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Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize

The Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize has been awarded every year since 1996. It promotes books that will contribute to greater understanding and cooperation among the peoples and nations of the Pacific Rim. The Prize is worth US$30,000. Half of the cash award is given to the author of the winning fiction title, and half is given to the author of the winning nonfiction title.

1. Fiction 2008

   
   Mister Pip Lloyd Jones

   

   Used Trade Paper $5.95
   

2. Nonfiction 2008

   
   The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other... Julia Whitty

   

   Used Hardcover $9.50
   

3. Fiction 2007

   
   Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman... Haruki Murakami

   

   New Trade Paper $16.00
   

4. Nonfiction 2007

   
   Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission... Greg Mortenson

   

   Used Trade Paper $5.50
   

5. Fiction 2006

   
   The Hummingbird's Daughter Luis Alberto Urrea

   

   Used Trade Paper $7.95
   

6. Nonfiction 2006

   
   The Reindeer People: Living with... Piers Vitebsky Used Trade Paper $9.95
   

7. Fiction 2005

   
   Maps for Lost Lovers: Nadeem Aslam

   

   Used Trade Paper $5.95
   

8. Nonfiction 2005

   
   Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found Suketu Mehta

   

   Used Trade Paper $8.95
   

9. Fiction 2004

   
   The Girl Who Played Go Shan Sa Used Trade Paper $3.50
   

10. Nonfiction 2004

    
    Dancing with Strangers: Europeans... Inga Clendinnen Used Trade Paper $9.95
    

11. Fiction 2002

    
    Family Matters Rohinton Mistry Used Hardcover $5.50
    

12. Nonfiction 2002

    
    From the Land of Green Ghosts: A... Pascal Khoo Thwe Used Trade Paper $4.50
    

13. Fiction 2001

    
    Dogside Story Patricia Grace Used Trade Paper $10.00
    

14. Nonfiction 2001

    
    River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze Peter Hessler

    

    Used Trade Paper $4.95
    

15. Fiction 2000

    
    Anil's Ghost Michael Ondaatje

    

    Used Trade Paper $3.50
    

16. Nonfiction 2000

    
    Things That Must Not Be Forgotten: A... Michael David Kwan Used Hardcover $8.50
    

17. Fiction 1999

    
    Three-Legged Horse (Modern... Cheng Ching Wen Used Trade Paper $5.95
    

18. Nonfiction 1999

    
    Catfish & Mandala: A Two-Wheeled... Andrew X Pham

    

    Used Trade Paper $8.95
    

19. Fiction 1998

    
    My Year of Meats Ruth L. Ozeki

    

    Used Trade Paper $4.50
    

20. Nonfiction 1997

    
    Japan: A Reinterpretation Patrick Smith Used Trade Paper $3.95
    

21. Fiction 1996

    
    Audrey Hepburns Neck Alan Brown Used Trade Paper $5.95
    

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