You realize this could be a long list don't you. I always think I've got my fave books picked out and then wham I look on the shelves at work and find a new...oh the curses of working at a book store right now on my desk I have over a hundred dollars worth of books that I want to buy and that doesn't include the stuffed animals that we get for the gift section

Anyhoo my fave book by a Canadian Author would have to Obasan by Joy Kogawa. It's about a third generation Japanese Canadian who returns to her child home and reminces about her childhood during world war II and the Japanese internment during said time. I read it for a Canadian novel study in grade 11 and had to rush out and buy a copy for my own when I was done with the one from the library.

I also love the Susan Conant dog mystery series, have read and own them all except for the last one to come out...I waiting for it to come out in paperback. There's also the Murder She Wrote series but I won't go in to to much depth about those ones because it's sort of embarassing

My fave book though would have to be Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto...I don't know how to explain it really, let's just say it's a little different just like the rest of her books...er, not as different as NP mind you but still different.