Rebecca and Tara share their latest good reads AND make their final predictions for CBC's 2025 Canada Reads debates which begin on Monday, March 17.

Rebecca (@canadareadsamericanstyle):

• Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren


• Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes; illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile


• Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall; illustrated by Hugo Martinez


• Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller

Tara (@onabranchreads):

• The Bones of Ruin Trilogy: The Bones of Ruin; The Song of Wrath; The Lady of Rapture by Sarah Raughley.  (Check out Tara's interview with Sarah on October 2, 2024)


• The Queen's Spade by Sarah Raughley


• How to Survive a Bear Attack: A Memoir by Claire Cameron


• Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen


• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B59wqgYNEM


• Beautiful Ugly; Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney


• Canadian author of thrillers--Nicole Lundrigan

2025 Canada Reads titles:

• Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew


• Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper


• Jennie's Boy by Wayne Johnston


• A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby and Mary Louisa Plummer


• Watch Out for Her by Samantha M. Bailey

Also mentioned:

• Baltimore's Mansion: A Memoir by Wayne Johnston