Kiriyama Prize Winners

The Kiriyama Prize is an international literary award awarded to books about the Pacific Rim and South Asia. Its goal is to encourage greater understa ...more

Winners

	The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacific by Julia Whitty 4.09 avg rating — 106 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Nonfiction (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones 3.67 avg rating — 22,305 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Fiction (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 341,986 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Nonfiction (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman by Haruki Murakami 3.84 avg rating — 37,405 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Fiction (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reindeer People: Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia by Piers Vitebsky 4.03 avg rating — 434 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Nonfiction (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 12,772 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Fiction (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sadika's Way: A Novel of Pakistan and America by Hina Haq 3.31 avg rating — 26 ratings Kiriyama Prize (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam 3.79 avg rating — 3,090 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Fiction (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta 3.94 avg rating — 10,832 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Nonfiction (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dancing with Strangers: Europeans and Australians at First Contact by Inga Clendinnen 4.06 avg rating — 235 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Nonfiction (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa 3.79 avg rating — 5,387 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Fiction (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey by Pascal Khoo Thwe 4.13 avg rating — 1,683 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Nonfiction (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry 4.03 avg rating — 23,144 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Fiction (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze by Peter Hessler 4.26 avg rating — 12,608 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Nonfiction (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dogside Story by Patricia Grace 3.63 avg rating — 218 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Fiction (2001)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Things That Must Not Be Forgotten: A Childhood in Wartime China by Michael David Kwan 3.95 avg rating — 86 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Nonfiction (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje 3.58 avg rating — 17,281 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Fiction (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 6,148 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Nonfiction (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three-Legged Horse by Cheng Ch'ing-Wen 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Fiction (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 18,015 ratings Kiriyama Prize (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Japan: A Reinterpretation by Patrick Smith 3.60 avg rating — 179 ratings Kiriyama Prize (1997)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Audrey Hepburn's Neck by Alan Brown 3.51 avg rating — 497 ratings Kiriyama Prize for Nonfiction (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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	The Talented Women of the Zhang Family by Susan L. Mann 3.90 avg rating — 69 ratings Kiriyama Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha 4.39 avg rating — 16,700 ratings Kiriyama Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	East Wind Melts the Ice: A Memoir through the Seasons by Liza Dalby (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 173 ratings Kiriyama Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam by Tom Bissell 3.92 avg rating — 204 ratings Kiriyama Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Love Dollars And Other Stories of China by Zhu Wen 3.19 avg rating — 217 ratings Kiriyama Prize Nominee for Fiction (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mosquito by Roma Tearne 3.99 avg rating — 652 ratings Kiriyama Prize Nominee for Fiction (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 8,892 ratings Kiriyama Prize Nominee for Fiction (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Stories by David Malouf 3.99 avg rating — 136 ratings Kiriyama Prize Nominee for Fiction (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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