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
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    Heroes (Longman African Writers)
    by Festus Iyayi

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  2. 1989
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    The Carpathians
    by Janet Frame

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  3. 1990
    Solomon Gursky Was Here
    by Mordecai Richler

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

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  5. 1992
    Such a Long Journey
    by Rohinton Mistry

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  6. 1993
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    The Ancestor Game
    by Alex Miller

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

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

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  9. 1996
    A Fine Balance
    by Rohinton Mistry

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  10. 1997
    Salt: A Novel
    by Earl Lovelace

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  11. 1998
    Jack Maggs: A Novel
    by Peter Carey

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  12. 1999
    Eucalyptus: A Novel
    by Murray Bail

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  13. 2000
    Disgrace
    by J. M. Coetzee

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

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  15. 2002
    Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish
    by Richard Flanagan

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

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  17. 2004
    A Distant Shore
    by CARYL PHILLIPS

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  18. 2005
    Small Island: A Novel
    by Andrea Levy

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  19. 2006
    The Secret River
    by Kate Grenville

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  20. 2007
    Mister Pip
    by Lloyd Jones

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  21. 2008
    Book of Negroes
    by Lawrence Hill

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  22. 2009
    The Slap
    by Christos Tsiolkas

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