If the urge to leave the screens bothers you, here are the suggestions of novels, comics and books for children, children and teenagers that have captured the attention of our journalists this year.
Quebec novels: journalists’ choices
Dominic Tardif and Iris Gagnon-Paradis
- Plessis by Joel Bégin
- May our joy remain by Kevin Lambert
- An extraordinary woman by Catherine Ethier
- At home by Miriam Vincent
- Sailors can’t swim by Dominique Scali
- Aboveground by Philippe Yong
- suburban gem by Sara Hebert
- The thread of life by Elsa Pepin
- fancy molasses by Francis Ouellette
- Penances by Alex Viens
French and foreign literature:
the essentials of Laila Maalouf
- live fast by Brigitte Giraud
- When you listen to this song by Lola Lafon
- The Thirteenth Hour by Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam
- A human sum by Makenzy Orcel
- Beirut-sur-Seine by Sabyl Ghoussoub
- Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
- Men are afraid of the light by Douglas Kennedy
- The summer when everything melted by Tiffany McDaniel
- Billy Summers by Stephen King
- The water in the lake is never sweet by Giulia Caminito
Recommendations from our editorial writers
The chief editorialist and head of the Debates section of The PressStéphanie Grammond, devoured state of terror of Louise Penny and former United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. “For the panting pen of Louise Penny who slips a Quebec touch into this story of an international terrorist plot. But a lot, too, for the political behind-the-scenes games that lead us from the secret corners of the Capitol to the mountains of Afghanistan, passing through… the Eastern Townships. »
As for the editorialist Nathalie Collard, she recommends the essay To have and to be had by Eula Biss. “I recommend this book to everyone, ex or future owner, and even to eternal tenants. It is a hyper accessible essay that makes you think. »
Finally, in the opinion of the editorialist Alexandre Sirois, of tyranny – Twenty lessons from the XXe century is “one of the most brilliant books to have been published in recent years”.
Véronique Larocque’s favorite children’s books
For the little ones
- water balloons – A hypersensitive story by Sarah Degonse, illustrated by Elodie Duhameau
- Boubidoum by Valerie Picard
- Clover by Nadine Robert, illustrated by Qin Leng
- Find Gustave by Mike Boldt, translated by Céline Comtois
For kids
- Alone by Paul Tom, illustrated by Mélanie Baillairgé
- Have you seen my bicycle? by Roxane Brouillard, illustrated by Giulia Sagramola
- Pol Polarvolume 2 – The Mysterious Doctor Plastic by Caroline Soucy
- The failed theory of evolutionvolume 1– Basic principles by Carine Paquin and Chloe Varin
For teenagers
- Cancer ascending ostrich by Julie Champagne
- Olas by Maria Carla
- An elephant sitting on the heart by Lucia Zamolo, translation by Madeleine Stratford
- The boy with upside down feet by Francois Blais
Comics: Stéphanie Morin’s favorites
and Alexandre Vigneault
- Harlem by Mikael
- Symptoms by Catherine Ocelot
- I’m still alive by Roberto Saviano and Asaf Hanuka
- The bibliomule of Cordoba by Lupano and Chemineau
- The reflections of the world: in struggle by Fabien Toulme
- The little brother by Jean-Louis Tripp
- Utown by Cab
- Paul: interviews and comments by Michel Rabagliati and Michel Giguère
- Madeleine, Resistance fighter. Volume 1 : The unpinned rose of Morvan, Riffaud and Bertail
- Antananarivo of Valley and Eacersall
Our readers’ picks
The Press asked its readers to present their literary discoveries of the year. Here are some authors and works that have seduced you.