List of fiction set in Toronto

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A list of fiction set in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in whole or in part.

English[]

Novels[]

  • Lovers and Strangers by Joyce Marshall (1957)
  • The Meeting Point by Austin Clarke (1967)
  • Cabbagetown by Hugh Garner (1968)
  • The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood (1969)
  • Cabbagetown Diary: A Documentary by Juan Butler (1970)
  • A Fine and Private Place by Morley Callaghan (1975)
  • Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood (1979)
  • The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies (1981)
  • The Martyrology Book 5 by bpNichol (1982)
  • Fables of Brunswick Avenue by Katherine Govier (1985)
  • What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies (1985)
  • In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje (1987)
  • Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (1988)
  • The Lyre of Orpheus by Robertson Davies (1988)
  • Born To Lose (novella and stories) by (1989)
  • Killshot by Elmore Leonard (1989)
  • A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (1989)
  • Barking Dogs by Terence M. Green (1989)
  • Losing Joe's Place by Gordon Korman (1991)
  • Murther and Walking Spirits by Robertson Davies (1991)
  • No New Land by M. G. Vassanji (1991)
  • Headhunter by Timothy Findley (1993)
  • The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood (1993)
  • The Innocence of Age by Neil Bissoondath (1993)
  • The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies (1994)
  • How Insensitive by Russell Smith (1994)
  • Deadly by Nature by Meredith Andrew (1995)
  • The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer (1995)
  • Moonlit Days and Nights by D. H. Toole (1995)
  • Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (1996)
  • Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels (1996)
  • To Dance At The Palais Royale by Jane McNaughton (1996)
  • Blue Limbo by Terence M. Green (1997)
  • Buying On Time by Antanas Sileika (1997)
  • Where She Has Gone by Nino Ricci (1997)
  • "1978" by Daniel Jones (1998)
  • Brown Girl in the Ring Nalo Hopkinson (1998)
  • Factoring Humanity by Robert J. Sawyer (1998)
  • Noise by Russell Smith (1998)
  • Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gasmask by Jim Munroe (1999) ISBN 9780380810437
  • A Witness to Life by Terence M. Green (1999)
  • Sanctuary & Other Stories by (1999)
  • The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (2000)
  • Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer (2000) ISBN 0812580354
  • Courage My Love by (2001)
  • Thirsty by Dionne Brand (2001)
  • Margery Looks Up by Meredith Andrew (2002)
  • Back Flip by (2002)
  • Making a Killing by Warren Dunford (2002)
  • The Neanderthal Parallax by Robert J. Sawyer
    • Hominids (2002)
    • Humans (2003)
    • Hybrids (2003)
  • Cat's Crossing by Bill Cameron (2003)
  • The Double by Philip Quinn (2003)
  • Doctor Bloom's Story by (2004)
  • Death in the Age of Steam by (2004)
  • An opening act of unspeakable evil by Jim Munroe (2004) ISBN 9780968636336
  • The City Man by (2005)
  • Gently Down the Stream by Ray Robertson (2005)
  • What We All Long For by Dionne Brand (2005)
  • Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)(available online)
  • The Secret Mitzvah of Lucio Burke by Steven Hayward (2005)
  • Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
  • How Happy to Be by Katrina Onstad (2006)
  • Consolation by Michael Redhill (2006)
  • Girls Fall Down by Maggie Helwig (2008)
  • Barnacle Love by Anthony de Sa (2008)
  • Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving (2009) ISBN 9780307398369
  • The Victoria Nelson series by Tanya Huff
  • "The Carnivore" by Mark Sinnett (2009)
  • Dragging The River by (2009)
  • Holding Still for as Long as Possible by Zoe Whittall (2009)
  • The Charlie Salter mysteries by Eric Wright
  • The Jane Yeats mystery series by
  • Ghosted by Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall (2010)
  • Old City Hall by Robert Rotenberg (2010)
  • Love On The Killing Floor by (2010)
  • Six Metres of Pavement by Farzana Doctor (2011)
  • The Guilty Plea by Robert Rotenberg (2011)
  • Dawn at the Royal Star by Jeff Sinasac (2011)
  • Stray Bullets by Robert Rotenberg (2012)
  • Kicking the Sky by Anthony de Sa (2013)
  • Stranglehold by Robert Rotenberg (2013)
  • Dream Caster by Najeev Raj Nadarajah (2013)
  • The Cheese Stealer's Handbook by Shoshaku Jushaku (2014)
  • Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (2014)
  • Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis (2015)
  • The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan (2015)
  • The Society of Experience by Matt Cahill (2015)
  • The Hidden Keys by Andre Alexis (2016)
  • Ghost Pains by Alan Michael Beau (2016)
  • The Language of Secrets by Ausma Zehanat Khan (2016)
  • Heart of the City by Robert Rotenberg (2017)
  • Among the Ruins by Ausma Zehanat Khan (2017)
  • A Death in Sarajevo by Ausma Zehanat Khan (2017)
  • A Dangerous Crossing by Ausma Zehanat Khan (2018)
  • Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill (2017)
  • Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin (2018)
  • The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (2019)
  • A Deadly Divide by Ausma Zehanat Khan (2019)
  • The Diamond Queen of Singapore by Ian Hamilton (2020) The Ava Lee Series

Graphic Novels[]

  • Jellaby: Monster in the City by Kean Soo (2009)
  • Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley (2004–2010)
  • Skim by Mariko Tamaki (2008)

Short stories[]

  • Toronto Short Stories by and (1977)
  • Streets of Attitude: Toronto Stories by Cary Fagan and Robert MacDonald (1990)
  • "People One Knows: Toronto Stories" by (1994)
  • This Ain't No Healing Town by Barry Callaghan (1995)
  • Canada Geese and Apple Chatney by (1998)
  • Concrete Forest by Hal Niedzviecki (1998)
  • Natasha and Other Stories by David Bezmozgis (2004)
  • Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood (2014)
  • Immigrant City by David Bezmozgis (2019)
  • Frying Plantain by Zalika Reid-Benta (2019)
  • The Vinyl Cafe series by Stuart McLean

TV series[]

Film[]

Overviews[]

  • 's Toronto: A Literary Guide (McArthur, 1999) provides an encyclopaedic literary tour of Toronto places.
  • Robert Fulford’s lecture from 1996 called: "The Invention of Toronto".
  • ' Imagining Toronto (Mansfield, 2010), a comprehensive study of literary representations of Toronto.

French[]

Novels[]

  • Du vieux vin dans des bouteilles neuves by (1926)
  • Ainsi parle la tour CN by Hédi Bouraoui (1999)
  • Toronto, je t’aime by Didier Leclair (2000)
  • Ce pays qui est le mien by Didier Leclair (2003)
  • 69, rue de la Luxure by (2004)
  • Déclic à Toronto by (2004)
  • La première guerre de Toronto by Daniel Marchildon (2010)
  • Toronto (érotique gay) by Bravery (2012)
  • Tila à Toronto by (2013)
  • Les dragouilles T.16 : Les bleues de Toronto by (2016)
  • À bientôt, Toronto ! by (2021)

Chinese[]

Novels[]

  • Sun Bo (孙博)，《男人三十》 (Nanren sanshi) (Men in 30s)。北京：文化艺术，2000. ISBN 9787503919350
  • Yu Xi 余曦，《安大略湖畔》 (Andalue hupan) (The Shores of Lake Ontario)。北京：作家，2005. ISBN 9787506331623
  • Zhang Ling 张翎，《邮购新娘》(Dougou xinniang) (Mail order wife) 北京：作家，2004. ISBN 9787506328180

Short stories[]

  • Zhang Ling 张翎，《雁过澡溪》(Yan guo zaoxi) (四川成都：成都时代，2006.
  • Zhang Ling 张翎，《盲约》(Mang yue)。广东广州：花城，2005. ISBN 9787536043923
  • Zhang Ling 张翎，《尘世》(Chen shi) (The world of flesh)。广西南宁：广西人民，2004. ISBN 9787219050132

Hindi[]

Films[]

  • Bollywood/Hollywood. Deepa Mehta, 2002.
  • Kismat Konnection. Aziz Mirza, 2008.

Tamil[]

Films[]

References[]

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