1. After Ice: Cold Humanities for a Warming Planet, edited by Rafico Ruiz, Paula Schönach, and Rob Shields, UBC Press, 264 pp., $99.

2. A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics, and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream, by Marc Garneau, Signal/McClelland & Stewart, Penguin Random House Canada, 328 pp., $40.

3. A Nation’s Paper: The Globe and Mail in the Life of Canada, edited by John Ibbitson, Signal/McClelland & Stewart, Penguin Random House Canada, 315 pp., $45.

4. Ancillary Police Powers in Canada: A Critical Reassessment, by John W. Burchill, Richard Jochelson, Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, and Terry Skolnik, UBC Press Canada, 280 pp., $34.95.

5. And Sometimes They Kill You: Confronting the Epidemic of Intimate Partner Violence, by Pamela Cross, Between the Lines, 221 pp., $29.95.

6. Answers to the Labour Question: Industrial Relations and the State of the Anglophone World, 1880-1945, by Gary Mucciaroni, University of Toronto Press, 322 pp., $46.95.

7. At a Loss For Words: Conversations in the Age of Rage, by Carol Off, Penguin Random House Canada, 368 pp., $36.95.

8. Battle of Britain: Canadian Airmen in Their Finest Hour, by Ted Barris, Sutherland House, 371 pp., $37.95.

9. Breaking Free of Neoliberalism: Canada’s Challenge: What It Will Take To Deal With American Decline, Inequality, and the Climate Crisis, by Alex Himelfarb, James Lorimer & Company, 184 pp., $27.95.

10. Broken City: Land Speculation, Inequality, and Urban Crisis, by Patrick M. Condon, UBC Press, 275 pp., $32.95.

11. Building a Special Relationship: Canada-U.S. Relations in the Eisenhower Era, 1953-61, by Asa McKercher and Michael D. Stevenson, UBC Press, 334 pp., $34.95.

12. Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity, by Raymond B. Blake, UBC Press, 414 pp., $49.95.

13. Canadian Parties in Transition, Fifth Edition, edited by Alain-G Gagnon and Brian Tanguay, University of Toronto Press, 516 pp., $79.95.

14. Canada’s State Police: 150 Years of the RCMP, by Greg Marquis, James Lorimer & Company Ltd., 304 pp., $27.95.

15. Cities and the Constitution: Giving Local Governments in Canada the Power They Need, edited by Alexandra Flynn, Richard Albert, and Nathalie Des Rosiers, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 300 pp., $39.95.

16. Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other, by Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, Random House Canada, 304 pp., $40.

17. Confronting Illiberalism: A Canadian Perspective, by Peter MacKinnon, University of Toronto Press, 144 pp., $24.95.

18. Constraining the Court: Judicial Power and the Policy Implementation in the Charter Era, by James B. Kelly, UBC Press, 448 pp., $39.95.

19. Counting Matters: Policy, Practice, and the Limits of Gender Equality Measurement in Canada, edited by Christina Gabriel and L. Pauline Rankin, UBC Press, 304 pp., $34.95.

20. Crosses in the Sky: Jean de Brébeuf and the Destruction of Huronia, by Mark Bourrie, Biblioasis, $26.95.

21. Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed, by Charlie Angus, House of Anansi Press, 306 pp., $26.99.

22. Deep Disposal: A Documentary Account of Burying Nuclear Waste in Canada, by William Ness, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 216 pp., $37.95.

23. Ending Homelessness in Canada: The Case for Homelessness Prevention, edited by James Hughes, James Lorimer & Company Ltd., 184 pp., $27.95.

24. Everything and Nothing at All, by Jenny Heijun Wills, Penguin Random House Canada Knopf Canada, 248 pp., $34.95.

25. Fiscal Choices: Canada after the Pandemic, by Michael M. Atkinson and Haizhen Mou, University of Toronto Press, 296 pp., $34.95.

26. Fleeced: Canadians Versus Their Banks, by Andrew Spence, Sutherland Quarterly, 120 pp., $22.95.

27. Forced Migration In/To Canada: From Colonization to Refugee Resettlement, edited by Christina R. Clark-Kazak, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 575 pp., $39.95.

28. Foundations of Canadian Political Behaviour: Stability and Change in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Amanda Bittner, J. Scott Matthews, and Stuart Soroka, University of Toronto Press, 298 pp., $39.95.

29. Fracking Uncertainty: Hydraulic Fracturing and the Provincial Politics of Risk, by Heather Millar, University of Toronto Press, 262 pp., $34.95.

30. Gender and the Global Land Grab: A Feminist Global Governance Approach, by Andrea M. Collins, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 234 pp., $39.95.

31. Gender-Based Violence in Canadian Politics in the #MeToo Era, edited by Tracey Raney and Cheryl N. Collier, University of Toronto Press, 316 pp., $36.95.

32. Geographies of the Heart: Stories from Newcomers to Canada, foreword by Ava Homa, edited by Raymonde Tickner, Amea Wilbur, Zahida Rahemtulla, and Kerry Johnson, UBC Press, 280 pp., $32.95.

33. Health for All: A Doctor’s Prescription for a Healthier Canada, by Jane Philpott, Penguin Random House Canada Signal McClelland & Stewart, 282 pp., $34.95.

34. Heenan Blaikie: The Making and Unmaking of a Great Canadian Law Firm, by Adam Dodek, UBC Press, 378 pp. $39.95.

35. History Has Made Us Friends: Reassessing the Special Relationship between Canada and the United States, edited by Donald E. Abelson and Stephen Brooks, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 338 pp., $110.

36. Home Truths: Fixing Canada’s Housing Crisis, by Carolyn Whitzman, UBC Press, 288 pp., $29.95.

37. Hòt’a! Enough! Georges Erasmus’s Fifty-Year Battle for Indigenous Rights, by Wayne K. Spear and Georges Erasmus, Dundurn Press, $28.99

38. Ideology in Canadian Municipal Politics, by Jack Lucas, University of Toronto Press, 152 pp., $34.95.

39. Indigenous Peoples and the Future of Federalism, edited by Amy Swiffen and Joshua Nichols, University of Toronto Press, 304 pp., $36.95.

40. In Exile: Rupture, Reunion, and My Grandmother’s Secret Life, by Sadiya Ansari, House of Anansi Press, 232 pp., $23.99.

41. Intervention Earth: Life-Saving Ideas from the World’s Climate Engineers, by Gwynne Dyer, Penguin Random House Canada, 352 pp., $36.95.

42. Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism, by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison, Allen Lane Penguin Random House Canada, 213 pp., $22.

43. Invisible Prisons: Jack Whalen’s Tireless Fight For Justice, by Lisa Moore and Jack Whalen, Alfred A. Knopf Penguin Random Canada, $16.99.

44. It’s Nation Time: A Progressive Defence, by Jerry White, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 330 pp., $39.95.

45. Justin Trudeau On the Ropes: Governing in Troubled Times, by Paul Wells, Sutherland House, 100 pp., $19.95.

46. Lloyd Axworthy: My Life in Politics, by Lloyd Axworthy, Sutherland House, 314 pp., $39.95.

47. Local Governance in Transition: Toward Sustainable Canadian Communities, by Mary Louise McAllister, UBC Press, 300 pp., $45.

48. Mainstreaming Porn: Sexual Integrity and the Law Online, by Elaine Craig, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 400 pp., $39.95.

49. Medicine Wheel for the Planet: A Journey Toward Personal and Ecological Healing, by Dr. Jennifer Grenz, Penguin Random House Canada, 280 pp., $34.

50. Message in a Bottle: Ocean Dispatches in the Age of Plastic, by Holly Hogan, Penguin Random House Canada, 304 pp., $24.

51. Métis Matriarchs: Agents of Transition, edited by Cheryl Troupe and Doris Jeanne MacKinnon, University of Regina Press, 336 pp., $34.95.

52. Migration Governance in North America: Policy, Politics, and Community, edited by Kiran Banerjee and Craig Damian Smith, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 510 pp., $39.95.

53. Montreal Standard Time: The Early Journalism of Mavis Gallant, edited by Neil Besner, Marta Dvorák, and Bill Richardson, Véhicule Press, 306 pp. $29.95.

54. North of Nowhere: Song of a Truth and Reconciliation Commissioner, by Marie Wilson, House of Anansi Press Inc., 362 pp., $34.99.

55. Nostalgic Virility as a Cause of War: How Leaders of Great Powers Cope with Status Decline, by Matthieu Grandpierron, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 288 pp., $39.95.

56. On the Other Hand: Canadian Multiculturalism and Its Progressive Critics, by Phil Ryan, University of Toronto Press, 320 pp., $44.95.

57. Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada’s Housing Crisis, by Gregor Craigie, Penguin Random House Canada, 320 pp., $25.

58. Our Green Heart: The Soul and Sciences of Forests, by Diana Beresford-Kroeger, Random House Canada, 200 pp., $34.

59. Pierre Poilievre: A Political Life, by Andrew Lawton, Sutherland House Books, 250 pp., $35.95.

60. Political Activist Ethnography: Studies in the Social Relations of Struggle, edited by Agnieszka Doll, Laura Bisaillon, and Kevin Walby, Athabasca University Press, UBC Press, 304 pp., $37.99.

61. Political Engagement in Canadian City Elections, edited by R. Michael McGregor and Laura B. Stephenson, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 261 pp., $34.95.

62. Prison Born: Incarceration and Motherhood in the Colonial Shadow, by Robin F. Hansen, University of Regina Press, 301 pp., $39.95.

63. Punching Above Our Weight: The Canadian Military at War Since 1867, by David A. Borys, Dundurn Press, $42.

64. Reconciling History: A Story of Canada, by Jody Wilson-Raybould and Roshan Danesh, McClelland & Stewart, Penguin Random House Canada, 368 pp., $39.95.

65. Reversibility: Politics Under Conditions of Uncertainty, by Hartmut Behr, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 246 pp., $110.

66. Rogers v. Rogers: The Battle For Control of Canada’s Telecom Empire, by Alexandra Posadzki, Penguin Random House Canada McClelland & Stewart, 404 pp., $38.95.

67. Sanctuary in Pieces: Two Centuries of Flight, Fugitivity, and Resistance in a North American City, by Laura Madokoro, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 348 pp., $37.95.

68. Seized by Uncertainty: The Markets, Media, and Special Interests That Shaped Canada’s Response to COVID-19, by Kevin Quigley, Kaitlynne Lowe, Sarah Moore, and Brianna Wolfe, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 501 pp., $49.95.

69. Shadows of Tyranny: Defending Democracy in an Age of Dictatorship, by Ken McGoogan, Douglas & McIntyre, 320 pp., $36.95.

70. Sir John A. Macdonald and the Apocalyptic Year 1885, by Patrice Dutil, Sutherland House, 350 pp., $37.95.

71. Speaking Truth To Canadians About Their Public Service, by Donald J. Savoie, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 352 pp., $37.95.

72. The Adaptable Country: How Canada Can Survive the Twenty-First Century, by Alasdair Roberts, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 180 pp., $24.95.

73. The Big Fix: How Companies Capture Markets and Harm Canadians, by Denise Hearn and Vass Bednar, Sutherland House, 126 pp., $23.95.

74. The Canadian Constitution: Third Edition, by Adam Dodek, Dundurn Press, 210 pp., $23.99.

75. The Good Allies: How Canada and the United States Fought Together to Defeat Fascism During the Second World War, by Tim Cook, Allen Lane Penguin Random House, 568 pp., $40.

76. The Great Right North: Inside Far-Right Activism in Canada, by Stéphane Leman-Langlois, Aurélie Campana, and Samuel Tanner, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 300 pp., $29.95.

77. The Independence of the Prosecutor: Controversy in the Creation of the International Criminal Court, by Laszlo Sarkany, UBC Press, 240 pp., $39.95.

78. The Knowing, by Tanya Talaga, HarperCollins Canada, 480 pp., $39.99.

79. The Lives of Lake Ontario: An Environmental History, by Daniel Macfarlane, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 288 pp., $34.95.

80. The Notwithstanding Clause and the Canadian Charter: Rights, Reforms, and Controversies, edited by Peter L. Biro, McGill-Queen’s University of Press, 480 pp., $39.95.

81. The Past, Present, and Future of Canadian Cities: Where the Law Went Wrong and How We Can Fix It, edited by Alexandra Flynn, Richard Albert, and Nathalie Des Rosiers, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 330 pp., $39.95.

82. The Peace: A Warrior’s Journey, by Roméo Dallaire, with Jessica Lee Humphreys, Penguin Random House Canada, 256 pp., $34.

83. The Politics of Refugee Policy in the Global South, by Ola G. El-Taliawi, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 312 pp., $39.95.

84. The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau, by Stephen Maher, Simon & Schuster, 400 pp., $39.99.

85. The Roosting Box: Rebuilding The Body After The First World War, by Kristen Den Hartog, Goose Lane Editions, 279 pp., $24.95.

86. The Scandalous Rise of Inequality in Canada, by Lars Osberg, James Lorimer & Company, 288 pp., $27.95.

87. The Social Safety Net: Canada in Decline Book One, by Nora Loreto, Dundurn Press, $25.99.

88. The Spaces In Between: Indigenous Sovereignty within the Canadian State, by Tim Schouls, University of Toronto Press, 436 pp., $74.95.

89. The Traitor’s Daughter: Captured by Nazis, Pursued by the KGB, My Mother’s Odyssey to Freedom from Her Secret Past, by Roxana Spicer, Viking, Penguin Random House Canada, 464 pp., $36.

90. The Trudeau Record: Promise v. Performance, by Katherine Scott, Laura Macdonald, and Stuart Trew, James Lorimer & Company Ltd., 336 pp., $27.95.

91. The Twelfth of February: Canadian Aid for Gender Equality During the Rise of Violent Extremism in Pakistan, by Rhonda Gossen, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 250 pp., $34.95.

92. The War We Won: The Untold Story of Two Elite Agents Who Became One of the Most Decorated Couples of WWII, by Nahlah Ayed, Viking, Penguin Random House Canada, 416 pp., $36.

93. Under the White Gaze: Solving the Problem of Race and Representation in Canadian Journalism, by Christopher Cheung, UBC Press, 288 pp., $24.95.

94. Urban Refugees and Digital Technology: Reshaping Social, Political, and Economic Networks, by Charles Martin-Shields, McGill-Queen’s University, 234 pp., $37.95.

95. Voting Online: Technology and Democracy in Municipal Elections, by Nicole Goodman, Helen A. Hayes, R. Michael McGregor, Scott Pruysers, and Zachary Spicer, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 228 pp., $34.95.

96. We Used To Dream of Freedom: A Memoir of Family, the Holocaust, and the Stories We Don’t Tell, by Sam Chaiton, Dundurn Press, $26.99.

97. What She Said: Conversations About Equality, by Elizabeth Renzetti, McClellan & Stewart, Penguin Random House Canada, pp. 268, $34.

98. What Ukrainian Elections Taught Me About Democracy, by Jane Cooper, McGill-Queen’s University Press, pp. 216, $29.95.

99. What Women Represent: The Impact of Women in Parliament, by Erica Rayment, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 252 pp., $34.95.

100. Who We Are: Four Questions for a Life and a Nation, by Murray Sinclair, McClelland & Stewart, Penguin Random House Canada, 480 pp., $29.95.

The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books of 2024 List is compiled by editor-in-chief Kate Malloy and is based on the year’s bestsellers’ lists, publishers’ picks, book reviews, and opinion. The list of books is listed alphabetically.

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