LA Times Book Prize2011

Given by Los Angeles Times

Other Names: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
50 Works 69,414 Books 3,597 Reviews 4.0
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 10

Finalist 50

WorkCategoryYear
Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned by John A. FarrellBiography2011
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning MarableBiography2011
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. MassieBiography2011
Reading My Father: A Memoir by Alexandra StyronBiography2011
My Long Trip Home: A Family Memoir by Mark WhitakerBiography2011
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanCurrent Interest2011
Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything by David BellosCurrent Interest2011
El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency by Ioan GrilloCurrent Interest2011
Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol LievenCurrent Interest2011
The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear by Seth MnookinCurrent Interest2011
Luminarium by Alex ShakarFiction2011
Ghost Light by Joseph O'ConnorFiction2011
The Cat's Table by Michael OndaatjeFiction2011
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie OtsukaFiction2011
Binocular Vision: New & Selected Stories by Edith PearlmanFiction2011
Shards: A Novel by Ismet PrcicFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2011
The Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2011
Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor HendersonFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2011
Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben LernerFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2011
The Arriviste by James WallensteinFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2011
Finder: Voice by Carla Speed McNeilGraphic Novel/Comics2011
I Will Bite You! and Other Stories by Joseph LambertGraphic Novel/Comics2011
Celluloid by Dave McKeanGraphic Novel/Comics2011
Congress of the Animals by Jim WoodringGraphic Novel/Comics2011
Garden by Yuichi YokoyamaGraphic Novel/Comics2011
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America by Richard WhiteHistory2011
The Anatomy of a Moment: Thirty-Five Minutes in History and Imagination by Javier CercasHistory2011
1861: The Civil War Awakening by Adam GoodheartHistory2011
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 by Adam HochschildHistory2011
Molotov's Magic Lantern: A Journey in Russian History by Rachel PolonskyHistory2011
11/22/63 by Stephen KingMystery/Thriller2011
Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate AtkinsonMystery/Thriller2011
Plugged by Eoin ColferMystery/Thriller2011
Snowdrops by A. D. MillerMystery/Thriller2011
The End of the Wasp Season by Denise MinaMystery/Thriller2011
Double Shadow: Poems by Carl PhillipsPoetry2011
Songs of Unreason by Jim HarrisonPoetry2011
Discipline by Dawn Lundy MartinPoetry2011
The Public Gardens: Poems and History by Linda NortonPoetry2011
Devotions (Phoenix Poets) by Bruce SmithPoetry2011
Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius by Sylvia NasarScience & Technology2011
A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher by Joel AchenbachScience & Technology2011
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James GleickScience & Technology2011
Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men by Mara HvistendahlScience & Technology2011
Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution by Holly TuckerScience & Technology2011
The Big Crunch by Pete HautmanYoung Adult Literature2011
Beauty Queens by Libba BrayYoung Adult Literature2011
A Monster Calls by Patrick NessYoung Adult Literature2011
Life: An Exploded Diagram by Mal PeetYoung Adult Literature2011
The Scorpio Races by Maggie StiefvaterYoung Adult Literature2011

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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