The Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction (English) is awarded annually.

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

1984

• Josef Skvorecky – The Engineer of Human Souls

Also shortlisted:

• Timothy Findley – Not Wanted on the Voyage
• Susan Kerslake – The Book of Fears
• Audrey Thomas – Intertidal Life

Added 17 November 2005.
Updated 11 November 2007.