Governor General's Award for English-language fiction

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| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Brooker|first=Bertram}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Think of the Earth

| "Late T. B. Roberton Awarded Literary Achievement Prize; Tweedsmuir Raps 'Moderns'". Winnipeg Tribune, November 26, 1937.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Salverson|first=Laura G.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Dark Weaver|first=The|nolink=1}}

| "Leacock, Pratt, Salverson Awarded Viceregal Medals". The Globe and Mail, November 5, 1938.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Graham|first=Gwethalyn}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Swiss Sonata

| "Honors for Canadian Writers". The Globe and Mail, April 29, 1939.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=McDowell|first=Franklin D. }}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Champlain Road|first=The|nolink=1}}

| "Ottawa Poet Awarded Top Canadian Ranking". Ottawa Citizen, April 13, 1940.

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| style="background:#FAEB86"| Ringuet

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Thirty Acres

| "Medals for Canadian Authors". The Globe and Mail, April 5, 1941.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Sullivan|first=Alan}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Three Came to Ville Marie

| "Klee Wyck Tops General Field; Novel of Old Montreal a Winner". Montreal Gazette, June 27, 1942.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Sallans|first=G. Herbert}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Little Man

| William Arthur Deacon, "Governor-General's Annual Literary Awards Go to Sallans, Birney, Hutchison, Mclnnis". The Globe and Mail, June 19, 1943.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Raddall|first=Thomas H. }}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Pied Piper of Dipper Creek|first=The|nolink=1}}

| William Arthur Deacon, "Governor-General's Annual Literary Awards Present More Than Usually Interesting Winners". The Globe and Mail, April 15, 1944.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Graham|first=Gwethalyn}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Earth and High Heaven

| "Literary Prizes Are Announced". North Bay Nugget, April 2, 1945.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=MacLennan|first=Hugh}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | Two Solitudes

| "'Two Solitudes' Wins Fiction Book Award". Vancouver Sun, April 13, 1946.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Bambrick|first=Winifred}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Continental Revue

| "Winifred Bambrick Winner of Governor-General's Prize". Owen Sound Sun-Times, April 18, 1947.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Roy|first=Gabrielle}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Tin Flute|first=The}}

| "Governor General's Fiction Award For 1947 Is Won By 'The Tin Flute'". Edmonton Journal, May 22, 1948.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=MacLennan|first=Hugh}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Precipice|first=The|link=The Precipice (MacLennan novel)}}

| "Hugh McLennan Is Best 1948 Novelist". Calgary Herald, June 11, 1949.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Child|first=Philip}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Mr. Ames Against Time

| "Governor General's Awards Won By Six". Windsor Star, June 3, 1950.

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| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Guèvremont|first=Germaine}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Outlander|first=The|nolink=1}}

| "Montreal Writer Wins For 1950 Best Novel". Brantford Expositor, May 5, 1951.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Callaghan|first=Morley}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Loved and the Lost|first=The|nolink=1}}

| "Five top literary awards won by eastern Canadians". Regina Leader-Post, June 14, 1952.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Walker|first=David|link=David Walker (author)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Pillar|first=The|nolink=1}}

| "Five Canadian Authors Win Governor General's Awards". Montreal Star, May 30, 1953.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Walker|first=David|link=David Walker (author)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Digby

| "Literary Award for Fiction Again Goes to David Walker", Kingston Whig-Standard, May 14, 1954.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Gouzenko|first=Igor}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Fall of a Titan|first=The|nolink=1}}

| "Highest Fiction Award Goes to Igor Gouzenko". Victoria Times-Colonist, April 2, 1955.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Shapiro|first=Lionel}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Sixth of June|first=The|nolink=}}

| "Shapiro war book wins fiction prize". The Province, February 25, 1956.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Wiseman|first=Adele}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Sacrifice|first=The|nolink=1}}

| "Governor-General Literature Awards Are Announced". Red Deer Advocate, May 8, 1957.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Roy|first=Gabrielle}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Street of Riches

| "Gabrielle Roy's Street Of Riches Wins Governor-General's Award". Ottawa Citizen, May 3, 1958.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=McDougall|first=Colin}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Execution

| "Governor General's Awards In Literature Announced". Calgary Albertan, May 30, 1959.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=MacLennan|first=Hugh}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Watch That Ends the Night|first=The}}

| "Hugh McLennan Gets Fiction Award". Owen Sound Sun-Times, March 9, 1960.

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| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Moore|first=Brian|link=Brian Moore (novelist)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Luck of Ginger Coffey|first=The|link=The Luck of Ginger Coffey (novel)}}

| "First Book Gains Award For Author". Sault Star, February 25, 1961.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Lowry|first=Malcolm}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Hear Us O Lord from Heaven Thy Dwelling Place

| "Author Died in Obscurity Five Years Ago, Book Wins Governor-General Prize for 1961". Brantford Expositor, February 23, 1962.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Dobbs|first=Kildare}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Running to Paradise

| "Governor-General's Awards Show English Fiction Had Thin Year". Vancouver Sun, March 15, 1963.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Garner|first=Hugh}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Hugh Garner's Best Stories

| "Book Notes". Ottawa Citizen, May 2, 1964.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=LePan|first=Douglas}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Deserter|first=The|link=|nolink=1}}

| "Member Of Early City Family Douglas Le Pan Is Winner Of Governor-General Award". Owen Sound Sun-Times, March 27, 1965.

| colspan="2" | No award presented

| "Poet late for Rideau Hall award ceremony". Ottawa Citizen, June 1, 1966.

| style="background:#FAEB86"|{{sortname|last=Laurence|first=Margaret}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Jest of God|first=A}}

| "Authors honored". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, June 6, 1967.

| colspan="2" | No award presented

| "Awards honor poets, ignore novelists". Kingston Whig-Standard, May 3, 1968.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Munro|first=Alice}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Dance of the Happy Shades

| rowspan=2| "Empty chairs mar ceremony". Montreal Star, May 14, 1969.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Cocksure

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Kroetsch|first=Robert}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Studhorse Man|first=The|nolink=1}}

| "Governor-General's Awards won by two former Albertans". Calgary Albertan, April 18, 1970.

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| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Godfrey|first=Dave}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{Sortname|The|New Ancestors|nolink=1}}

| "G-G's awards presented in 'informal atmosphere'". Ottawa Citizen, May 19, 1971.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Richler|first=Mordecai}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| St. Urbain's Horseman

| "Five Quebec writers win Governor-General awards". Montreal Gazette, March 22, 1972.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Davies|first=Robertson}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{Sortname|The|Manticore}}

| "La Sagouine author wins Governor General's award". Montreal Gazette, April 17, 1973.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Wiebe|first=Rudy}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{Sortname|The|Temptations of Big Bear}}

| "Six books win authors governor-general awards". Red Deer Advocate, May 21, 1974.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Laurence|first=Margaret}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{Sortname|The|Diviners}}

| "Quebec writers denounce award but approve $2,500 money prize". Windsor Star, May 23, 1975.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Moore|first=Brian|link=Brian Moore (novelist)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{Sortname|The|Great Victorian Collection}}

| Burt Heward, "Governor-General's literary awards presented". Ottawa Citizen, April 30, 1976.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Engel|first=Marian}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Bear

| "Quebec writers end literary award boycott". Edmonton Journal, May 18, 1977.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Findley|first=Timothy}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{Sortname|The|Wars}}

| "Canada Council Literary Awards". Whitehorse Star, June 9, 1978.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Munro|first=Alice}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Who Do You Think You Are?

| "Alice Munro captures her second Governor-General's writing prize". Calgary Herald, March 22, 1979.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Hodgins|first=Jack}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{Sortname|The|Resurrection of Joseph Bourne|nolink=yes}}

| Alan Twigg, "Jack Hodgins has won more than Canada's top literary award". The Province, May 18, 1980.

| Life Before Man

| rowspan=2| Susan Pedwell, "Nominee for governor-general's award leads the life of a recluse". Calgary Herald, April 17, 1980.

| {{Sortname|The|Sweet Second Summer of Kitty Malone|nolink=1}}

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| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Bowering|first=George}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Burning Water

| Burt Heward, "Bawdy novel wins Governor General's award". Ottawa Citizen, April 24, 1981.

| {{Sortname|The|Charcoal Burners|nolink=1}}

| rowspan=2| Pat Barclay, "Fat Woman, thin story". Victoria Times-Colonist, April 25, 1981.

| Fat Woman

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Gallant|first=Mavis}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Home Truths: Selected Canadian Stories

| "Governor General's literary awards announced". Ottawa Citizen, May 18, 1982.

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Vanderhaeghe|first=Guy}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Man Descending

| Sheila Robertson, "Author's first novel started at age 11". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, July 16, 1983.

| {{Sortname|The|Moons of Jupiter}}

| rowspan=2| "B.C. authors considered for awards". The Province, May 26, 1983.

| Antichthon

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Rooke|first=Leon}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Shakespeare's Dog

| "CanLit fiction's leading award goes to the Dog". The Globe and Mail, June 21, 1984.

| People Like Us in a Place Like This

| rowspan=3| "Governor General's finalists announced". Montreal Gazette, May 25, 1984.

| Painted Ladies

| The Biggest Modern Woman of the World

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Skvorecky|first=Josef}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| The Engineer of Human Souls

| Rod Currie, "Former Kingstonian Judith Thompson wins Governor General's Award". Kingston Whig-Standard, June 7, 1985.

| Not Wanted on the Voyage

| rowspan=3| James Adams, "Local writers nominated for award". Edmonton Journal, May 16, 1985.

| The Book of Fears

| Intertidal Life

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Atwood|first=Margaret}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| The Handmaid's Tale

| "Margaret Atwood lifts second Governor General's award". Edmonton Journal, June 4, 1986.

| Queen of the Headaches

| rowspan=3| "Literary prize nominees named". Red Deer Advocate, May 13, 1986.

| Foreign Affairs

| Road to the Stilt House

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Munro|first=Alice}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| The Progress of Love

| Lisa Rochon, "Yvon Rivard honored for French-language fiction: Munro wins top literary prize". The Globe and Mail, May 28, 1987.

| A Stone Watermelon

| rowspan=3| "Awards finalists announced". The Globe and Mail, May 1, 1987.

| Adult Entertainment

| No Fixed Address

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Kelly|first=M. T.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| A Dream Like Mine

| "Literary awards held at Calgary festival". Regina Leader-Post, February 13, 1989.

| The Ring Master

| rowspan=4| "Victoria's Gurr, Page nominated for book awards". Vancouver Sun, January 13, 1988.

| Tales from Firozsha Baag

| In the Skin of a Lion

| Swann: A Mystery

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Adams Richards|first=David}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Nights Below Station Street

| "New Brunswick writer wins national race for top literary prize". The Globe and Mail, March 4, 1989.

| Cat's Eye

| rowspan=4| "Atwood, Berton top lists as nominees announced for national literary awards". Montreal Gazette, February 1, 1989.

| The Victory of Geraldine Gull

| Atmospheres Apollinaire

| The Cost of Living

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Quarrington|first=Paul}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Whale Music

| "Governor General's awards announced". North Bay Nugget, March 10, 1990.

| The Golden Thread

| rowspan=2| "Three B.C. writers in running for awards". Vancouver Sun, February 7, 1990.

| A View from the Roof

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| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Ricci|first=Nino}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Lives of the Saints

| Philip Marchand, "Toronto's Nino Ricci wins top book prize". Toronto Star, January 23, 1991.

| Disappearing Moon Café

| rowspan=4| "Prominent names among nominees". Windsor Star, November 17, 1990.

| Friend of My Youth

| On Double Tracks

| Man of My Dreams

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Mistry|first=Rohinton}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Such a Long Journey

| "First novel earns top literary honor". Windsor Star, December 4, 1991.

| Wilderness Tips

| rowspan=4| "Atwood leads G-G Award nominees". Hamilton Spectator, November 9, 1991.

| Blue Husbands

| {{sortname|last=Guide to Animal Behaviour|first=A|nolink=1}}

| Quickening

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Ondaatje|first=Michael}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=English Patient|first=The|link=|nolink=}}

| Mark Abley, "Ondaatje wins Governor-General's Award, denounces GST in speech". Montreal Gazette, December 2, 1992.

| {{sortname|last=Chrome Suite|first=The|link=|nolink=1}}

| rowspan=4| Jamie Portman, "Three from Ottawa area among finalists". Ottawa Citizen, November 6, 1992.

| {{sortname|last=Bonus Deal|first=The|link=|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|last=Afterlife of George Cartwright|first=The|link=|nolink=1}}

| Deep Hollow Creek

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Shields|first=Carol}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Stone Diaries|first=The|link=|nolink=}}

| "This time, Stone Diaries on top: Governor General's award atones for loss in Booker". Windsor Star, November 17, 1993.

| Bad Imaginings

| rowspan=4| "Shields in running for Governor General Award; Nomination comes just after Booker Prize loss". Halifax Daily News, October 29, 1993.

| Green Grass, Running Water

| For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down

| Visible Light

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Wiebe|first=Rudy}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Discovery of Strangers|first=A|link=|nolink=1}}

| John Geddes, "Wiebe wins Canada's heart with love of history". Financial Post, November 19, 1994.

| {{sortname|last=Robber Bride|first=The}}

| rowspan=4| Conway Daly, "Munro, Atwood lead familiar names in race for Governor General's award". Kingston Whig-Standard, October 28, 1994.

| Division of Surgery

| Open Secrets

| How Insensitive

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Hollingshead|first=Greg}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Roaring Girl|first=The|link=|nolink=1}}

| "Writer's Roaring success: Greg Hollingshead wins Governor-General's Award for fiction". Vancouver Sun, November 15, 1995.

| Highways and Dancehalls

| rowspan=4| "68 finalists for literary awards". Vancouver Sun, October 27, 1995.

| Mister Sandman

| {{sortname|last=Jaguar Temple|first=The|nolink=1}}

| {{sortname|last=Age of Longing|first=The|link=|nolink=}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Vanderhaeghe|first=Guy}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Englishman's Boy|first=The|link=|nolink=}}

| Philip Marchand, "Vanderhaeghe wins second fiction prize". Toronto Star, November 13, 1996.

| Alias Grace

| rowspan=5| Judy Stoffman, "It's Atwood ahead again in book race". Toronto Star, October 18, 1996.

| Let Me Be the One

| {{sortname|last=Green Library|first=The|link=|nolink=1}}

| Teaching Pigs to Sing

| Coming Down from Wa

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Urquhart|first=Jane}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Underpainter|first=The|link=|nolink=}}

| Robert Reid, "Jane Urquhart wins Governor General's Award for fiction". Waterloo Region Record, November 19, 1997.

| {{sortname|last=Two-Headed Calf|first=The|link=|nolink=1}}

| rowspan=4| Paul Gessell, "Urquhart, Hay nominated for Governor General's prize". St. Catharines Standard, October 23, 1997.

| Last Seen

| Small Change

| First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Schoemperlen|first=Diane}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Forms of Devotion

| Anne-Marie Tobin, "Kingston author savours literary award". Kingston Whig-Standard, November 18, 1998.

| Strange Heaven

| rowspan=4| "Montrealers deluge list of nominees". Montreal Gazette, October 21, 1998.

| {{sortname|last=White Bone|first=The|link=|nolink=}}

| {{sortname|last=Colony of Unrequited Dreams|first=The|link=|nolink=}}

| {{sortname|last=Electrical Field|first=The|link=|nolink=1}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Cohen|first=Matt|link=Matt Cohen (writer)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Elizabeth and After

| "Matt Cohen, Marq de Villiers win GG literary awards". The Western Star, November 17, 1999.

| {{sortname|last=Worlds Within Her|first=The|link=|nolink=1}}

| rowspan=4| "Governor General's Award nominees: Clarkson hands them out Nov. 16". Moose Jaw Times-Herald, October 24, 1999.

| Pool-hopping and Other Stories

| Can You Wave Bye Bye, Baby?

| Gloria

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| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Ondaatje|first=Michael}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Anil's Ghost

| "Governor General's Awards handed out". Barrie Examiner, November 15, 2000.

| {{Sortname|The|Blind Assassin}}

| rowspan=4| Anne-Marie Tobin, "Atwood, Ondaatje, among nominees for Governor General's awards". Prince Albert Daily Herald, October 26, 2000.

| {{Sortname|The|Question|nolink=1}}

| Mercy Among the Children

| Monkey Beach

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Wright|first=Richard B.}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Clara Callan

|"Governor General's award follows on top of the Giller: Novelist Richard Wright has good week". Prince George Citizen, November 15, 2001.

| Life of Pi

| rowspan=4| "Urquhart, Wright get GG award nominations". The Telegram, October 24, 2001.

| Dragons Cry

| {{Sortname|The|Stone Carvers|nolink=}}

| Salamander

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Sawai|first=Gloria}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|A|Song for Nettie Johnson|nolink=1}}

| Diane Menzies, "Gloria Sawai, 70, wins Gov. Gen.'s literary award". Welland Tribune, November 13, 2002.

| {{Sortname|The|Case of Lena S.|nolink=1}}

| rowspan=4| "Shields, Johnston lead fiction list for GG awards". Timmins Daily Press, October 22, 2002.

| Exile

| {{Sortname|The|Navigator of New York|nolink=1}}

| Unless

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Glover|first=Douglas|link=Douglas Glover (writer)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Elle

| "Douglas Glover wins Gov. Gen.'s Literary Award for English fiction: Canadian living in New York State won prize for Elle, a fictionalized account of Gulf of St. Lawrence castaway". Cape Breton Post, November 13, 2003.

| Oryx and Crake

| rowspan=4| Anne-Marie Tobin, "Stellar year for Atwood: Writer makes short list for Gov-Gen's fiction award". Brantford Expositor, October 25, 2003.

| Garbo Laughs

| Private View

| Ten Thousand Lovers

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Toews|first=Miriam}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|A|Complicated Kindness}}

| "Dallaire, Toews among award winners". Sudbury Star, November 17, 2004.

| Natasha and Other Stories

| rowspan=4| "Governor General award nominee 'hugely relieved' with book reviews". Guelph Mercury, November 13, 2004.

| Norman Bray, In the Performance of His Life

| Some Great Thing

| Runaway

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Gilmour|first=David|link=David Gilmour (writer)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|A|Perfect Night to Go to China|nolink=}}

| "Gilmour wins fiction prize". Prince George Citizen, November 15, 2005.

| Three Day Road

| rowspan=4| Vanessa Farquharson, "The 2005 G-G nominees: all killer, no Giller: Literary awards". National Post, October 18, 2005.

| Nellcott Is My Darling

| Ladykiller

| Alphabet

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Behrens|first=Peter|link=Peter Behrens (writer)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Law of Dreams}}

| "First-time author beats out experienced peers". Nanaimo Daily News, November 22, 2006.

| {{Sortname|The|Fearsome Particles|nolink=1}}

| rowspan=4| "Cole, Gaston among nominees for Governor General's awards". Whitehorse Star, October 16, 2006.

| Gargoyles

| {{Sortname|The|Dodecahedron, or A Frame for Frames|nolink=1}}

| De Niro's Game

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Ondaatje|first=Michael}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Divisadero

| "Michael Ondaatje wins again". North Bay Nugget, November 28, 2007.

| Soucouyant

| rowspan=4| Cassandra Szklarski, "Ondaatje and Vassanji among literary stars on Governor General's short list; Books Notable literary heavyweights include Margaret Atwood, David Chariandy, Barbara Gowdy and Heather O'Neill". The Daily Gleaner, October 17, 2007.

| Helpless

| Lullabies for Little Criminals

| {{Sortname|The|Assassin's Song|nolink=}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Ricci|first=Nino}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Origin of Species|nolink=1}}

| Paul Gessell, "Ricci repeats as GG Literary Award winner". Ottawa Citizen, November 19, 2008.

| Atmospheric Disturbances

| rowspan=4| "Hage, Ricci finalists for literary prize". Waterloo Region Record, October 22, 2008.

| Cockroach

| {{Sortname|The|Lost Highway|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|The|Great Karoo|nolink=1}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Pullinger|first=Kate}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Mistress of Nothing|nolink=1}}

| Pat Donnelly and Kathryn Greenaway, "A fiction win via a Yukon copper mine; Kate Pullinger wins Governor General's Award". National Post, November 18, 2009.

| Galore

| rowspan=4| Adrian Chamberlain, "Bookstore clerk's first offering vies with Alice Munro for top prize". Victoria Times-Colonist, October 15, 2009.

| {{Sortname|The|Golden Mean|nolink=1}}

| Too Much Happiness

| Vanishing and Other Stories

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| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Warren|first=Dianne}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| Cool Water

| Mark Medley, "Cool Water wins GG award for fiction; Dianne Warren beat out Room, among others". National Post, November 17, 2010.

| Waiting for Joe

| rowspan=4| "GG lit-award finalists include Emma Donoghue, Kathleen Winter". Alaska Highway News, October 14, 2010.

| Room

| Motorcycles & Sweetgrass

| Annabel

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=deWitt|first=Patrick}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Sisters Brothers}}

| "Literary gold rush: Patrick deWitt's 'Sisters Brothers' wins Gov-Gen prize". Whitehorse Star, November 15, 2011.

| {{Sortname|The|Free World|nolink=1}}

| rowspan=4| Mark Medley, "Literary hat tricks; G-G Awards; Two authors make three fiction prize lists". National Post, October 12, 2011.

| Half-Blood Blues

| {{Sortname|The|Little Shadow|nolink=1}}

| Touch

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Spalding|first=Linda}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Purchase|nolink=1}}

| Greg Quill, "Spalding's slave tale gets GG fiction nod: Toronto writer also nominated for Writers' Trust Prize". Toronto Star, November 14, 2012.

| Siege 13

| rowspan=4| Paul Irish, "Vincent Lam on Governor General's short list". Toronto Star, October 3, 2012.

| Dr. Brinkley's Tower

| {{Sortname|The|Headmaster's Wager|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|The|Juliet Stories|nolink=1}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=Catton|first=Eleanor}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Luminaries|nolink=}}

|{{Cite web |date=November 13, 2011 |title=Eleanor Catton wins Governor General's Literary Award for The Luminaries |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2013/11/13/eleanor_catton_wins_governor_generals_literary_award_for_the_luminaries.html |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}

| {{Sortname|The|Lion Seeker|nolink=1}}

| rowspan=4| {{Cite web |last=Ahearn |first=Victoria |date=October 2, 2013 |title=Governor General Literary Award finalists announced (updated) |url=http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Governor+General+Literary+Award+finalists+announced+updated/8987740/story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131011171148/http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Governor+General+Literary+Award+finalists+announced+updated/8987740/story.html |archive-date=October 11, 2013 |access-date=October 12, 2022 |website=Vancouver Sun}}

| {{Sortname|The|Orenda}}

| {{Sortname|A|Beautiful Truth|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|The|Hungry Ghosts|nolink=1}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{sortname|last=King|first=Thomas|link=Thomas King (novelist)}}

| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{Sortname|The|Back of the Turtle|nolink=}}

|{{Cite news |last=Medley |first=Mark |date=November 18, 2014 |title=Thomas King wins Governor-General's Award for fiction |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/thomas-king-wins-governor-generals-award-for-fiction/article21636001/ |access-date=October 12, 2022}}

| Sweetland

| rowspan=4| "Thomas, Chafe on shortlists for Governor General's awards". Winnipeg Free Press, October 7, 2014.

| Juliet Was a Surprise

| My October

| {{Sortname|The|Opening Sky|nolink=1}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Vanderhaeghe|first=Guy}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | Daddy Lenin and Other Stories

| Cam Fuller, "Modest Vanderhaeghe joins exclusive company with third GG win". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, October 29, 2015.

| How You Were Born

| rowspan=4| "Guelph author shortlisted for Governor General's Literary Award". Guelph Tribune, October 8, 2015.

| Outline

| {{Sortname|The|Evening Chorus|nolink=1}}

| {{Sortname|The|Winter Family|nolink=1}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Thien|first=Madeleine}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | Do Not Say We Have Nothing

| [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/madeline-thien-wins-governor-generals-award-for-english-fiction/article32493781/ "Madeline Thien wins Governor-General's award for English fiction"]. The Globe and Mail, October 25, 2016.

| Yiddish for Pirates

| rowspan=4| Ian McGillis, "Thien makes short list for third time; Adds GG nod to Booker, Giller nominations". Sarnia Observer, October 5, 2016.

| {{Sortname|The|Parcel|nolink=1}}

| Willem de Kooning's Paintbrush

| The Break

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Hynes|first=Joel Thomas}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night

| [http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/governor-general-literary-awards-winners-2017-1.4381577 "Governor General Literary Awards announced: Joel Thomas Hynes wins top English fiction prize"]. CBC News, November 1, 2017.

| {{Sortname|The|Water Beetles|nolink=1}}

| rowspan=4| "Winter, Hynes up for Governor General's Award". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, October 7, 2017.

| All the Beloved Ghosts

| Uncertain Weights and Measures

| Lost in September

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Henstra|first=Sarah}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{Sortname|The|Red Word|nolink=}}

| [https://www.cbc.ca/books/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2018-governor-general-s-literary-awards-1.4882275 "Here are the winners of the 2018 Governor General's Literary Awards"]. CBC Books, November 9, 2018.

| Zolitude

| rowspan=4| "Hage, Toews among finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards". Peterborough Examiner, October 4, 2018.

| Beirut Hellfire Society

| Women Talking

| Jonny Appleseed

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Thomas|first=Joan}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | Five Wives

| Jane van Koeverden, [https://www.cbc.ca/books/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2019-governor-general-s-literary-awards-1.5335565 "Here are the winners of the 2019 Governor General's Literary Awards"]. CBC Books, October 29, 2019.

| {{Sortname|The|Innocents|nolink=1}}

| rowspan=4| "Literary finalists named; 70 books vie for $450,000 in prizes at 2019 Governor General's awards". Windsor Star, October 7, 2019.

| {{Sortname|The|Student|nolink=1}}

| Eye

| Late Breaking

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| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Good|first=Michelle}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | Five Little Indians

| [https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/michelle-good-says-celebrating-fiction-win-feels-petty-and-selfish-after-residential-school-discovery-1.5450932 "Michelle Good says celebrating fiction win feels 'petty and selfish' after residential school discovery"]. CTV News, June 1, 2021.

| Butter Honey Pig Bread

| rowspan=4| [https://www.cbc.ca/books/francesca-ekwuyasi-billy-ray-belcourt-anne-carson-among-2020-governor-general-s-literary-awards-finalists-1.6004149 "Francesca Ekwuyasi, Billy-Ray Belcourt & Anne Carson among 2020 Governor General's Literary Awards finalists"]. CBC Books, May 4, 2021.

| Indians on Vacation

| The Baudelaire Fractal

| Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies

| style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Dunning|first=Norma}}

| style="background:#FAEB86" | Tainna

| [https://www.coastreporter.net/the-mix/inuk-author-norma-dunning-wins-25k-governor-generals-fiction-prize-4766110 "Inuk author Norma Dunning wins $25K Governor General's fiction prize"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117161409/https://www.coastreporter.net/the-mix/inuk-author-norma-dunning-wins-25k-governor-generals-fiction-prize-4766110 |date=2021-11-17 }}. Coast Reporter, November 17, 2021.

| Second Place

| rowspan=4 | [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2021/10/14/rachel-cusk-among-fiction-finalists-for-governor-generals-literary-awards.html "Rachel Cusk among fiction finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards"]. Toronto Star, October 14, 2021.

| Home Waltz

| Fictional Father

| You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked.

|style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|last=Heti|first=Sheila}}

|style="background:#FAEB86" | Pure Colour

| Deborah Dundas, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2022/11/16/sheila-heti-eli-baxter-win-2022-governor-generals-literary-awards-for-fiction-and-non-fiction.html "Sheila Heti, Eli Baxter win 2022 Governor General's Literary Awards for fiction and non-fiction"]. Toronto Star, November 16, 2022.

| The Most Precious Substance on Earth

| rowspan=4 | [https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-finalists-for-the-2022-governor-general-s-literary-award-for-fiction-1.6612912 "The finalists for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction"]. CBC Books, October 12, 2022.

| Probably Ruby

| All the Quiet Places

| Finding Edward

|style="background:#FAEB86" | {{sortname|Anuja|Varghese}}

|style="background:#FAEB86" | Chrysalis

| [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/anuja-varghese-wins-governor-generals-literary-award-for-fiction/article_1bb0f610-14e9-5ee7-9f19-68bcbfe555f8.html "Anuja Varghese wins Governor General's literary award for fiction"]. Toronto Star, November 8, 2023.

| The Sleeping Car Porter

| rowspan=4 | [https://www.burnabynow.com/the-mix/suzette-mayr-iain-reid-among-finalists-for-governor-generals-literary-awards-7732654 "Suzette Mayr, Iain Reid among finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards"]. Burnaby Now, October 25, 2023.

| A History of Burning

| We Spread

| In the Upper Country

| style="background:#FAEB86" | Jordan Abel

| style="background:#FAEB86" | Empty Spaces

| Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/jordan-abel-niigaan-sinclair-among-2024-governor-generals-award-winners/ "Jordan Abel, Niigaan Sinclair among 2024 Governor General’s award winners"]. Quill & Quire, November 13, 2024.

| Her Body Among Animals

| rowspan=4| Cassandra Drudi, [https://quillandquire.com/omni/canisia-lubrin-danny-ramadan-among-2024-governor-generals-literary-award-finalists/ "Canisia Lubrin, Danny Ramadan among 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award finalists"]. Quill & Quire, October 8, 2024.

| Naniki

| Code Noir

| The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island