If you haven't spent much time following any of the book awards they are an excellent source for great reading lists. The Giller Prize is an annual award presented to a Canadian author for the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English.
What follows is a listing of books (and authors) from The Giller Prize beginning in 1994 to present. Feel free to follow along in order or pick and choose as it pleases you.
Happy reading!
1994 - The Book of Secrets (M.G. Vassanji)
1995 - A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
1996 - Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
1997 - Barney's Version (Mordecai Richler)
1998 - The Love of a Good Woman (Alice Munro)
1999 - A Good House (Bonnie Burnard)
2000 - Anil's Ghost (Michael Ondaatje) / Mercy Among The Children (David Richards)
2001 - Clara Callan (Richard B. Wright)
2002 - Polished Hoe (Austin Clarke)
2003 - The In-between World of Vikram Lall (M.G. Vassanji)
2004 - Runaway (Alice Munro)
2005 - The Time in Between (David Bergen)
2006 - Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures (Vincent Lam)
2007 - Late Nights on Air (Elizabeth Hay)
2008 -
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M. E. Wood lives in Eastern Ontario, Canada. If you are going to find this eclectic reader and writer anywhere it is probably at her computer. For more information visit her official website.
