Governor General's Award Winners

1.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,212 ratings
2.
The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating — 137,382 ratings
3.
The Mistress of Nothing
The Mistress of Nothing 3.61 avg rating — 4,201 ratings
4.
A Complicated Kindness
A Complicated Kindness 3.69 avg rating — 27,735 ratings
5.
The Wars
The Wars 3.85 avg rating — 9,782 ratings
6.
The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries 3.89 avg rating — 41,487 ratings
7.
Ru
Ru
by: Kim Thúy
3.82 avg rating — 24,630 ratings
8.
Anil's Ghost
Anil's Ghost 3.58 avg rating — 18,629 ratings
9.
The Manticore (The Deptford Trilogy, #2)
The Manticore (The Deptford Trilogy, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 6,721 ratings
10.
The Progress of Love
The Progress of Love 4.09 avg rating — 3,778 ratings
11.
Such a Long Journey
Such a Long Journey 3.96 avg rating — 11,413 ratings
12.
Divisadero
Divisadero 3.52 avg rating — 11,784 ratings
13.
Clara Callan
Clara Callan 3.87 avg rating — 9,190 ratings
14.
Two Solitudes
Two Solitudes 3.88 avg rating — 3,011 ratings
15.
Shake Hands with the Devil
Shake Hands with the Devil 4.25 avg rating — 13,603 ratings
15.
We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night
We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night 3.67 avg rating — 647 ratings
17.
Nights Below Station Street
Nights Below Station Street 3.69 avg rating — 667 ratings
18.
St. Urbain's Horseman
St. Urbain's Horseman 3.77 avg rating — 1,818 ratings
19.
The Law of Dreams
The Law of Dreams 3.83 avg rating — 2,256 ratings
20.
The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species 3.06 avg rating — 855 ratings
21.
Elizabeth Rex
Elizabeth Rex 3.76 avg rating — 271 ratings
22.
Instruments des ténèbres
Instruments des ténèbres 3.72 avg rating — 372 ratings
22.
Lot's wife
Lot's wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
22.
The Red Word
The Red Word 3.74 avg rating — 1,547 ratings
25.
The Man of My Dreams
The Man of My Dreams 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings
25.
Selected Poems with Three Notes on the Poetic Process
Selected Poems with Three Notes on the Poetic Process 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
25.
Five Wives
Five Wives 3.56 avg rating — 1,964 ratings
28.
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Do Not Say We Have Nothing 3.92 avg rating — 23,795 ratings
29.
Mordecai: The Life & Times
Mordecai: The Life & Times 4.16 avg rating — 131 ratings
29.
Daddy Lenin and Other Stories
Daddy Lenin and Other Stories 3.77 avg rating — 415 ratings
31.
The Watch that Ends the Night
The Watch that Ends the Night 4.14 avg rating — 881 ratings
32.
Children of My Heart
Children of My Heart 3.73 avg rating — 1,230 ratings
33.
I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad
I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad 3.94 avg rating — 217 ratings
34.
Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada
Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada 3.60 avg rating — 154 ratings
35.
A Place Within: Rediscovering India
A Place Within: Rediscovering India 3.47 avg rating — 121 ratings
36.
Cool Water
Cool Water 3.69 avg rating — 2,999 ratings
37.
A Perfect Night to Go to China
A Perfect Night to Go to China 3.12 avg rating — 607 ratings