The 2023 list of Canada Reads finalists are out and we can’t wait to get our hands on these books. If you feel the same, check out the list below. Five of the titles will be championed by Canadian media personalities in a series of rounds to determine which of these books can truly change the way we see and interact with the world. More information about Canada Reads can be found on their website.
![Book cover for Hana Khan Carries on by Uzma Jalaluddin. The cover is a soft light blue with the faded outline of a women in a head scarf with pink lip stick kisses next to a old fashioned microphone. All you can see on her face on bright red lips.](https://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/hsslibrary/files/2023/01/book-cover-hana-khan-carries-on-by-uzma-jalaluddin-690x1024.jpg)
![Book cover for Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye. The cover features a powerful coloured women in profile, her skin is a mix of blues, her dark hair in braids. She wears a head dress made on white shells and she is surrounded by fire.](https://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/hsslibrary/files/2023/01/blood-scion-678x1024.jpg)
![Book cover for All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay. The cover features a cosmic landspace of blues, oranges, and pinks on the horizon. A large blue wave with white caps crashing in the sea and in the foreground is a faded green frame.](https://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/hsslibrary/files/2023/01/all-the-seas-of-the-world-by-guy-gavriel-kay-683x1024.jpg)
![Book Cover for We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu. The cover features Simu Liu sitting on a stool. He is a handsome Asian-Canadian man wearing light grey pants, a white shirt, and navy/dark grey jacket. His hands are crossed in front of his lap.](https://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/hsslibrary/files/2023/01/we-were-dreamers-by-simu-liu-670x1024.jpg)
![Book cover for dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew. The cover features a sketch of the black of someone's head, the person has long hair flowing in the wind. A larger white dandelion looms over the left side of the page and the entire background is yellow with white dandelion fluff floating about.](https://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/hsslibrary/files/2023/01/book-cover-dandelion-by-jamie-chai-yun-liew-682x1024.jpg)
![Book cover for Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. The cover features a Latina woman sitting in a large maroon coloured dress. The top of her head is out of frame. Her hands are crossed in her lap and she is holding a small bouquet of flowers. Behind her is green patterned wallpaper.](https://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/hsslibrary/files/2023/01/book-cover-mexican-gothic-by-silvia-moreno-garcia-675x1024.jpg)
![Book cover for We Spread by Iain Reid. The cover features veins or roots of orange and red emerging from the text of the title and spread over the beige background of the cover.](https://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/hsslibrary/files/2023/01/we-spread-678x1024.jpg)
![Book cover for Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. The cover features a prominent dark starry sky and in the bottom third of the image there is a camp site surrounded by a brick fence or vibrant green grass.](https://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/hsslibrary/files/2023/01/book-cover-station-eleven-by-emily-st-john-mandel-697x1024.jpg)
- Ducks by Kate Beaton championed by Mattea Roach
- Revery: A Year of Bees by Jenna Butler
- Half-Bads in White Regalia by Cody Caetano
- Greenwood by Michael Christie championed by Connor Tracy
- Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye
- Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin
- All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay
- Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew
- We Were Dreamers by Simu Liu
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia championed by Tasnim Geedi
- Finding Edward by Sheila Murray
- Hotline by Dimitri Nasrallah championed by Gurdeep Pandher
- We Spread by Iain Reid
- Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel championed by Michael Greyeyes
Books not immediately available can be requested via InterLibrary Loan in print format.