Canada

Canada by Mike Myers, 294 pages

Actor and comedian Mike Myers is a proud Canadian. Born and raised outside of Toronto, Myers is Canadian through and through. His book, Canada, is part memoir (focusing primarily on his childhood in Canada, though certainly touching on his Hollywood career), part history of late 20th Century Canadian pop culture. As someone who grew up 1. watching Myers on Saturday Night Live, and 2. living really close to Canada, I loved this book. I enjoyed the anecdotes about hockey, and the shout-outs to other Canadians in Hollywood, and the dissection of Canada's grammatical identity. This book puts Canada on a pedestal — and Canada probably feels a little awkward about that, but that's OK, eh?