RBC Taylor Prize Winners

The Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction commemorates Charles Taylor’s pursuit of excellence in the ﬁeld of literary non-ﬁction. The prize wi ...more

Winners

	Lands of Lost Borders: Out of Bounds on the Silk Road by Kate Harris (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 5,207 ratings RBC Taylor Prize (2019)	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
	Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City by Tanya Talaga 4.53 avg rating — 11,722 ratings RBC Taylor Prize for Literary Nonfiction (2018)	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
	Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies by Ross King 4.03 avg rating — 1,676 ratings RBC Taylor Prize (2017)	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
	Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva by Rosemary Sullivan 3.96 avg rating — 4,667 ratings RBC Taylor Prize (2016)	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
	They Left Us Everything: A Memoir by Plum Johnson 3.84 avg rating — 4,484 ratings RBC Taylor Prize (2015)	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 Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King 4.24 avg rating — 15,417 ratings RBC Taylor Prize (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
	Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy by Andrew Preston 3.97 avg rating — 127 ratings RBC Taylor Prize (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
	The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A True Story of Resilience and Recovery by Andrew Westoll (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 1,024 ratings RBC Taylor Prize (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
	Mordecai: The Life & Times by Charles Foran 4.17 avg rating — 126 ratings RBC Taylor Prize (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
	The Boy in the Moon: A Father's Journey to Understand His Extraordinary Son by Ian Brown 3.88 avg rating — 1,849 ratings RBC Taylor Prize (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
	Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting the Great War 1917-1918 Volume 2 by Tim Cook 4.55 avg rating — 260 ratings RBC Taylor Prize (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
	John A: The Man Who Made Us (The Life and Times of John A. Macdonald - Volume One: 1815-1867) by Richard Gwyn 4.12 avg rating — 485 ratings RBC Taylor Prize (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
	Of This Earth: A Mennonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest by Rudy Wiebe 3.73 avg rating — 143 ratings RBC Taylor Prize (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
	Dead Man in Paradise: Unraveling a Murder from a Time of Revolution by J.B. MacKinnon 3.72 avg rating — 102 ratings RBC Taylor Prize (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 Shark God: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific by Charles Montgomery 3.46 avg rating — 296 ratings RBC Taylor Prize (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
	Belonging: Home Away from Home by Isabel Huggan 3.58 avg rating — 146 ratings RBC Taylor Prize (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
	Jane Austen: A Life by Carol Shields 3.69 avg rating — 4,383 ratings RBC Taylor Prize (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
	Baltimore's Mansion: A Memoir by Wayne Johnston 3.85 avg rating — 456 ratings RBC Taylor Prize (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

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	Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 25,498 ratings RBC Taylor Prize Nominee for Longlist (2019)	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
	Power, Prime Ministers and the Press: The Battle for Truth on Parliament Hill by Robert Lewis 4.18 avg rating — 28 ratings RBC Taylor Prize Nominee for Longlist (2019)	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
	Seeking the Fabled City: The Canadian Jewish Experience by Allan Levine (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings RBC Taylor Prize Nominee for Longlist (2019)	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
	Trust: Twenty Ways to Build a Better Country by David Johnston 3.82 avg rating — 150 ratings RBC Taylor Prize Nominee for Longlist (2019)	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
	Son of a Critch: A Childish Newfoundland Memoir by Mark Critch 4.15 avg rating — 1,113 ratings RBC Taylor Prize Nominee for Longlist (2019)	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
	Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age by Darrel J. McLeod 4.21 avg rating — 764 ratings RBC Taylor Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2019)	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
	All Things Consoled: A Daughter's Memoir by Elizabeth Hay 3.95 avg rating — 1,251 ratings RBC Taylor Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2019)	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
	Jan in 35 Pieces: A Memoir in Music by Ian Hampton 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings RBC Taylor Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2019)	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
	Just Let Me Look at You: On Fatherhood by Bill Gaston really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 51 ratings RBC Taylor Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2019)	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 Is Not My Life: A Memoir of Love, Prison, and Other Complications by Diane Schoemperlen 3.65 avg rating — 540 ratings RBC Taylor Prize Nominee (2017)	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
	Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World by Marc Raboy 3.98 avg rating — 58 ratings RBC Taylor Prize Nominee (2017)	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
	Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story by Matti Friedman 4.02 avg rating — 1,552 ratings RBC Taylor Prize Nominee (2017)	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

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