The Giller Prize announced its 2026 shortlist on October 5, naming five novels in the running for the $100,000 award, Canada’s most valuable prize for fiction.
The shortlist
Wild People Quiet by Tara Gereaux; Eliza Sunshine by Michelle Good; Your Breath in Charcoal by Nicholas Herring; The Small Ones by Nazanine Hozar; and Good People by Patmeena Sabit.
This year’s titles were chosen by a jury of independent booksellers from a longlist of fourteen books. The winner will be revealed on November 16, 2026.
