What books do YOU want to see on the great Canadian reading list? CBC Books posed this question to Canadians online. We combined the answers with recommendations from guests on The Next Chapter, Cross Country Checkup, books that were meaningful to prominent Canadians and added all 17 Canada Reads winners to build the ultimate reading list. Download the list as a PDF here.

This list is comprised of books available in English. If you're interested in books available in French, check out this list of 100 books from Radio-Canada.

Shelagh Rogers is the host of The Next Chapter and an honorary witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. (Douglas & McIntyre/Charlie Cheffins)

Also recommended by: @elenstangherlin, Jenn Passey, Karen Christine, Kathie Ramsey Hunter, @N_Squi, Pauline Vallee, Sue Lynn & Wendy Barker

2. A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny (Recommended by: Heather MacLeod, Marita Hannon, Mary Woods, Robin Harlick, Rose Penner, Wendy Barker, Julie Chuba & Kathleen Clements)

3. Firewater by Harold R. Johnson (Recommended by: Geri Patriquin)

4. Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien (Recommended by: Jenine Urquhart & @kathydinbc)

In 2004, Eleanor Wachtel was named to the Order of Canada, and in 2014 she was promoted from Member to Officer. (CBC/Penguin Canada)

Also recommended by: @DiSpeirs, Martha Beechie, @SarahMacJourno, Petra Young & Susan Munro

6. Susceptible by Geneviève Castrée (Recommended by: Wendy Barker)

7. The Game by Ken Dryden (Recommended by: @Tommy_Allen & Katie Jim)

8. Who Has Seen the by Wind by W.O. Mitchell (Recommended by: @DortheaHangaard, Laurel Hodgins, Shelley Southcott, @SarahMacJourno & Lisa Willner)

In 2004, Perdita Felicien set the Canadian record in 100 m hurdles. She holds the record to this day. (Gaspereau Press/Perdita Felicien)

10. Obasan by Joy Kogawa (Recommended by: Linda Hulme Leahy & Ellen van der Hoeven)

11. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Recommended by: Joan Koritko, Nancy Pendergast, Olivia, Shelley Kean & @audreywb)

12. The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King (Recommended by: Anne Dowson & Joyce Jackman)

Hance Colburne is the host of Information Morning in Saint John New Brunswick. (CBC/Nimbus Publishing)

Also recommended by: Sandra Ferguson & Barbara Beaver

14. The Disappeared by Kim Echlin (Recommended by: @girlinthecityTO)

15. River Thieves by Michael Crummey (Recommended by: Andrea Paterson, Barbara Bethune, Bev Sanham Price, Kathie Ramsey Hunter & Teresa Reid)

16. The Right to Be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier (Recommended by: Ewa Ligia & ewazadar)

Jay Baruchel is an actor, screenwriter and filmmaker. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images/HarperCollins)

18. Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese (​Recommended by Andrea Hunt Gorgec, Jenn Passey, Jennifer Roswell, Kathie Ramsey Hunter​, Lisa Willner, Sidney J. Frank, Mena Johnston & Misha Raven)

19. Town is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz, illustrated by Sydney Smith (Recommended by: Angela Reynolds)

20. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Sheila McGraw (Recommended by Chantal Antonakis & Emm Bee)

21. Fifth Business by Robertson Davies (Recommended by Alanna Jamieson, Carol Godard, @ChauDavid, Laurel Hodgins, Linda Hulme Leahy, Nicole Schmidt Peters, Shelley Kean & Kim Neudorf)

Duncan McCue is Anishinaabe and a member of the Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation in southern Ontario. He is the host of Cross Country Checkup. (CBC/Fifth House)

Also recommended by: Ellen van der Hoeven

23. Unless by Carol Shields (Recommended by @DiSpeirs, @peggyflynn25 & Kim Neudorf)

24. No Is Not Enough by Naomi Klein (Recsaiommended by Linda Evans, Nadine Dajani)

25. ​ From the Fifteenth District by Mavis Gallant (Recommended by Durga Chew-Bose)

Shelley Joyce is the host of Daybreak Kamloops. (CBC/Hachette)

27. Essex County by Jeff Lemire (Recommended by @TaraMurphy, @JoshCrewsReally & @Tommy_Allen)

28. Crow Lake by Mary Lawson (Recommended by Andrea Hunt Gorgec, @DiSpeirs, Pauline Vallee, @peggyflynn25 & Kim Neudorf)

29. Cockroach by Rawi Hage (Recommended by @CPBeacon)

Jennifer Podemski is an Indigenous film and television producer. (Jennifer Podemski)

31. The Woefield Poultry Collective by Susan Juby (Recommended by Andrea Hunt Gorgec & Teresa Reid)

32. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (Recommended by Alvin Gongora, @JanRyeland, Chantal Antonakis & @peggyflynn25)

33. Saints & Misfits by S.K. Ali (Recommended by Kristilyn)

Nora Young is the host of Spark on CBC Radio One. (CBC/McClelland & Stewart)

Also recommended by: Gail Edwards, Laura Warburton, Martha Beechie, Petra Young, Shelley Kean, @yolandabdacy,Tanis Orr Bergen, Barbara Bovaird & @sschleppe

35. 419 by Will Ferguson (Recommended by Dolores O'Reilly)

36. Celia's Song by Lee Maracle (Recommended by Glenna Bagley & Lori Steele Maddigan)

37. One Hour in Paris by Karyn Freedman (Recommended by Ileana Szymanski)

Russell Bowers is the host of Daybreak Alberta. (Russell Bowers/Knopf Canada)

39. Birdie by Tracey Lindberg (Recommended by Jane Margot)

40. Ru by Kim Thúy, translated by Sheila Fischman (Winner Canada Reads 2015, defended by Cameron Bailey)

41. Roughing it in the Bush Susanna Moodie (Recommended by @dortheahangaard & Donna Skinn)

Bruce Poon Tip is a social entrepreneur, founder of G Adventures and bestselling author.

Also recommended by: Vala Monestime Belter

43. In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje (Winner Canada Reads 2002, defended by Steven Page, recommended by @JulieGlaser3 & Ellen Donnelly)

44. Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam (Recommended by Kevin Longfield)

45. Half-Breed by Maria Campbell (Recommended by Lori Steele Maddigan)

Ify Chiwetelu is the host of Now or Never on CBC Radio One. (CBC/Tundra)

Also recommended by: Deb Marshall, Laurel Hodgins, @SarahMacJourno & Susan Paddock

47. Company Town by Madeline Ashby (Recommended by Wendy Barker)

48. New Tab by Guillaume Morissette (Recommended by @weiiilo)

49. The Illegal by Lawrence Hill (Winner Canada Reads 2016, defended by Clara Hughes)

Bif Naked is a musician, humanitarian and writer. (Karolina Turek/J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing)

51. Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright (Recommended by Fiona St. Jean & @audreywb)

52. Islands of Decolonial Love by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (Recommended by Lori Steele Maddigan)

53. The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence (Recommended by Gail Edwards, @super_crazy_kd, @kathydinbc, Linda Hulme Leahy, Nicole Schmidt Peters, Roxanne Lewis & Shelley Kean)

Wendy Bergfeldt is the host of CBC's Mainstreet in Cape Breton. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/CBC)

Also recommended by: Kathie Ramsey Hunter & Teresa Reid

55. Take Us to Your Chief by Drew Hayden Taylor (Recommended by Patty Deline)

56. A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (Recommended by Shelley Kean & @kathydinbc)

57. Cool Water by Dianne Warren (Recommended by Fiona St. Jean, Kim Neudorf & Wendy Barker)

Chris dela Torre is the host of the Afternoon Drive on CBC Radio One in London, Ontario. (Anchor Canada/CBC)

59.The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier (Recommended by Katie Jim)

60. Jillian Jiggs by Phoebe Gilman (Recommended by Sandra Ferguson)

61. They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson (Recommended by Kim Neudorf)

62. The Reason You Walk by Wab Kinew (Recommended by @MeandMyKat & Susan Southcott Noiseaux)

Ron Sexsmith is a songwriter from St. Catherine's, Ontario. (Chris Young/Canadian Press/House of Anansi)

64. The Diviners by Margaret Laurence (Recommended by Gail Edwards, Kyra Collins, Laurel Hodgins, Lisa Willner & Petra Young)

65. #IndianLovePoems by Tenille Campbell (Recommended by @misswillow & @urbannativegirl)

66. The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis (Recommended by Sarah Orr)

Weyni Mengesha is an ward-winning theatre director (weynimengesha.com/HarperCollins)

68. And the Birds Rained Down by Jocelyne Saucier, translated by Rhonda Mullins (Recommended by Jane Margot)

69. The Darkhouse by Barbara Radecki (Recommended by @Philippeayoub)

70. Baseball Life Advice by Stacey May Fowles (Recommended by @singing2three)

Sheryl MacKay is the host of CBC's North by Northwest. (Harbour Publishing/CBC)

72. Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald (Recommended by Kim Neudorf, Jane Margot, @JulieGlaser3, Linda Hulme Leahy, Lorna Driscoll, Corina McNeill & @kathydinbc)

73. A Fair Country by John Ralston Saul (Recommended by Mary Walsh)

74. Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper (Recommended by Wendy Barker)

Lawrence Nayally is the host of CBC's Trail's End. (Outcrop/Lawrence Nayally)

76. Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson (Recommended by Lori Steele Maddigan)

77. Canoe Country by Roy MacGregor (Recommended by Katie Jim)

78. Alligator Pie by Dennis Lee, illustrated by Frank Newfeld (Recommended by Sandra Ferguson)

Ali Hassan is the host of Laugh Out Loud on CBC Radio One. (CBC/House of Anansi Press)

Also recommended by: Lori Steele Maddigan, Margaret Dianne Harris, @leavethedayfree & Wendy Barker

80. The Just City by Jo Walton (Recommended by Wendy Barker)

81. Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley (Recommended by Eileen Carey, Sandra Dowhan, Shelley Kean, Jane Margot, @JesiquaR)

82. Lightfinder by Aaron Paquette (Recommended by Stephanie Michaels)

Terry Seguin is the host of Information Morning Fredericton. (New Canadian Library/CBC)

Also recommended by: Diane Lacasse

84. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock (Recommended by Donna Skinn)

85. Kamouraska by Anne Hébert (Recommended by Emma Richler)

86. The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill (Winner Canada Reads 2009, defended by Ali Velshi)

Robyn Bresnahan was with BBC World Service in London as a Senior Broadcast Journalist for six years before returning to Canada to host Ottawa Morning. (CBC/Knopf Canada)

88. We All Fall Down by Eric Walters (Recommended by Deb Marshall)

89. And Home Was Kariakoo by M.G. Vassanji (Recommended by @peggyflynn25)

90. The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe (Winner Canada Reads 2004, defended by Jim Cuddy, recommended by @peggyflynn25 & Barbara Bovaird)

Marjorie Dowhos has worked as a television and radio journalist across Western Canada in communities like Medicine Hat, Fort McMurray and Fort St. John. (CBC/McClelland & Stewart)

Also recommended by: @super_crazy_kd, Laurel Hodgins, Melinda Crump, Colin Wild & Nadine Dajani

92. Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill (Winner Canada Reads 2007, defended by John K. Samson, recommended by Joyce Jackman)

93. Slash by Jeannette Armstrong (Recommended by Lori Steele Maddigan)

94. We're All In This Together by Amy Jones (Recommended by Beth Damery)

Dave Bidini has written many books including On a Cold Road and Baseballissimo. (McClelland & Stewart)

96. A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews (Winner Canada Reads 2006, defended by John K. Samson)

97. I Want to Go Home by Gordon Korman (Recommended by Lisa Willner)

98. The Perfection of the Morning by Sharon Butala (Recommended by Suzanne Marlow & Pat Bell)

Greg Bryk is a film and television actor from Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Matt Barnes/McClelland & Stewart)

100. Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner, translated by Lazer Lederhendler (Winner Canada Reads 2010, defended by Michel Vézina, recommended by Pamela Murray)

101. The Shoe Boy by Duncan McCue (Recommended by @Pschyolod)

102. Next Year, For Sure by Zoey Leigh Peterson (Recommended by @EmilySaso1)

Amanda Parris is the host of CBC's Exhibitionists and Marvin's Room. (CBC)

104. The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis (Winner Canada Reads 2011, defended by Ali Velshi, recommended by Kelly Hyland)

105. Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje (Recommended by @DiSpeirs)

106. Everything Beautiful is Not Ruined by Danielle Younge-Ullman (Recommended by Kristilyn)

Jonna Brewer has done many jobs during her years at CBC Moncton, from reporter to executive producer. (CBC/Emblem Editions)

Also recommended by: Bev Harding, @soondone, Judy Staffer, Danielle Chandler, Petra Young, Shelley Kean & Kent Miller)

108. The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood (Recommended by Una Rose & @yolandabdacy)

109. Jake and the Kid by W.O. Mitchell (Recommended by Mark Kingwell)

110. The Orenda by Joseph Boyden (Winner Canada Reads 2014, defended by Wab Kinew)

Christa Couture is an award-winning singer-songwriter. (Jen Squires/Vintage Canada)

Also recommended by: @CarlaCarmact, @ColleenCrawley, @kathydinbc & Linda Evans

112. The Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart (Recommended by Marian Kuiper, Fiona St. Jean​, @peggyflynn25, Petra Young & @ShelleyCooke10)

113. Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry (Recommended by @yolandabdacy)

114. Secret Path by Gord Downie & Jeff Lemire (Recommended by Emily Stewart)

115. Indian Fall by D'arcy Jenish, recommended by Craig Norris

Craig Norris is the host of The Morning Edition in Kitchener-Waterloo. (CBC/Penguin Canada)

116. The Birth House by Ami McKay (Recommended by @MsEllanDawn)

117. Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water (Recommended by David Alexander Robertson)

118. We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night by Joel Thomas Hynes (Recommended by @MeandMyKat)

119. February by Lisa Moore, recommended by Tom Power

Tom Power is the host of q on CBC Radio. (CBC/House of Anansi Press)

Winner Canada Reads 2013. Defended by Trent McClellan.

Also recommended by: Jane Margot

120. The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields (Recommended by @MaryWWalters & Meeya Awbay)

121. milk and honey by Rupi Kaur (Recommended by Emily Stewart)

122. Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis (Winner Canada Reads 2017, defended by Humble The Poet)

Stephen Lewis is a politician and broadcaster from Toronto. (Vintage Canada/Codie McLachlan/Canadian Press)

124. Annabel by Kathleen Winter (Recommended by Nancy Hall)

125. Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang by Mordecai Richler (Recommended by Kyra Collins)

126. Skim by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki (Recommended by Emily Stewart)

Vinay Virmani is an actor, writer and producer from Toronto. He defended The Hero's Walk on Canada Reads 2016. (CBC/Vintage Canada)

Also recommended by: Corina McNeil

128. The Fire-Dwellers by Margaret Laurence (Recommended by Jen Sookfong Lee)

129. Something Fierce by Carmen Aguirre (Winner Canada Reads 2012, defended by Shad)

130. We Sang You Home by Richard Van Camp, illustrated by Julie Flett (Recommended by Emily Stewart)

131. The Darkest Dark by Chris Hadfield (Recommended by Anne Crosby)

Trent McClellan is a stand-up comedian from Corner Brook, Nfld. (trentscomedy.com/Doubleday Canada)

133. The Cure for Death by Lightning by Gail Anderson-Dargatz (Recommended by Laurel Hodgins, Teresa Reid & Kathie Ramsey Hunter)

134. King Leary by Paul Quarrington (Winner Canada Reads 2008, defended by Dave Bidini)

135. Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine (Recommended by Sandra Ferguson)

136. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, illustrated by Michael Martchenko (Recommended by Chantal Antonakis & Emm Bee)

137. The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston, recommended by Lisa Laco

Lisa Laco is the host of Superior Morning in Thunder Bay, Ont. (CBC/Vintage Canada)

138. Rockbound by Frank Parker Day (Winner Canada Reads 2005, defended by Donna Morrissey)

139. Island by Alistair MacLeod (Recommended by Lesley Choyce)

140. Sing a Song of Mother Goose by Barbara Reid (Recommended by Sandra Ferguson)

141. Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes (Recommended by Katie Jim)

Adam Copeland defended Michael Winter's Minster Without Portfolio on Canada Reads 2016. (CBC/St. Martin's Griffin)

143. The Wonder by Emma Donoghue (Recommended by @yolandabdacy)

144. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Recommended by Pauline Vallee)

145. Next Episode by Hubert Aquin, translated by Sheila Fischman, (Winner Canada Reads 2003, defended by Denise Bombardier)

146. Life of Pi by Yann Martel, recommended by Jason D'Souza

Jason D'Souza is the host of All Points West in British Columbia. (CBC/Vintage Canada)

Also recommended by: Martha Beechie

147. Stepping Stones by Margriet Ruurs, illustrated by Nizar Ali Badr (Recommended by Carolyn)

148. I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis & Kathy Kacer, illustrated by Gillian Newland (Recommended by @BrandonZoras)

149. Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway (Recommended by @jmkershaw & Tal Taylor)

150. Klondike by Pierre Berton (Recommended by @lavee76 & Vala Monestime Belter)