2019 Toronto Book Awards Long List
Just in time for summer reading, the City of Toronto and Toronto Public Library have named the 12 books longlisted for the 2019 Toronto Book Awards. Established by Toronto City Council in 1974, the awards honour books of literary merit that are evocative of Toronto.

Ayesha At Last
A Novel

Be With
Letters to a Carer

Building Resistance
Children, Tuberculosis, and the Toronto Sanatorium

Chop Suey Nation
The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada’s Chinese Restaurants

Immigrant City

Late Breaking

Reproduction

The Student

The Ward Uncovered
The Archaeology of Everyday Life

Theory

They Call Me George
The Untold Story of Black Train Porters and the Birth of Modern Canada