L.A. Times Book Prize Winners Fiction

Awards List

2019

The Topeka School (Winner)
Ben Lerner

Oct-2019
/ Literary

The Nickel Boys (Finalist)
Colson Whitehead

Jul-2019
/ Historical

Stay and Fight (Finalist)
Madeline Ffitch

Jul-2019
/ Literary

The Shadow King (Finalist)
Maaza Mengiste

Sep-2019
/ Literary

We, the Survivors (Finalist)
Tash Aw

Sep-2019
/ General Fiction

2018

The Great Believers (Winner)
Rebecca Makkai

Jun-2018
/ Literary

An American Marriage (Finalist)
Tayari Jones

Feb-2018
/ Literary

Warlight (Finalist)
Michael Ondaatje

May-2018
/ Literary

Washington Black (Finalist)
Esi Edugyan

Sep-2018
/ Action Adventure

The Wildlands (Finalist)
Abby Geni

Sep-2018
/ General Fiction

2017

Exit West (Winner)
Mohsin Hamid

Mar-2017
/ General Fiction

Ghachar Ghochar (Finalist)
Vivek Shanbhag

Feb-2017
/ Psychological Suspense

The Changeling (Finalist)
Victor Lavalle

Jun-2017
/ Literary

The Burning Girl (Finalist)
Claire Messud

Sep-2017
/ Literary

Sing, Unburied, Sing (Finalist)
Jesmyn Ward

Sep-2017
/ Fantasy

2015

Delicious Foods (Finalist)
James Hannaham

Mar-2015
/ Literary

The Green Road (Finalist)
Anne Enright

May-2015
/ Literary

The Beautiful Bureaucrat (Finalist)
Helen Phillips

Aug-2015
/ Thriller

Interesting Facts: Stories (Finalist)
Adam Johnson

Aug-2015
/ General Fiction

The Story of My Teeth (Finalist)
Valeria Luiselli

Sep-2015
/ Literary

2014

The Blazing World (Winner)
Siri Hustvedt

Mar-2014
/ Mystery

Dept. of Speculation (Finalist)
Jenny Offill

Feb-2014
/ Psychological Suspense

Silence Once Begun (Finalist)
Jesse Ball

Feb-2014
/ Historical

Boy, Snow, Bird (Finalist)
Helen Oyeyemi

Mar-2014
/ Fantasy

The Emerald Light in the Air: Stories (Finalist)
Donald Antrim

Sep-2014
/ General Fiction

2013

A Tale for the Time Being (Winner)
Ruth L. Ozeki

Mar-2013
/ Literary

Spectacle (Finalist)
Susan Steinberg

Jan-2013
/ Literary

Percival Everett by Virgil Russell (Finalist)
Percival Everett

Feb-2013
/ Literary

The Woman Upstairs (Finalist)
Claire Messud

May-2013
/ Literary

The Maid's Version (Finalist)
Daniel Woodrell

Sep-2013
/ Historical

2012

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Winner)
Ben Fountain

May-2012
/ General Fiction

Arcadia (Finalist)
Lauren Groff

Mar-2012
/ General Fiction

Telegraph Avenue (Finalist)
Michael Chabon

Sep-2012
/ Literary

Magnificence (Finalist)
Lydia Millet

Nov-2012
/ Literary

2011

Luminarium (Winner)
Alex Shakar

Sep-2011
/ Literary

Binocular Vision: New & Selected Stories (Finalist)
Edith Pearlman

Jan-2011
/ General Fiction

The Buddha in the Attic (Finalist)
Julie Otsuka

Sep-2011
/ Literary

2010

A Visit from the Goon Squad (Winner)
Jennifer Egan

Jun-2010
/ Literary

Freedom (Finalist)
Jonathan Franzen

Sep-2010
/ Literary

2009

The Man in the Wooden Hat (Finalist)
Jane Gardam

Oct-2009
/ General Fiction

2008

Home (Winner)
Marilynne Robinson

Sep-2008
/ General Fiction

The Size of the World (Finalist)
Joan Silber

Jun-2008
/ General Fiction

2007

Be Near Me (Winner)
Andrew O'Hagan

Jun-2007
/ General Fiction

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Finalist)
Junot Diaz

Sep-2007
/ General Fiction

2004

The Master (Winner)
Colm Toibin

Jun-2004
/ General Fiction

2001

The Corrections (Finalist)
Jonathan Franzen

Sep-2001
/ Literary

2000

Equal Love (Finalist)
Peter Ho Davies

Jan-2000
/ General Fiction

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Finalist)
Michael Chabon

Sep-2000
/ Literary

1999

Freedom Song (Winner)
Amit Chaudhuri

Feb-1999
/ General Fiction

Close Range (Finalist)
Annie Proulx

May-1999
/ Literary

Plainsong (Finalist)
Kent Haruf

Oct-1999
/ General Fiction

1998

The Rings of Saturn (Winner)
W.G. Sebald

Jun-1998
/ General Fiction

1997

In the Rogue Blood (Winner)
James Carlos Blake

Sep-1997
/ General Fiction

Award Categories

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction

Young Adult Literature

Award Years