Toronto Book Awards

The Toronto Book Awards are Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the city of Toronto to the author of the year's best fiction or non-fiction book or books "that are evocative of Toronto".

Each author shortlisted for the award receives $1,000, and the winner or winners receive the balance of $15,000.

The award has frequently gone to multiple winners. 1987 was the first time in the history of the award that only a single winner was named.

Winners

 * 1974 - multiple winners
 * William Kurelek, O Toronto
 * Desmond Morton, Mayor Howland
 * Richard B. Wright, In the Middle of a Life


 * 1975 - multiple winners
 * Claude Bissell, Halfway up Parnassus
 * The Labour History Collective, Women at Work
 * Loren Lind, The Learning Machine


 * 1976 - multiple winners
 * Robert F. Harney and Harold Troper, Immigrants: A Portrait of the Urban Experience 1890-1930
 * Hugh Hood, The Swing in the Garden


 * 1977 - multiple winners
 * Margaret Atwood, Lady Oracle
 * Margaret Gibson, The Butterfly Ward


 * 1978 - multiple winners
 * Christopher Armstrong and H.V. Nelles, The Revenge of the Methodist Bicycle Company
 * Timothy Findley, The Wars


 * 1979 - multiple winners
 * Michael Bliss, A Canadian Millionaire
 * William Dendy, Lost Toronto
 * John Morgan Gray, Fun Tomorrow


 * 1980 - multiple winners
 * Raymond Souster, Hanging In
 * Stephen A. Speisman, The Jews of Toronto: A History to 1937


 * 1981 - multiple winners
 * Timothy Colton, Big Daddy: Frederick G. Gardiner and the Building of Metropolitan Toronto
 * Mary Larratt Smith, Young Mr. Smith in Upper Canada
 * Helen Weinzweig, Basic Black with Pearls


 * 1982 - multiple winners
 * Claude Bissell, The Young Vincent Massey
 * Marian Engel, Lunatic Villas


 * 1983 - multiple winners
 * Michael Bliss, The Discovery of Insulin
 * Lucy Booth Martyn, The Face of Early Toronto: An Archival Record 1803-1936


 * 1984 - multiple winners
 * Edith G. Firth, Toronto in Art
 * Gerald Killan, David Boyle: From Artisan to Archaeologist
 * Eric Wright, The Night the Gods Smiled


 * 1985 - multiple winners
 * Warabe Aska, Who Goes to the Park
 * J.M.S. Careless, Toronto to 1918
 * Josef Skvorecky, The Engineer of Human Souls


 * 1986 - multiple winners
 * Morley Callaghan, Our Lady of the Snows
 * Robertson Davies, What's Bred in the Bone


 * 1987 - William Dendy and William Kilbourn, Toronto Observed: Its Architecture, Patrons and History
 * 1988 - Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion
 * 1989 - Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye
 * 1990 - multiple winners
 * Hilary Russell, Double Take: The Story of the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres
 * Guy Vanderhaeghe, Homesick


 * 1991 - Cary Fagan and Robert MacDonald, eds., Streets of Attitude: Toronto Stories
 * 1992 - Katherine Govier, Hearts of Flame
 * 1993 - multiple winners
 * Carole Corbeil, Voice-Over
 * David Donnell, China Blues


 * 1994 - Timothy Findley, Headhunter
 * 1995 - Ezra Schabas, Sir Ernest MacMillan: The Importance of Being Canadian
 * 1996 - Rosemary Sullivan, Shadow Maker: The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen
 * 1997 - Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces
 * 1998 - Helen Humphreys, Leaving Earth
 * 1999 - Richard Outram, Benedict Abroad
 * 2000 - Camilla Gibb, Mouthing the Words
 * 2001 - A.B. McKillop, The Spinster and the Prophet: Florence Deeks, H.G. Wells and the Mystery of the Purloined Past
 * 2002 - Sarah Dearing, Courage My Love
 * 2003 - Joe Fiorito, The Song Beneath the Ice
 * 2004 - multiple winners
 * Kevin Bazzana, Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould
 * Kate Taylor, Mme. Proust and the Kosher Kitchen


 * 2005 - David Bezmozgis, Natasha and Other Stories
 * 2006 - Dionne Brand, What We All Long For
 * 2007 - Michael Redhill, Consolation
 * 2008 - Glen Downie, Loyalty Management
 * 2009 - Austin Clarke, More
 * 2010 - Mark Sinnett, The Carnivore