The Crooked Heart of Mercy by Billie LivingstonMister Sandman by Barbara GowdyNatural Order by Brian  Francis
BEST GAY CANADIAN FICTION
62 books — 38 voters

Ragged Company by Richard WagameseMonkey Beach by Eden RobinsonKiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson HighwayKeeper'n Me by Richard Wagamese
Best Canadian Indigenous Literature
186 books — 169 voters
One Good Hustle by Billie LivingstonThe Grifters by Jim ThompsonThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel ShriverAnswered Prayers by Truman Capote
Con Men, Gamblers and Hustlers
327 books — 143 voters

The Crooked Heart of Mercy by Billie LivingstonBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksThe Bay of Love and Sorrows by David Adams RichardsThis Boy's Life by Tobias WolffThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Decent ADULT books for ADULT readers
822 books — 328 voters
The Crooked Heart of Mercy by Billie LivingstonThe Heretic's Apprentice by Ellis PetersThe Power and the Glory by Graham GreeneDeath Comes for the Archbishop by Willa CatherThe Diary of a Country Priest by Georges Bernanos
Catholic Fiction
544 books — 428 voters

Greedy Little Eyes by Billie LivingstonDriving Men Mad by Elise LevineHellgoing by Lynn CoadyThe Complete Stories of Truman Capote by Truman CapoteCathedral by Raymond Carver
Best Short Stories
1,757 books — 1,040 voters
The Crooked Heart of Mercy by Billie Livingston
Best Books of 2016
1,832 books — 2,783 voters

The Crooked Heart of Mercy by Billie LivingstonMy Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth StroutThe Good Goodbye by Carla Buckley
2016 Best Books
287 books — 410 voters
The Crooked Heart of Mercy by Billie LivingstonWhere My Heart Used to Beat by Sebastian Faulks
Anticipated 2016 Literary Fiction
330 books — 701 voters

One Good Hustle by Billie Livingston
2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist
13 books — 37 voters