Previous Canada Reads

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Canada Reads 2010

Winner:

Nikolski by Nicolas Dickner, translated by Lazer Lederhendler, championed by Michel Vézina

Finalists:

• Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott, defended by Simi Sara
• Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture by Douglas Coupland, defended by Roland Pemberton, a.k.a. Cadence Weapon
• The Jade Peony by Wayson Choy, defended by Samantha Nutt
• Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald, defended by Perdita Felicien

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Canada Reads 2009

Winner:

The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill, championed by Avi Lewis

Finalists:

• The Fat Woman Next Door Is Pregnant by Michel Tremblay, defended by Anne-Marie Withenshaw
• Fruit by Brian Francis, defended by Jen Sookfong Lee
• Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards, defended by Sarah Slean
• The Outlander by Gil Adamson, defended by Nicholas Campbell

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Canada Reads 2008

Winner:

King Leary by Paul Quarrington, championed by Dave Bidini

Finalists:

• Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson, defended by Jemeni
• From the Fifteenth District by Mavis Gallant, defended by Lisa Moore
• Icefields by Thomas Wharton, defended by Steve MacLean
• Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley, defended by Zaib Shaikh

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Canada Reads 2007

Winner:

Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill, championed by John K. Samson

Finalists:

• Natasha and Other Stories by David Bezmozgis, defended by Steven Page
• Stanley Park by Timothy Taylor, defended by Jim Cuddy
• Song of Kahunsha by Anosh Irani, defended by Donna Morrissey
• Children of My Heart by Gabrielle Roy, defended by Denise Bombardier
  

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Canada Reads 2006

Winner:

A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews, championed by John K. Samson

Finalists:

• Rooms for Rent in the Outer Planets: Selected Poems 1962-1996 by Al Purdy, defended by Susan Musgrave
• Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden, defended by Nelofer Pazira
• Deafening by Frances Itani, defended by Maureen McTeer
• Cocksure by Mordecai Richler, defended by Scott Thompson

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Canada Reads 2005

Winner:

Rockbound by Frank Parker Day, championed by Donna Morrissey

Finalists:

• Beautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen, defended by Molly Johnson
• No Crystal Stair by Mairuth Sarsfield, defended by Sherraine MacKay
• Volkswagen Blues by Jacques Poulin, defended by Roch Carrier
• Oryx and Crate by Margaret Atwood, defended by Olivia Chow  

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Canada Reads 2004

Winner:

The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe, championed by Jim Cuddy

Finalists:

• Green Grass, Running Water by Thomas King, defended by Glen Murray
• The Heart Is an Involuntary Muscle by Monique Proulx, defended by Francine Pelletier
• The Love of a Good Woman by Alice Munro, defended by Measha Brueggergosman
• Barney's Version by Mordecai Richler, defended by Zsuzsi Gartner

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Canada Reads 2003

Winner:

Next Episode by Hubert Aquin (translation of Prochain épisode by Sheila Fischman), championed by Denise Bombardier

Finalists:

• Sarah Binks by Paul Hiebert, defended by Will Ferguson
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel, defended by Nancy Lee
• The Lost Garden by Helen Humphreys, defended by Mag Ruffman
• The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston, defended by Justin Trudeau

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Canada Reads 2002

Winner:

In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje, championed by Steven Page

Finalists:

• The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence, defended by Leon Rooke
• A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry, defended by Megan Follows
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, defended by Kim Campbell
• Whylah Falls by George Elliott Clarke, defended by Nalo Hopkinson

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