List of fiction set in Toronto

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

This literature-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

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)
The Rebel Angels by Robertson Davies (1981)
The Martyrology Book 5 by bpNichol (1982)
Fables of Brunswick Avenue by Katherine Govier (1985)
In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje (1987)
Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (1988)
Born To Lose (novella and stories) by Trevor Clark (author) (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 Jennifer Duncan (1999)
Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer (2000) [ISBN 0812580354]
Courage My Love by Sarah Dearing (2001)
Thirsty by Dionne Brand (2001)
Margery Looks Up by Meredith Andrew (2002)
Back Flip by Anne Denoon (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 Don Cole (2004)
Death in the Age of Steam by Mel Bradshaw (2004)
An opening act of unspeakable evil by Jim Munroe (2004) [ISBN 9780968636336]
The City Man by Howard Ackler (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 Trevor Clark (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 Liz Brady
Ghosted by Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall (2010)
Old City Hall by Robert Rotenberg (2010)
Love On The Killing Floor by Trevor Clark (2010)
Dawn at the Royal Star by Jeff Sinasac (2011)
Dream Caster by Najeev Raj Nadarajah (2013)
The Cheese Stealer's Handbook by Shoshaku Jushaku (2014)
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (2014)
"The Society of Experience" by Matt Cahill (2015)
"Ghost Pains" by Alan Michael Beau (2016)

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

Bridge In The Rain by Bianca Lakoseljac, (2010)
Toronto Short Stories by Morris Wolfe and Douglas Daymond (1977)
Streets of Attitude: Toronto Stories by Cary Fagan and Robert MacDonald (1990)
"People One Knows: Toronto Stories" by Daniel Jones (1994)
This Ain't No Healing Town by Barry Callaghan (1995)
Canada Geese and Apple Chatney by Sasenarine Persaud (1998)
Concrete Forest by Hal Niedzviecki (1998)
Natasha and Other Stories by David Bezmozgis (2004)

TV series

Film

The Adjuster (1991)
Blood and Donuts (1995)
Breakfast with Scot (2007)
Calendar (1993)
Chloe (2009)
Crash (1996)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Enemy (2013)
Exotica (1994)
The F Word (2013)
Goin' Down the Road (1970)
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)
Last Night (1998)
My Life Without Me (2003)
Picture Day (2012)
One Week (2008)
Owning Mahowny (2003)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Take This Waltz (2011)
Videodrome (1983)

Overviews

Greg Gatenby'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”.
Amy Lavender Harris' Imagining Toronto (Mansfield, 2010), a comprehensive study of literary representations of Toronto.

French

Novels

Du vieux vin dans des bouteilles neuves by Frederick J. A. Davidson (1926)
Toronto je t’aime by Didier Leclair (2000)
Ce pays qui est le mien by Didier Leclair (2003)

Chinese

Novels

Sun Bo (孙博)，《男人三十》 (Nanren sanshi) (Men in 30's)。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

Arasangam (2008)

References

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