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

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

2008

• Nino Ricci – The Origin of Species

Also shortlisted:

• Rivka Galchen – Atmospheric Disturbances
• Rawi Hage – Cockroach
• David Adams Richards – The Lost Highway
• Fred Stenson – The Great Karoo

Added 21 October 2008.
Updated 21 November 2008.