Read Muskoka
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Read & Give Local with the Muskoka Lit List
This holiday season, discover local Muskoka authors and stories. Explore the themes, history, and relationships that make us who we are.
Find your next great gift in this selection of exciting local books, all published by independent Ontario publishers.
Children's and Young Adult
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The Truth About Brave Local author! No one is more passionate about rescuing hurt animals than Robin. When she and her friend discover that a neighbour’s chicken farm is really a factory farm, they both want to stop it. |
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40 Days in Hicksville Local author! Kate just wanted to meet her grandfather; she didn’t expect to find the literal skeletons in his closet. |
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The Landing Local story! "The Landing is geared toward young adults, but just as easily belongs to the Canadian coming-of-age genre occupied by the likes of Alice Munro and Margaret Laurence." — The Globe and Mail |
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Non-Fiction
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Ghost Towns of Ontario's Cottage Country Local history! Explore the remnants of vanished villages across Ontario’s cottage country. |
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Cottage Daze Local author! The comfort of cottage life books — satisfying, unforgettable, and inevitably nostalgic. |
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Mike Mentzer Local author! This is the true story of one man who stood up to an entire industry — and paid the ultimate price. |
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The Donnellys: Massacre, Trial and Aftermath, 1880–1916 Local author! A story made all the more shocking because it’s true.
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The Donnellys: Powder Keg, 1840–1880 Local author! A violent family living in violent times.
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No Quarter Local story! In this blistering new novel, three young men with a history of violence are on a collision course set against the idyllic backdrop of northern Ontario’s cottage country. |
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Once Imagined: An Artist’s Journey Through Abandoned Places Local history! Once Imagined takes you inside some fascinating houses, hotels and ruins from around the Muskoka region, many off limits to most of the world. |
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