Book AwardsCommonwealth Writers' Prize Shortlist
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Works (174)
| Titles | Order |
|---|---|
| Hazard Zones by Keith Maillard | 1996 |
| Latitudes of Melt by Joan Clark | Canada and Caribbean, Best Book, 2001 |
| Clara by Janice Galloway | Eurasia Region, Best Book, 2002 |
| River Thieves by Michael Crummey | 2002 |
| Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens | Best First Book, Canada and Caribbean, 2003 |
| Black Bird by Michel Basilieres | 2004 |
| How the Light Gets In by M. J. Hyland | 2004 |
| The Scornful Moon by Maurice Gee | 2004 |
| Before I Forget by André Brink | Africa, Best Book, 2005 |
| Home (Black Australian Writing) by Larissa Behrendt | Best First Book, South East Asia and Pacific, 2005 |
| The Turning: Stories by Tim Winton | 2005 |
| An accidental terrorist by Steven Lang | 2006 |
| Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel | Eurasia Region, Best Book, 2006 |
| Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro | Best Book, Eurasia Region, 2006 |
| Praying Mantis by André Brink | Africa, Best Book, 2006 |
| Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie | Eurasia Region, Best Book, 2006 |
| Slow Man by J. M. Coetzee | Africa, Best Book, 2006 |
| The Whale Caller by Zakes Mda | Africa, Best Book, 2006 |
| Miss Webster and Cherif by Patricia Duncker | Eurasia Region, Best Book, 2007 |
| The Illumination of Merton Browne by JM Shaw | Europe and South Asia, Best First Book, 2008 |
| Ishq and Mushq by Priya Basil | Europe and South Asia, Best First Book, 2008 |
| My Revolutions by Hari Kunzru | Europe and South Asia, Best Book, 2008 |
| Post by Arley McNeney | Best First Book, Canada and Caribbean, 2008 |
| The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid | Europe and South Asia, Best Book, 2008 |
| Salt by Jeremy Page | Europe and South Asia, Best First Book, 2008 |
| Secrets of the Sea by Nicholas Shakespeare | Europe and South Asia, Best Book, 2008 |
| The Solitude of Emperors by David Davidar | Europe and South Asia, Best Book, 2008 |
| Soucouyant by David Chariandy | Canada and Caribbean, Best First Book, 2008 |
| What Was Lost by Catherine O'Flynn | Europe and South Asia, Best First Book, 2008 |
| Beauty's Gift by Sindiwe Magona | Africa, Best Book, 2009 |
| Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga | South East Asia and Pacific, Best Book, 2009 |
| Blackouts by Craig Boyko | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2009 |
| Blackstrap Hawco by Kenneth J. Harvey | Caribbean and Canada, Best Book, 2009 |
| The Boat by Nam Le | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2009 |
| Boston Snowplough by Sue Rabie | Africa, Best First Book, 2009 |
| Breath by Tim Winton | South East Asia and Pacific, Best Book, 2009 |
| Breathless in Bombay by Murzban F. Shroff | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2009 |
| Broken by Daniel Clay | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2009 |
| Chef by Jaspreet Singh | Caribbean and Canada, Best Book, 2009 |
| Cleavage (Nunatak Fiction) by Theanna Bischoff | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2009 |
| The Consequences of Love: A Novel by Sulaiman S.M.Y. Addonia | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2009 |
| Deaf Sentence by David Lodge | South Asia and Europe, Best Book, 2009 |
| The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie | South Asia and Europe, Best Book, 2009 |
| Evening is the Whole Day by Preeta Samarasan | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2009 |
| Forbidden Cities by Paula Morris | South East Asia and Pacific, Best Book, 2009 |
| The Good Parents by Joan London | South East Asia and Pacific, Best Book, 2009 |
| The Great Karoo by Fred Stenson | Caribbean and Canada, Best Book, 2009 |
| The Impostor by Damon Galgut | Africa, Best Book, 2009 |
| In the Country of Deceit by Shashi Deshpande | South Asia and Europe, Best Book, 2009 |
| Misconduct by Bridget van der Zijpp | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2009 |
| My Life With The Duvals by Tik Keegan | Africa, Best Book, 2009 |
| The Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher | South Asia and Europe, Best Book, 2009 |
| The One That Got Away: Short Stories by Zoë Wicomb | Africa, Best Book, 2009 |
| The Origin of Species by Nino Ricci | Caribbean and Canada, Best Book, 2009 |
| The Other Hand by Chris Cleave | South Asia and Europe, Best Book, 2009 |
| Pynter Bender by Jacob Ross | Caribbean and Canada, Best Book, 2009 |
| Random Violence by Jassy Mackenzie | Africa, Best First Book, 2009 |
| The Shallow End by Ashley Sievwright | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2009 |
| Shepherds and Butchers by Chris Marnewick | Africa, Best First Book, 2009 |
| The Sherpa and Other Fictions by Nila Gupta | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2009 |
| Silver Salts by Mark Blagrave | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2009 |
| The Spare Room by Helen Garner | South East Asia and Pacific, Best Book, 2009 |
| Submarine by Joe Dunthorne | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2009 |
| Till We Can Keep an Animal by Megan Voysey-Braig | Africa, Best First Book, 2009 |
| The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2009 |
| The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2009 |
| The Withdrawal Method: Stories by Pasha Malla | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2009 |
| After the Fire, a Still, Small Voice by Evie Wyld | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2010 |
| Among Thieves by Mez Packer | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2010 |
| Amphibian by Carla Gunn | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2010 |
| Another Gulmohar Tree by Aamer Hussein | South Asia and Europe, Best Book, 2010 |
| Arzee The Dwarf by Chandrahas Choudhury | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2010 |
| The Beijing of Possibilities by Jonathan Tel | South Asia and Europe, Best Book, 2010 |
| The Briss by Michael Tregebov | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2010 |
| Come Inside by G L Osborne | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2010 |
| Come Sunday: A Novel by Isla Morley | Africa, Best First Book, 2010 |
| Daniel O'Thunder by Ian Weir | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2010 |
| Diary of Interrupted Days by Dragan Todorovic | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2010 |
| Document Z: A Novel by Andrew Croome | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2010 |
| An Equal Stillness by Francesca Kay | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2010 |
| Euphoria by Connie Gault | Caribbean and Canada, Best Book, 2010 |
| February by Lisa Moore | Caribbean and Canada, Best Book, 2010 |
| For Pepper and Christ by Keki Daruwala | South Asia and Europe, Best Book, 2010 |
| The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon | Caribbean and Canada, Best Book, 2010 |
| A Good Land by Nada Awar Jarrar | South East Asia and Pacific, Best Book, 2010 |
| Goya's Dog by Damian Tarnopolsky | Caribbean and Canada, Best Book, 2010 |
| Harmattan Rain by Ayesha Harruna Attah | Africa, Best First Book, 2010 |
| Heartland by Anthony Cartwright | South Asia and Europe, Best Book, 2010 |
| The Hungry Ghosts by Anne Berry | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2010 |
| The Ice Age by Kirsten Reed | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2010 |
| The Immortals by Amit Chaudhuri | South Asia and Europe, Best Book, 2010 |
| The Island Quintet by Raymond Ramcharitar | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2010 |
| Kings of the Water by Mark Behr | Africa, Best Book, 2010 |
| Look Who's Morphing by Tom Cho | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2010 |
| Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey | South East Asia and Pacific, Best Book, 2010 |
| The People's Train by Thomas Keneally | South East Asia and Pacific, Best Book, 2010 |
| The Shadow of a Smile by Kachi A. Ozumba | Africa, Best First Book, 2010 |
| The Shape of Him by Gill Schierhout | Africa, Best First Book, 2010 |
| Singularity by Charlotte Grimshaw | South East Asia and Pacific, Best Book, 2010 |
| Sleeper's Wake by Alistair Morgan | Africa, Best First Book, 2010 |
| Summertime: Scenes from Provincial Life by J. M. Coetzee | South East Asia and Pacific, Best Book, 2010 |
| Tail of the Blue Bird by Nii Ayikwei Parkes | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2010 |
| The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Africa, Best Book, 2010 |
| Tsamma Season by Rosemund Handler | Africa, Best Book, 2010 |
| The Winter Vault by Anne Michaels | Caribbean and Canada, Best Book, 2010 |
| 21 Immortals by Rozlan Mohd Noor | south East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2011 |
| Banquet at Brabazan by Patricia Schonstein | Africa, Best Book, 2011 |
| The Betrayal by Helen Dunmore | South Asia and Europe, Best Book, 2011 |
| Bitter Leaf by Chioma Okereke | Africa, Best First Book, 2011 |
| The Body in the Clouds: A Novel by Ashley Hay | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2011 |
| Children of the Sun by Max Schaefer | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2011 |
| The Death of Donna Whalen by Michael Winter | Caribbean and Canada, Best Book, 2011 |
| Doing Dangerously Well by Carole Enahoro | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2011 |
| A Few Right Thinking Men by Sulari Gentill | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2011 |
| The Fossil Artist by Graeme Friedman | Africa, Best First Book, 2011 |
| Gifted by Patrick Evans | South East Asia and Pacific, Best Book, 2011 |
| Grace Williams Says it Loud by Emma Henderson | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2011 |
| The Graphologist's Apprentice by Whiti Hereaka | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2011 |
| Hand Me Down World by Lloyd Jones | South East Asia and Pacific, Best Book, 2011 |
| The House with Blue Shutters by Lisa Hilton | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2011 |
| Ilustrado by Miguel Syjuco | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2011 |
| In the Fabled East by Adam Lewis Schroeder | Caribbean and Canada, Best Book, 2011 |
| Light Lifting by Alexander MacLeod | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2011 |
| The Long Song by Andrea Levy | South Asia and Europe, Best Book, 2011 |
| Lyrics Alley by Leila Aboulela | South Asia and Europe, Best Book, 2011 |
| The Master of Happy Endings by Jack Hodgins | Caribbean and Canada, Best Book, 2011 |
| The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna | Africa, Best Book, 2011 |
| Men of the South by Zukiswa Wanner | Africa, Best Book, 2011 |
| Mennonites Don't Dance by Darcie Friesen Hossack | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2011 |
| Mr. Shakespeare's Bastard by Richard B. Wright | Caribbean and Canada, Best Book, 2011 |
| Notorious by Roberta Lowing | South East Asia and Pacific, Best Book, 2011 |
| Oil on Water by Helon Habila | Africa, Best Book, 2011 |
| Reading Madame Bovary by Amanda Lohrey | South East Asia and Pacific, Best Book, 2011 |
| Saraswati Park by Anjali Joseph | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2011 |
| Serious Men by Manu Joseph | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2011 |
| Sex and Stravinsky by Barbara Trapido | South Asia and Europe, Best Book, 2011 |
| The Sky Is Falling by Caroline Adderson | Caribbean and Canada, Best Book, 2011 |
| This Cake is for the Party by Sarah Selecky | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2011 |
| Time's long ruin : a novel by Stephen Orr | South East Asia and Pacific, Best Book, 2011 |
| Traitor by Stephen Daisley | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2011 |
| Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett | South Asia and Europe, Best Book, 2011 |
| Voice of America by E. C. Osondu | Africa, Best First Book, 2011 |
| Wall of Days by Alastair Bruce | Africa, Best First Book, 2011 |
| The Book of Answers by C. Y Gopinath | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2012 |
| A Cupboard Full of Coats by Yvvette Edwards | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2012 |
| The Dancing and the Death in Lemon Street by Denis Hirson | South Asia and Europe, Best Book, 2012 |
| Dancing Lessons by Olive Senior | Caribbean and Canada, Best Book, 2012 |
| Jubilee by Shelley Harris | Africa, Best First Book, 2012 |
| The Ottoman Motel by Christopher Currie | South East Asia and Pacific, Best Book, 2012 |
| Pao by Kerry Young | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2012 |
| Patchwork by Ellen Banda-Aaku | Africa, Best First Book, 2012 |
| Purple Threads by Jeanine Leane | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2012 |
| Rebirth - A Novel by Jahnavi Barua | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2012 |
| The Sentimentalists by Johanna Skibsrud | Caribbean and Canada, Best Book, 2012 |
| The Sly Company of People Who Care by Rahul Bhattacharya | South East Asia and Pacific, Best Book, 2012 |
| The Town That Drowned by Riel Nason | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2012 |
| The Vanishing Act: A Novel by Mette Jakobsen | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2012 |
| The Wandering Falcon by Jamil Ahmad | South Asia and Europe, Best Book, 2012 |
| The Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin Wood | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2013 |
| Beneath the Darkening Sky by Majok Tulba | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2013 |
| Disposable People: Inspired by true events by Ezekel Alan | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2013 |
| Em and the Big Hoom by Jerry Pinto | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2013 |
| Floundering by Romy Ash | south East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2013 |
| God on Every Wind by Farhad Sorabjee | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2013 |
| The Great Agony and Pure Laughter of the Gods by Jamala Safari | Africa, Best First Book, 2013 |
| The Headmaster's Wager by Vincent Lam | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2013 |
| Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2013 |
| The Last Thread by Michael Sala | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2013 |
| Mazin Grace by Dylan Coleman | South East Asia and Pacific, Best First Book, 2013 |
| Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2013 |
| Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron | Caribbean and Canada, Best First Book, 2013 |
| The Spider King's Daughter by Chibundu Onuzo | Africa, Best First Book, 2013 |
| The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2013 |
| The Wildings by Nilanjana Roy | South Asia and Europe, Best First Book, 2013 |
