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