| 2000 | Necessary Lies. Eva Stachniak. Simon & Pierre |
| 1999 | Summer Gone. David Macfarlane. A.A. Knopf Canada --Cowinner |
| 1999 | Before the Flood. Alan R. Wilson. Cormorant Books -- Cowinner |
| 1998 | Childhood. André Alexis. McClelland & Stewart |
| 1997 | Opium Dreams. Margaret Gibson. McClelland & Stewart |
| 1996 | Fugitive Pieces. Anne Michaels. McClelland & Stewart |
| 1995 | Popular Anatomy. Keath Fraser. Porcupine's Quill |
| 1994 | Funny Boy. Shyam Selvadurai. McClelland & Stewart |
| 1993 | Losing Eddie. Deborah Joy Corey. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (distributed in Canada by Thomas Allen) |
| 1992 | The Afterlife of George Cartwright. John Steffler. McClelland & Stewart |
| 1991 | Such a Long Journey. Rohinton Mistry. McClelland & Stewart |
| 1990 | Lives of the Saints. Nino Ricci. Cormorant Books |
| 2004 | Runaway. Alice Munro. McClelland and Stewart |
| 2003 | The In-between World of Vikram Lall. M.G. Vassanji. Doubleday Canada |
| 2002 | Polished Hoe. Austin Clarke. T. Allen Publishers |
| 2001 | Clara Callan. Richard B. Wright. HarperFlamingo Canada |
| 2000 | Anil's Ghost. Michael Ondaatje. McClelland & Stewart Canada -- Cowinner |
| 2000 | Mercy Among The Children. David Adams Richards. Doubleday Canada -- Cowinner |
| 1999 | A Good House. Bonnie Burnard. Harper Collins Canada |
| 1998 | The Love of a Good Woman. Alice Munro. McClelland & Stewart |
| 1997 | Barney's version. Mordecai Richler. Alfred A. Knopf Canada |
| 1996 | Alias Grace. Margaret Atwood. McClelland & Stewart |
| 1995 | A Fine Balance. Rohinton Mistry. McClelland & Stewart |
| 1994 | A Book of Secrets. M.G. Vassanji. McClelland & Stewart |
| 2004 | A Complicated Kindness. Miriam Toews. Alfred A. Knopf Canada |
| 2004 | Le cercle parfait. Pascale Quiviger. Les éditions de L'instant même |
| 2003 | Elle. Douglas Glover. Goose Lane Editions |
| 2003 | La maison étrangère. Élise Turcotte. Leméac Éditeur |
| 2002 | A Song for Nettie Johnson. Gloria Sawai. Coteau Books |
| 2002 | La Gloire de Cassiodore. Monique LaRue. Les Éditions du Boréal |
| 2001 | Clara Callan. Richard B. Wright. Harper Flamingo Canada: A Phyllis Bruce Book |
| 2001 | Le ravissement. Andrée A. Michaud. Les éditions de L'instant même |
| 2000 | Anil's Ghost. Michael Ondaatje. McClelland & Stewart |
| 2000 | Un vent se lève qui éparpille. Jean Marc Dalpé. Éditions Prise de Parole |
| 1999 | Elizabeth and After. Matt Cohen. Alfred A. Knopf Canada |
| 1999 | La Danse juive. Lise Tremblay. Leméac Éditeur |
| 1998 | Forms of Devotion. Diane Schoemperlen. A Phyllis Bruce Book/Harper Collins |
| 1998 | La Terre ferme. Christiane Frenette. Éditions du Boréal |
| 1997 | The Underpainter. Jane Urquhart. McClelland & Stewart |
| 1997 | Cet imperceptible mouvement. Aude. XYZ Éditeur |
| 1996 | The Englishman's Boy. Guy Vanderhaeghe. McClelland & Stewart |
| 1996 | Soifs. Marie-Claire Blais. Éditions du Boréal |
| 1995 | The Roaring Girl. Greg Hollingshead. Somerville House Publishing |
| 1995 | Les Oiseaux de Saint-John Perse. Nicole Houde. Éditions de la Pleine Lune |
| 1994 | A Discovery of Strangers. Rudy
Wiebe. Alfred A. Knopf Canada |
| 1994 | Le Petit aigle à tête blanche. Robert Lalonde Éditions du Seuil |
| 1993 | The Stone Diaries. Carol
Shields. Random House |
| 1993 | Cantique des plaines. Nancy
Huston Leméac Éditeur |
| 1992 | The English Patient. Michael
Ondaajte. McClelland & Stewart |
| 1992 | L'enfant chargé de songes. Anne
Hébert. Éditions du Seuil |
| 1991 | Such a Long Journey. Rohinton
Mistry. McClelland & Stewart |
| 1991 | La Croix du Nord. André Brochu.
XYZ Éditeur |
| 1990 | Lives of the Saints. Nino Ricci.
Cormorant Books |
| 1990 | La Mauvaise foi. Gérald
Tougas. Éditions Québec/Amérique |
