asian travel and geography
  • Canadian travel and geography
  • European travel and geography
  • Travelogues
  • United States travel and geography

War - 3 categories

  • World War I
  • World War II
  • General war

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