THE FULL LIST
Giller Prize Nominees (1994 β 2023)
THE FULL LIST
Giller Prize Nominees (1994 β 2023)
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13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl Mona Awad β 2016
419 Will Ferguson β 2012
A
A Beauty Connie Gault β 2015
A Complicated Kindness Miriam Toews β 2004
A Dream of a Woman Casey Plett β 2021
A Fine Balance Rohinton Mistry β 1995
A Good House Bonnie Burnard β 1999
A Good Man Guy Vanderhaeghe β 2011
A Minor Chorus Billy-Ray Belcourt – 2022
A Recipe for Bees Gail Anderson-Dargatz β 1998
A Secret Between Us Daniel Poliquin, translated by Donald Winkler β 2007
A Student of Weather Elizabeth Hay β 2000
A Wall of Light Edeet Ravel β 2005
A World Elsewhere Wayne Johnston β 2011
Age of Longing, The Richard B. Wright β 1995
Alias Grace Margaret Atwood β 1996
All I Ask Eva Crocker – 2020
All My Puny Sorrows Miriam Toews β 2014
All That Matters Wayson Choy β 2004
All the Colour in the World CS Richardson β 2023
All the Quiet Places Brian Thomas Isaac – 2022
All True Not a Lie in it Alix Hawley β 2015
Alligator Lisa Moore β 2005
Am I Disturbing You? Anne HΓ©bert, translated by Sheila Fischman β 1999
American Innovations Rivka Galchen β 2014
An Ocean of Minutes Thea Lim β 2018
Anilβs Ghost Michael Ondaatje β 2000
Annabel Kathleen Winter β 2010
Antagonist, The Lynn Coady β 2011
Architects Are Here, The Michael Winter β 2007
Arvida Samuel Archibald, translated by Donald Winkler β 2015
Assassinβs Song, The M.G. Vassanji β 2007
Astra Cedar Bowers β 2021
Avenue of Champions Conor Kerr – 2022
Away From the Dead David Bergen – 2023
B
Barnacle Love Anthony De Sa β 2008
Barneyβs Version Mordecai Richler β 1997
Beggarβs Garden, The Michael Christie β 2011
Beirut Hellfire Society Rawi Hage β 2018
Bellevue Square Michael Redhill β 2017
Best Kind of People, The Zoe Whittall β 2016
Betrayers, The David Bezmozgis β 2014
Better Living Through Plastic Explosives Zsuzsi Gartner β 2011
Beyond Measure Pauline Holdstock β 2004
Birnam Wood Eleanor Catton β 2023
Bishopβs Man, The Linden MacIntyre β 2009
Blackstrap Hawco Kenneth J. Harvey β 2008
Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures Vincent Lam β 2006
Bone Mother, The David Demchuk β 2017
Book of Negroes, The Lawrence Hill β 2007
Book of Secrets, The M.G. Vassanji β 1994
Boundary AndrΓ©e A. Michaud, translated by Donald Winkler β 2017
Boys in the Trees, The Mary Swan β 2008
Brother David Chariandy β 2017
Burridge Unbound Alan Cumyn β 2000
Butter Honey Pig Bread Francesca Ekwuyasi – 2020
By Gaslight Steven Price β 2016
C
Casino and Other Stories Bonnie Burnard β 1994
Catβs Table, The Michael Ondaatje β 2011
Cataract City Craig Davidson β 2013
Caught Lisa Moore β 2013
Cellist of Sarajevo, The Steven Galloway β 2008
Cereus Blooms at Night Shani Mootoo β 1997
Childhood AndrΓ© Alexis β 1998
Cities of Refuge Michael Helm β 2010
Clara Callan Richard B. Wright β 2001
Clarion, The Nina Dunic β 2023
Close to Hugh Mariana Endicott β 2015
Clyde Fans Seth – 2020
Cockroach Rawi Hage β 2008
Colony of Unrequited Dreams, The Wayne Johnston β 1998
Colour of Lightning, The Paulette Jiles β 2009
Conceit Mary Novik β 2007
Confidence Russell Smith β 2015
Consent Annabel Lyon – 2020
Cool Water Dianne Warren β 2010
Crooked Maid, The Dan Vyleta β 2013
Cure for Death by Lightning, The Gail Anderson-Dargatz β 1996
Curiosity Joan Thomas β 2010
Custodian of Paradise, The Wayne Johnston β 2006
D
Dark and Other Love Stories, The Deborah Willis β 2017
Daydreams of Angels Heather OβNeill β 2015
Days by Moonlight AndrΓ© Alexis – 2019
De Niroβs Game Rawi Hage β 2006
Death Valley Susan Perly β 2016
Debba, The Avner Mandelman β 2010
Disappeared, The Kim Echlin β 2009
Divisadero Michael Ondaatje β 2007
Do Not Say We Have Nothing Madeleine Thien β 2016
Dominoes at the Crossroads Kaie Kellough – 2020
Double Life of Benson Yu, The Kevin Chong – 2023
Dr. Brinkleyβs Tower Robert Hough β 2012
Dream Sequence Adam Foulds – 2019
Dual Citizens Alix Ohlin – 2019
E
Effigy Alissa York β 2007
Em Kim ThΓΊy, translated by Sheila Fischman β 2021
Emancipation Day Wayne Grady β 2013
Emperor of Paris, The CS Richardson β 2012
Englishmanβs Boy, The Guy Vanderhaeghe β 1996
Ever After of Ashwin Rao, The Padma Viswanathan β 2014
Everybody Has Everything Katrina Onstad β 2012
Extensions Myrna Dey β 2011
Extraordinary David Gilmour β 2013
F
Factory Voice, The Jeanette Lynes β 2009
Fall on Your Knees Ann-Marie MacDonald β 1996
Fall Colin McAdam β 2009
Famished Lover, The Alan Cumyn β 2006
Fifteen Dogs AndrΓ© Alexis β 2015
Fight Night Miriam Toews β 2021
Five Little Indians Michelle Good – 2020
Free World, The David Bezmozgis β 2011
French Exit Patrick deWitt β 2018
Friends of Meager Fortune, The David Adams Richards β 2006
Frying Plantain Zalika Reid-Benta – 2019
Fugitive Pieces Anne Michaels β 1996
Funny Boy Shyam Selvadurai β 1994
G
Galveston Paul Quarrington β 2004
Garneau Block, The Todd Babiak β 2006
Girlfriend on Mars Deborah Willis β 2023
Girl Who Was Saturday Night, The Heather OβNeill β 2014
Glass Hotel, The Emily St. John Mandel – 2020
Glorious Frazzled Beings AngΓ©lique Lalonde β 2021
Going Home Again Dennis Bock β 2013
Golden Mean, The Annabel Lyon β 2009
Good to a Fault Marina Endicott β 2008
Governor of the Northern Province Randy Boyagoda β 2006
Greenwood Michael Christie – 2019
H
Half-Blood Blues Esi Edugyan β 2011
Healer, The Greg Hollingshead β 1998
Heart Specialist, The Claire Holden Rothman β 2009
Hellgoing Lynn Coady β 2013
Helpless Barbara Gowdy β 2007
Here the Dark David Bergen – 2020
Home Schooling Carol Windley β 2006
Hotline Dimitri Nasrallah – 2022
Hour of Bad Decisions, The Russell Wangersky β 2006
How to Get Along With Women Elisabeth de Mariaffi β 2013
How to Pronounce Knife Souvankham Thammavongsa – 2020
I
I Am A Truck Michelle Winters β 2017
If An Egyptian Cannot Speak English Noor Naga – 2022
If I Fall, I Die Michael Christie β 2015
Immaculate Conception, The GaΓ©tan Soucy, translated by Lazer Lederhendler β 2006
Immigrant City David Bezmozgis – 2019
Imperfectionists, The Tom Rachman β 2010
Imposter Bride, The Nancy Richler β 2012
In-Between World of Vikram Lall, The M.G. Vassanji β 2003
Incident Report, The Martha Baillie β 2009
Indians on Vacation Thomas King – 2020
Innocents, The Michael Crummey – 2019
Inside Alix Ohlin β 2012
Inside Kenneth J. Harvey β 2006
In the City of Pigs AndrΓ© Forget – 2022
Into the Heart of the Country Pauline Holdstock β 2011
Islands, The Dionne Irving β 2023
Island Walkers, The John Bemrose β 2003
J
Jonny Appleseed Joshua Whitehead β 2018
jPod Douglas Coupland β 2006
K
Kilter. 55 Fictions John Gould β 2003
L
Larryβs Party Carol Shields β 1997
Late Breaking K.D. Miller – 2019
Late Nights on Air Elizabeth Hay β 2007
Lauchlin of the Bad Heart D.R. MacDonald β 2007
Lemon Cordelia Strube β 2010
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century Kim Fu – 2022
Light Lifting Alexander MacLeod β 2010
Like This Leo McKay Jr. β 1995
Listeners, The Jordan Tannahill β 2021
Little Shadows, The Marina Endicott β 2011
Lost Highway, The David Adams Richards β 2008
Love of a Good Woman, The Alice Munro β 1998
Luck Joan Barfoot β 2005
Lucien & Olivia AndrΓ© Narbonne – 2022
M
Mark of the Angel, The Nancy Huston β 1999
Martin John Anakana Schofield β 2015
Martin Sloane Michael Redhill β 2001
Matter With Morris, The David Bergen β 2010
Meagre Tarmac, The Clark Blaise β 2011
Mercy Among the Children David Adams Richards β 2000
Minds of Winter Ed OβLoughlin β 2017
Minister Without Portfolio Michael Winter β 2013
Mister Sandman Barbara Gowdy β 1995
Mistress of Nothing, The Kate Pullinger β 2009
Monkey Beach Eden Robinson β 2000
Monoceros Suzette Mayr β 2011
More Austin Clarke β 2008
Motherhood Sheila Heti β 2018
Mount Appetite Bill Gaston β 2002
Mouth to Mouth Antoine Wilson – 2022
Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab Shani Mootoo β 2014
Museum of Love, The Steve Weiner β 1994
My Life Among the Apes Cary Fagan β 2012
My October Claire Holden Rothman β 2014
N
Navigator of New York, The Wayne Johnston β 2002
Next Year for Sure Zoey Leigh Peterson β 2017
O
October 1970 Louis Hamelin, translated by Wayne Grady β 2013
October Richard B. Wright β 2007
Octopus Has Three Hearts, The Rachel Rose β 2021
One Good Hustle Billie Livingston β 2012
Open Lisa Moore β 2002
Orenda, The Joseph Boyden β 2013
Origin of Species, The Nino Ricci β 2008
Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood β 2003
Our Daily Bread Lauren B. Davis β 2012
Our Homesick Love Songs Emma Hooper β 2018
Outline Rachel Cusk β 2015
P
Paradise and Elsewhere Kathy Page β 2014
Party Wall, The Catherine Leroux β 2016
Perfect Circle, The Pascale Quiviger, translated by Sheila Fischman β 2006
Piano Manβs Daughter, The Timothy Findley β 1995
Pilgrim Timothy Findley β 1999
Pillow Andrew Battershill β 2016
Player One Douglas Coupland -β2010
Pleased to Meet You Caroline Adderson β 2006
Polar Vortex Shani Mootoo – 2020
Polished Hoe, The Austin Clarke β 2002
Projectionist, The Michael Helm β 1997
Pull of the Stars, The Emma Donoghue – 2020
Pure Colour Sheila Heti – 2022
R
Ravine, The Paul Quarrington β 2008
Reckoning of Boston Jim, The Claire Mulligan β 2007
Red Dog, Red Dog Patrick Lane β 2008
Reproduction Ian Williams – 2019
Retreat, The David Bergen β 2008
Return, The Dany LaferriΓ¨re, translated by David Homel β 2011
Ridgerunner Gil Adamson – 2020
River Thieves Michael Crummey β 2001
Rooftop Garden, The Menaka Raman-Wilms β 2023
Ru Kim ThΓΊy, translated by Sheila Fischman β 2012
Runaway Alice Munro β 2004
Russlander, The Sandra Birdsell β 2001
S
Sanctuary Line Jane Urquhart β 2010
Sealed Letter, The Emma Donoghue β 2008
Sentimentalists, The Johanna Skibsrud β 2010
Sisters Brothers, The Patrick deWitt β 2011
Sleeping Car Porter, The Suzette Mayr – 2022
Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club Megan Gail Coles – 2019
Solitaria Genni Gunn β 2011
Something for Everyone Lisa Moore β 2018
Son of a Certain Woman, The Wayne Johnston β 2013
Son of a Trickster Eden Robinson β 2017
Son of the House, The Cheluchi Onyemeluke-Onubia β 2021
Songs for the Cold of Heart Eric Dupont, translated by Peter McCambridge β 2018
Soucouyant David Chariandy β 2007
Split Tooth Tanya Tagaq β 2018
Stanley Park Timothy Taylor β 2001
Stolen Annette Lapointe β 2006
Stone Carvers, The Jane Urquhart β 2001
Stormy Weather Paulette Jiles β 2007
Stranger David Bergen β 2016
Strangers, The Katherena Vermette β 2021
Stray Dogs Rawi Hage – 2022
Study for Obedience Sarah Bernstein β 2023
Summer Gone David Macfarlane β 1999
Sweet Girl, The Annabel Lyon β 2012
Sweetness in the Belly Camilla Gibb β 2005
Swimming Back to Trout River Linda Rui Feng β 2021
T
Tell Frances Itani β 2014
Testaments, The Margaret Atwood – 2019
This Cake is for the Party Sarah Selecky β 2010
Through Black Spruce Joseph Boyden β 2008
Tiger Claw, The Shauna Singh Baldwin β 2004
Time in Between, The David Bergen β 2005
Touch Alexi Zentner β 2011
Trade, The Fred Stenson β 2000
Transit Rachel Cusk β 2017
Tumbleweed Josip Novakovich β 2017
Two of Us, The Kathy Page β 2016
U
Undermajordomo Minor Patrick deWitt β 2015
Unless Carol Shields β 2002
Us Conductors Sean Michaels β 2014
V
Valmikiβs Daughter Shani Mootoo β 2009
Vi Kim ThΓΊy, translated by Sheila Fischman β 2018
W
Wait Softly Brother Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer β 2023
Waiting for the Man Arjun Basu β 2014
Washington Black Esi Edugyan β 2018
Watch How We Walk Jennifer LoveGrove β 2014
Watching You Without Me Lynn Coady – 2020
Way the Crow Flies, The Ann-Marie MacDonald β 2003
We Have Never Lived on Earth Kasia Van Schaik β 2023
We, Jane Aimee Wall β 2021
Weβll All be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night Joel Thomas Hynes β 2017
We Meant Well Erum Shazia Hasan – 2023
We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies Tsering Yangzom Lama – 2022
What Strange Paradise Omar El Akkad β 2021
What You Need Eliza Clark β 1994
What We Both Know Fawn Parker – 2022
Where She Has Gone Nino Ricci β 1997
Whirl Away Russell Wangersky β 2012
White Bone, The Barbara Gowdy β 1998
Willem De Kooningβs Paintbrush Kerry Lee Powell β 2016
Winter Family, The Clifford Jackman β 2015
Winter Vault, The Anne Michaels β 2009
Withdrawal MethodΒ The Pasha Malla β 2008
Woman Upstairs, The Claire Messud β 2013
Wonder, The Emma Donoghue β 2016
Y
Y Marjorie Celona β 2012
Year of the Flood, The Margaret Atwood β 2009
Yiddish for Pirates Gary Barwin β 2016
Z
Zero Gravity Sharon English β 2007
Zolitude Paige Cooper β 2018