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At first, this was all in fun. However, people noticed that the nominated books had sales bumps in the months before the annual event (''[[Volkswagen Blues]]'', which usually sells around 200 copies a year, sold 7,500 copies when it was nominated in 2005), and each year's winning book got a larger sales bump just after the contest (''[[Next Episode]]'' sold 18,500 copies in 2003) ... so this friendly little book club has become [[Serious Business]] in Canada. In some cases (such as ''[[King Leary]]''), an out-of-print book is reprinted after being nominated for ''Canada Reads'' because the publisher suddenly has guaranteed sales for it.
A French version, ''Le combat des livres'', ran from 2004 to 2014. It was revived in 2018 as ''[http://ici.radio-canada.ca/special/combat-des-livres/ Le combat national des livres]'' (with Katherena Vermette's ''[[Ligne brisée]]'' winning the competition) and continued annually until 2021. As of
The books for ''Canada Reads'' 2024 (with the theme "one book to carry us forward") are:
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* ''[[The Future (novel)|The Future]]'' by [[Catherine Leroux]] (translation by Susan Ouriou), championed by [[Heather O'Neill]] (whose book ''[[Lullabies for Little Criminals]]'' won ''Canada Reads'' in 2007) — ''the winner of '''Canada Reads''' 2024!''
Capsule descriptions of the books, authors, and champions are available [https://www.cbc.ca/books/meet-the-canada-reads-2024-contenders-1.7073689 here]. The 2024 debate
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