LA Times Book Prize2021

Given by Los Angeles Times

Other Names: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
55 Works / 56 Items 17,470 Books 718 Reviews ½ 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 12

Finalist 56

WorkCategoryYear
Burning Boy: The Life and Work of Stephen Crane by Paul AusterBiography2021
Competing with Idiots: Herman and Joe Mankiewicz, a Dual Portrait by Nick DavisBiography2021
All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler by Rebecca DonnerBiography2021
Mike Nichols: A Life by Mark HarrisBiography2021
The Reason for the Darkness of the Night by John TreschBiography2021
Real Estate by Deborah LevyChristopher Isherwood Prize2021
Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could by Adam SchiffCurrent Interest2021
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City by Andrea ElliottCurrent Interest2021
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGheeCurrent Interest2021
Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration by Reuben Jonathan MillerCurrent Interest2021
Wildland: The Making of America's Fury by Evan OsnosCurrent Interest2021
In the Company of Men by Véronique TadjoFiction2021
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories by Mariana EnríquezFiction2021
American Estrangement: Stories by Said SayrafiezadehFiction2021
I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye WatkinsFiction2021
Harrow by Joy WilliamsFiction2021
Brood: A Novel by Jackie PolzinFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2021
Assembly by Natasha BrownFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2021
The Recent East by Thomas GrattanFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2021
My Monticello: Fiction by Jocelyn Nicole JohnsonFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2021
When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín LabatutFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2021
No One Else by R. Kikuo JohnsonGraphic Novel/Comics2021
Heaven No Hell by Michael DeForgeGraphic Novel/Comics2021
The Waiting by Keum Suk Gendry-KimGraphic Novel/Comics2021
Shadow Life by Hiromi GotoGraphic Novel/Comics2021
Stone Fruit by Lee LaiGraphic Novel/Comics2021
Cuba: An American History by Ada FerrerHistory2021
Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance by Mia BayHistory2021
The Chinese Question: The Gold Rushes and Global Politics by Mae NgaiHistory2021
African Europeans: An Untold History by Olivette OteleHistory2021
I've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land (America in the Nineteenth Century) by Alaina E. RobertsHistory2021
The Turnout by Megan AbbottMystery/Thriller2021
The Dark Hours by Michael ConnellyMystery/Thriller2021
Razorblade Tears by S.A. CosbyMystery/Thriller2021
The Collective by Alison GaylinMystery/Thriller2021
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-GarciaMystery/Thriller2021
frank: sonnets by Diane SeussPoetry2021
Master Suffering by C.M. BurroughsPoetry2021
Playlist for the Apocalypse: Poems by Rita DovePoetry2021
Floaters: Poems by Martín EspadaPoetry2021
Yellow Rain: Poems by Mai Der VangPoetry2021
Spirits Abroad {expanded edition} by Zen ChoRay Bradbury Prize2021
Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka AokiRay Bradbury Prize2021
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories by Mariana EnríquezRay Bradbury Prize2021
The World Gives Way by Marissa LevienRay Bradbury Prize2021
Sorrowland by Rivers SolomonRay Bradbury Prize2021
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-WeinsteinScience & Technology2021
Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by Katharine HayhoeScience & Technology2021
Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World by Emma MarrisScience & Technology2021
God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning by Meghan O'GieblynScience & Technology2021
A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds by Scott WeidensaulScience & Technology2021
A Sitting in St. James by Rita Williams-GarciaYoung Adult Literature2021
A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little BadgerYoung Adult Literature2021
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda LoYoung Adult Literature2021
Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party’s Promise to the People by Kekla MagoonYoung Adult Literature2021
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula YooYoung Adult Literature2021

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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