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2013
Commonwealth Book Prize
Canada and Europe Regional Winner
The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell
 
Africa Regional Winner
Sterile Sky by EE Sule
 
Asia Regional Winner
Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera
 
Carribean Regional Winner
Disposable People by Ezekel Alan
 
Pacific Regional Winner
The Last Thread by Michael Sala
 
2012
Commonwealth Book Prize
Asia Regional Winner
Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew by Shehan Karunatilaka
 
Africa Regional Winner
The Dubious Salvation of Jack V by Jacques Strauss
 
Canada and Europe Regional Winner
The Town that Drowned by Riel Nason
 
Carribean Regional Winner
Me and Mr Booker by Cory Taylor
 
Pacific Regional Winner
Sweetheart by Alecia McKenzie
 
2011
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
Africa Regional Winner
The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Room by Emma Donoghue
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott
 
2010
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Solo by Rana Dasgupta
 
Africa Regional Winner
The Double Crown by Marié Heese
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Galore by Michael Crummey
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Adventures of Vela by Albert Wendt
 
2009
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
 
Africa Regional Winner
The Lost Colours of the Chameleon by Mandla Langa
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
 
2008
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill
 
Africa Regional Winner
The Hangman's Game by Karen King-Aribisala
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Animal’s People by Indra Sinha
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Time We Have Taken by Steven Carroll
 
2007
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones
 
Africa Regional Winner
The Native Commissioner by Shaun Johnson
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
The Friends of Meager Fortune by David Adams Richards
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
The Perfect Man by Naeem Murr
 
2006
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Secret River by Kate Grenville
 
Africa Regional Winner
The Sun by Night by Benjamin Kwakye
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Aligator by Lisa Moore
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
 
2005
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Small Island by Andrea Levy
 
Africa Regional Winner
Boy by Lindsey Collen
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Runaway by Alice Munro
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The White Earth by Andrew McGahan
 
2004
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
A Distant Shore by Caryl Phillips
 
Africa Regional Winner
The Good Doctor by Damon Galgut
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Deafening by Frances Itani
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Hamilton Case by Michelle de Kretser
 
2003
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke
 
Africa Regional Winner
The Other Side of Silence by André Brink
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Spies by Michael Frayn
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Of a Boy by Sonya Hartnett
 
2002
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan
 
Africa Regional Winner
The Pickup by Nadine Gordimer
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories by Alice Munro
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Atonement by Ian McEwan
 
2001
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
 
Africa Regional Winner
The Heart of Redness by Zakes Mda
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
The Hero's Walk by Anita Rau Badami
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Super-Cannes by JG Ballard
 
2000
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
Africa Regional Winner
Disgrace by JM Coetzee
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
What the Body Remembers by Shauna Singh Baldwin
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Too Many Men by Lily Brett
 
1999
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Eucalyptus by Murray Bail
 
Africa Regional Winner
If You Can Walk, You Can Dance by Marion Molteno
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Aelred's Sin by Lawrence Scott
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Master Georgie by Beryl Bainbridge
 
1998
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Jack Maggs by Peter Carey
 
Africa Regional Winner
Walking Still by Charles Mungoshi
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Barney's Version by Mordecai Richler
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Love and Longing in Bombay by Vikram Chandra
 
 
1997
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Salt by Earl Lovelace
 
Africa Regional Winner
Under the Tongue by Yvonne Vera
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Every Man For Himself by Beryl Bainbridge
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Leaning Towards Infinity by Sue Woolfe
 
1996
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
 
Africa Regional Winner
None
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Therapy by David Lodge
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Grass Sister by Gillian Mears
 
1995
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
 
Africa Regional Winner
The Master of Petersburg by JM Coetzee
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
A Way in the World by VS Naipaul
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Riders by Tim Winton
 
1994
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
 
Africa Regional Winner
The Rape of Sita by Lindsey Collen
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Remembering Babylon by David Malouf
 
1993
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Ancestor Game by Alex Miller
 
Africa Regional Winner
Tides by Isidore Okpewho
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Persistent Rumours by Lee Langley
 
1992
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry
 
Africa Regional Winner
Changes by Ama Ata Aidoo
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Señor Vivo & the Coca Lord by Louis de Bernières
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Ola by Albert Wendt
 
1991
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Great World by David Malouf
 
Africa Regional Winner
The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar by Syl Cheney-Coker
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Friend of My Youth by Alice Munro
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Possession by AS Byatt
 
1990
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Solomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai Richler
 
Africa Regional Winner
Harvest of Thorns by Shimmer Chinodya
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
The Great Indian Novel by Shashi Tharoor
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Bay of Contented Men by Robert Drewe
 
1989
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Carpathians by Janet Frame
 
Africa Regional Winner
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Myal by Erna Brodber
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
The Lost Father by Marina Warner
 
1988
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
Africa Regional Winner
Heroes by Festus Iyayi
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
The Honorary Patron by Jack Hodgins
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Sea and Summer by George Turner
 
1987
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Summer Lightning by Olive Senior
 
Africa Regional Winners
Incidents at the Shrine by Ben Okri
A Forest of Flowers by Ken Saro-Wiwa
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Plans for Departure by Nayantara Sahgal
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winners
Winter in Jerusalem by Blanche d'Alpuget
The Matriarch by Witi Ihimaera
 
2011
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
A Man Melting by Craig Cliff
 
Africa Regional Winner
Happiness is a Four-Letter Word by Cynthia Jele
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Bird Eat Bird by Katrina Best
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Sabra Zoo by Mischa Hiller
 
2010
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Siddon Rock by Glenda Guest
 
Africa Regional Winner
I Do Not Come to You by Chance by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
 
2009
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif
 
Africa Regional Winner
Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Reading by Lightning by Joan Thomas
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Year of the Shanghai Shark by Mo Zhi Hong
 
2008
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam
 
Africa Regional Winner
Imagine This by Sade Adeniran
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
The End of the Alphabet by CS Richardson
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Anatomy of Wings by Karen Foxlee
 
2007
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Vandal Love by DY Béchard
 
Africa Regional Winner
All We Have Left Unsaid by Maxine Case
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
In The Country of Men by Hisham Matar
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Tuvalu by Andrew O'Connor
 
2006
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Suspended Sentences: Fictions of Atonement by Mark McWatt
 
Africa Regional Winner
Tropical Fish: Stories Out of Entebbe by Doreen Baingana
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Lazy Eye by Donna Daley-Clarke
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw
 
2005
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Africa Regional Winner
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Natasha and Other Stories by David Bezmozgis
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
The Sari Shop by Rupa Bajwa
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Home by Larissa Behrendt
 
2004
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
 
Africa Regional Winner
Gardening at Night by Diane Awerbuck
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Madame Proust and the Kosher Kitchen by Kate Taylor
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Somewhere, Home by Nada Awar Jarrar
 
2003
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Haweswater by Sarah Hall
 
Africa Regional Winner
Waiting for an Angel by Helon Habila
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
The Scent of a Lie by Paulo da Costa
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka
 
2002
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Africa Regional Winner
Ama by Manu Herbstein
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Martin Sloane by Michael Redhill
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
The 18th Pale Descendant by William Muir
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
In the Blue House by Meaghan Delahunt
 
2001
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
 
Africa Regional Winner
Thirteen Cents by K Sello Duiker
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Burning Ground by Pearl Luke
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Company by Arabella Edge
 
2000
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain by Jeffrey Moore
 
Africa Regional Winner
The Legend of the Rockhills and Other Stories by Funso Aiyejina
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
The Blue Bedspread by Raj Kamal Jha
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Reconnaissance by Kapka Kassabova
 
1999
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
The Electrical Field by Kerri Sakamoto
 
Africa Regional Winner
The Clothes of Nakedness by Benjamin Kwakye
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
In a Fishbone Church by Catherine Chidgey
 
1998
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Angel Falls by Tim Wynveen
 
Africa Regional Winner
Dance with a Poor Man's Daughter by Pamela Jooste
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
When Memory Dies by Ambalavaner Sivanandan
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Deadset by Emma Tom
 
1997
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
 
Africa Regional Winner
At the Edge and other Cato Manor Stories by Ronnie Govender
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Interesting Facts about the State of Arizona by Jeremy Poolman
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Where We Once Belonged by Sia Figiel
 
1996
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra
 
Africa Regional Winner
Winds of Change by Dene Coetzee
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Icefields by Thomas Wharton
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Dead Sea Fruit by Charlotte Randall
 
1995
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Seasonal Adjustments by Adib Khan
 
Africa Regional Winner
The River and the Source by Margaret A Ogola
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Chorus of Mushrooms by Hiromi Goto
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Newton's Niece by Derek Beaven
 
1994
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
The Case of Emily V by Keith Oatley
 
Africa Regional Winner
Cry a Whisper by Lucy Safo
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
The Roads are Down by Vanessa Spence
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Mule's Foal by Forini Epanomitis
 
1993
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
The Thousand Faces of Night by Githa Hariharan
 
Africa Regional Winner
The Price of Liberty by Paul Conton
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Satellite City by Alecia McKenzie
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Praise by Andrew McGahan
 
1992
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Divina Trace by Robert Antoni
 
Africa Regional Winner
Grief Child by Lawrence Darmani
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
A Strange and Sublime Address by Amit Chaudhuri
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Word Burners by Beryl Fletcher
 
1991
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Shape Shifter by Pauline Melville
 
Africa Regional Winner
Our Wife and Other Stories by Karen King-Aribisala
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts by Louis de Bernières
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
The Story of the Year of 1912 in the Village of Elza Darzins by Thea Welsh
 
1990
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Visitors by John Cranna
 
Africa Regional Winner
The Gunny Sack by MG Vassanji
 
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Bone Bird by Darlene Barry Quaife
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
Myself and Marco Polo by Paul Griffiths
 
1989
Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best First Book
Canada and the Carribean Regional Winner
Women of Influence by Bonnie Burnard
 
Africa Regional Winner
None
 
Europe and South Asia Regional Winner
The Trotter-Nama by Allan Sealy
 
South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Winner
Ride a Cock Horse by Gillian Mears
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