2017 L.A. Times Book Prize

Awards List

Fiction

Exit West
(Winner)
Mohsin Hamid

Ghachar Ghochar
(Finalist)
Vivek Shanbhag

The Changeling
(Finalist)
Victor Lavalle

The Burning Girl
(Finalist)
Claire Messud

Sing, Unburied, Sing
(Finalist)
Jesmyn Ward

First Fiction

Sour Heart: Stories
(Winner)
Jenny Zhang

The Idiot
(Finalist)
Elif Batuman

Goodbye, Vitamin
(Finalist)
Rachel Khong

My Absolute Darling
(Finalist)
Gabriel Tallent

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
(Finalist)
Carmen Maria Machado

Graphic Novel

Present
(Winner)
Leslie Stein

Everything Is Flammable
(Finalist)
Gabrielle Bell

Mystery/Thriller

A Book of American Martyrs
(Winner)
Joyce Carol Oates

The Night Ocean
(Finalist)
Paul LaFarge

The Late Show
(Finalist)
Michael Connelly

Bluebird, Bluebird
(Finalist)
Attica Locke

Wonder Valley
(Finalist)
Ivy Pochoda

Young Adult Literature

Long Way Down
(Winner)
Jason Reynolds

Piecing Me Together
(Finalist)
Renee Watson

The Hate U Give
(Finalist)
Angie Thomas

Genuine Fraud
(Finalist)
E. Lockhart

Award Categories

Fiction

First Fiction

Graphic Novel

Mystery/Thriller

Poetry

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction

Young Adult Literature

Award Years

2019

2018

2017

2015

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