Lists of Bests: Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best First Book

Send to Printer Commonwealth Writers' Prize: Best First Book 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. (found at: http://www.commonwealthwriters.com/)
	1.		Women of Influence (McCourt Fiction Series) by Bonnie Burnard
	2.		Visitors by John Cranna
	3.		Shape-shifter by Pauline Melville
	4.	?	Divina Trace by Robert Antoni
	5.	?	The Thousand Faces of Night by Githa Hariharan
	6.	?	The Case of Emily V. by Keith Oatley
	7.	?	Seasonal Adjustments by Adib Khan
	8.		Red Earth and Pouring Rain: A Novel by Vikram Chandra
	9.		Fall On Your Knees (Oprah's Book Club) by Ann-Marie MacDonald
	10.		Angel Falls by Tim Wynveen
	11.		The Electrical Field: A Novel by Kerri Sakamoto
	12.		Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain by Jeffrey Moore
	13.		White Teeth: A Novel by Zadie Smith
	14.		Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade by Manu Herbstein
	15.		Haweswater by Sarah Hall
	16.		The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
	17.		Purple Hibiscus: A Novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
	18.		Suspended Sentences: Fictions of Atonement by Mark McWatt
	19.		Vandal Love by D. Y. Bechard
	20.		A Golden Age by Tahmima Anam
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