6 books by Nova Scotia authors you need on your end-of-year reading lists – The Coast

December 19, 2023

From inspiring memoirs of trans resilience to in-depth reporting to Indigenous dark fiction, there’s something for everyone.

There’s a well-loved equation among bicycle enthusiasts that answers how many bikes a person should own: n+1, where the variable “n” is however many bikes you already have. Book lovers will know the same rule applies to the printed page—except the n, in this case, can also extend to however many books you currently have in your shopping basket. Our bookshelves are lonely like that: They always need more company. And what better company to offer than a packed slate of books released by talented Nova Scotia authors?

This year saw writers from our fine Atlantic province crack TIME’s “100 Must-Read Books” list, end up on the Globe and Mail’s year-end book roundup and win a major US award. Not too shabby. Below, we’ve got you covered with a list of local books you need to read from 2023, in the order they were released.

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