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The Globe and Mail Globe 100 2025

The Globe and Mail Globe 100 2025 names 100 books across 2 categories. 40 of them also won or were shortlisted for an award.

Fiction

  1. A Guardian and A Thief by Megha Majumdarsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. A Schooling In Murder by Andrew Taylorsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Audition by Katie Kitamurasource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Benbecula by Graeme MaCrae Burnetsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Big of You by Elise Levinesource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwabsource (opens in a new tab)
  7. Detective Aunty by Uzma Jalaluddinsource (opens in a new tab)
  8. Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcettsource (opens in a new tab)
  9. Endling by Maria Revasource (opens in a new tab)
  10. Flashlight by Susan Choisource (opens in a new tab)
  11. Flesh by David Szalaysource (opens in a new tab)
  12. Graveyard Shift at The Lemonade Stand by Tim Bowlingsource (opens in a new tab)
  13. Isola by Allegra Goodmansource (opens in a new tab)
  14. Julius Julius by Aurora Stewart de Peñasource (opens in a new tab)
  15. Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkawaysource (opens in a new tab)
  16. Katabasis by R. F. Kuangsource (opens in a new tab)
  17. King of Ashes by S. A. Cosbysource (opens in a new tab)
  18. Leo by Deon Meyersource (opens in a new tab)
  19. Let Me Go Mad in My Own Way by Elaine Feeneysource (opens in a new tab)
  20. Mother of God by Sara Peterssource (opens in a new tab)
  21. My Friends by Fredrik Backmansource (opens in a new tab)
  22. Nightshade by Michael Connellysource (opens in a new tab)
  23. North Sun or the Voyage of the Whaleship Esther by Ethan Rutherfordsource (opens in a new tab)
  24. On the Calculation of Volume (Book III) by Solvej Balle, translated by Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russellsource (opens in a new tab)
  25. Other Worlds by André Alexissource (opens in a new tab)
  26. Pick a Colour by Souvankham Thammavongsasource (opens in a new tab)
  27. Sacred Rage by Steven Heightonsource (opens in a new tab)
  28. Self Care by Russell Smithsource (opens in a new tab)
  29. Small Ceremonies by Kyle Edwardssource (opens in a new tab)
  30. Strangers at the Red Door by Dennis Bocksource (opens in a new tab)
  31. The Antidote by Karen Russellsource (opens in a new tab)
  32. The Arizona Triangle by Sydney Gravessource (opens in a new tab)
  33. The Black Wolf by Louise Pennysource (opens in a new tab)
  34. The Book of I by David Greigsource (opens in a new tab)
  35. The Book of Records by Madeleine Thiensource (opens in a new tab)
  36. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jonessource (opens in a new tab)
  37. The City Changes Its Face by Eimear McBridesource (opens in a new tab)
  38. The Compound by Aisling Rawlesource (opens in a new tab)
  39. The Doorman by Chris Pavonesource (opens in a new tab)
  40. The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalamisource (opens in a new tab)
  41. The Drowned by John Banvillesource (opens in a new tab)
  42. The Hitchikers by Chevy Stevenssource (opens in a new tab)
  43. The Hounding by Xenobe Purvissource (opens in a new tab)
  44. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desaisource (opens in a new tab)
  45. The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtarsource (opens in a new tab)
  46. The Riveter by Jack Wangsource (opens in a new tab)
  47. The Tiger and the Cosmonaut by Eddy Boudel Tansource (opens in a new tab)
  48. The Trial of Katterfelto by Michael Redhillsource (opens in a new tab)
  49. The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) by Rabih Alameddinesource (opens in a new tab)
  50. Theft by Abdulrazak Gurnahsource (opens in a new tab)
  51. To Place a Rabbit by Madhur Anandsource (opens in a new tab)
  52. We Are Green and Trembling by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, translated by Robin Meyerssource (opens in a new tab)
  53. We Could Be Rats by Emily Austinsource (opens in a new tab)
  54. We Do Not Part by Han Kang, translated by E. Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morrissource (opens in a new tab)
  55. We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awadsource (opens in a new tab)
  56. We, the Kindling by Otoniya J. Okot Biteksource (opens in a new tab)
  57. What We Can Know by Ian McEwansource (opens in a new tab)
  58. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghysource (opens in a new tab)
  59. Written on the Dark by Guy Gavriel Kaysource (opens in a new tab)
  60. You’ve Changed by Ian Williamssource (opens in a new tab)

Non-Fiction

  1. A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirstsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toewssource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Apple in China by Patrick McGeesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Baldwin, Styron and Me by Mélikah Abdelmoumen, translated by Catherine Khordocsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza by Peter Beinartsource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Big Girls Don’t Cry by Susan Swansource (opens in a new tab)
  7. Book of Lives by Margaret Atwoodsource (opens in a new tab)
  8. Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity by Raymond B. Blakesource (opens in a new tab)
  9. Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williamssource (opens in a new tab)
  10. Dead and Alive by Zadie Smithsource (opens in a new tab)
  11. Encampment by Maggie Helwigsource (opens in a new tab)
  12. Ends of the Earth by Neil Shubinsource (opens in a new tab)
  13. Enshittification by Cory Doctorowsource (opens in a new tab)
  14. Everything is Tuberculosis by John Greensource (opens in a new tab)
  15. Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbertsource (opens in a new tab)
  16. How to End a Story by Helen Garnersource (opens in a new tab)
  17. How to Feed the World by Vaclav Smilsource (opens in a new tab)
  18. How to Share an Egg by Bonny Reichertsource (opens in a new tab)
  19. How to Survive a Bear Attack by Claire Cameronsource (opens in a new tab)
  20. Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlanesource (opens in a new tab)
  21. John Candy by Paul Myerssource (opens in a new tab)
  22. Joyride by Susan Orleansource (opens in a new tab)
  23. King of Kings by Scott Andersonsource (opens in a new tab)
  24. Lone Wolf by Adam Weymouthsource (opens in a new tab)
  25. Look Ma, No Hands by Gabrielle Droletsource (opens in a new tab)
  26. Mother Mary Comes To Me by Arundhati Roysource (opens in a new tab)
  27. October 7th: Searching for the Humanitarian Middle by Marsha Ledermansource (opens in a new tab)
  28. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkadsource (opens in a new tab)
  29. Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers by Marcello di Cintiosource (opens in a new tab)
  30. The Coutts Diaries by Ron Grahamsource (opens in a new tab)
  31. The Gales of November by John U. Baconsource (opens in a new tab)
  32. The Harder I Fight The More I Love You by Neko Casesource (opens in a new tab)
  33. The Lobster Trap by Greg Mercersource (opens in a new tab)
  34. The Mind Mappers by Eric Andrew-Geesource (opens in a new tab)
  35. The Salt Stones by Helen Whybrowsource (opens in a new tab)
  36. The Snag by Tessa McWattsource (opens in a new tab)
  37. Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Lisource (opens in a new tab)
  38. We Survived The Night by Julian Brave NoiseCatsource (opens in a new tab)
  39. Welcome to the Family by Barry Hertzsource (opens in a new tab)
  40. When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... by Steven Pinkersource (opens in a new tab)

About the The Globe and Mail Globe 100

The Globe 100, The Globe and Mail's annual books-section pick of the year's best books, 2006-2025. All rows come from the Globe's own Globe 100 archive (an interactive on theglobeandmail.com, read from its public data file). Categories are the archive's genre labels: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Graphic Literature, Kids' Books, Young Adult Fiction and Cookbooks. Fiction and Non-Fiction merge the paper's Canadian and international sections; thrillers sit under Fiction. Every year has 100 books except 2007, which the archive lists with 101. Checks against the annual Globe 100 articles for 2009, 2017 and 2019-2024 matched. Eight archive typos were fixed from the annual article, a publisher or retailer page, or other lists in this catalog: Killers of the Flower Moon (2017), Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder (2024), and the author names Andrew O’Hagan, Ian McEwan, Linden MacIntyre, Sara Cassidy, Andrew Larsen and Kenneth Oppel. Illustrators and volume editors are dropped from the author field; translators are kept. Reader-pick follow-ups and writers' favourite-books columns are left out. The list is not ranked.

Organization: The Globe and Mail. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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