Award Winners

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B.C. Book Awards

(complete listing of winners and finalists)

• Ethel Wilson Fiction Awards
  • 2017 - The Heaviness of Things that Float by Jennifer Manuel
  • 2016 - All True Not a Lie in It by Alex Hawley
  • 2015 - The World Before Us by Aislinn Hunter
  • 2014 - Anatomy of a Girl Gang by Ashley Little
  • 2013 - The World by Bill Gaston
  • 2012 - Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
  • 2011 - Everything Was Good-Bye by Gurjinder Basran
  • 2010 - Having Faith in the Polar Girls' Prison by Cathleen With
  • 2009 - The Man Game by Lee Henderson
  • 2008 - Conceit by Mary Novik
  • 2007 - Home Schooling by Carol Windley
  • 2006 - Ladykiller by Charlotte Gill
  • 2005 - Beyond Measure by Pauline Holdstock

Canadian Book Awards

• Governor-General's Literary Awards - Fiction  (complete listing of 2015 winners and finalists)
  • 2017 - We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night by Joel Thomas Hynes
  • 2016 - Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
  • 2015 - Daddy Lenin and Other Stories by Guy Vanderhaeghe
  • 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
  • 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
• Scotiabank Giller Prize (complete list of winners and finalists)
  • 2017 - Bellevue Square by Michael Redhill
  • 2016 - Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
  • 2015 - Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis
  • 2014 - US Conductors by Sean Michaels
  • 2013 - Hell Going by Lynn Coady
  • 2012 - 419 by Will Ferguson
  • 2011 - Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
  • 2010 - The Sentimentalists by Johanna Skibsrud
  • 2009 - The Bishop's Man by Linden MacIntyre
  • 2008 - Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
  • 2007 - Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
  • 2006 - Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures by Vincent Lam
  • 2005 - The Time in Between by David Bergen
  • 2004 - Runaway by Alice Munro
  • 2003 - The In-Between World of Vikram Lall by M.G. Vassanji
  • 2002 - The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke
• Writer's Trust of Canada - Matt Cohen Award (complete list of winners)
  • 2017 - Diane Schoemperlen
  • 2016 - Brian Brett
  • 2015 - Richard Wagamese
  • 2014 - Susan Musgrave
  • 2013 - Andrew Nikiforuk
  • 2012 - Jean Little
  • 2011 - David Adams Richards
  • 2010 - Myrna Kostash
  • 2009 - Paul Quarrington
  • 2008 - Sylvia Fraser
  • 2007 - David Helwig
  • 2006 - Marie-Claire Blais
  • 2005 - Janet Lunn
  • 2004 - Howard Engel
• The Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize (complete list of winners and finalists)
  • 2017 - Brother by David Chariandy
  • 2016 - Mysterious Fragrance of the Yellow Mountains by Yasuko Thanh
  • 2015 - Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis
  • 2014 - All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
  • 2013 - A Beautiful Truth by Colin McAdam
  • 2012 - Siege 13 by Tamas Bodozy
  • 2011 - The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
  • 2010 - Room by Emma Donoghue
  • 2009 - The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon
  • 2008 - The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews
  • 2007 - The Book of Negros by Lawrence Hill
  • 2006 - Inside by Kenneth J. Harvey
  • 2005 - Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden
  • 2004 - Runaway by Alice Munro
• Trillium Book Award (Ontario) (complete list of winners)
  • 2017 - The Sweetest One by Melanie Mah
  • 2016 - Debris by Kevin Hardcastle
  • 2015 - How You Were Born by Kate Cayley
  • 2014 - This is War by Hannah Moscovitch
  • 2013 - Dear Life: Stories by Alice Munro
  • 2012 - Killdeer by Phil Hall
  • 2011 - The Amazing, Absorbing Boy by Rabindranath Maharaj
  • 2010 - The Boy in the Moon by Ian Brown
  • 2009 - The Withdrawl Method by Pasha Malla
  • 2008 - Helpless by Barbara Gowdy
  • 2007 - Fabrizio's Return by Mark Frutkin
  • 2006 - Sweetness in the Belly - Camilla Gibb
  • 2005 - All That Matters by Wayson Choy
  • 2004 - The Truth About Stories by Thomas King

American Book Awards

• Pulitzer Prize - Fiction (complete List of Winners for Fiction)
  • 2017 - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
  • 2016 - The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
  • 2015 - All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
  • 2014 - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
  • 2013 - The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
  • 2012 - No award
  • 2011 - A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
  • 2010 - Tinkers by Paul Harding
  • 2009 - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
  • 2008 - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
  • 2007 - The Road by Cormac McCarthy
  • 2006 - March by Geraldine Brooks
  • 2005 - Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
  • 2004 - The Known World by Edward P. Jones
• National Book Awards - Fiction (List of winners of the National Book Award)
  • 2017 - Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
  • 2016 - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
  • 2015 - Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson
  • 2014 - Redeployment by Phil Klay
  • 2013 - The Good Lord Bird by James McBride
  • 2012 - The Round House by Louise Erdrich
  • 2011 - Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
  • 2010 - Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon
  • 2009 - Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
  • 2008 - Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen
  • 2007 - Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
  • 2006 - The Echo Maker by Richard Powers
  • 2005 - Europe Central by William T Vollmann
  • 2004 - The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck
• National Book Awards - Non-Fiction
  • 2017 - The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen
  • 2016 - Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
  • 2015 - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • 2014 - Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos
  • 2013 - The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer
  • 2012 - Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo
  • 2011 - The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
  • 2010 - Just Kids by Patti Smith
  • 2009 - The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt by T. J. Stiles
  • 2008 - The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed
  • 2007 - Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner
  • 2006 - The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan
  • 2005 - The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
  • 2004 - Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin Boyle
• National Book Critic's Circle - Fiction (past winners of National Book Critic's Circle)
  • 2017 - Improvement by Joan Silber
  • 2016 - LaRose by Louise Erdrich
  • 2015 - The Sellout by Paul Beatty
  • 2014 - Lila by Marilynne Robinson
  • 2013 - Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • 2012 - Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
  • 2011 - Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories by Edith Perlman
  • 2010 - A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
  • 2009 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
  • 2008 - 2666 by Roberto Bolano
  • 2007 - The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
  • 2006 - The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
  • 2005 - The March by E.L. Doctorow
  • 2004 - Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
• PEN/Faulkner Prize - Fiction (complete list of winners and finalists)
  • 2017 - Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
  • 2016 - Delicious Foods by James Hannaham
  • 2015 - Preparation for the Next Life by Atticus Lish
  • 2014 - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Jay Fowler
  • 2013 - Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
  • 2012 - The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
  • 2011 - The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg by Deborah Eisenberg
  • 2010 - War Dances by Sherman Alexie
  • 2009 - Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
  • 2008 - The Great Man by Kate Christensen
  • 2007 - Everyman by Philip Roth
  • 2006 - The March by E.L. Doctorow
  • 2005 - War Trash by Ha Jin
  • 2004 - The Early Stories 1953-1975 by John Updike
• Spur Award (complete list of winners)
  • 2017 - Off the Grid: A Joe Pickett Novel by C.J. Box
  • 2016 - Crazy Mountain Kiss: A Sean Stranahan Mystery by Keith McCafferty
  • 2015 - Bad Country by CB McKenzie
  • 2014 - Light of the World: A Dave Robicheaux Novel by James Lee Burke
  • 2013 - Tucker's Reckoning by Matthew Mayo
  • 2012 - Legacy of a Lawman by Johnny D. Boggs
  • 2011 - Last Train from Cuernavaca by Lucia St. Clair Robson
  • 2010 - Echoes of Glory by Robert Flynn
  • 2009 - Shavetail by Thomas Cobb
  • 2008 - The God of Animals By Aryn Kyle
  • 2007 - The Night Journal by Elizabeth Crook
  • 2006 - High Country by Willard Wyman

British Book Awards

• Costa Book Awards (list of past winners)
  • 2017 - Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor
  • 2016 - Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
  • 2015 - The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge
  • 2014 - H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
  • 2013 - Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
  • 2012 - Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
  • 2011 - Pure by Andrew Miller
  • 2010 - Of Mutability by Jo Shapcott
  • 2009 - A Scattering by Christopher Reid
  • 2008 - The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry
  • 2007 - Day by A.L. Kennedy
  • 2006 - The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney
  • 2005 - Matisse: The Master by Hilary Spurling
• Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (complete list of past winners)
  • 2017 - The Power by Naomi Alderman
  • 2016 - The Glorious Heresies by Lisa McInerney
  • 2015 - How to Be Both by Ali Smith
  • 2014 - A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing by Eimear McBride
  • 2013 - May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes
  • 2012 - The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
  • 2011 - The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
  • 2010 - The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
  • 2009 - Home by Marilynne Robinson
  • 2008 - The Road Home by Rose Tremain
  • 2007 - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • 2006 - On Beauty by Zadie Smith

Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Book Awards

• Arthur C. Clarke Award (complete list of winners)
  • 2017 - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
  • 2016 - Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  • 2015 - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
  • 2014 - Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
  • 2013 - Dark Eden by Chris Beckett
  • 2012 - The Testament of Jessie Lamb by Julie Rogers
  • 2011 - Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
  • 2010 - The City and the City by China Mieville
  • 2009 - Song of Time by Ian R. MacLeod
  • 2008 - Black Man by Richard Morgan
  • 2007 - Nova Swing by M. John Harrison
  • 2006 - Air by Geoff Ryman
• Hugo Award (complete list of all winners and finalists in all categories)
  • 2018 - The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
  • 2017 - The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
  • 2016 - The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
  • 2015 - The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu; translated by Ken Liu
  • 2014 - Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
  • 2013 - Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas by John Scalzi
  • 2012 - Among Others by Jo Walton
  • 2011 - Blackout by Connie Willis
  • 2010 - (A Tie) The City and the City by China Mieville & The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
  • 2009 - The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
  • 2008 - The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
  • 2007 - Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge
  • 2006 - Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
  • 2005 - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• Nebula Award (complete list of all winners and finalists in all categories)
  • 2018 - The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemsin
  • 2017 - All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
  • 2016 - Uprooted by Naomi Novik
  • 2015 - Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
  • 2014 - Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
  • 2013 - 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • 2012 - Among Others by Jo Walton
  • 2011 - Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis
  • 2010 - The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
  • 2009 - Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • 2008 - The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
  • 2007 - Seeker by Jack McDevitt
  • 2006 - Camouflage by Joe Haldeman
• Bram Stoker Award (complete list of winners and finalists in all categories)
  • 2016 - The Fisherman by John Langan
  • 2015 - A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
  • 2014 - Blood Kin by Steve Rasnic Tem
  • 2013 - Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
  • 2012 - The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan
  • 2011 - Flesh Eaters by Joe McKinney
  • 2010 - A Dark Matter by Peter Straub
  • 2009 - Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan
  • 2008 - Duma Key by Stephen King
  • 2007 - The Missing by Sarah Langan
  • 2006 - Lisey's Story by Stephen King
  • 2005 - (tie) Creepers by David Morrell & Dread in the Beast by Charlee Jacob
• World Fantasy Award - Novel (complete list of winners and finalists in all categories)
  • 2017 - The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North
  • 2016 - The Chimes by Anna Smaill
  • 2015 - The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
  • 2014 - A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
  • 2013 - Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
  • 2012 - Osama by Lavie Tidhar
  • 2011 - Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
  • 2010 - The City and the City by China Mieville
  • 2009 - The Shadow Year by Jeffrey Ford
  • 2008 - Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay
  • 2007 - Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe
  • 2006 - Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
  • 2005 - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Mystery Book Awards

• Edgar Allan Poe Award - Best Novel (complete list of winners from all categories)
  • 2017 - Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
  • 2016 - The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
  • 2015 - Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
  • 2014 - Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger
  • 2013 - Live by Night by Dennis Lehane
  • 2012 - Gone by Mo Hayder
  • 2011 - The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
  • 2010 - The Last Child by John Hart
  • 2009 - Blue Heaven by C. J. Box
  • 2008 - Down River by John Hart
  • 2007 - The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin
  • 2006 - Citizen Vince by Jess Walter
• Agatha Award - Best Novel (complete list of winners and finalists in all categories)
  • 2017 - Glass Houses by Louise Penny
  • 2016 - A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny
  • 2015 - Long Upon the Land by Margaret Maron
  • 2014 - Truth Be Told by Hank Phillippi Ryan
  • 2013 - The Wrong Girl by Hank Phillippi Ryan
  • 2012 - The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny
  • 2011 - Three-Day Town by Margaret Maron
  • 2010 - Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny
  • 2009 - The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
  • 2008 - The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
  • 2007 - A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
  • 2006 - The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
  • 2005 - The Body in the Snowdrift by Katherine Hall Page

Children's Book Awards

• Blue Spruce Award (Ontario) (list of winners)
  • 2017 - The Night Gardener by Terry & Eric Fan
  • 2016 - If Kids Ruled the World by Linda Bailey, illustrated by David Huyck
  • 2015 - The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten by Maureen Fergus
  • 2014 - Oddrey by Dave Whamond
  • 2013 - Kate and Pippin by Martin Springett & Isobel Springett
  • 2012 - Giraffe and Bird by Rebecca Bender
  • 2011 - My Think-a-ma-Jink by Dave Whamond
  • 2010 - Boo Hoo Bird by Jeremy Tankard
  • 2009 - Chester by Melanie Watt
  • 2008 - Scaredy Squirrel Makes A Friend by Melanie Watt
  • 2007 - Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt
  • 2006 - The Boy Who Loved Bananas by George Elliott
  • 2005 - Drumheller Dinosaur Dance by Robert Heidbreder
• Caldecott Medal (USA) (list of winners and finalists)
  • 2017 - Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat by Javaka Steptoe
  • 2016 - Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick
  • 2015 - The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat
  • 2014 - Locomotive by Brian Floca
  • 2013 - This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen
  • 2012 - A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
  • 2011 - A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead
  • 2010 - The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
  • 2009 - The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson
  • 2008 - The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
  • 2007 - Flotsam by David Wiesner
  • 2006 - The Hello, Goodbye Window by Chris Raschka
• Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award (list of winners)
  • The CLA disbanded in 2016.
  • 2016 - The Nest by Kenneth Oppel, illustrated by Jon Klassen
  • 2015 - The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
  • 2014 - The Curse of the Dream Witch by Allan Stratton
  • 2013 - The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen by Susin Nielsen
  • 2012 - The Whole Truth by Kit Pearson
  • 2011 - Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
  • 2010 - Watching Jimmy by Nancy Hartry
  • 2009 - The Shepherd's Granddaughter by Anne Laurel Carter
  • 2008 - Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
  • 2007 - Johnny Kellock Died Today by Hadley Dyer
  • 2006 - The Crazy Man by Pamela Porter
• Canadian Library Association Young Adult Canadian Book Award (list of winners)
  • The CLA disbanded in 2016.
  • 2016 - The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow
  • 2015 - This One Summer by Mariko & Jillian Tamaki
  • 2014 - Grafitti Knight by Karen Bass
  • 2013 - My Book of Life by Angel by Martine Leavitt
  • 2012 - All Good Children by Catherine Austen
  • 2011 - Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
  • 2010 - Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston
  • 2009 - Chanda's Wars by Allan Stratton
  • 2008 - Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks
  • 2007 - The Blue Helmet by William Bell
  • 2006 - Swimming in the Monsoon Sea by Shyam Selvadurai
• Newbery Medal (USA) (list of winners and finalists)
• 2017 - The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
• 2016 - Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson
• 2015 - The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
• 2014 - Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
• 2013 - The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
• 2012 - Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
• 2011 - Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
• 2010 - When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
• 2009 - The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
• 2008 - Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
• 2007 - The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
• 2006 - Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins