Scroll down and find links to reading lists that are organized by subject and feature award winning books.
Literature: Canadian
- Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
- First Nation Communities READ Award - YA/Adult
- Evergreen Award
- Scotiabank Giller Prize
- Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction
- Griffin Poetry Prize
- The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour
- ReLit Awards
- Toronto Book Awards
- Trillium Book Award - English
- Trillium Book Award for Poetry (English)
Literature: International
- Booker Prize
- International Dublin Literary Award
- LAMBDA Literary Awards
- Nobel Prize in Literature
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
- Women's Prize for Fiction
Mystery
Science Fiction
- Arthur C. Clarke Award Winners
- Aurora Award Winners
- Hugo Award Winners
- LAMBDA Literary Award - LGBTQ Speculative Fiction
- Nebula Award Winners
- Philip K. Dick Award Winners
- Sunburst Award Winners
- Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
- World Fantasy Award Winners
Nonfiction
- Governor General's Literary Award for Non-fiction
- Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction
- Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
French Language
- Forêt de la lecture:
- Prix de l'Académie française
- Prix Alain-Thomas
- Prix Fémina
- Prix Goncourt
- Prix Interallié
- Prix littéraire du Gouverneur-Général - Littérature jeunesse - Livres illustré
- Prix littéraire du Gouverneur-Général - Littérature jeunesse - texte
- Prix littéraire du Gouverneur Général: Romans et Nouvelles
- Prix littéraire Trillium
- Prix du livre d'enfant Trillium
- Prix Médicis
- Prix Renaudot
Children
- Caldecott Medal
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Author and Illustrator
- First Nation Communities READ Award - Children's
- Forest of Reading:
- Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction
- Governor General’s Literary Awards: Young People's Literature - Illustrated Books and Text
- Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
- Newbery Medal
- Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-Fiction
- TD Canadian Children's Literature Awards
Teens
More Websites
These websites are great resources to help you find new books and authors to try.
-
Canada's biggest selection of Canadian books, Canadian authors, book reviews, book lists, and more. You can also join the online book community.
-
AAR offers unbiased book reviews, author interviews, and industry commentary for romance works.
-
This unique website offers detailed reviews of books in all genres based on plot, setting, character, and writing style.
-
An independent, "one-stop resource" for the best in contemporary fiction and non-fiction.
- Book Marks >Book Marks is a branch of the Lit Hub network, and they provide shorter recaps from multiple sources and voices. Their staff peruses book review sites and shares pull-quotes from them in book lists and more.