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Amazon.ca First Novel Award

The Amazon.ca First Novel Award, formerly the Books in Canada First Novel Award, is a Canadian literary award, co-presented by Amazon.ca and The Walrus to the best first novel in English published the previous year by a citizen or resident of Canada.

Amazon.ca First Novel Award

2023 Amazon First Novel Award

2021 Amazon.ca First Novel Award

2020 Amazon.ca First Novel Award

2019 Amazon.ca First Novel Award

2018 Amazon.ca First Novel Award

2017 Amazon.ca First Novel Award

2016 Amazon.ca First Novel Award

2023 Amazon First Novel Award

The 2023 Amazon First Novel Shortlist

2021 Amazon.ca First Novel Award

The 45th Amazon Canada First Novel Award Shortlist

2020 Amazon.ca First Novel Award

Dishwasher, The

2020 Amazon Canada First Novel Award

2019 Amazon.ca First Novel Award

Little Fish

2019 Amazon First Novel Award Shortlist

2018 Amazon.ca First Novel Award

The Water Beetles

2018 Amazon First Novel Award Nominees

2017 Amazon.ca First Novel Award

The Break

2017 Amazon First Novel Award Finalists

2016 Amazon.ca First Novel Award

13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl

2016 Amazon.ca First Novel Award Shortlist