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Looking for that perfect holiday gift? CBC Books has compiled a list of the best books of 2025, including top picks for Canadian fiction, nonfiction, poetry, comics, and children’s books.
Here are our top selections for the year:
Fiction
Our top choice: Endling by Maria Reva
Endling follows the lives of three women impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Yeva, a scientist, focuses on breeding rare snails and finances her work by dating Westerners. Sisters Nastia and Solomiya delve into the marriage industry to uncover their mother’s fate. As war unfolds, their plans are disrupted, revealing the brutal realities of conflict.
Originally from Ukraine and now residing in New Westminster, B.C., Maria Reva won the 2022 Kobzar Literary Award for her short story collection Good Citizens Need Not Fear. Her debut novel Endling made the longlist for the 2025 Booker Prize and was shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Reva is also set to judge the 2026 CBC Short Story Prize.
Nonfiction
