2019 L.A. Times Book Prize

Awards List

Fiction

The Topeka School
(Winner)
Ben Lerner

The Nickel Boys
(Finalist)
Colson Whitehead

Stay and Fight
(Finalist)
Madeline Ffitch

The Shadow King
(Finalist)
Maaza Mengiste

We, the Survivors
(Finalist)
Tash Aw

First Fiction

The Old Drift
(Winner)
Namwali Serpell

Optic Nerve
(Finalist)
Maria Gainza

In West Mills
(Finalist)
De'Shawn Charles Winslow

Say Say Say
(Finalist)
Lila Savage

Marilou Is Everywhere
(Finalist)
Sarah Elaine Smith

Graphic Novel

The Hard Tomorrow
(Winner)
Eleanor Davis

Is This How You See Me?
(Finalist)
Jaime Hernandez

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
(Finalist)
Mariko Tamaki

Grass
(Finalist)
Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

Mystery/Thriller

Your House Will Pay
(Winner)
Steph Cha

The Lost Man
(Finalist)
Jane Harper

Lady in the Lake
(Finalist)
Laura Lippman

Heaven, My Home
(Finalist)
Attica Locke

The Night Fire
(Finalist)
Michael Connelly

Young Adult Literature

When the Ground Is Hard
(Winner)
Malla Nunn

Dig
(Finalist)
A.S. King

Patron Saints of Nothing
(Finalist)
Randy Ribay

Butterfly Yellow
(Finalist)
Thanhha Lai

Award Categories

Fiction

First Fiction

Graphic Novel

Mystery/Thriller

Poetry

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction

Young Adult Literature

Award Years

2019

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