These books, listed in chronological order, all received more than five votes by visitors to the MWG 30th Anniversary Symposium.
If you have a suggestion for another remarkable book that is not on this list, please send us an email to with the book title. A new survey will be sent out to all members once we have enough suggestions to update this list.
Most titles are available from McNally Robinson Booksellers, in stock or by order.
Wild Geese, Martha Ostenso
1925
Sarah Binks, Paul Hiebert
1947
The Tin Flute, Gabrielle Roy
1947
Where Nests the Waterhen, Gabrielle Roy
1950
The Sacrifice, Adele Wiseman
1956
Under the Ribs of Death, John Marlyn
1957
A Candle to Light the Sun, Patricia Blondal
1960
The Stone Angel, Margaret Laurence
1964
Reservations are for Indians, Heather Robertson
1970
The Diviners, Margaret Laurence
1974
Ice Age, Dorothy Livesay
1975
Seed Catalogue/ Field Notes (1977 – 1989) Robert Kroetsch
1977
Urban Indians, the Strangers in Canada’s Cities, Larry Krotz
1980
April Raintree, Beatrice Mosionier
1984
The Salvation of Yasch Siemens, Armin Wiebe
1984
The Rez Sisters, Tomson Highway
1986
A Stone Watermelon, Lois Braun
1986
questions i asked my mother, Di Brandt
1987
Flicker & Hawk, Patrick Friesen
1987
Julianna and the Medicine Fish, Jake Macdonald
1987
Fox, Margaret Sweatman
1991
Transit of Venus, Maureen Hunter
1992
Stone Diaries, Carol Shields
1995
Rumours of Paradise/Rumours of War, George Amabile
1995
The Two Headed Calf, Sandra Birdsell
1997
Simone Weil: Songs of Hunger and Love, Sarah Klasen
1999
Irene, Dennis Cooley
2000
Swing Low: A Life, Miriam Toews
2000
city treaty, Marvin Francis
2002
Violin Maker’s Lament, John Weier
2002
A Complicated Kindness, Miriam Toews
2004
Cherry, Chandra Mayor
2004
Houseboat Chronicles, Jake MacDonald
2004
Lucky Man, Victor Enns
2005
Death in Cold Type, C.C. Benison
2005
Shelf Monkey, Corey Redekop
2007
Bit of a Legend in These Parts, Niel McQuarrie
2007
Wolf Tree, Alison Calder
2007
Stay Black & Die, Addena Sumter-Freitag
2007
Reading by Lightning, Joan Thomas
2008
The Retreat, David Bergen
2008
8x8x7, Colin Smith
2008
Back In The Days, Addena Sumter-Freitag
2009
An Unexpected Break in the Weather, Deborah Schnitzer
2009
The Players, Margaret Sweatman
2009
Seal Intestine Raincoat, Rosie Chard
2009
Fear Not, Maurice Mierau
2009
Vs. Kerry Ryan
2010
Black Bottle Man, Craig Russell
2010
Curiosity, Joan Thomas
2010
Baldur’s Song, David Arnason
2010
Mama Dada, Jan Horner
2010
Clockfire, Jonathan Ball
2010
Manitowapow: Aboriginal Writings from the Land of Water
