Bear by Marian EngelGoing Down Swinging by Billie LivingstonThe Cunning Man by Robertson DaviesNot Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy FindleyFifth Business by Robertson Davies
Canadian Fiction
1,039 books — 605 voters

Greedy Little Eyes by Billie LivingstonMother of Sorrows by Richard McCannJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonBirds of America by Lorrie MooreThe Girl in the Flammable Skirt by Aimee Bender
Contemporary Short Story Collections
551 books — 335 voters
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughThe Crooked Heart of Mercy by Billie LivingstonThe End of the Affair by Graham GreeneThe Diary of a Country Priest by Georges BernanosThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Good Catholic Novels
80 books — 48 voters

One Good Hustle by Billie LivingstonGoing Down Swinging by Billie LivingstonHouse of Games by David MametThe Grifters by Jim ThompsonThe Godfather by Mario Puzo
Con Men, Gamblers and Hustlers
326 books — 141 voters
The Crooked Heart of Mercy by Billie LivingstonBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerThe Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris L. WestThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Best Catholic Fiction
362 books — 291 voters

The Crooked Heart of Mercy by Billie LivingstonDeath Comes for the Archbishop by Willa CatherThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Diary of a Country Priest by Georges BernanosThe Devil's Advocate by Morris L. West
Catholic Fiction
543 books — 426 voters
The Crooked Heart of Mercy by Billie LivingstonThe Double Hook by Sheila WatsonThe Edible Woman by Margaret AtwoodFifth Business by Robertson DaviesAll My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Oh, Canada!
1,345 books — 505 voters

The Crooked Heart of Mercy by Billie LivingstonMy Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
2016 New Releases
51 books — 34 voters
Mere Christianity by C.S. LewisWise Blood by Flannery O'Connor
Best Christian Fiction & Non-Fiction
697 books — 292 voters

Going Down Swinging by Billie LivingstonA Complicated Kindness by Miriam ToewsRoom by Emma DonoghueThe Wars by Timothy FindleyNot Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley
Best Canadian Literature
2,331 books — 1,144 voters

My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth StroutThe Girls by Emma ClineThe Crooked Heart of Mercy by Billie Livingston
2016 Best Books
287 books — 410 voters
The Crooked Heart of Mercy by Billie LivingstonMemory Wall by Anthony DoerrRoom by Emma DonoghueAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,644 books — 14,148 voters

Cease to Blush by Billie LivingstonStrange Heaven by Lynn CoadyGeek Love by Katherine DunnGoing Down Swinging by Billie Livingston
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,198 books — 68,030 voters