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24 years tracked (1987–2011), 52 entries total.
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Room
Emma Donoghue · Best Book in Caribbean and Canada
Winner
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell · Best Book in South Asia and Europe
Winner
2010
Galore
Michael Crummey · Best Book in Caribbean and Canada
Winner
Under This Unbroken Sky
Shandi Mitchell · Best First Book in Caribbean and Canada
Winner
2009
A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Mohammed Hanif · Best First Book Overall
Winner
Say You're One of Them
Uwem Akpan · Best First Book in Africa
Winner
The Slap
Christos Tsiolkas · Best Book Overall
Winner
Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri · Best Book in South Asia and Europe
Winner
2008
Animal's People
Indra Sinha · Best Book in South Asia and Europe
Winner
The Anatomy of Wings
Karen Foxlee · Best First Book in South East Asia and Pacific
Winner
The Book of Negroes
Lawrence Hill · Best Book Overall
Winner
2007
In the Country of Men
Hisham Matar · Best First Book in South Asia and Europe
Winner
Mister Pip
Jones, Lloyd · Best Book Overall
Winner
2006
On Beauty
Zadie Smith · Best Book in South Asia and Europe
Winner
The Secret River
Kate Grenville · Best Book Overall
Winner
2005
Purple Hibiscus
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · Best First Book Overall
Winner
Runaway
Alice Munro · Best Book in Caribbean and Canada
Winner
Small Island
Andrea Levy · Best Book Overall
Winner
The White Earth
Andrew McGahan · Best Book in South East Asia and Pacific
Winner
2004
Deafening
Frances Itani · Best Book in Caribbean and Canada
Winner
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon · Best First Book Overall
Winner
Shantaram
Gregory David Roberts · Best First Book (the Pacific Region)
Nominee
2003
Spies
Michael Frayn · Best Book in South Asia and Europe
Winner
The Rice Mother
Rani Manicka · Best First Book in South East Asia and Pacific
Winner
2002
Atonement
Ian McEwan · Best Book in South Asia and Europe
Winner
The Pickup
Nadine Gordimer · Best Book in Africa
Winner
2001
True History of the Kelly Gang
Peter Carey · Best Book Overall
Winner
White Teeth
Zadie Smith · Best First Book Overall
Winner
2000
Disgrace
J. M. Coetzee · Best Book Overall
Winner
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Salman Rushdie · Best Book in South Asia and Europe
Winner
What the Body Remembers
Shauna Singh Baldwin · Best Book in Caribbean and Canada
Winner
Zu viele Männer
Lily Brett · Best Book in South East Asia and Pacific
Winner
1998
Barney's Version
Mordecai Richler · Best Book in Caribbean and Canada
Winner
1997
Fall on Your Knees
Ann-Marie MacDonald · Best First Book Overall
Winner
1996
A Fine Balance
Rohinton Mistry · Best Book Overall
Winner
Red Earth and Pouring Rain
Vikram Chandra · Best First Book Overall
Winner
1995
The Master of Petersburg
J. M. Coetzee · Best Book in Africa
Winner
1994
A Suitable Boy
Vikram Seth · Best Book Overall
Winner
Remembering Babylon
David Malouf · Best Book in South East Asia and Pacific
Winner
The Robber Bride
Margaret Atwood · Best Book in Caribbean and Canada
Winner
1993
The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje · Best Book in Caribbean and Canada
Winner
1992
Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord
Louis de Bernières · Best Book in South Asia and Europe
Winner
Such a Long Journey
Rohinton Mistry · Best Book Overall
Winner
1991
Possession
A. S. Byatt · Best Book in South Asia and Europe
Winner
The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
Louis de Bernières · Best First Book in South Asia and Europe
Winner
1990
Solomon Gursky Was Here
Mordecai Richler · Best Book Overall
Winner
The Great Indian Novel
Shashi Tharoor · Best Book in South Asia and Europe
Winner
1989
Nervous Conditions
Tsitsi Dangarembga · Best Book in Africa
Winner
1988
Oracles and Miracles
Stevan Eldred-Grigg · Best Book in South East Asia and Pacific
Winner
The Songlines
Bruce Chatwin · Best Book in South Asia and Europe
Winner
The Passion
Jeanette Winterson · Best Book in South Asia and Europe
Nominee
1987
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood · Best Book in Caribbean and Canada
Nominee
