The History of Emily Montague (1769) – Frances Brooke
Wacousta (1832) – John Richardson
The Clockmaker: The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville (1835-6) – Thomas Chandler Haliburton
The Backwoods of Canada (1836) – Catharine Parr Traill
Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada (1838) – Anna Brownell Jameson
Roughing It in the Bush (1852) – Susanna Moodie
Life in the Clearings versus the Bush (1853) – Susanna Moodie
Antoinette de Mirecourt (1864) – Rosanna Leprohon
Armand Durand (1868) – Rosanna Leprohon *
In the Village of Viger (1896) – Duncan Campbell Scott
Wild Animals I Have Known (1898) – Ernest Thompson Seton
The Man from Glengarry (1901) – Ralph Connor
Glengarry School Days (1902) – Ralph Connor
The Imperialist (1904) – Sara Jeannette Duncan
Anne of Green Gables (1908) – L.M. Montgomery
Woodsmen of the West (1908) – M. Allerdale Grainger
Literary Lapses (1910) – Stephen Leacock
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912) – Stephen Leacock
Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich (1914) – Stephen Leacock
Canadian Poetry: From the Beginnings Through the First World War – Carole Gerson (ed.), and Gwendolyn Davies (ed.)
Over Prairie Trails (1922) – Frederick Philip Grove
Emily of New Moon (1923) – L.M. Montgomery
Emily Climbs (1925) – L.M. Montgomery
Settlers of the Marsh (1925) – Frederick Philip Grove
Wild Geese (1925) – Martha Ostenso
Grain (1926) – Robert Stead
Emily’s Quest (1927) – L.M. Montgomery
A Search for America (1927) – Frederick Philip Grove
White Narcissus (1929) – Raymond Knister
Fruits of the Earth (1933) – Frederick Philip Grove
Such is My Beloved (1933)- Morley Callaghan
They Shall Inherit the Earth (1935) – Morley Callaghan
More Joy in Heaven (1937) – Morley Callaghan
Thirty Acres (1938) – Ringuet
Poets Between the Wars – Milton Wilson (ed.)
Tay John (1939) – Howard O’Hagan
As For Me and My House (1941) – Sinclair Ross
Barometer Rising (1941) – Hugh MacLennan
My Financial Career and Other Follies (1944) – Stephen Leacock
My Remarkable Uncle (1944) – Stephen Leacock
The Tin Flute (1945) – Gabrielle Roy
Two Solitudes (1945) – Hugh MacLennan
Hetty Dorval (1947) – Ethel Wilson
Sarah Binks (1947) – Paul Hiebert
Who Has Seen the Wind (1947) – W.O. Mitchell
The Innocent Traveller (1949) – Ethel Wilson
Turvey (1949) – Earle Birney
Where Nests the Water Hen (1950) – Gabrielle Roy
Ancient Lineages and Other Stories – Morley Callaghan
Each Man’s Son (1951) – Hugh MacLennan
The Second Scroll (1951) – A.M. Klein
Tempest-Tost (1951) – Robertson Davies *
The Equations of Love (1952) – Ethel Wilson
The Mountain and the Valley (1952) – Ernest Buckler
The Acrobats (1954) – Mordecai Richler
The Cashier (1954) – Gabrielle Roy
Last of the Curlews (1954) – Fred Bodsworth
Swamp Angel (1954) – Ethel Wilson
Leaven of Malice (1954) – Robertson Davies *
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1955) – Brian Moore
Son of a Smaller Hero (1955) – Mordecai Richler
Street of Riches (1955) – Gabrielle Roy
Love and Salt Water (1956) – Ethel Wilson
The Sacrifice (1956) – Adele Wiseman
A Choice of Enemies (1957) – Mordecai Richler
Under the Ribs of Death (1957) – John Marlyn
Execution (1958) – Colin McDougall
A Mixture of Frailties (1958) – Robertson Davies *
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959) – Mordecai Richler
The Double Hook (1959) – Sheila Watson
Mad Shadows (1959) – Marie-Claire Blais
The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1960) – Brian Moore
This Side Jordan (1960) – Margaret Laurence
A Voice from the Attic: Essays on the Art of Reading (1960) – Robertson Davies *
Mrs. Golightly and Other Stories (1961) – Ethel Wilson
The Kissing Man (1962) – George Elliott
Tales From an Uncertain Country (1962) – Jacques Ferron
The Secret World of Og (1962) – Pierre Berton *
The Favourite Game (1963) – Leonard Cohen
The Incomparable Atuk (1963) – Mordecai Richler
The Prophet’s Camel Bell (1963) – Margaret Laurence
The Tomorrow-Tamer (1963) – Margaret Laurence
That Summer in Paris (1963) – Morley Callaghan *
The Stone Angel (1964) – Margaret Laurence
Next Episode (1965) – Hubert Aquin
A Season in the Life of Emmanuel (1965) – Marie-Claire Blais
Beautiful Losers (1966) – Leonard Cohen
A Jest of God (1966) – Margaret Laurence
The Road Past Altamont (1966) – Gabrielle Roy
Cocksure (1968) – Mordecai Richler
The Lamp at Noon and Other Stories (1968) – Sinclair Ross
The Coming of Winter (1968) – David Adams Richards
Lost in the Barrens (1968) – Farley Mowat *
The Edible Woman (1969) – Margaret Atwood
The Fire-Dwellers (1969) – Margaret Laurence
The Street (1969) – Mordecai Richler
A Bird in the House (1970) – Margaret Laurence
The Blue Mountains of China (1970) – Rudy Wiebe
Fifth Business (1970) – Robertson Davies *
Poets of Contemporary Canada 1960-1970 – Eli Mandel (ed.)
Windflower (1970) – Gabrielle Roy
Klondike: The National Dream: The Great Railway, 1871-1881 (1970) – Pierre Berton *
St. Urbain’s Horseman (1971) – Mordecai Richler
Klondike: The Last Spike: The Great Railway, 1881-1885 (1971) – Pierre Berton *
Lives of Girls and Women (1971) – Alice Munro *
The Manticore (1972) – Robertson Davies *
Pandora (1972) – Sylvia Fraser
Surfacing (1972)- Margaret Atwood
Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899 (1972) – Pierre Berton *
The Temptations of Big Bear (1973) – Rudy Wiebe
Dance of the Happy Shades (1973) – Alice Munro *
Crackpot (1974) – Adele Wiseman
The Diviners (1974) – Margaret Laurence
Something I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You (1974) – Alice Munro *
Garden in the Wind (1975) – Gabrielle Roy
World of Wonders (1975) – Robertson Davies *
Bear (1976)- Marian Engel
Blood Ties (1976) – David Adams Richards
The Lost Salt Gift of Blood (1976) – Alistair MacLeod
Spit Delaney’s Island (1976) – Jack Hodgins
Children of My Heart (1977) – Gabrielle Roy *
The Dionne Years (1977) – Pierre Berton *
The Invention of the World (1977) – Jack Hodgins
The Wars (1977) – Timothy Findley *
Who Do You Think You Are? (1978) – Alice Munro *
From the Fifteenth District (1979) – Mavis Gallant *
The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne (1979) – Jack Hodgins
Joshua Then and Now (1980) – Mordecai Richler
The Invasion of Canada, 1812-1813 (1980) – Pierre Berton *
Flames Across the Border, 1813-1814 (1981) – Pierre Berton *
The Alley Cat (1981) – Yves Beauchemin
Lives of Short Duration (1981) – David Adams Richards
The Rebel Angels (1981) – Robertson Davies *
Obasan (1981) – Joy Kogawa *
Man Descending (1982) – Guy Vanderhaeghe
Perpetual Motion (1982) – Graeme Gibson
Running in the Family (1982) – Michael Ondaatje
Murder in the Dark (1983) – Margaret Atwood
Not Wanted on the Voyage (1984) – Timothy Findley *
Digging Up the Mountains (1985)- Neil Bissondath
What’s Bred in the Bone (1985) – Robertson Davies *
As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories (1986) – Alistair MacLeod
Vimy (1986) – Pierre Berton *
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (1986) – Alice Munro *
Tales from Firozsha Baag (1987) – Rohinton Mistry
The Lyre of Orpheus (1988) – Robertson Davies *
Nights Below Station Street (1988) – David Adams Richards
The Arctic Grail: The Quest for the Northwest Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909 (1988) – Pierre Berton *
Solomon Gursky Was Here (1989) – Mordecai Richler
Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace (1990) – David Adams Richards
The Great Depression: 1929-1939 (1990) – Pierre Berton *
A Father’s Kingdom (1938-1990) – Sheila Watson
Such a Long Journey (1991) – Rohinton Mistry
Wilderness Tips (1991) – Margaret Atwood *
Murther & Walking Spirits (1991) – Robertson Davies *
The Afterlife of George Cartwright (1992) – John Steffler
Deep Hollow Creek (1992) – Sheila Watson
The Whirlpool (1992) – Jane Urquhart
Across the Bridge (1993) – Mavis Gallant
The Stone Diaries (1993) – Carol Shields *
Any Time At All and Other Stories (1993) – Joyce Marshall
Headhunter (1993) – Timothy Findley *
For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down (1993) – David Adams Richards
Good Bones (1994) – Margaret Atwood
The Moslem Wife and Other Stories (1994) – Mavis Gallant
The Cunning Man (1994) – Robertson Davies *
Open Secrets (1994) – Alice Munro *
A Fine Balance (1995) – Rohinton Mistry
Alias Grace (1996) – Margaret Atwood *
Fall on Your Knees (1996) – Ann-Marie MacDonald *
The Piano Man’s Daughter (1996) – Timothy Findley *
Larry’s Party (1997) – Carol Shields *
1967: The Last Good Year (1997) – Pierre Berton *
The Man From the Creeks (1998) – Robert Kroetsch
No Great Mischief (1999) – Alistair MacLeod *
The Rez Sisters (1999) – Tomson Highway *
Pilgrim (1999) – Timothy Findley *
Light Shining Out of Darkness and Other Stories (2000) – Hugh Hood
The Blind Assassin (2000) – Margaret Atwood *
Island (2001) – Alistair MacLeod *
Spadework (2001) – Timothy Findley *
The Stone Carvers (2001) – Jane Urqhart *
Unless (2002) – Carol Shields *
No Love Lost (2003) – Alice Munro *
CanLit Challenge List (by chronology)