1952
​The Palm-Wine Drinkard
by Amos Tutuola

1953
In the Castle of my Skin
​by George Lamming

1953
The Hills Were Joyful Together
​by Roger Mais

1955
My Bones and My Flute
​by Edgar Mittelholzer

1956
​The Lonely Londoners
by Samuel Selvon

1958
The Guide
​by RK Narayan

1959
To Sir With Love
​by ER Braithwaite

1961
Sunlight on a Broken Column
​by Attia Hosain

1961
A House for Mr Biswas
​by VS Naipaul

1961
One Moonlit Night (Un Nos Ola Leuad)
​by Caradog Prichard

1962
​A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess

1963
The Interrogation
​by JMG Le Clezio

1963
The Girls of Slender Means
​by Muriel Spark

1964
Arrow of God
​by Chinua Achebe

1966
Death of a Naturalist
​by Seamus Heaney

1966
​Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys

1967
Picnic at Hanging Rock
​by Joan Lindsay

1967
A Grain of Wheat
​by Ngũgĩ  wa Thiong'o

1968
The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born
​by Ayi Kwei Armah

1968
​When Rain Clouds Gather
by Bessie Head

1972
​The Nowhere Man
by Kamala Markandaya

1974
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
​by John le Carre

1977
The Thorn Birds
​by Colleen McCullough

1978
Who Do You Think You Are? (The Beggar Maid)
​by Alice Munro

1978
The Sea, The Sea
​by Iris Murdoch

1978
​The Crow Eaters
by Bapsi Sidhwa

1979
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
​by Douglas Adams

1980
Clear Light of Day
​by Anita Desai

1980
Tsotsi
​by Athol Fugard

1981
Midnight's Children
​by Salman Rushdie

1982
​Beka Lamb
by Zee Edgell

1982
Schindler's Ark
​by Thomas Keneally

1984
The Bone People
​by Keri Hulme

1985
The Handmaid's Tale
​by Margaret Atwood

1986
Summer Lightning
​by Olive Senior

1987
​The Whale Rider
by Witi Ihimaera

1989
​The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro

1990
Omeros
​by Derek Walcott

1991
The Adoption Papers
​by Jackie Kay

1991
Cloudstreet
​by Tim Winton

1992
​The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje

1993
The Stone Diaries
​by Carol Shields

1994
Paradise
​by Abdulrazak Gurnah

1995
A Fine Balance
​by Rohinton Mistry

1996
Salt
​by Earl Lovelace

1997
​The God Of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy

1999
Disgrace
​by JM Coetzee

1999
The Blue Bedspread
​by Raj Kamal Jha

2000
White Teeth
​by Zadie Smith

2001
Life of Pi
​by Yann Martel

2004
​Small Island
by Andrea Levy

2005
​The Secret River
​by Kate Grenville

2005
The Book Thief
​by Markus Zusak

2006
Half of a Yellow Sun
​by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

2007
A Golden Age
​by Tahmima Anam

2008
​The Boat
by Nam Le

2009
The Book of Night Women
​by Marlon James

2009
Wolf Hall
​by Hilary Mantel

2010
The Memory of Love
​by Aminatta Forna

2010
Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew
​by Shehan Karunatilaka

2012
​Our Lady of the Nile
by Scholastique Mukasonga

2013
The Luminaries
​by Eleanor Catton

2016
Behold the Dreamers
​by Imbolo Mbue

2016
The Bone Readers
​by Jacob Ross

2019
The Night Tiger
​by Yangsze Choo

2019
​Girl, Woman, Other
by Bernardine Evaristo

2019
How We Disappeared
​by Jing-Jing Lee

2020
Shuggie Bain
​by Douglas Stuart

2021
A Passage North
​by Anuk Arudpragasam

2021
The Promise
​by Damon Galgut

1952 The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola
1953 In the Castle of my Skin by George Lamming
1953 The Hills Were Joyful Together by Roger Mais
1955 My Bones and My Flute by Edgar Mittelholzer
1956 The Lonely Londoners by Samuel Selvon
1958 The Guide by RK Narayan
1959 To Sir With Love by ER Braithwaite
1961 Sunlight on a Broken Column by Attia Hosain
1961 A House for Mr Biswas by VS Naipaul
1961 One Moonlit Night (Un Nos Ola Leuad) by Caradog Prichard
1962 A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
1963 The Interrogation by JMG Le Clezio
1963 The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark
1964 Arrow of God by Chinua Achebe
1966 Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney
1966 Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
1967 Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay
1967 A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ  wa Thiong'o
1968 The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah
1968 When Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie Head
1972 The Nowhere Man by Kamala Markandaya
1974 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre
1977 The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
1978 Who Do You Think You Are? (The Beggar Maid) by Alice Munro
1978 The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
1978 The Crow Eaters by Bapsi Sidhwa
1979 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
1980 Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai
1980 Tsotsi by Athol Fugard
1981 Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
1982 Beka Lamb by Zee Edgell
1982 Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally
1984 The Bone People by Keri Hulme
1985 The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
1986 Summer Lightning by Olive Senior
1987 The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
1989 The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
1990 Omeros by Derek Walcott
1991 The Adoption Papers by Jackie Kay
1991 Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
1992 The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
1993 The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
1994 Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah
1995 A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
1996 Salt by Earl Lovelace
1997 The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
1999 Disgrace by JM Coetzee
1999 The Blue Bedspread by Raj Kamal Jha
2000 White Teeth by Zadie Smith
2001 Life of Pi by Yann Martel
2004 Small Island by Andrea Levy
2005 The Secret River by Kate Grenville
2005 The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2006 Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2007 A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam
2008 The Boat by Nam Le
2009 The Book of Night Women by Marlon James
2009 Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
2010 The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
2010 Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka
2012 Our Lady of the Nile by Scholastique Mukasonga
2013 The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
2016 Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
2016 The Bone Readers by Jacob Ross
2019 The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
2019 Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
2019 How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee
2020 Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
2021 A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
2021 The Promise by Damon Galgut