Commonwealth Writers Prize: Best Book

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The Commonwealth Foundation established the Commonwealth Writers Prize in 1987 to encourage and reward the upsurge of new Commonwealth fiction and ensure that works of merit reach a wider audience outside their country of origin.

  1. 1988
    ?
    Heroes (Longman African Writers)
    by Festus Iyayi

  2. 1989
    ?
    The Carpathians
    by Janet Frame

  3. 1990
    Solomon Gursky Was Here
    by Mordecai Richler

  4. 1991
    The Great World: A novel
    by David Malouf

  5. 1992
    Such a Long Journey
    by Rohinton Mistry

  6. 1993
    ?
    The Ancestor Game
    by Alex Miller

  7. 1994
    A Suitable Boy : Novel, A
    by Vikram Seth

  8. 1995
    Captain Corelli's Mandolin
    by Louis De Bernieres

  9. 1996
    A Fine Balance
    by Rohinton Mistry

  10. 1997
    Salt: A Novel
    by Earl Lovelace

  11. 1998
    Jack Maggs: A Novel
    by Peter Carey

  12. 1999
    Eucalyptus: A Novel
    by Murray Bail

  13. 2000
    Disgrace
    by J. M. Coetzee

  14. 2001
    True History of the Kelly Gang: A Novel
    by Peter Carey

  15. 2002
    Gould's Book of Fish
    by Richard Flanagan

  16. 2003
    The Polished Hoe: A Novel
    by Austin Clarke

  17. 2004
    A Distant Shore
    by CARYL PHILLIPS

  18. 2005
    Small Island: A Novel
    by Andrea Levy

  19. 2006
    The Secret River
    by Kate Grenville

  20. 2007
    Mister Pip
    by Lloyd Jones

  21. 2008
    Book of Negroes
    by Lawrence Hill

  22. 2009
    The Slap
    by Christos Tsiolkas

  23. 2010
    Solo
    by Rana Dasgupta

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Created by Robot Co-op on Nov 30, 2005.
 

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