The Books in Canada First Novel Award is given annually for a first novel in English published in the previous year by a Canadian.

An asterisk (*) indicates a review is available for that book.

2006

• Madeleine Thien – Certainty

Also shortlisted:

• Peter Behrens – The Law of Dreams
• John Degen – The Uninvited Guest
• Annette Lapointe – Stolen
• Heather O'Neill – Lullabies for Little Criminals
• Adam Lewis Schroeder – Empress of Asia

Added 13 January 2006.
Updated 07 October 2008.