McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award Winners

The McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award was established in 1988. It is awarded annually to the Manitoba writer whose adult English language book i ...more

Winners

	Kisiskatchewan by Barbara Huck 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House on Sugarbush Road by Méira Cook 3.20 avg rating — 30 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not Being on a Boat by Esme Claire Keith 3.42 avg rating — 45 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Hidden Thing by Dora Dueck 3.59 avg rating — 32 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba by Allan Levine (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Retreat by David Bergen 3.41 avg rating — 345 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Be Wolf: A True Account of the Survival of Reinhold Kaletsch by Wayne Tefs 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sandbag Shuffle by Kevin Marc Fournier liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award for Book of the Year (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Great Restlessness: The Life and Times of Dorise Nielsen by Faith Johnston 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Time In Between by David Bergen 3.26 avg rating — 2,901 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews 3.67 avg rating — 24,581 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tatsea by Armin Wiebe (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 32 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Houseboat Chronicles: Notes from a Life in Shield Country by Jake Macdonald 4.14 avg rating — 91 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Alice Lay Down with Peter by Margaret Sweatman 3.52 avg rating — 110 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swing Low: A Life by Miriam Toews 4.15 avg rating — 1,588 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cowboys and Indians: the Shooting of J.J. Harper by Gordon Sinclair Jr. 3.41 avg rating — 27 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Boy of Good Breeding by Miriam Toews 3.68 avg rating — 1,999 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Latent Heat by Catherine Hunter 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (1997)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Year of Lesser by David Bergen 3.53 avg rating — 107 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kabloona in the Yellow Kayak: One Woman's Journey Through the Northwest Passage by Victoria Jason 4.12 avg rating — 180 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (1995)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blasphemer's Wheel by Patrick Friesen 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (1994)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields 3.88 avg rating — 38,968 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (1993)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chrome Suite by Sandra Birdsell 3.35 avg rating — 63 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (1992)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fox by Margaret Sweatman liked it 3.00 avg rating — 40 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (1991)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Agnes In The Sky by Di Brandt 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (1990)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prowler by Kristjana Gunnars 3.78 avg rating — 50 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (1989)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Recent Mistakes by Jan C. Horner 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (1988)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

nominees

	Where the Rocks Say Your Name by Brenda Hasiuk 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award Nominee for Fiction, Book of the Year, Most Promising Manitoba Writer, and Best First Book (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night Spirits: The Story of the Relocation of the Sayisi Dene by Ila Bussidor 4.55 avg rating — 118 ratings McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award Nominee for Book of the Year (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More Awards

Bram Stoker Award
Hugo Award
Royal Society Science Book Prize
Booker Prize
Pulitzer Prize
Newbery Medal
Nebula Award
Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
National Book Award
J. Gordon Coogler Award
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