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The Globe and Mail Globe 100 2007

The Globe and Mail Globe 100 2007 names 101 books across 3 categories. 39 of them also won or were shortlisted for an award.

Fiction

  1. Animal’s People by Indra Sinhasource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Arlington Park by Rachel Cusksource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Bang Crunch by Neil Smithsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Be Near Me by Andrew O’Hagansource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Big Man Coming Down the Road by Brad Smithsource (opens in a new tab)
  6. Bottle Rocket Hearts by Zoe Whittallsource (opens in a new tab)
  7. Day by A. L. Kennedysource (opens in a new tab)
  8. Divisadero by Michael Ondaatjesource (opens in a new tab)
  9. Effigy by Alissa Yorksource (opens in a new tab)
  10. Exit Ghost by Philip Rothsource (opens in a new tab)
  11. Exit Music by Ian Rankinsource (opens in a new tab)
  12. Falling Man by Don DeLillosource (opens in a new tab)
  13. Fault Lines by Nancy Hustonsource (opens in a new tab)
  14. Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  15. García’s Heart by Liam Durcansource (opens in a new tab)
  16. Glass Voices by Carol Bruneausource (opens in a new tab)
  17. Helpless by Barbara Gowdysource (opens in a new tab)
  18. Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Haysource (opens in a new tab)
  19. Lauchlin of the Bad Heart by D. R. MacDonaldsource (opens in a new tab)
  20. Life Class by Pat Barkersource (opens in a new tab)
  21. Mothers and Sons by Colm Tóibínsource (opens in a new tab)
  22. October by Richard B. Wrightsource (opens in a new tab)
  23. On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwansource (opens in a new tab)
  24. Radiance by Shaena Lambertsource (opens in a new tab)
  25. Run by Ann Patchettsource (opens in a new tab)
  26. Stormy Weather by Paulette Jilessource (opens in a new tab)
  27. The Architects Are Here by Michael Wintersource (opens in a new tab)
  28. The Assassin’s Song by M. G. Vassanjisource (opens in a new tab)
  29. The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hillsource (opens in a new tab)
  30. The Collected Stories by Leonard Michaelssource (opens in a new tab)
  31. The Culprits by Robert Houghsource (opens in a new tab)
  32. The End of the Alphabet by C. S. Richardsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  33. The Frozen Thames by Helen Humphreyssource (opens in a new tab)
  34. The Gum Thief by Douglas Couplandsource (opens in a new tab)
  35. The Lost Highway by David Adams Richardssource (opens in a new tab)
  36. The Nature of Monsters by Clare Clarksource (opens in a new tab)
  37. The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor by Sally Armstrongsource (opens in a new tab)
  38. The Outlander by Gil Adamsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  39. The Pesthouse by Jim Cracesource (opens in a new tab)
  40. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamidsource (opens in a new tab)
  41. The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño, translated by Natasha Wimmersource (opens in a new tab)
  42. The Shadow Catcher by Marianne Wigginssource (opens in a new tab)
  43. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabonsource (opens in a new tab)
  44. When We Were Bad by Charlotte Mendelsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  45. Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kaysource (opens in a new tab)
  46. Zeroville by Steve Ericksonsource (opens in a new tab)

Non-Fiction

  1. 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa by Stephanie Nolensource (opens in a new tab)
  2. A Life of Picasso by John Richardsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beahsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. A Memoir of Friendship: The Letters Between Carol Shields & Blanche Howard by Blanche Howard and Allison Howardsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. A Russian Diary by Anna Politkovskaya, translated by Arch Taitsource (opens in a new tab)
  6. A Secular Age by Charles Taylorsource (opens in a new tab)
  7. About Alice by Calvin Trillinsource (opens in a new tab)
  8. Abstract Painting in Canada by Roald Nasgaardsource (opens in a new tab)
  9. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolversource (opens in a new tab)
  10. At the Sharp End: Canadians Fighting the Great War by Tim Cooksource (opens in a new tab)
  11. Beaverbrook: A Shattered Legacy by Jacques Poitrassource (opens in a new tab)
  12. Black Mass by John Graysource (opens in a new tab)
  13. Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahillsource (opens in a new tab)
  14. Emperor of the North: Sir George Simpson and the Remarkable Story of the Hudson’s Bay Company by James Raffansource (opens in a new tab)
  15. Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions that Changed the World, 1940-1941 by Ian Kershawsource (opens in a new tab)
  16. From Harvey River by Lorna Goodisonsource (opens in a new tab)
  17. God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchenssource (opens in a new tab)
  18. Green City by Mary Soderstromsource (opens in a new tab)
  19. Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Alisource (opens in a new tab)
  20. Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language by Seth Lerersource (opens in a new tab)
  21. I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad by Karolyn Smardz Frostsource (opens in a new tab)
  22. Journals, 1952-2000 by Arthur M. Schlesingersource (opens in a new tab)
  23. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weinersource (opens in a new tab)
  24. Leonard Woolf by Victoria Glendinningsource (opens in a new tab)
  25. Lost Genius: The Curious and Tragic Story of an Extraordinary Musical Prodigy by Kevin Bazzanasource (opens in a new tab)
  26. Merle’s Door: Lessons From a Freethinking Dog by Ted Kerasotesource (opens in a new tab)
  27. Musicophilia by Oliver Sackssource (opens in a new tab)
  28. One Child at a Time by Julian Shersource (opens in a new tab)
  29. Paths of Glory: The Life and Death of General James Wolfe by Stephen Brumwellsource (opens in a new tab)
  30. Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present by Michael B. Orensource (opens in a new tab)
  31. Prisoner of Tehran by Marina Nematsource (opens in a new tab)
  32. Raisin Wine by James Bartlemansource (opens in a new tab)
  33. Silence of the Songbirds: How We Are Losing the World’s Songbirds and What We Can Do to Save Them by Bridget Stutchburysource (opens in a new tab)
  34. The 100-Mile Diet by Alisa Smith and J. B. MacKinnonsource (opens in a new tab)
  35. The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidgesource (opens in a new tab)
  36. The Film Club by David Gilmoursource (opens in a new tab)
  37. The Geography of Hope by Chris Turnersource (opens in a new tab)
  38. The Iambics of Newfoundland by Robert Finchsource (opens in a new tab)
  39. The Invincible Quest: The Life of Richard Milhous Nixon by Conrad Blacksource (opens in a new tab)
  40. The Long March: The True History of China's Founding Myth by Sun Shuyunsource (opens in a new tab)
  41. The Secret History of the War on Cancer by Devra Davissource (opens in a new tab)
  42. The Snoring Bird: My Family’s Journey Through a Century of Biology by Bernd Heinrichsource (opens in a new tab)
  43. The Unexpected War: Canada In Kandahar by Janice Gross Stein and Eugene Langsource (opens in a new tab)
  44. The World Without Us by Alan Weismansource (opens in a new tab)
  45. Thomas Hardy by Claire Tomalinsource (opens in a new tab)
  46. To the Castle and Back by Václav Havel, translated by Paul Wilsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  47. Unlikely Utopia: The Surprising Triumph Of Canadian Multiculturalism by Michael Adamssource (opens in a new tab)
  48. Where War Lives by Paul Watsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  49. Whose War Is It?: How Canada Can Survive in the Post-9/11 World by J. L. Granatsteinsource (opens in a new tab)
  50. Witch Hunts: From Salem to Guantanamo Bay by Robert Rapleysource (opens in a new tab)

Poetry

  1. Adagios: Electra’s Benison by Judith Fitzgeraldsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Muybridge’s Horses by Rob Wingersource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Quick by Anne Simpsonsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Biplane Houses by Les Murraysource (opens in a new tab)
  5. Yesno by Dennis Leesource (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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