Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners

Since 1980, the Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of annual book prizes. The Prizes currently have eleven single-title categories: biography, curren ...more

Winners

	A Sitting in St. James by Rita Williams-Garcia 4.07 avg rating — 1,315 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 860 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Ray Bradbury Prize (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 4.13 avg rating — 2,749 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science & Technology (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	frank: sonnets by Diane Seuss 4.53 avg rating — 903 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Turnout by Megan Abbott (Goodreads Author) 3.12 avg rating — 17,760 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cuba: An American History by Ada Ferrer (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 1,580 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No One Else by R. Kikuo Johnson 3.69 avg rating — 940 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Graphic Novel/Comics (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Company of Men by Véronique Tadjo 3.82 avg rating — 477 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could by Adam Schiff 4.55 avg rating — 3,805 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Real Estate by Deborah Levy 4.28 avg rating — 4,226 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burning Boy: The Life and Work of Stephen Crane by Paul Auster 3.98 avg rating — 239 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brood by Jackie Polzin 3.58 avg rating — 3,450 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction (2021)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 18,617 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir by Sara Seager (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 2,258 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science & Technology (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 58,944 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction (Ray Bradbury Prize) (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Obit by Victoria Chang (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 2,831 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 29,384 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha S. Jones (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 598 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apsara Engine by Bishakh Kumar Som 3.83 avg rating — 417 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Graphic Novel/Comics (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop 3.85 avg rating — 16,726 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson (Goodreads Author) 4.54 avg rating — 116,828 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mayflies by Andrew O'Hagan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12,395 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck by William Souder 4.07 avg rating — 791 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 25,698 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction (2020)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine by Emily Bernard 4.09 avg rating — 2,739 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor Davis 3.66 avg rating — 2,258 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Graphic Novel/Comics (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When the Ground Is Hard by Malla Nunn 4.16 avg rating — 1,182 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky 4.44 avg rating — 6,689 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Figuring by Maria Popova (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 2,967 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science & Technology (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 8,238 ratings Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (2019)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars