Crow’s Reads

Giller Prize

Given each November to a Canadian author for a novel or short story collection published in English, translations included, the year before.

Earlier names: Scotiabank Giller Prize (2005–2025).

33 years · 1994–2026

Official site Source: en.wikipedia.org

  1. 2026

    Winner not yet announced.

    Longlist

    All 14 books from 2026

  2. 2025
    Cover of Pick a Colour

    Winner

    Pick a Colour

    Souvankham Thammavongsa

    Also on the shortlist

    All 14 books from 2025

  3. 2024
    Cover of Held

    Winner

    Held

    Anne Michaels

    Also on the shortlist

    All 12 books from 2024

  4. 2023
    Cover of Study for Obedience

    Winner

    Study for Obedience

    Sarah Bernstein

    Also on the shortlist

    All 12 books from 2023

  5. 2022
    Cover of The Sleeping Car Porter

    Winner

    The Sleeping Car Porter

    Suzette Mayr

    Also on the shortlist

    All 14 books from 2022

  6. 2021
    Cover of What Strange Paradise

    Winner

    What Strange Paradise

    Omar El Akkad

    Also on the shortlist

    All 12 books from 2021

  7. 2020
    Cover of How to Pronounce Knife

    Winner

    How to Pronounce Knife

    Souvankham Thammavongsa

    Also on the shortlist

    All 14 books from 2020

  8. 2019
    Cover of Reproduction

    Winner

    Reproduction

    Ian Williams

    Also on the shortlist

    All 12 books from 2019

  9. 2018
    Cover of Washington Black

    Winner

    Washington Black

    Esi Edugyan

    Also on the shortlist

    All 12 books from 2018

  10. 2017
    Cover of Bellevue Square

    Winner

    Bellevue Square

    Michael Redhill

    Also on the shortlist

    All 12 books from 2017

  11. 2016
    Cover of Do Not Say We Have Nothing

    Winner

    Do Not Say We Have Nothing

    Madeleine Thien

    Also on the shortlist

    All 12 books from 2016

  12. 2015
    Cover of Fifteen Dogs

    Winner

    Fifteen Dogs

    André Alexis

    Also on the shortlist

    All 12 books from 2015

  13. 2014
    Cover of Us Conductors

    Winner

    Us Conductors

    Sean Michaels

    Also on the shortlist

    All 12 books from 2014

  14. 2013
    Cover of Hellgoing

    Winner

    Hellgoing

    Lynn Coady

    Also on the shortlist

    All 13 books from 2013

  15. 2012
    Cover of 419

    Winner

    419

    Will Ferguson

    Also on the shortlist

    All 13 books from 2012

  16. 2011
    Cover of Half-Blood Blues

    Winner

    Half-Blood Blues

    Esi Edugyan

    Also on the shortlist

    All 17 books from 2011

  17. 2010
    Cover of The Sentimentalists

    Winner

    The Sentimentalists

    Johanna Skibsrud

    Also on the shortlist

    All 13 books from 2010

  18. 2009
    Cover of The Bishop’s Man

    The Bishop’s Man

    Linden MacIntyre

    Also on the shortlist: Fall; The Disappeared; The Golden Mean; The Winter Vault.

    All 12 books from 2009

  19. 2008
    Cover of Through Black Spruce

    Through Black Spruce

    Joseph Boyden

    Also on the shortlist: Barnacle Love; Cockroach; Good to a Fault; The Boys in the Trees.

    All 15 books from 2008

  20. 2007
    Cover of Late Nights on Air

    Late Nights on Air

    Elizabeth Hay

    Also on the shortlist: A Secret Between Us; Divisadero; Effigy; The Assassin’s Song.

    All 15 books from 2007

  21. 2006
    Cover of Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures

    Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures

    Vincent Lam

    Also on the shortlist: De Niro’s Game; Home Schooling; The Immaculate Conception; The Perfect Circle.

    All 15 books from 2006

  22. 2005
    Cover of The Time in Between

    The Time in Between

    David Bergen

    Also on the shortlist: A Wall of Light; Alligator; Luck; Sweetness in the Belly.

    All 5 books from 2005

  23. 2004
    Cover of Runaway

    Runaway

    Alice Munro

    Also on the shortlist: A Complicated Kindness; All That Matters; Beyond Measure; Galveston; The Tiger Claw.

    All 6 books from 2004

  24. 2003
    Cover of The In-Between World of Vikram Lall

    The In-Between World of Vikram Lall

    M. G. Vassanji

    Also on the shortlist: Kilter; Oryx and Crake; The Island Walkers; The Way the Crow Flies.

    All 5 books from 2003

  25. 2002

    The Polished Hoe

    Austin Clarke

    Also on the shortlist: Unless; Mount Appetite; Open; The Navigator of New York.

    All 5 books from 2002

  26. 2001

    Clara Callan

    Richard B. Wright

    Also on the shortlist: Martin Sloane; River Thieves; Stanley Park; The Russlander; The Stone Carvers.

    All 6 books from 2001

  27. 2000

    Anil’s Ghost

    Michael Ondaatje

    Also on the shortlist: A Student of Weather; Burridge Unbound; Monkey Beach; The Trade.

    All 6 books from 2000

  28. 1999

    A Good House

    Bonnie Burnard

    Also on the shortlist: Am I Disturbing You?; Pilgrim; Summer Gone; The Mark of the Angel.

    All 5 books from 1999

  29. 1998

    The Love of a Good Woman

    Alice Munro

    Also on the shortlist: A Recipe for Bees; Childhood; The Colony of Unrequited Dreams; The Healer; The White Bone.

    All 6 books from 1998

  30. 1997

    Barney’s Version

    Mordecai Richler

    Also on the shortlist: Cereus Blooms at Night; Larry’s Party; The Projectionist; Where She Has Gone.

    All 5 books from 1997

  31. 1996

    Alias Grace

    Margaret Atwood

    Also on the shortlist: Fall on Your Knees; Fugitive Pieces; The Cure for Death by Lightning; The Englishman’s Boy.

    All 5 books from 1996

  32. 1995

    A Fine Balance

    Rohinton Mistry

    Also on the shortlist: Like This; Mister Sandman; The Age of Longing; The Piano Man’s Daughter.

    All 5 books from 1995

  33. 1994

    The Book of Secrets

    M. G. Vassanji

    Also on the shortlist: Casino and Other Stories; Funny Boy; The Museum of Love; What You Need.

    All 5 books from 1994