Commonwealth Writers' Prize

Other Names: The Commonwealth Prize Nominee
376 Works / 377 Items 484,546 Books 16,710 Reviews ½ 3.9
The aim of the Prize is to encourage new Commonwealth fiction, and to ensure that works of merit reach a wider audience outside their country of origin. See also the Prize website
List of regional show more winners (pdf)

This page contains the overall winners and the regional winners. See also the shortlist page here. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (199), Shortlist (174), Nominee (4)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2013 (16), 2012 (19), 2011 (46), 2010 (46), 2009 (46), 2008 (18), 2007 (9), 2006 (16), 2005 (10), 2004 (11), 2003 (8), 2002 (10), 2001 (9), 2000 (9), 1999 (8), 1998 (9), 1997 (7), 1996 (8), 1995 (8), 1994 (8), 1993 (7), 1992 (8), 1991 (8), 1990 (8), 1989 (7), 1988 (8), 1987 (7)

Winner 199

WorkCategoryYear
The Dubious Salvation of Jack V. by Jacques StraussBest Book, Africa2012
Sweetheart by Alecia McKenzieBest book, Caribbean2012
Me and Mr Booker by Cory TaylorBest Book, South East Asia and Pacific2012
Chinaman by Shehan KarunatilakaOverall Best Book2012
Room by Emma DonoghueBest Book, Caribbean and Canada2011
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellBest Book, South Asia and Europe2011
That Deadman Dance by Kim ScottBest Book, South East Asia and Pacific2011
Happiness is a four-letter word by Cynthia JeleBest First Book, Africa2011
Bird Eat Bird by Katrina BestBest First Book, Caribbean and Canada2011
Sabra Zoo by Mischa HillerBest First Book, South Asia and Europe2011
The Memory of Love by Aminatta FornaOverall Best Book2011
A man melting by Craig CliffOverall Best First Book2011
The Double Crown: Secret Writings of the Female Pharaoh by Marie HeeseBest Book, Africa2010
Galore by Michael CrummeyBest Book, Caribbean and Canada2010
The Adventures of Vela by Albert WendtBest Book, South East Asia and Pacific2010
I Do Not Come to You By Chance by Adaobi Tricia NwaubaniBest First Book, Africa2010
Under This Unbroken Sky: A Novel by Shandi MitchellBest First Book, Caribbean and Canada2010
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal MueenuddinBest First Book, South Asia and Europe2010
Solo by Rana DasguptaOverall Best Book2010
Siddon Rock by Glenda GuestOverall Best First Book2010
Lost Colours of the Chameleon by Mandla LangaBest Book, Africa2009
Good to a Fault by Marina EndicottBest Book, Caribbean and Canada2009
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriBest Book, South Asia and Europe2009
Say You're One of Them by Uwem AkpanBest First Book, Africa2009
Reading by Lightning by Joan ThomasBest First Book, Caribbean and Canada2009
Year of the Shanghai Shark, The by Mo Zhi HongBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific2009
The Slap by Christos TsiolkasOverall Best Book2009
A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed HanifOverall Best First Book2009
The Hangman's Game by Karen King-AribisalaBest Book, Africa2008
Animal's People by Indra SinhaBest Book, South Asia and Europe2008
The Time We Have Taken by Steven CarrollBest Book, South East Asia and Pacific2008
Imagine This by Sade AdeniranBest First Book, Africa2008
The End of the Alphabet by CS RichardsonBest First Book, Caribbean and Canada2008
The Anatomy of Wings by Karen FoxleeBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific2008
The Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillOverall Best Book2008
A Golden Age by Tahmima AnamOverall Best First Book2008
The Native Commissioner by Shaun JohnsonBest Book, Africa2007
The Friends of Meager Fortune by David Adams RichardsBest Book, Caribbean and Canada2007
The Perfect Man by Naeem MurrBest Book, South Asia and Europe2007
All We Have Left Unsaid by Maxine CaseBest First Book, Africa2007
In the Country of Men by Hisham MatarBest First Book, South Asia and Europe2007
Tuvalu by Andrew O'ConnorBest First Novel, South East Asia and Pacific2007
Mister Pip by Lloyd JonesOverall Best Book2007
Vandal Love by D. Y. BechardOverall Best First Book2007
The Sun By Night, a novel by Benjamin KwakyeBest Book, Africa2006
Alligator: A Novel by Lisa MooreBest Book, Caribbean and Canada2006
On Beauty by Zadie SmithBest Book, South Asia and Europe2006
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakBest Book, South East Asia and Pacific2006
Tropical Fish: Tales from Entebbe by Doreen BainganaBest First Book, Africa2006
Lazy Eye by Donna Daley-ClarkeBest First Book, South Asia and Europe2006
The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash AwBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific2006
The Secret River by Kate GrenvilleOverall Best Book2006
Suspended Sentences: Fictions of Atonement by Mark McWattOverall Best First Book2006
Boy by Lindsey CollenBest Book, Africa2005
Runaway by Alice MunroBest Book, Caribbean and Canada2005
Small Island by Andrea LevyBest Book, Europe and South Asia2005
The White Earth by Andrew McGahanBest Book, South East Asia and Pacific2005
Natasha by David BezmozgisBest First Book, Caribbean and Canada2005
The Sari Shop by Rupa BajwaBest First Book, South Asia and Europe2005
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie2005
The Good Doctor by Damon GalgutBest Book, Africa2004
Deafening by Frances ItaniBest Book, Caribbean and Canada2004
The Hamilton Case by Michelle de KretserBest Book, South East Asia and Pacific2004
Gardening at Night by Diane AwerbuckBest First Book, Africa2004
Madame Proust and the Kosher Kitchen by Kate TaylorBest First Book, Caribbean and Canada2004
Somewhere, Home by Nada Awar JarrarBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific2004
A Distant Shore by Caryl PhillipsOverall Best Book2004
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark HaddonOverall Best First Book2004
The Other Side of Silence by André BrinkBest Book, Africa2003
Spies by Michael FraynBest Book, South Asia and Europe2003
Of a Boy by Sonya HartnettBest Book, South East Asia and Pacific2003
Waiting for an Angel by Helon HabilaBest First Book, Africa2003
The Rice Mother by Rani ManickaBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific2003
The Polished Hoe by Austin ClarkeOverall Best Book2003
Haweswater by Sarah HallOverall Best First Book2003
The Pickup by Nadine GordimerBest Book, Africa2002
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories by Alice MunroBest Book, Caribbean and Canada2002
Atonement by Ian McEwanBest Book, South Asia and Europe2002
Martin Sloane by Michael RedhillBest First Book, Caribbean and Canada2002
The 18th Pale Descendant by William MuirBest First Book, South Asia and Europe2002
In the Blue House by Meaghan DelahuntBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific2002
Gould's Book of Fish by Richard FlanaganOverall Best Book2002
Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade by Manu HerbsteinOverall Best First Book2002
The Heart of Redness by Zakes MdaBest Book, Africa2001
The Hero's Walk by Anita Rau BadamiBest Book, Caribbean and Canada2001
Super-Cannes by J. G. BallardBest Book, South Asia and Europe2001
Thirteen Cents by K. Sello DuikerBest First Book, Africa2001
Burning Ground by Pearl LukeBest First Book, Caribbean and Canada2001
The Company by Arabella EdgeBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific2001
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter CareyOverall Best Book2001
White Teeth by Zadie SmithOverall Best First Book2001
Disgrace by J. M. CoetzeeBest Book2000
What the Body Remembers by Shauna Singh BaldwinBest Book, Caribbean and Canada2000
The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman RushdieBest Book, South Asian and Europe2000
Too Many Men by Lily BrettBest Book, South East Asia and Pacific2000
The Legend of the Rockhills and Other Stories: and Other Stories by Funso AiyejinaBest First Book, Africa2000
The Blue Bedspread by Raj Kamal JhaBest First Book, South Asia and Europe2000
Reconnaisance by Kapka KassabovaBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific2000
Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain by Jeffrey MooreOverall Best First Book2000
If You Can Walk, You Can Dance by Marion MoltenoBest Book, Africa1999
Aelred's Sin by Lawrence ScottBest Book, Caribbean and Canada1999
Master Georgie by Beryl BainbridgeBest Book, South Asia and Europe1999
The Clothes of Nakedness by Benjamin KwakyeBest First Book, Africa1999
Difficult Daughters by Manju KapurBest First Book, South Asia and Europe1999
In a Fishbone Church by Catherine ChidgeyBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific1999
Eucalyptus by Murray BailOverall Best Book1999
The Electrical Field by Kerri SakamotoOverall Best First Book1999
Walking Still by Charles MungoshiBest Book, Africa1998
Barney's Version by Mordecai RichlerBest Book, Caribbean and Canada1998
Love and Longing in Bombay: Stories by Vikram ChandraBest Book, South Asia and Europe1998
Dance with a Poor Man's Daughter by Pamela JoosteBest First Book, Africa1998
When Memory Dies by Ambalavaner SivanandanBest First Book, South Asia and Europe1998
Deadset by Emma TomBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific1998
Jack Maggs by Peter CareyOverall Best Book1998
Angel Falls by Tim WynveenOverall Best First Book1998
Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra1998
Under the Tongue by Yvonne VeraBest Book, Africa1997
Leaning Towards Infinity by Sue WoolfeBest Book, South East Asia and Pacific1997
Interesting Facts About the State of Arizona by Jeremy PoolmanBest First Book, South Asia and Europe1997
Where We Once Belonged by Sia FigielBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific1997
Salt by Earl LovelaceOverall Best Book1997
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonaldOverall Best First Book1997
Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge1997
Therapy by David LodgeBest Book, South Asia and Europe1996
The Grass Sister by Gillian MearsBest Book, South East Asia and Pacific1996
Winds of Change by Dene CoetzeeBest First Book, Africa1996
Icefields by Thomas WhartonBest First Book, Caribbean and Canada1996
Dead sea fruit by Charlotte RandallBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific1996
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryOverall Best Book1996
Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram ChandraOverall Best First Book1996
The Master of Petersburg by J. M. CoetzeeBest Book, Africa1995
A Way in the World by V. S. NaipaulBest Book, Caribbean and Canada1995
The Riders by Tim WintonBest Book, South East Asia and Pacific1995
The River and the Source by Margaret A. OgolaBest First Book, Africa1995
Chorus of Mushrooms by Hiromi GotoBest First Book, Caribbean and Canada1995
Newton's Niece by Derek BeavenBest First Book, South Asia and Europe1995
Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De BernièresOverall Best Book1995
Seasonal Adjustments by Adib KhanOverall Best First Book1995
Without a Name by Yvonne VeraAfrica1994
The Rape of Sita by Lindsey CollenBest Book, Africa1994
The Robber Bride by Margaret AtwoodBest Book, Caribbean and Canada Region1994
Remembering Babylon by David MaloufBest Book, South East Asia and Pacific1994
The Roads Are Down (Caribbean Writers Series) by Vanessa SpenceBest First Book, Caribbean and Canada1994
The Mule's Foal by Fotini EpanomitisBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific1994
A Suitable Boy by Vikram SethOverall Best Book1994
The Case of Emily V by Keith OatleyOverall Best First Book1994
Tides by Isidore OkpewhoBest Book, Africa1993
The English Patient by Michael OndaatjeBest Book, Caribbean and Canada1993
Persistent Rumours by Lee LangleyBest Book, South Asia and Europe1993
Satellite City (Longman Caribbean Writers) by Alecia McKenzieBest First Book, Caribbean and Canada1993
Praise by Andrew McGahanBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific1993
The Ancestor Game by Alex MillerOverall Best Book1993
The Thousand Faces of Night by Githa HariharanOverall Best First Book1993
Changes: A Love Story by Ama Ata AidooBest Book, Africa1992
Seǹƒor Vivo and the Coca Lord by Louis de BernièresBest Book, South Asia and Europe1992
Ola by Albert WendtBest Book, South East Asia and Pacific1992
Grief Child (Lion Paperback) by Lawrence DarmaniBest First Book, Africa1992
Freedom Song: Three Novels by Amit ChaudhuriBest First Book, South Asia and Europe1992
The Word Burners (Spinifex Feminist Classics) by Beryl FletcherBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific1992
Such a Long Journey by Rohinton MistryOverall Best Book1992
Divina Trace by Robert AntoniOverall Best First Book1992
The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar by Syl Cheney-CokerBest Book, Africa1991
Friend of My Youth: Stories by Alice MunroBest Book, Caribbean and Canada1991
Possession by A. S. ByattBest Book, South Asia and Europe1991
Our Wife and Other Stories by Karen King-AribisalaBest First Book, Africa1991
The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts by Louis de BernièresBest First Book, South Asia and Europe1991
The story of the year of 1912 in the village of Elza Darzins: A novel by Thea WelshBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific1991
The Great World by David MaloufOverall Best Book1991
Shape-Shifter by Pauline MelvilleOverall Best First Book1991
Harvest of Thorns by Shimmer ChinodyaBest Book, Africa1990
The Great Indian Novel by Shashi TharoorBest Book, South Asia and Europe1990
The Bay of Contented Men by Robert DreweBest Book, South East Asia and Pacific1990
The Gunny Sack by M. G. VassanjiBest First Book, Africa1990
Bone Bird by Darlene Barry QuaifeBest First Book, Caribbean and Canada1990
Myself and Marco Polo by Paul GriffithsBest First Book, South Asia and Europe1990
Solomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai RichlerOverall Best Book1990
Visitors by John CrannaOverall Best First Book1990
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaBest Book, Africa1989
Myal by Erna BrodberBest Book, Caribbean and Canada1989
The Carpathians by Janet FrameBest Book, South East Asia and Pacific1989
The Trotter-Nama by I.Allan SealyBest First Book, South Asia and Europe1989
Ride a Cock Horse by Gillian MearsBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific1989
The Lost Father by Marina WarnerOverall Best Book1989
Women of Influence by Bonnie BurnardOverall Best First Book1989
The Honorary Patron by Jack HodginsBest Book, Caribbean and Canada1988
The Songlines by Bruce ChatwinBest Book, South Asia and Europe1988
Oracles and Miracles by Stevan Eldred-GriggBest Book, South East Asia and Pacific1988
Heroes by Festus IyayiOverall Best Book1988
The Sea and Summer by George TurnerOverall Runner Up1988
The Setting Sun and the Rolling World by Charles MungoshiRunner Up, Africa1988
Inspecting The Vaults by Eric McCormackRunner Up, Caribbean and Canada1988
The Passion by Jeanette WintersonRunner Up, South Asia and Europe1988
Incidents at the Shrine by Ben OkriBest Book, Africa1987
Plans for Departure by Nayantara SahgalBest Book, South Asia and Europe1987
Summer Lightning and Other Stories by Olive SeniorOverall Best Book1987
The Matriarch by Witi IhimaeraOverall Runner Up1987
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodRunner Up, Caribbean and Canada1987
Winter in Jerusalem by Blanche d'AlpugetRunner Up, South East and Pacific1987
A Forest of Flowers: Short Stories by Ken Saro-Wiwarunner-up, Africa1987

Shortlist 174

WorkCategoryYear
The Spider King's Daughter by Chibundu OnuzoAfrica, Best First Book2013
The Great Agony and Pure Laughter of the Gods by Jamala SafariAfrica, Best First Book2013
Disposable People: Inspired by true events by Ezekel AlanCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2013
Running the Rift by Naomi BenaronCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2013
The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent LamCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2013
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel JoyceSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2013
Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi MunaweeraSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2013
Em and the Big Hoom by Jerry PintoSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2013
The Wildings by Nilanjana RoySouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2013
The Last Thread by Michael SalaSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2013
God on Every Wind by Farhad SorabjeeSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2013
Narcopolis by Jeet ThayilSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2013
The Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin WoodSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2013
Floundering by Romy Ashsouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2013
Mazin Grace by Dylan ColemanSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2013
Beneath the Darkening Sky by Majok TulbaSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2013
Patchwork by Ellen Banda-AakuAfrica, Best First Book2012
Jubilee by Shelley HarrisAfrica, Best First Book2012
Dancing Lessons by Olive SeniorCaribbean and Canada, Best Book2012
The Sentimentalists by Johanna SkibsrudCaribbean and Canada, Best Book2012
The Town That Drowned by Riel NasonCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2012
The Wandering Falcon by Jamil AhmadSouth Asia and Europe, Best Book2012
The Dancing and the Death in Lemon Street by Denis HirsonSouth Asia and Europe, Best Book2012
Rebirth - A Novel by Jahnavi BaruaSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2012
A Cupboard Full of Coats by Yvvette EdwardsSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2012
The Book of Answers by C. Y GopinathSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2012
Pao by Kerry YoungSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2012
The Sly Company of People Who Care by Rahul BhattacharyaSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best Book2012
The Ottoman Motel by Christopher CurrieSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best Book2012
The Vanishing Act: A Novel by Mette JakobsenSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2012
Purple Threads by Jeanine LeaneSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2012
The Memory of Love by Aminatta FornaAfrica, Best Book2011
Oil on Water by Helon HabilaAfrica, Best Book2011
Banquet at Brabazan by Patricia SchonsteinAfrica, Best Book2011
Men of the South by Zukiswa WannerAfrica, Best Book2011
Wall Of Days by Alastair BruceAfrica, Best First Book2011
The Fossil Artist by Graeme FriedmanAfrica, Best First Book2011
Bitter Leaf by Chioma OkerekeAfrica, Best First Book2011
Voice of America by E. C. OsonduAfrica, Best First Book2011
The Sky Is Falling by Caroline AddersonCaribbean and Canada, Best Book2011
The Master of Happy Endings by Jack HodginsCaribbean and Canada, Best Book2011
In the Fabled East by Adam Lewis SchroederCaribbean and Canada, Best Book2011
The Death of Donna Whalen by Michael WinterCaribbean and Canada, Best Book2011
Mr. Shakespeare's Bastard by Richard B. WrightCaribbean and Canada, Best Book2011
Doing Dangerously Well by Carole EnahoroCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2011
Mennonites Don't Dance by Darcie Friesen HossackCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2011
Light Lifting by Alexander MacLeodCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2011
This Cake is for the Party by Sarah SeleckyCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2011
Ilustrado by Miguel SyjucoCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2011
Lyrics Alley by Leila AboulelaSouth Asia and Europe, Best Book2011
The Betrayal by Helen DunmoreSouth Asia and Europe, Best Book2011
Union Atlantic by Adam HaslettSouth Asia and Europe, Best Book2011
The Long Song by Andrea LevySouth Asia and Europe, Best Book2011
Sex and Stravinsky by Barbara TrapidoSouth Asia and Europe, Best Book2011
Grace Williams Says it Loud by Emma HendersonSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2011
The House with Blue Shutters by Lisa HiltonSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2011
Saraswati Park by Anjali JosephSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2011
Serious Men by Manu JosephSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2011
Children of the Sun by Max SchaeferSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2011
Gifted by Patrick EvansSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best Book2011
Hand Me Down World by Lloyd JonesSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best Book2011
Reading Madame Bovary by Amanda LohreySouth East Asia and Pacific, Best Book2011
Notorious by Roberta LowingSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best Book2011
Time's long ruin : a novel by Stephen OrrSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best Book2011
Traitor by Stephen DaisleySouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2011
A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari GentillSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2011
The Body in the Clouds: A Novel by Ashley HaySouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2011
The Graphologist's Apprentice by Whiti HereakaSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2011
21 Immortals by Rozlan Mohd Noorsouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2011
The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAfrica, Best Book2010
Kings of the Water by Mark BehrAfrica, Best Book2010
Tsamma Season by Rosemund HandlerAfrica, Best Book2010
Harmattan Rain by Ayesha Harruna AttahAfrica, Best First Book2010
Sleeper's Wake by Alistair MorganAfrica, Best First Book2010
Come Sunday: A Novel by Isla MorleyAfrica, Best First Book2010
The Shadow of a Smile by Kachi A. OzumbaAfrica, Best First Book2010
The Shape of Him by Gill SchierhoutAfrica, Best First Book2010
Euphoria by Connie GaultCaribbean and Canada, Best Book2010
The Golden Mean by Annabel LyonCaribbean and Canada, Best Book2010
The Winter Vault by Anne MichaelsCaribbean and Canada, Best Book2010
February by Lisa MooreCaribbean and Canada, Best Book2010
Goya's Dog by Damian TarnopolskyCaribbean and Canada, Best Book2010
Amphibian by Carla GunnCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2010
The Island Quintet by Raymond RamcharitarCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2010
Diary of Interrupted Days by Dragan TodorovicCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2010
The Briss by Michael TregebovCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2010
Daniel O'Thunder by Ian WeirCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2010
Heartland by Anthony CartwrightSouth Asia and Europe, Best Book2010
The Immortals by Amit ChaudhuriSouth Asia and Europe, Best Book2010
For Pepper and Christ by Keki DaruwalaSouth Asia and Europe, Best Book2010
Another Gulmohar Tree by Aamer HusseinSouth Asia and Europe, Best Book2010
The Beijing of Possibilities by Jonathan TelSouth Asia and Europe, Best Book2010
The Hungry Ghosts by Anne BerrySouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2010
Arzee The Dwarf by Chandrahas ChoudhurySouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2010
An Equal Stillness by Francesca KaySouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2010
Among Thieves by Mez PackerSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2010
Tail of the Blue Bird by Nii Ayikwei ParkesSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2010
Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter CareySouth East Asia and Pacific, Best Book2010
Summertime: Scenes from Provincial Life by J. M. CoetzeeSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best Book2010
Singularity by Charlotte GrimshawSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best Book2010
A Good Land by Nada Awar JarrarSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best Book2010
The People's Train by Thomas KeneallySouth East Asia and Pacific, Best Book2010
Look Who's Morphing by Tom ChoSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2010
Document Z: A Novel by Andrew CroomeSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2010
Come Inside by G L OsborneSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2010
The Ice Age by Kirsten ReedSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2010
After the Fire, a Still, Small Voice by Evie WyldSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2010
The Impostor by Damon GalgutAfrica, Best Book2009
My Life With The Duvals by Tik KeeganAfrica, Best Book2009
Beauty's Gift by Sindiwe MagonaAfrica, Best Book2009
The One That Got Away: Short Stories by Zoë WicombAfrica, Best Book2009
Random Violence by Jassy MackenzieAfrica, Best First Book2009
shepherds and butchers by Chris MarnewickAfrica, Best First Book2009
Boston Snowplough by Sue RabieAfrica, Best First Book2009
Till We Can Keep an Animal by Megan Voysey-BraigAfrica, Best First Book2009
Blackstrap Hawco by Kenneth J. HarveyCaribbean and Canada, Best Book2009
The Origin of Species by Nino RicciCaribbean and Canada, Best Book2009
Pynter Bender by Jacob RossCaribbean and Canada, Best Book2009
Chef by Jaspreet SinghCaribbean and Canada, Best Book2009
The Great Karoo by Fred StensonCaribbean and Canada, Best Book2009
Cleavage by Theanna BischoffCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2009
Silver Salts by Mark BlagraveCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2009
Blackouts by Craig BoykoCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2009
The Sherpa and Other Fictions by Nila GuptaCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2009
The Withdrawal Method: Stories by Pasha MallaCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2009
The Toss of a Lemon by Padma ViswanathanCaribbean and Canada, Best First Book2009
The Other Hand by Chris CleaveSouth Asia and Europe, Best Book2009
In the Country of Deceit by Shashi DeshpandeSouth Asia and Europe, Best Book2009
The Northern Clemency by Philip HensherSouth Asia and Europe, Best Book2009
Deaf Sentence by David LodgeSouth Asia and Europe, Best Book2009
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman RushdieSouth Asia and Europe, Best Book2009
The Consequences of Love by Sulaiman S.M.Y. AddoniaSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2009
Broken by Daniel ClaySouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2009
Submarine by Joe DunthorneSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2009
Breathless in Bombay by Murzban F. ShroffSouth Asia and Europe, Best First Book2009
Between the Assassinations by Aravind AdigaSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best Book2009
The Spare Room by Helen GarnerSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best Book2009
The Good Parents by Joan LondonSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best Book2009
Forbidden Cities by Paula MorrisSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best Book2009
Breath by Tim WintonSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best Book2009
The White Tiger by Aravind AdigaSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2009
The Boat by Nam LeSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2009
Evening is the Whole Day by Preeta SamarasanSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2009
The Shallow End by Ashley SievwrightSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2009
Misconduct by Bridget van der ZijppSouth East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book2009
Post by Arley McNeneyBest First Book, Canada and Caribbean2008
Soucouyant by David ChariandyCanada and Caribbean, Best First Book2008
The Solitude of Emperors by David DavidarEurope and South Asia, Best Book2008
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidEurope and South Asia, Best Book2008
My Revolutions by Hari KunzruEurope and South Asia, Best Book2008
Secrets of the Sea by Nicholas ShakespeareEurope and South Asia, Best Book2008
Ishq and Mushq by Priya BasilEurope and South Asia, Best First Book2008
What Was Lost by Catherine O'FlynnEurope and South Asia, Best First Book2008
Salt by Jeremy PageEurope and South Asia, Best First Book2008
The Illumination of Merton Browne by JM ShawEurope and South Asia, Best First Book2008
Miss Webster and Cherif by Patricia DunckerEurasia Region, Best Book2007
Praying Mantis by André BrinkAfrica, Best Book2006
Slow Man by J. M. CoetzeeAfrica, Best Book2006
The Whale Caller by Zakes MdaAfrica, Best Book2006
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroBest Book, Eurasia Region2006
Beyond Black by Hilary MantelEurasia Region, Best Book2006
Shalimar the Clown by Salman RushdieEurasia Region, Best Book2006
An accidental terrorist by Steven Lang2006
Before I Forget by André BrinkAfrica, Best Book2005
Home (Black Australian Writing) by Larissa BehrendtBest First Book, South East Asia and Pacific2005
The Turning: Stories by Tim Winton2005
Black Bird by Michel Basilieres2004
The Scornful Moon by Maurice Gee2004
How the Light Gets In by M. J. Hyland2004
Rush Home Road by Lori LansensBest First Book, Canada and Caribbean2003
Clara by Janice GallowayEurasia Region, Best Book2002
River Thieves by Michael Crummey2002
Latitudes of Melt by Joan ClarkCanada and Caribbean, Best Book2001
Hazard Zones by Keith Maillard1996

Nominee 4

WorkYear
Sandfires by Tom Crothers2010
The Romantic by Barbara Gowdy2003
Testament by Nino Ricci2002
Afterimage by Helen Humphreys2000

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The aim of the Prize is to encourage new Commonwealth fiction, and to ensure that works of merit reach a wider audience outside their country of origin. See also the Prize website
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This page contains the overall winners and the regional winners. See also the shortlist page here. (English, Member-written)
See also the award page for the overall and regional winners here (English, Member-written)

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