Carol Shields Memorial Labyrinth - Book Club Labyrinth Walk Reading Recommendations

- The Way it Works by Eddie Goldenberg: recommended by His Honour the Honourable John Harvard, P.C., O.M., Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon: recommended by Her Honour Lenore Berscheid
- A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens: recommended by Gary Doer, Premier of Manitoba
- Edge of the Arctic, Robert Taylor: recommended by Gary Doer, Premier of Manitoba
- Love You Forever by Robert Munsch: recommended by Mayor Sam Katz
- Brother of the More Famous Jack by Barbara Trapido: recommended by Eleanor Wachtel, CBC, author of: Original Minds published by Harper Collins
- The Sad Truth About Happiness by Anne Giardini: recommended by Don Shields, Carol’s husband
- The Places in Between by Rory Stewart Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, President & Vice-Chancellor, University of Winnipeg; author of Navigating a New World, Random House Canada
- Highways To A War by Christopher J. Koch: recommended by Emoke Szathmary, Ph.D., President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Manitoba
- Blessed: Portrait of Asdis Sigrun Anderson by Katrina Anderson: recommended by Marjorie Anderson, author of: Dropped Threads 3, Random House Canada
- The Sacrifice by Adele Wiseman: recommended by Sharon Butala, author of: The Garden of Eden, Toronto: HarperCollins, 1998.
- Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson: recommended by Sandra Birdsell, University of Winnipeg; author of: Children of the Day, Random House Canada
- Black Dogs by Ian MacEwan: recommended by Blanche Howard – author of: A Memoir of Friendship: Letters between Carol Shields and Blanche Howard. Edited by Blanche Howard and Allison Howard, Penguin Group (Canada)
- Mother Nature: Maternal Instincts and How They Shape the Human Species by Sarah Hrdy : recommended by Anne (Shields) Giardini author of The Sad Truth About Happiness, HarperCollins Canada
- Roughing it in the Bush, Susanna Moodie: recommended by Anne (Shields) Giardini author of The Sad Truth About Happiness, HarperCollins Canada
- Consumption, Kevin Patterson : recommended by: Anne Collins, Publisher, Random House Canada
- The Communist's Daughter by Dennis Bock: recommended by Holly McNally, McNally Robinson Booksellers
- Be Quiet by Margaret Hollingsworth: recommended by Hope McIntyre, Artistic Director, Sarasvati Productions/President, Playwrights Guild of Canada
- Consumption, by Kevin Patterson: recommended by Morley Walker, Books Editor, Winnipeg Free Press
- Wolf Willow: A History, a Story, and a Memory of the Last Plains Frontier by Wallace Stegner, Terry Macleod, CBC Radio
- Robert Frost’s Poems: recommended by Rosemary Laevens, Carol’s sister-in law
- Code White by Debra Anderson: recommended by Chandra Mayor, Writer-in-Residence, Winnipeg Public Library; Author of: Cherry, Conundrum Press 2004
- Ned Mouse Breaks Away by Tim Wynne-Jones: recommended by Marilyn Brick , MLA St. Norbert
- The Greatest Communicator by Dick Wirthlin: recommended by Councillor Justin Swandel, St. Norbert Ward
- 2001 Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke: recommended by Rod Bruinooge, MP Winnipeg South
- One Chrysanthemum by Joan Itoh Burk: recommended by Dorothy Dobbie
- Hunger's Brides, by Paul Anderson: recommended by Neil Besner, Associate Vice-President, International, University of Winnipeg
- Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens: recommended by William Neville, Political Studies Professor, University of Manitoba
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin: recommended by Gail Asper
- Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi: recommended by Katherine Martens, author of: In Her Own Voice: Mennonite Birth Stories, University of Manitoba Press
- Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner Alison Preston, author of Cherry Bites, Signature Editions
- The Road by Cormac McCarth: recommended by Katherine Govier author of Three Views of Crystal Water, HarperPerennial Canada
- Women by Charles Bukowski: recommended by Laurie Howard, Vice President, Manitoba Labyrinth Network
- The Birth House by Ami McKay: recommended by Books 4 Us Book Club, Fort Garry
- Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut: recommended by Books 4 Us Book Club, Fort Garry
- Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam: recommended by Books 4 Us Book Club, Fort Garry
- Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden: recommended by Creative Retirement Book Club IV
- He Saw Himself In All His Creatures by Helen Norrie: recommended by Creative Retirement Book Club II
- Deafening by Frances Itani: recommended by St. Vital Library Book Club
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd: recommended by The Book Bags Book Club, Brandon, Manitoba
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom: recommended by The Book Bags Book Club, Brandon, Manitoba
- The Kite Runner by Khaleid Hasseini: recommended by The Book Bags Book Club, Brandon, Manitoba
- The Way the Crow Flies by Anne-Marie MacDonald: recommended by The Millenium Book Club, Winnipeg
- A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry: recommended by The Millenium Book Club, Winnipeg
- My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult: recommended by The Millenium Book Club, Winnipeg
- We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver: recommended by The Last Word Book Club, St. James Library
- The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger: recommended by Tuesday Book Friends
- Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier: recommended by West Kildonan Book Club
- Barney's Version by Mordecai Richler: recommended by "The" Book Club, Fort Garry/St. Vital