| 2006 |
The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization, by Thomas Homer-Dixon, published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada / Random House of Canada Limited |
| 2005 |
Profiting the Crown: Canada’s Polymer Corporation, 1942-1990, by Matthew J. Bellamy, published by McGill-Queen's University Press |
| 2004 |
Wrong Way: The Fall of Conrad Black, by Jacquie McNish and Sinclair Stewart, published Penguin Group (Canada) |
| 2003 |
The Human Factor: Revolutioinizing the Way People Live With Technology, by Kim Vicente, published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada |
| 2002 |
The Bubble and The Bear: How Nortel Burst the Canadian Dream, by Douglas Hunter, published by Doubleday Canada |
| 2001 |
Free Rider: How a Bay St. Whiz Kid Stole and Spent $20 Million, by John Lawrence Reynolds, published by McArthur & Company |
| 2000 |
No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies, by Naomi Klein, published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada |
| 1999 |
Unnatural Harvest — How Genetic Engineering is Altering Our Food, by Ingeborg Boyens, published by Doubleday Canada |
| 1998 |
Fever — The Dark Mystery of the Bre-X Gold Rush, by Jennifer Wells, published by Penguin Books of Canada Ltd. |
| 1997 |
The Reichmanns — Family, Faith, Fortune, and the Empire of Olympia & York, by Anthony Bianco, published by Random House Canada |
| 1996 |
Who Killed Confederation Life? The Inside Story, by Rod McQueen, published by McClelland & Stewart |
| 1995 |
Driving Force — The McLaughlin Family and the Age of the Car, by Heather Roberston, published by McClelland & Stewart |
| 1994 |
The Edible Man: Dave Nichol, President's Choice & the Making of Popular Taste, by Anne Kingston, published by Macfarland Walter & Ross |
| 1993 |
Quick to the Frontier: Canada's Royal Bank, by Duncan McDowall, published by McClelland & Stewart |
| 1992 |
Self-Serve: How Petro-Canada Pumped Canadians Dry, by Peter Foster, published by Macfarlane Walter & Ross |
| 1991 |
Faith & Fear — The Free Trade Story, by G. Bruce Doern and Brian W. Tomlin, published by Stoddart Published Co. Limited |
| 1990 |
Steinberg: The Breakup of a Family Empire, by Ann Gibbon and Peter Hadekel, published by Macmillan of Canada |
| 1989 |
Freewheeling, by Ian Brown, published by Harper & Collins |
| 1988 |
Shutting Down the National Dream, by Greig Stewart, published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited |
| 1987 |
Northern Enterprise, by Michael Bliss published by McClelland & Stewart |
| 1986 |
Harvest From The Rock, by Phillip Smith, published by Macmillan of Canada |
| 1985 |
A Matter of Trust, by Ann Shortell and Patricia Best, published by Viking Books |