LA Times Book Prize2004

Given by Los Angeles Times

Other Names: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
45 Works 53,158 Books 1,572 Reviews ½ 3.9
The Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of book prizes annually since 1980. Eligibility for the prizes requires a book to have its first United States publication between January 1 and December 31 show more of any given year. This American publication must be in English; however, English does not have to be the original language of the work. Authors may be of any nationality. They should be alive at the time of their book’s qualifying U.S. publication although eligibility is also extended to significant new translations of the work of deceased writers. Books by current employees of the Los Angeles Times, by current employees of Tribune Company or any of its other affiliates, by currently serving judges of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, or by immediate family members of these groups are not eligible. show less
Stages:
All, Winner (364), Finalist (1,601)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2023 (61), 2022 (55), 2021 (56), 2020 (28), 2019 (57), 2018 (51), 2017 (50), 2016 (54), 2015 (50), 2014 (46), 2013 (50), 2012 (48), 2011 (50), 2010 (50), 2009 (49), 2008 (45), 2007 (45), 2006 (44), 2005 (45), 2004 (45), 2003 (45), 2002 (45), 2001 (45), 2000 (45), 1999 (40), 1998 (40), 1997 (34), 1996 (53), 1995 (35), 1994 (34), 1993 (33), 1992 (30), 1991 (34), 1990 (18), 1989 (10), 1988 (9), 1987 (9), 1986 (10), 1985 (9), 1984 (9), 1983 (9), 1982 (9), 1981 (10), 1980 (8)
Announced:
April 19: Winner2023 Recent
February 21: Finalist2023 Recent

Winner 9

Finalist 45

WorkCategoryYear
de Kooning: An American Master by Mark StevensBiography2004
Alexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowBiography2004
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen GreenblattBiography2004
John James Audubon: The Making of an American by Richard RhodesBiography2004
Washington Gone Crazy: Senator Pat McCarran and the Great American Communist Hunt by Michael J. YbarraBiography2004
Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War by Evan WrightCurrent Interest2004
The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness by Karen ArmstrongCurrent Interest2004
Blue Blood by Edward ConlonCurrent Interest2004
Bound to Please: An Extraordinary One-Volume Literary Education by Michael DirdaCurrent Interest2004
Truth and Beauty: A Friendship by Ann PatchettCurrent Interest2004
The Master by Colm TóibínFiction2004
Graceland by Chris AbaniFiction2004
The Darling by Russell BanksFiction2004
Gilead by Marilynne RobinsonFiction2004
Honored Guest: Stories by Joy WilliamsFiction2004
Harbor by Lorraine AdamsFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2004
Natasha: And Other Stories by David BezmozgisFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2004
Rear View: Stories by Peter DuvalFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2004
Eve Green by Susan FletcherFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2004
A Girl Becomes a Comma Like That: A Novel by Lisa GlattFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2004
Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime: From the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism by Geoffrey R. StoneHistory2004
The Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. EvansHistory2004
High Noon in the Cold War: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Cuban Missile Crisis by Max FrankelHistory2004
Beasts of the Fields: A Narrative History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1913 by Richard Steven StreetHistory2004
Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier by Alfred F. YoungHistory2004
Tijuana Straits by Kem NunnMystery/Thriller2004
Dark Voyage by Alan FurstMystery/Thriller2004
The Return of the Dancing Master by Henning MankellMystery/Thriller2004
Old Boys by Charles McCarryMystery/Thriller2004
A Question of Blood by Ian RankinMystery/Thriller2004
Inner Voices: Selected Poems, 1963-2003 by Richard HowardPoetry2004
The Orchard by Brigit Pegeen KellyPoetry2004
The Optimist: Poems by Joshua MehiganPoetry2004
The Clerk's Tale: Poems by Spencer ReecePoetry2004
Keeping My Name (Walt McDonald First-Book Series in Poetry) by Catherine TufarielloPoetry2004
The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change by Charles WohlforthScience & Technology2004
The Proteus Effect: Stem Cells and Their Promise for Medicine by Ann B. ParsonScience & Technology2004
Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century by Lauren SlaterScience & Technology2004
On the Wing: To the Edge of the Earth with the Peregrine Falcon by Alan TennantScience & Technology2004
His Brother's Keeper: A Story from the Edge of Medicine by Jonathan WeinerScience & Technology2004
Doing It by Melvin BurgessYoung Adult Literature2004
Private Peaceful by Michael MorpurgoYoung Adult Literature2004
Under the Wolf, Under the Dog by Adam RappYoung Adult Literature2004
How I Live Now by Meg RosoffYoung Adult Literature2004
Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood by Benjamin Alire SáenzYoung Adult Literature2004

Descriptions

The Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of book prizes annually since 1980. Eligibility for the prizes requires a book to have its first United States publication between January 1 and December 31 of any given year. This American publication must be in English; however, English does not have to be the original language of the work. Authors may be of any nationality. They should be alive at the time of their book’s qualifying U.S. publication although eligibility is also extended to significant new translations of the work of deceased writers. Books by current employees of the Los Angeles Times, by current employees of Tribune Company or any of its other affiliates, by currently serving judges of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, or by immediate family members of these groups are not eligible. (English, Member-written)
This year’s Los Angeles Times Book Prizes honored outstanding literary achievement in nine categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction, history, mystery/thriller, poetry, science and technology, and young adult fiction. Each winner receives a $1,000 cash award. (English, Member-written)

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