Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction


The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction, established in 1980, is a category of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Works are eligible during the year of their first US publication in English, though they may be written originally in languages other than English.

Recipients

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Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction winners and finalists
YearAuthorTitleResultRef.
1980Walker PercyThe Second ComingWinner[1]
Joyce Carol OatesBellefleurFinalist[1]
John Kennedy TooleA Confederacy of Dunces
William GoldingDarkness Visible
John le CarréSmiley’s People
1981D. M. ThomasThe White HotelWinner[2]
William WhartonDadFinalist[2]
Elizabeth BowenThe Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen
Mark HelprinEllis Island and Other Stories
Ray BradburyThe Stories of Ray Bradbury
Philip RothZuckerman Unbound
1982Robert StoneA Flag for SunriseWinner[3]
Isaac Bashevis SingerThe Collected StoriesFinalist[3]
Saul BellowThe Dean's December
Anne TylerDinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Donald BarthelmeSixty Stories
1983Thomas KeneallySchindler's ArkWinner[4]
Gabriel García MárquezChronicle of a Death ForetoldFinalist[4]
John le CarréThe Little Drummer Girl
Umberto EcoThe Name of the Rose
Iris MurdochThe Philosopher's Pupil
1984Milan KunderaThe Unbearable Lightness of BeingWinner[5]
Joan DidionDemocracyFinalist[5]
Saul BellowHim With His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories
Harriet DoerrStones for Ibarra
John UpdikeThe Witches of Eastwick
1985Louise ErdrichLove MedicineWinner[6]
Jamaica KincaidAnnie JohnFinalist[6]
J. G. BallardEmpire of the Sun
Anita BrooknerHotel du Lac
Elizabeth BenedictSlow Dancing
1986Margaret AtwoodThe Handmaid's TaleWinner[7]
Anne TylerThe Accidental TouristFinalist[7]
Vikram SethThe Golden Gate
Garrison KeillorLake Wobegon Days
Carlos FuentesThe Old Gringo
John le CarréA Perfect Spy
1987James WelchFools CrowWinner[8]
Isabel AllendeOf Love and ShadowsFinalist[8]
Peter TaylorA Summons to Memphis
Alice McDermottThat Night
Joyce Carol OatesYou Must Remember This
1988Gabriel García MarquezLove in the Time of CholeraWinner[9]
Doris May LessingThe Fifth ChildFinalist[9]
Don DeLilloLibra
Penelope LivelyMoon Tiger
Jorge AmadoShowdown
1989Fay WeldonThe Heart of the CountryWinner[10]
Eduardo Mendoza and Bernard MolloyThe City of MarvelsFinalist[10]
Amy TanThe Joy Luck Club
Bette PesetskyMidnight Sweets
Elaine FeinsteinMother’s Girl
1990Edna O'BrienLantern SlidesWinner[11]
Anyi Wang and Martha AveryBaotownFinalist[11]
Alice MunroFriend of My Youth
Jane SmileyOrdinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas
Thea AstleyReaching Tin River
1991Allan GurganusWhite PeopleWinner[12]
Claude SimonThe AcaciaFinalist[12]
J.M. CoetzeeAge of Iron
Annie ErnauxA Woman’s Story
Sandra CisnerosWoman Hollering Creek and Other Stories
1992Art SpiegelmanMaus II, A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles BeganWinner[13]
Jane SmileyA Thousand AcresFinalist[13]
Paule MarshallDaughters
Randall KenanLet the Dead Bury Their Dead: Stories
Edna O’BrienTime and Tide
1993Barbara KingsolverPigs in HeavenWinner[14]
Sue MillerFor LoveFinalist[14]
Cathleen SchineRameau’s Niece
Helen NorrisThe Burning Glass: Stories
William TrevorWilliam Trevor: The Collected Stories
1994David MaloufRemembering BabylonWinner[15]
Bharati MukherjeeHolder of the WorldFinalist[15]
William T. VollmannThe Rifles: Volume 6 of the Seven Dreams sequence
Mark SalzmanThe Soloist
David LeavittWhile England Sleeps
1995William BoydThe Blue AfternoonWinner[16]
Kate GrenvilleAlbion’s StoryFinalist[16]
William TrevorFelicia’s Journey
Alice MunroOpen Secrets: Stories
Bradford MorrowTrinity Fields
1996Rohinton MistryA Fine BalanceWinner[17]
Louis BegleyAbout SchmidtFinalist[17]
Beryl BainbridgeEvery Man for Himself
A.B. YehoshuaOpen Heart
Tomás Eloy MartínezSanta Evita
Andrea BarrettShip Fever and Other Stories
Pat BarkerThe Ghost Road
R.C. BinstockTree of Heaven
1997James Carlos BlakeIn the Rogue BloodWinner[18]
Louis B. JonesCalifornia’s OverFinalist[18]
Seamus DeaneReading in the Dark
Francisco GoldmanThe Ordinary Seaman
Bernhard Schlink and Carol Brown JanewayThe Reader
1998W. G. Sebald with Michael Hulse (trans.)The Rings of SaturnWinner[19]
William TrevorDeath in SummerFinalist[19]
Susan MinotEvening
Richard PriceFreedomland
Philip RothI Married a Communist
1999Amit ChaudhuriFreedom Song: Three NovelsWinner[20]
Annie ProulxClose Range: Wyoming StoriesFinalist[20]
Andre Dubus IIIHouse of Sand and Fog
Kent HarufPlainsong
Ha JinWaiting
2000David MeansAssorted Fire EventsWinner[21]
Peter Ho DaviesEqual LoveFinalist[21]
Michael ChabonThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Philip RothThe Human Stain
Joy WilliamsThe Quick and the Dead
2001Mary RobisonWhy Did I EverWinner[22]
Abdulrazak GurnahBy the SeaFinalist[22]
Alice MunroHateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories
Colson WhiteheadJohn Henry Days
Jonathan FranzenThe Corrections
2002Ian McEwanAtonementWinner[23]
Peter CameronThe City of Your Final DestinationFinalist[23]
Kate JenningsMoral Hazard
Aleksandar HemonNowhere Man
Joanna ScottTourmaline
2003Pete DexterTrainWinner[24]
Michelle HunevenJameslandFinalist[24]
Tobias WolffOld School
Jhumpa LahiriThe Namesake
Sherman AlexieTen Little Indians
2004Colm TóibínThe MasterWinner[25]
Russell BanksThe DarlingFinalist[25]
Marilynne RobinsonGilead
Chris AbaniGraceLand
Joy WilliamsHonored Guest: Stories
2005Gabriel García Márquez with Edith Grossman (trans.)Memories of My Melancholy WhoresWinner[26]
Haruki MurakamiKafka on the ShoreFinalist[26]
Nick HornbyA Long Way Down
E.L. DoctorowThe March
Mary GaitskillVeronica
2006A. B. Yehoshua with Hillel Halkin (trans.)A Woman in JerusalemWinner[27][28]
David MitchellBlack Swan GreenFinalist[27]
Susan StraightA Million Nightingales
Peter OrnerThe Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo
Daniel WoodrellWinter’s Bone
2007Andrew O'HaganBe Near MeWinner[29]
Junot DíazThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar WaoFinalist[29]
Stewart O’NanLast Night at the Lobster
Per PettersonOut Stealing Horses
Marianne WigginsThe Shadow Catcher
2008Marilynne RobinsonHomeWinner[30][31][32]
Richard PriceLush LifeFinalist[33]
Marisa SilverThe God of War
Sebastian BarryThe Secret Scripture
Joan SilberThe Size of the World
2009Rafael YglesiasA Happy MarriageWinner[34]
Michelle HunevenBlameFinalist[34]
Jill CimentHeroic Measures
Jane GardamThe Man in the Wooden Hat
Kate WalbertA Short History of Women
2010Jennifer EganA Visit from the Goon SquadWinner[35]
Frederick ReikenDay for NightFinalist[35]
Jonathan FranzenFreedom
Rick BassNashville Chrome
Richard BauschSomething Is Out There: Stories
2011Alex ShakarLuminariumWinner[36][37]
Edith PearlmanBinocular Vision: New & Selected StoriesFinalist[38]
Julie OtsukaThe Buddha in the Attic
Michael OndaatjeThe Cat's Table
Joseph O'ConnorGhost Light
2012Ben FountainBilly Lynn's Long Halftime WalkWinner[39][40]
Lauren GroffArcadiaFinalist[41]
Lydia MilletMagnificence
Jami AttenbergThe Middlesteins
Michael ChabonTelegraph Avenue
2013Ruth OzekiA Tale for the Time BeingWinner[42]
Daniel WoodrellThe Maid’s VersionFinalist[43]
Percival EverettPercival Everett by Virgil Russell
Susan SteinbergSpectacle: Stories
Claire MessudThe Woman Upstairs
2014Siri HustvedtThe Blazing WorldWinner[44]
Helen OyeyemiBoy, Snow, BirdFinalist[45]
Jenny OffillDept. of Speculation
Donald AntrimThe Emerald Light in the Air: Stories
Jesse BallSilence Once Begun
2015Valeria LuiselliThe Story of My TeethWinner[46]
Helen PhillipsBeautiful BureaucratFinalist[46]
James HannahamDelicious Foods
Adam JohnsonFortune Smiles
Anne EnrightThe Green Road
2016Adam HaslettImagine Me GoneWinner[47]
Dana SpiottaInnocents and OthersFinalist[48]
Lydia MilletSweet Lamb of Heaven
Zadie SmithSwing Time
Garth GreenwellWhat Belongs to You
2017Mohsin HamidExit WestWinner[49]
Claire MessudThe Burning GirlFinalist[50]
Victor LaValleThe Changeling
Vivek Shanbhag with Srinath Perur (trans.)Ghachar Ghochar
Jesmyn WardSing, Unburied, Sing
2018Rebecca MakkaiThe Great BelieversWinner[51]
Tayari JonesAn American MarriageFinalist[51]
Michael OndaatjeWarlight
Esi EdugyanWashington Black
Abby GeniThe Wildlands
2019Ben LernerThe Topeka SchoolWinner[52][53][54]
Colson WhiteheadThe Nickel BoysFinalist[53][55]
Maaza MengisteThe Shadow King
Madeline FfitchStay and Fight
Tash AwWe, the Survivors
2020David Diop with Anna Moschovakis (trans.)At Night All Blood Is BlackWinner[56][57]
Akwaeke EmeziThe Death of Vivek OjiFinalist[58][59]
Sarah Shun-lien BynumLikes
Danielle EvansThe Office of Historical Corrections
Peter CameronWhat Happens at Night
2021Véronique TadjoIn the Company of MenWinner[60][61]
Saïd SayrafiezadehAmerican EstrangementFinalist[61]
Mariana Enríquez with Megan McDowell (trans.)The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
Joy WilliamsHarrow
Claire Vaye WatkinsI Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness
2022Mircea Cărtărescu with Sean Cotter (trans.)SolenoidWinner[62]
Anna DornExaltedFinalist[63]
James HannahamDidn’t Nobody Give a S— What Happened to Carlotta
Jamil Jan KochaiThe Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
Fernanda Melchor (trans. by Sophie Hughes)Paradais
2023Ed ParkSame Bed Different DreamsWinner[64]
Susie BoytLoved and MissedFinalist[65]
Yiyun LiWednesday’s Child: Stories
Elizabeth McKenzieThe Dog of the North
Justin TorresBlackouts

References

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