2019 Governor General Literary Finalists

1.
The Innocents
The Innocents 3.78 avg rating — 9,638 ratings
2.
Five Wives
Five Wives 3.56 avg rating — 1,964 ratings
3.
Eye (149) (Essential Prose Series)
Eye (149) (Essential Prose Series) 3.17 avg rating — 65 ratings
4.
Late Breaking
Late Breaking 4.27 avg rating — 212 ratings
5.
The Student
The Student 3.73 avg rating — 227 ratings
6.
How to Avoid Huge Ships
How to Avoid Huge Ships 3.76 avg rating — 33 ratings
7.
Treaty #
Treaty # 4.07 avg rating — 43 ratings
8.
St. Boniface Elegies
St. Boniface Elegies 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
9.
The Grand River Watershed: A Folk Ecology
The Grand River Watershed: A Folk Ecology 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings
10.
Holy Wild
Holy Wild 4.18 avg rating — 407 ratings
11.
1 Hour Photo
1 Hour Photo 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
12.
Thanks for Giving
Thanks for Giving 4.20 avg rating — 15 ratings
13.
Other Side of the Game
Other Side of the Game 4.04 avg rating — 167 ratings
14.
The Fighting Season
The Fighting Season 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
15.
What a Young Wife Ought to Know
What a Young Wife Ought to Know 4.26 avg rating — 74 ratings
16.
City of Omens: A Search for the Missing Women of the Borderlands
City of Omens: A Search for the Missing Women of the Borderlands
by: Dan Werb
3.39 avg rating — 137 ratings
17.
Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times
Fryderyk Chopin: A Life and Times 4.43 avg rating — 594 ratings
18.
Sea Trial: Sailing After My Father
Sea Trial: Sailing After My Father 3.80 avg rating — 101 ratings
19.
Tiny Lights for Travellers
Tiny Lights for Travellers 3.99 avg rating — 77 ratings
20.
To the River: Losing My Brother
To the River: Losing My Brother 4.04 avg rating — 294 ratings
21.
Break in Case of Emergency
Break in Case of Emergency 3.76 avg rating — 581 ratings
22.
Cold White Sun
Cold White Sun 3.92 avg rating — 51 ratings
23.
Girl of the Southern Sea
Girl of the Southern Sea 3.98 avg rating — 426 ratings
24.
Stand on the Sky
Stand on the Sky
by: Erin Bow
4.30 avg rating — 529 ratings
25.
The Grey Sisters
The Grey Sisters 3.48 avg rating — 214 ratings
26.
Albert's Quiet Quest
Albert's Quiet Quest 4.08 avg rating — 574 ratings
27.
Birdsong
Birdsong 4.25 avg rating — 1,660 ratings
28.
How to Give Your Cat a Bath: in Five Easy Steps (How to Cat books)
How to Give Your Cat a Bath: in Five Easy Steps (How to Cat books) 4.21 avg rating — 1,090 ratings
29.
King Mouse
King Mouse 3.95 avg rating — 336 ratings
30.
Small in the City
Small in the City 4.21 avg rating — 1,859 ratings
31.
Vi
Vi
by: Kim Thúy
3.74 avg rating — 5,394 ratings
32.
887
887 4.01 avg rating — 206 ratings
33.
Birds of a Kind
Birds of a Kind 4.25 avg rating — 1,335 ratings
34.
Synapses
Synapses 3.83 avg rating — 121 ratings
35.
The Embalmer
The Embalmer 3.68 avg rating — 325 ratings