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The Spear Cuts Through Water
Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora
Tyrant in the Cracks
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Wilder Girls
Kill Creatures
Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

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CBC Top Canadian Fiction of 2025

CBC Books picks for the top Canadian fiction of the year.

To Place a Rabbit
Starry Starry Night
Deep Cuts
Letters to Kafka
Flesh
The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus
We, the Kindling
Margaret's New Look

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett 2025 Urbanism Reads

If our cities are shaped by stories, then great books form the foundation of knowledge and inspiration needed to build more liveable, inclusive and prosperous places.

These are 24 titles that Melissa & Chris Bruntlett, a pair of authors and urban mobility advocates, read this year that informed their approach to changing hearts, minds and streets.

Abundance
How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World
The Invention of Amsterdam
Reclaiming the Road
Urban Mobility
Messy Cities
Wild Cities
Two Wheels Good

Ed's Most Popular Reviews

I really enjoyed the book. The characters, setting, and events were very interesting. I didn't feel disappointed at all when a chapter would end and shift to one of the other central characters.

In the beginning I struggled to keep my interest. But after a little while I was really enraptured by the story. It had a lot more depth and unexpected events than I initially expected.

The prose throughout was excellent. However the ending felt disappointing.

I really enjoyed this short story. Though it was only around 40 pages Wen-yi Lee did a great job setting the scene and giving it emotional weight. Her prose throughout was vivid and made me excited to read her other works.

Wen-yi Lee did a fantastic job bringing characters and the setting to life. Everything felt very vivid and fleshed out. Even seemingly mundane events were a joy to read with their unexpected turns and imagery.

Some of the events near the end did feel rushed and less fleshed out than those earlier in the novel.

The art and excerpts were wonderful. The art is reminiscent of Mike Mignola's style from the Hellboy comics. While the excerpts in particular will appeal to anyone that read Kill 6 Billion Demons and enjoyed the Psalms and other excerpts it featured.

There aren't that many characters initially introduced in this volume, but I don't think that should necessarily be held in a negative light. The story is just starting out and we're being introduced to the setting and main character Bianca. However it would be fair to say that events move somewhat fast in this volume.