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• Butter Honey Pig Bread

  a Novel

  Ekwuyasi, Francesca, 1990-

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  This novel by a Canadian writer chronicles the effect that a Nigerian mother's choices have on the lives of her daughters.

• Circe

  a Novel

  Miller, Madeline

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  A reimagining of the story of Circe from The Odyssey. Suggested because you like Emily St John Mandel. You might also consider Madeline Miller's Song of Achilles as well.

• Ducks

  Two Years in the Oil Sands

  Beaton, Kate, 1983-

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  This award winning graphic novel chronicles the creator's experience working for two years in Alberta's oil sands with an emphasis on the effects working in such as isolated environment has on workers.

• Ficciones

  Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986

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  A collection of short stories by an author who was one of the major influences on Piranesi. Also consider The Library of Babel by the same author which is one of the specific works that inspired Piranesi.

• Her Body and Other Parties

  Stories

  Machado, Carmen Maria

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  A selection of short stories. Suggested because you like Bunny by Mona Awad.

• The Library at Mount Char

  Hawkins, Scott

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  Suggested because you like Bunny by Mona Awad and Piranesi by Susanna Clarke.

• Life of Pi

  Martel, Yann

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  In this philosophical novel by a Canadian author a boy from India is trapped on a lifeboat with several zoo animals including a Bengal Tiger. Suggested because you like Piranesi.

• The Marrow Thieves

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  In this dystopian novel a Metis boy goes on the run to escape the "recruiters" who want to harvest his bone marrow to cure a condition that makes people unable to dream. Suggested because you like Emily St John Mandel.

• Nightbitch

  Yoder, Rachel, 1978-

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  A stay at home mother fears she may be turning into a werewolf. Suggested because you like Bunny by Mona Awad.

• The Other Valley

  a Novel

  Howard, Scott Alexander

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  In this speculative novel by a BC author, two duplicates of a town exist to the east and west: one twenty years in the past and the other twenty years into the future. Suggested because you like Emily St John Mandel.

• The Pisces

  a Novel

  Broder, Melissa

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  A depressed doctoral student takes up a relationship with a merman in this bizarre and darkly humorous novel. Suggested because you like Bunny by Mona Awad.

• The Starless Sea

  Morgenstern, Erin

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  Suggested because you like Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Also consider The Night Circus by the same author.