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Best of Friends

All the best stories are built on beautiful, intense, complicated friendships. Read Valentine's Day away with some of fiction's ultimate BFFs.

Calgary Public Library

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  • Jimmy & Crake. Or is it Snowman & Glenn? And who is Oryx? All answers await in Atwood's surprisingly thrilling three part dystopian thrill ride. A friendship steeped in genius so troubled that it germinates a new species of human.
    Book, 2003Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 2003. — FICTION ATW
  • Elena & Lila. When her childhood best friend goes missing, Elena writes the details of their shared past, capturing the tumultuous post-war atmosphere of their neighbourhood. Recently adapted as a graphic novel.
    Graphic Novel, 2023New York : Europa Editions, 2023, ©2023. — GRAPHIX 741. 5 FER
  • Sloane & Naomi. A wild girls' trip with shocking, spine-chilling consequences cements the 'Forever' in BFFs.
    Book, 2024New York : Berkley, ©2024. — FICTION HAR
  • Jackal & Oats. Exiled from their own Hoof, these foul mouthed half-orcs are flung into adventure across the Lot Lands, endangering and saving each other and getting into sooo much trouble.
    Book, 2015New York : Crown, ©2015. — SCIENCE FICTION FRE
  • Rin & Kitay. Tricky for a shaman warrior to maintain friendships when the Nikan Empire is constantly at war and your superpower is firestorming, but friends may be the only thing worth fighting for.
    Book, 2018New York : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, ©2018. — SCIENCE FICTION KUA
  • Serena & Ainsley. A quest to find their Happily Ever After and answer the question, can your best friend be The One?
    Book, FICTION LAL
  • Rao & Rubenstein. This entire novel hangs in the balance of an odd-couple, secret agent duo whose intense relationship drives them straight to the middle of a reality-bending conspiracy. Also it’s co-authored so readers can feel that genuine…
    Book, 2023[Toronto, Ontario] : Viking, ©2023. — SCIENCE FICTION MACD
  • Tom & Juan Salvador. A classic story of man and man's best friend: the Magellanic penguin.
    Book, 2015London, England : Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2015, ©2015. — 639. 97847 MIC
  • Lyra & Pantalaimon. There is no stronger bond in the entire world of fiction. So good that Philip Pullman had to bring it back for a second trilogy. Book of Dust #3 should be out later this year!
    Book, 1995New York : A.A. Knopf, 1995. — YA PUL
  • Tova & Marcellus. Some of the deepest friendships are formed through understanding each other's past experiences—even if one of you is human and the other is a Giant Pacific Octopus.
    Book, 2022New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, ©2022. — FICTION VAN