Los Angeles Times Book Prize2020

Given by Los Angeles Times

Other Names: LA Times Book Prize
56 Works 39,936 Books 1,608 Reviews 4.1
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 (366), Finalist (1,272)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2023 (61), 2022 (56), 2021 (56), 2020 (56), 2019 (56), 2018 (51), 2017 (51), 2016 (54), 2015 (50), 2014 (50), 2013 (50), 2012 (48), 2011 (50), 2010 (50), 2009 (50), 2008 (45), 2007 (45), 2006 (45), 2005 (45), 2004 (45), 2003 (45), 2002 (45), 2001 (45), 2000 (45), 1999 (40), 1998 (40), 1997 (35), 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)

Winner 12

WorkCategoryYear
Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck by William SouderBiography2020
Mayflies by Andrew O'HaganChristopher Isherwood Prize2020
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel WilkersonCurrent Interest2020
At Night All Blood Is Black by David DiopFiction2020
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha PhilyawFirst Fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2020
Apsara Engine by Bishakh SomGraphic Novel/Comics2020
Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha S. JonesHistory2020
Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. CosbyMystery/Thriller2020
Obit by Victoria ChangPoetry2020
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham JonesRay Bradbury Prize2020
The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir by Sara SeagerScience & Technology2020
Punching the Air by Ibi ZoboiYoung Adult Literature2020

Finalist 44

WorkCategoryYear
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather ClarkBiography2020
Warhol by Blake GopnikBiography2020
Eleanor by David MichaelisBiography2020
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les PayneBiography2020
A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom by Brittany K. BarnettCurrent Interest2020
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo VillavicencioCurrent Interest2020
Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration by Christine MontrossCurrent Interest2020
Separated: Inside an American Tragedy by Jacob SoboroffCurrent Interest2020
Likes by Sarah Shun-lien BynumFiction2020
What Happens at Night by Peter CameronFiction2020
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke EmeziFiction2020
The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories by Danielle EvansFiction2020
These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy CardFirst Fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2020
Little Gods by Meng JinFirst Fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2020
Shuggie Bain by Douglas StuartFirst Fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2020
A House Is a Body: Stories by Shruti SwamyFirst Fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2020
Umma's Table by Yeon-sik HongGraphic Novel/Comics2020
Blue Flag, Vol. 1 by KaitoGraphic Novel/Comics2020
Sports Is Hell by Ben PassmoreGraphic Novel/Comics2020
Come Home, Indio: A Memoir by Jim TerryGraphic Novel/Comics2020
South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War by Alice L. BaumgartnerHistory2020
The Deportation Machine: America's Long History of Expelling Immigrants by Adam GoodmanHistory2020
The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States by Walter JohnsonHistory2020
The United States of War: A Global History of America's Endless Conflicts, from Columbus to the Islamic State (Volume 48) (California Series in Public Anthropology) by David VineHistory2020
A Beautiful Crime by Christopher BollenMystery/Thriller2020
And Now She's Gone: A Novel by Rachel Howzell HallMystery/Thriller2020
Little Secrets by Jennifer HillierMystery/Thriller2020
These Women by Ivy PochodaMystery/Thriller2020
Borderland Apocrypha by Anthony CodyPoetry2020
Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie DiazPoetry2020
Love Child's Hotbed of Occasional Poetry: Poems & Artifacts by Nikky FinneyPoetry2020
The Age of Phillis by Honorée Fanonne JeffersPoetry2020
Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeRay Bradbury Prize2020
Lakewood by Megan GiddingsRay Bradbury Prize2020
The City We Became by N. K. JemisinRay Bradbury Prize2020
Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko MatsudaRay Bradbury Prize2020
The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values by Brian ChristianScience & Technology2020
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu MillerScience & Technology2020
The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another by Ainissa RamirezScience & Technology2020
The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik SvenssonScience & Technology2020
The Black Flamingo by Dean AttaYoung Adult Literature2020
Legendborn by Tracy DeonnYoung Adult Literature2020
Go with the Flow by Karen SchneemannYoung Adult Literature2020
The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices from the Donner Party by Allan WolfYoung Adult Literature2020

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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