Governor General's Award (text) checklist
Every Governor General's Award (text) book on our site, newest first. Print it and tick off the ones you have read.
| Read | Year | Title | By | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tig | Heather Smith | Winner | |
| 2025 | A Drop in the Ocean | Léa Taranto | Finalist | |
| 2025 | Beast | Richard Van Camp | Finalist | |
| 2025 | Best of All Worlds | Kenneth Oppel | Finalist | |
| 2025 | The Outsmarters | Deborah Ellis | Finalist | |
| 2024 | Crash Landing | Li Charmaine Anne | Winner | |
| 2024 | A Crane Among Wolves | June Hur | Finalist | |
| 2024 | Into the Bright Open: A Secret Garden Remix | Cherie Dimaline | Finalist | |
| 2024 | Mortified | Kristy Jackson | Finalist | |
| 2024 | Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams | Shari Green | Finalist | |
| 2023 | The Probability of Everything | Sarah Everett | Winner | |
| 2023 | As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow | Zoulfa Katouh | Finalist | |
| 2023 | Berani | Michelle Kadarusman | Finalist | |
| 2023 | Fire on Headless Mountain | Iain Lawrence | Finalist | |
| 2023 | Weird Rules to Follow | Kim Spencer | Finalist | |
| 2022 | The Summer of Bitter and Sweet | Jen Ferguson | Winner | |
| 2022 | A Boy Is Not a Ghost | Edeet Ravel | Finalist | |
| 2022 | Sorry for Your Loss | Joanne Levy | Finalist | |
| 2022 | Step | Deborah Ellis | Finalist | |
| 2022 | Urchin | Kate Story | Finalist | |
| 2021 | Firefly | Philippa Dowding | Winner | |
| 2021 | Blood Like Magic | Liselle Sambury | Finalist | |
| 2021 | Peter Lee's Notes from the Field | Jo Treggiari | Finalist | |
| 2021 | The Fabulous Zed Watson! | Basil Sylvester and Kevin Sylvester | Finalist | |
| 2021 | Unravel | Sharon Jennings | Finalist | |
| 2020 | The King of Jam Sandwiches | Eric Walters | Winner | |
| 2020 | Harvey Holds His Own | Colleen Nelson and Tara Anderson | Finalist | |
| 2020 | Nevers | Sara Cassidy | Finalist | |
| 2020 | Pine Island Home | Polly Horvath | Finalist | |
| 2020 | The Barren Grounds | David A. Robertson | Finalist | |
| 2019 | Stand on the Sky | Erin Bow | Winner | |
| 2019 | Break in Case of Emergency | Brian Francis | Finalist | |
| 2019 | Cold White Sun | Sue Farrell Holler | Finalist | |
| 2019 | Girl of the Southern Sea | Michelle Kadarusman | Finalist | |
| 2019 | The Grey Sisters | Jo Treggiari | Finalist | |
| 2018 | Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster | Jonathan Auxier | Winner | |
| 2018 | Ebb & Flow | Heather Smith | Finalist | |
| 2018 | Learning to Breathe | Janice Lynn Mather | Finalist | |
| 2018 | The Journey of Little Charlie | Christopher Paul Curtis | Finalist | |
| 2018 | Winnie's Great War | Lindsay Mattick and Josh Greenhut | Finalist | |
| 2017 | The Marrow Thieves | Cherie Dimaline | Winner | |
| 2017 | Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined | Danielle Younge-Ullman | Finalist | |
| 2017 | Hit the Ground Running | Alison Hughes | Finalist | |
| 2017 | The Way Back Home | Allan Stratton | Finalist | |
| 2017 | Those Who Run in the Sky | Aviaq Johnston | Finalist | |
| 2016 | Calvin | Martine Leavitt | Winner | |
| 2016 | A Thousand Nights | E. K. Johnston | Finalist | |
| 2016 | Once, in a Town Called Moth | Trilby Kent | Finalist | |
| 2016 | The Emperor of Any Place | Tim Wynne-Jones | Finalist | |
| 2016 | The Unquiet | Mikaela Everett | Finalist | |
| 2015 | The Gospel Truth | Caroline Pignat | Winner | |
| 2015 | Are You Seeing Me? | Darren Groth | Finalist | |
| 2015 | Audrey (cow) | Dan Bar-el | Finalist | |
| 2015 | We Are All Made of Molecules | Susin Nielsen | Finalist | |
| 2015 | Young Man with Camera | Emil Sher | Finalist | |
| 2014 | When Everything Feels Like the Movies | Raziel Reid | Winner | |
| 2014 | Jeremy Stone | Lesley Choyce | Finalist | |
| 2014 | Skraelings | Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley | Finalist | |
| 2014 | The Night Gardener | Jonathan Auxier | Finalist | |
| 2014 | This One Summer | Mariko Tamaki | Finalist | |
| 2013 | The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B | Teresa Toten | Winner | |
| 2013 | Becoming Holmes | Shane Peacock | Finalist | |
| 2013 | Counting Back from Nine | Valerie Sherrard | Finalist | |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Northern Light | Jean E. Pendziwol | Finalist | |
| 2013 | The White Bicycle | Beverley Brenna | Finalist | |
| 2012 | The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen | Susin Nielsen | Winner | |
| 2012 | Seraphina | Rachel Hartman | Finalist | |
| 2012 | The Grave Robber's Apprentice | Allan Stratton | Finalist | |
| 2012 | The Umbrella | Judd Palmer | Finalist | |
| 2012 | Under the Moon | Deborah Kerbel | Finalist | |
| 2011 | From Then to Now: A Short History of the World | Christopher Moore | Winner | |
| 2011 | A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk | Jan L. Coates | Finalist | |
| 2011 | Blink & Caution | Tim Wynne-Jones | Finalist | |
| 2011 | No Ordinary Day | Deborah Ellis | Finalist | |
| 2011 | This Dark Endeavour | Kenneth Oppel | Finalist | |
| 2010 | Fishtailing | Wendy Phillips | Winner | |
| 2010 | Free as a Bird | Gina McMurchy-Barber | Finalist | |
| 2010 | Me, Myself and Ike | K. L. Denman | Finalist | |
| 2010 | Scars | Cheryl Rainfield | Finalist | |
| 2010 | Tyranny | Lesley Fairfield | Finalist | |
| 2009 | Greener Grass: The Famine Years | Caroline Pignat | Winner | |
| 2009 | A Thousand Shades of Blue | Robin Stevenson | Finalist | |
| 2009 | Home Free | Sharon Jennings | Finalist | |
| 2009 | Sister Wife | Shelley Hrdlitschka | Finalist | |
| 2009 | The Uninvited | Tim Wynne-Jones | Finalist | |
| 2008 | The Landing | John Ibbitson | Winner | |
| 2008 | Child of Dandelions | Shenaaz Nanji | Finalist | |
| 2008 | Libertad | Alma Fullerton | Finalist | |
| 2008 | Shimmerdogs | Dianne Linden | Finalist | |
| 2008 | Skim | Mariko Tamaki | Finalist | |
| 2007 | Gemini Summer | Iain Lawrence | Winner | |
| 2007 | Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose: The Story of a Painting | Hugh Brewster | Finalist | |
| 2007 | Elijah of Buxton | Christopher Paul Curtis | Finalist | |
| 2007 | Kanada | Eva Wiseman | Finalist | |
| 2007 | The Alchemist's Dream | John Wilson | Finalist | |
| 2006 | Pirate's Passage | William Gilkerson | Winner | |
| 2006 | Friendships | Budge Wilson | Finalist | |
| 2006 | Ingrid and the Wolf | André Alexis | Finalist | |
| 2006 | Me and the Blondes | Teresa Toten | Finalist | |
| 2006 | Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen | Glen Huser | Finalist | |
| 2005 | The Crazy Man | Pamela Porter | Winner | |
| 2005 | After | Francis Chalifour | Finalist | |
| 2005 | Hannah Waters and the Daughter of Johann Sebastian Bach | Barbara Nickel | Finalist | |
| 2005 | Mella and the N'anga: An African Tale | Gail Nyoka | Finalist | |
| 2005 | Swimming in the Monsoon Sea | Shyam Selvadurai | Finalist | |
| 2004 | Airborn | Kenneth Oppel | Winner | |
| 2004 | Esther | Sharon McKay | Finalist | |
| 2004 | Heck Superhero | Martine Leavitt | Finalist | |
| 2004 | Red Land, Yellow River: A Story from the Cultural Revolution | Ange Zhang | Finalist | |
| 2004 | The Wolf King | Judd Palmer | Finalist | |
| 2003 | Stitches | Glen Huser | Winner | |
| 2003 | Ann and Seamus | Kevin Major | Finalist | |
| 2003 | The Maestro | Judd Palmer | Finalist | |
| 2003 | The Several Lives of Orphan Jack | Sarah Ellis | Finalist | |
| 2003 | Theories of Relativity | Barbara Haworth-Attard | Finalist | |
| 2002 | True Confessions of a Heartless Girl | Martha Brooks | Winner | |
| 2002 | Hana's Suitcase | Karen Levine | Finalist | |
| 2002 | Parvana's Journey | Deborah Ellis | Finalist | |
| 2002 | The Losers' Club | John Lekich | Finalist | |
| 2002 | The Secret Life of Owen Skye | Alan Cumyn | Finalist | |
| 2001 | Dust | Arthur Slade | Winner | |
| 2001 | Before Wings | Beth Goobie | Finalist | |
| 2001 | In Spite of Killer Bees | Julie Johnston | Finalist | |
| 2001 | Mary Ann Alice | Brian Doyle | Finalist | |
| 2001 | The Game | Teresa Toten | Finalist | |
| 2000 | Looking for X | Deborah Ellis | Winner | |
| 2000 | Being with Henry | Martha Brooks | Finalist | |
| 2000 | Charlie Wilcox | Sharon E. McKay | Finalist | |
| 2000 | Kalifax | Duncan Thornton | Finalist | |
| 2000 | The Shaman's Nephew | Sheldon Oberman | Finalist | |
| 1999 | A Screaming Kind of Day | Rachna Gilmore | Winner | |
| 1999 | Each One Special | Frieda Wishinsky | Finalist | |
| 1999 | Hate You | Graham McNamee | Finalist | |
| 1999 | The Christmas Orange | Don Gillmor | Finalist | |
| 1999 | The Divorced Kids Club and Other Stories | W. D. Valgardson | Finalist | |
| 1998 | The Hollow Tree | Janet Lunn | Winner | |
| 1998 | Bat Summer | Sarah Withrow | Finalist | |
| 1998 | Janey's Girl | Gayle Friesen | Finalist | |
| 1998 | Make or Break Spring | Janet McNaughton | Finalist | |
| 1998 | The Only Outcast | Julie Johnston | Finalist | |
| 1997 | Awake and Dreaming | Kit Pearson | Winner | |
| 1997 | Dippers | Barbara Nichol | Finalist | |
| 1997 | One Thing That's True | Cheryl Foggo | Finalist | |
| 1997 | The Fishing Summer | Teddy Jam | Finalist | |
| 1997 | Wish Me Luck | James Heneghan | Finalist | |
| 1996 | Ghost Train | Paul Yee | Winner | |
| 1996 | Bottom Drawer | David Boyd | Finalist | |
| 1996 | Glory Days and Other Stories | Gillian Chan | Finalist | |
| 1996 | Keri | Jan Andrews | Finalist | |
| 1996 | The Fabulous Song | Don Gillmor | Finalist | |
| 1995 | The Maestro | Tim Wynne-Jones | Winner | |
| 1995 | Mission Impossible | Beth Goobie | Finalist | |
| 1995 | Out of the Dark | Welwyn Wilton Katz | Finalist | |
| 1995 | RanVan A Worthy Opponent | Diana Wieler | Finalist | |
| 1995 | Tess | Hazel Hutchins | Finalist | |
| 1994 | Adam and Eve and Pinch-Me | Julie Johnston | Winner | |
| 1994 | Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story | Jim McGugan | Finalist | |
| 1994 | Out of the Blue | Sarah Ellis | Finalist | |
| 1994 | Past Tense | Ken Roberts | Finalist | |
| 1994 | The Burning Time | Carol Matas | Finalist | |
| 1993 | Some of the Kinder Planets | Tim Wynne-Jones | Winner | |
| 1993 | Bryna Means Courage | Mitzi Dale | Finalist | |
| 1993 | Daniel's Story | Carol Matas | Finalist | |
| 1993 | Drifting Snow: An Arctic Search | James Archibald Houston | Finalist | |
| 1993 | My Name Is Seepeetza | Shirley Sterling | Finalist | |
| 1992 | Hero of Lesser Causes | Julie Johnston | Winner | |
| 1992 | 1812: Jeremy and the General | John Ibbitson | Finalist | |
| 1992 | A Coyote Columbus Story | Thomas King | Finalist | |
| 1992 | Looking at the Moon | Kit Pearson | Finalist | |
| 1992 | My Mother's Ghost | Margaret Buffie | Finalist | |
| 1991 | Pick-Up Sticks | Sarah Ellis | Winner | |
| 1991 | A Happy New Year's Day | Roch Carrier | Finalist | |
| 1991 | Stars Come Out Within | Jean Little | Finalist | |
| 1991 | The Last Great Dinosaurs | Monty Reid | Finalist | |
| 1991 | Two Moons in August | Martha Brooks | Finalist | |
| 1990 | Redwork | Michael Bedard | Winner | |
| 1990 | Covered Bridge | Brian Doyle | Finalist | |
| 1990 | The Auction | Jan Andrews | Finalist | |
| 1990 | Whale Singer | Welwyn Wilton Katz | Finalist | |
| 1989 | Bad Boy | Diana Wieler | Winner | |
| 1989 | Circle of Light | Eliane Corbeil Roe | Finalist | |
| 1989 | The Sky Is Falling | Kit Pearson | Finalist | |
| 1988 | The Third Magic | Welwyn Wilton Katz | Winner | |
| 1988 | Easy Avenue | Brian Doyle | Finalist | |
| 1988 | Little by Little | Jean Little | Finalist | |
| 1988 | Paradise Café and Other Stories | Martha Brooks | Finalist | |
| 1987 | Galahad Schwartz and the Cockroach Army | Morgan Nyberg | Winner | |
| 1987 | A Book Dragon | Donn Kushner | Finalist | |
| 1987 | False Face | Welwyn Wilton Katz | Finalist | |
| 1987 | Going to the Dogs | Russell McRae | Finalist | |
| 1986 | Shadow in Hawthorn Bay | Janet Lunn | Winner | |
| 1985 | Julie | Cora Taylor | Winner | |
| 1984 | Sweetgrass | Jan Hudson | Winner | |
| 1983 | The Ghost Horse of the Mounties | Sean O'Huigin | Winner | |
| 1982 | Hunter in the Dark | Monica Hughes | Winner | |
| 1981 | The Guardian of Isis | Monica Hughes | Winner | |
| 1980 | The Trouble with Princesses | Christie Harris | Winner | |
| 1979 | Days of Terror | Barbara Smucker | Winner | |
| 1978 | Hold Fast | Kevin Major | Winner | |
| 1977 | Listen for the Singing | Jean Little | Winner | |
| 1976 | The Wooden People | Myra Paperny | Winner | |
| 1975 | Shantymen of Cache Lake | Bill Freeman | Winner | |
| 1958 | Nkwala | Edith L. Sharp | Winner | |
| 1957 | The Great Chief | Kerry Wood | Winner | |
| 1956 | Lost in the Barrens | Farley Mowat | Winner | |
| 1955 | The Map-Maker | Kerry Wood | Winner | |
| 1954 | The Nor'westers | Marjorie Wilkins Campbell | Winner | |
| 1953 | Rebels Ride at Night | John F. Hayes | Winner | |
| 1952 | Cargoes on the Great Lakes | Marie McPhedran | Winner | |
| 1951 | A Land Divided | John F. Hayes | Winner | |
| 1950 | The Great Adventure | Donalda Dickie | Winner | |
| 1949 | Franklin of the Arctic | Richard S. Lambert | Winner |
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