GOVERNOR GENERAL’S LITERARY AWARDS
FICTION
2014
The Back of the Turtle
by Thomas King
2013
The Luminaries
by Eleanor Catton
2012
The Purchase
by Linda Spalding
2011
The Sisters Brothers
by Patrick deWitt,
2010
Cool Water
by Dianne Warren
2009
The Mistress of Nothing
by Kate Pullinger
2008
The Origin of Species
by Nino Ricci
March 2015
2007
Divisadero
by Michael Ondaatje
2006
The Law of Dreams
by Peter Behrens
2005
A Perfect Night to Go to China
by David Gilmour
2004
A Complicated Kindness
by Miriam Toews
2003
Elle
by Douglas Glover
2002
A Song for Nettie Johnson
by Gloria Sawai
2001
Clara Callan
by Richard B. Wright
2000
Anil’s Ghost
by Michael Ondaatje
1999
Elizabeth and After
by Matt Cohen
March 2015
1998
Forms of Devotion
by Diane Schoemperlen
1997
The Underpainter
by Jane Urquhart
1996
The Englishman’s Boy
by Guy Vanderhaeghe
1995
The Roaring Girl
by Greg Hollingshead
1994
A Discovery of Strangers
by Rudy Wiebe
1993
The Stone Diaries
by Carol Shields
1992
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje
1991
Such a Long Journey
by Rohinton Mistry
1990
Lives of the Saints
by Nino Ricci
March 2015
1989
Whale Music
by Paul Quarrington
1988
Nights Below Station Street
by David Adams Richards
1987
A Dream Like Mine
by M.T. Kelly
1986
The Progress of Love
by Alice Munro
1985
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
March 2015