Commonwealth Writers' Prize Winners
Established in 1987, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize aims to recognise the best fiction by both established and new writers from Commonwealth countrie...more
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Room
by Emma Donoghue (Goodreads Author)    3.95 avg rating — 112,357 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in Caribbean and Canada (2011)
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The Memory of Love
by Aminatta Forna 3.81 avg rating — 500 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book Overall (2011)
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Happiness is a four-letter word
by Cynthia Jele 3.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in Africa (2011)
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Bird Eat Bird
by Best Katrina 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in Caribbean and Canada (2011)
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
by David Mitchell 4.00 avg rating — 11,572 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in South Asia and Europe (2011)
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A Man Melting
by Craig Cliff (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in South East Asia and Pacific (2011)
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That Deadman Dance
by Kim Scott  3.42 avg rating — 110 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in South East Asia and Pacific (2011)
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Sabra Zoo
by Mischa Hiller (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 27 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in South Asia and Europe (2011)
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The Double Crown
by Marié Heese 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in Africa (2010)
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The Adventures of Vela
by Albert Wendt 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in South East Asia and Pacific (2010)
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Galore
by Michael Crummey (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 1,146 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in Caribbean and Canada (2010)
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Under This Unbroken Sky
by Shandi Mitchell 4.03 avg rating — 394 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in Caribbean and Canada (2010)
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I Do Not Come to You by Chance
by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani 3.69 avg rating — 280 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in Africa (2010)
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Siddon Rock
by Glenda Guest 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book Overall (2010)
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Solo
by Rana Dasgupta 3.54 avg rating — 336 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book Overall (2010)
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In Other Rooms, Other Wonders
by Daniyal Mueenuddin 3.72 avg rating — 1,937 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in South Asia and Europe (2010)
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The Slap
by Christos Tsiolkas 3.05 avg rating — 5,982 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book Overall (2009)
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A Case of Exploding Mangoes
by Mohammed Hanif 3.60 avg rating — 1,658 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book Overall (2009)
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Lost Colours Of The Chameleon
by Mandla Langa 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in Africa (2009)
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Say You're One of Them
by Uwem Akpan 3.36 avg rating — 5,641 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in Africa (2009)
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The Year of the Shanghai Shark
by Mo Zhi Hong 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in South East Asia and Pacific (2009)
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Reading by Lightning
by Joan Thomas (Goodreads Author) 3.40 avg rating — 67 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in Caribbean and Canada (2009)
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Unaccustomed Earth
by Jhumpa Lahiri 4.08 avg rating — 29,432 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in South Asia and Europe (2009)
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The Anatomy of Wings
by Karen Foxlee 3.26 avg rating — 346 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in South East Asia and Pacific (2008)
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The Time We Have Taken
by Steven Carroll 3.18 avg rating — 50 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in South East Asia and Pacific (2008)
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The End of the Alphabet
by C.S. Richardson 3.41 avg rating — 1,082 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in Caribbean and Canada (2008)
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Imagine This
by Sade Adeniran 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in Africa (2008)
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The Hangman's Game
by Karen King-Aribisala 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Book in Africa (2008)
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A Golden Age
by Tahmima Anam 3.73 avg rating — 822 ratings
Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book Overall (2008)
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Someone Knows My Name
by Lawrence Hill 4.40 avg rating — 12,832 ratings
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