Books set in Toronto

Yesterday we had someone come into the library looking for a book for a book club. The setting was Toronto. I was stumped,  the only book that I could think of was Cabbage Town by Hugh Garner.

I looked up the keyword Toronto in the Lincoln Public Library's Catalogue using the advance settings to narrow down my topic.   This is how my Library Catalogue search screen looked like:

 

My search resulted in 109 books in the Lincoln Public Library's catalogue with the keyword Toronto. It is was not a perfect search but all the books included going to Toronto or the person is from Toronto or was going back to Toronto or the setting was Toronto.

 

I thought if I did the same search but  I would use City of Toronto for my keyword . I applied the same limiters:  Item Type : Book, Audience : Adult and Literary Type: Fiction.

 

My search results were cut down to 13 books.

 

Then I started to wonder if anyone has created a list or blog about Books set in Toronto. I found this great blog      http://www.blogto.com/books_lit/2011/08/the_top_20_novels_set_in_toronto/   Posted by Derek Flack / August 25, 2011.  It is a list of the top 20 novels set in Toronto that was put together via  reading suggestions.

 

 

I also checked out The Toronto Public Library's page;                            http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/books-video-music/books/booklists/historicity-lists.jsp

This list breaks down Toronto through the ages even the future.

 

 

 

Then I began to wonder what movies were filmed in Toronto.

 

Here is a link from Toronto.com, the article is Hollywood North: Toronto Locations used in film by Jeff Cottrill    http://www.toronto.com/articles/hollywood-north-toronto-locations-used-in-film/

 

Reader's Digest has an article 10 Famous Movies You Didn't Know Were Filmed in Canada which was included a number of references to Toronto.

http://www.readersdigest.ca/travel/canada/10-famous-movies-you-didnt-know-were-filmed-canada

 

Now guess  how many times I used the word Toronto.... 18!

 

I now want to read a book set in Toronto.... now 19 times!