Best Book
2000 J M Coetzee Disgrace
1999 Murray Bail Eucalyptus
1998 Peter Carey Jack Maggs
1997 Earl Lovelace Salt
1996 Rohinton Mistry A Fine Balance
1995 Louis de Bernires Captain Corelli's Mandolin
1994 Vikram Seth A Suitable Boy
1993 Alex Miller The Ancestor Game
1992 Rohinton Mistry Such a Long Journey
1991 David Malouf The Great World
1990 Mordechai Richler Solomon Gursky Was Here
1989 Janet Frame The Carpathians
1988 Festus Iyayi Heroes
1987 Olive Senior Summer Lightning
Best First Book
2000 Jeffrey Moore Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain
1999 Kerri Sakamoto The Electrical Field
1998 Tim Wynveen Angel Falls
1997 Ann-Marie MacDonald Fall on your Knees
1996 Vikram Chandra Red Earth, Pouring Rain
1995 Adib Khan Seasonal Adjustments
1994 Keith Oatley The Case of Emily V
1993 Gita Hariharan The Thousand Faces of Night
1992 Robert Antoni Divina Trace
1991 Pauline Melville Shape-Shifter
1990 John Cranna Visitors
1989 Bonnie Burnard Women of Influence
