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Need a gift for Mother's Day? From thrillers to cookbooks to romance and more, here are some suggestions for the maternal figure in your life.

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Here are the CBC Books picks for the top Canadian fiction of the year.

From romantic misadventures to memoirs by celebrated comedians, here's a wide range of funny reads for the person on your shopping list who loves to laugh.

‘Never Fall for Your Fiancée’ by Virginia Heath

, won the  Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour as well as a Canadian Jewish Literary Award. It was also a finalist for both the Governor Generals Award for fiction and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. He lives in Hamilton, Ont. The Lover, the Lake is a novel by Virginia Pésémapeo Bordeleau (pictured), translated by Susan Ouriou.(Freehand Books) The Lover, the Lake was a sensation when it was originally published in French. Now available in English,  The Lover, the Lake is a celebration of Ind...

First Comes Like," by Alisha Rai. ★★★ (out of four.) Out now. A perfect blend of modern dating in the digital age and some good old-fashioned courting, "First Comes Like" is the latest in Rais modern love series. Instagram beauty influencer Jia Ahmed is cutting edge when it comes to promoting herself on social media but fails to realize she has been catfished until it is far too late. Not until she is standing in front of Bollywood soap star Dev Dixit, her supposed beau, that Jia fi...

These are the most-anticipated romance novels coming out in March 2021.

The Crash Palace is a book by Andrew Wedderburn.(Coach House Books, Malcolm Overend) The Crash Palace is about a woman named Audrey, who used to work in the oil fields and attend parties at a remote lodge in the wilderness known as the Crash Palace. Audrey has long left that life behind her, and now has a daughter. But one night, she is compelled to return to the now-abandoned Crash Palace — where she must also reckon with her past. When you can read it: Jan. 12, 2021 Andrew Wedderburn is a ...