The Donner Prize shortlisted authors, from left to right: Tim Wu, Tony Keller, Bob Joseph, James R. Mitchell, Kevin G. Lynch, John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker.

Five books have been named to the shortlist of the 2026 Donner Prize.

The annual $60,000 prize, established in 1998, recognizes the best book about public policy written by a Canadian.

This year, the shortlisted books cover a range of topics, from Indigenous self-government and Canadian immigration to the power of tech platforms.

The winner will be announced at an event in Toronto on May 14. The four finalists will each receive $7,500.

The shortlisted books are:

• Breaking Point: The New Big Shifts Putting Canada at Risk by Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson (Signal/Penguin Random House Canada)
• 21 Things You Need to Know About Indigenous Self-Government: A Conversation About Dismantling the Indian Act by Bob Joseph (Page Two)
• Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong by Tony Keller (Sutherland House Books)
• A New Blueprint for Government: Reshaping Power, The PMO, and the Public Service by Kevin G. Lynch and James R. Mitchell (University of Regina Press)
• The Age of Extraction: How Tech Platforms Conquered the Economy and Threaten Our Future Prosperity by Tim Wu (Alfred A. Knopf/Penguin Random House Canada)