L.A. Times Book Prize Winners Mystery/Thriller

Awards List

2019

Your House Will Pay (Winner)
Steph Cha

Oct-2019
/ Thriller

The Lost Man (Finalist)
Jane Harper

Feb-2019
/ Thriller

Lady in the Lake (Finalist)
Laura Lippman

Jul-2019
/ Thriller

Heaven, My Home (Finalist)
Attica Locke

Sep-2019
/ General Fiction

The Night Fire (Finalist)
Michael Connelly

Oct-2019
/ Police Procedural

2018

My Sister, the Serial Killer (Winner)
Oyinkan Braithwaite

Nov-2018
/ Women's Fiction

The Perfect Nanny (Finalist)
Leila Slimani

Jan-2018
/ Thriller

Green Sun (Finalist)
Kent Anderson

Mar-2018
/ Police Procedural

Give Me Your Hand (Finalist)
Megan Abbott

Jul-2018
/ Thriller

November Road (Finalist)
Lou Berney

Oct-2018
/ Thriller

2017

A Book of American Martyrs (Winner)
Joyce Carol Oates

Feb-2017
/ Psychological Suspense

The Night Ocean (Finalist)
Paul LaFarge

Mar-2017
/ Historical Mystery

The Late Show (Finalist)
Michael Connelly

Jul-2017
/ Police Procedural

Bluebird, Bluebird (Finalist)
Attica Locke

Sep-2017
/ General Fiction

Wonder Valley (Finalist)
Ivy Pochoda

Nov-2017
/ General Fiction

2015

The Long and Faraway Gone (Finalist)
Lou Berney

Feb-2015
/ Private Investigator

The Whites (Finalist)
Harry Brandt

Feb-2015
/ Thriller

The Sympathizer (Finalist)
Viet Thanh Nguyen

Apr-2015
/ Literary

The Cartel (Finalist)
Don Winslow

Jun-2015
/ Thriller

Bull Mountain (Finalist)
Brian Panowich

Jul-2015
/ Mystery

2014

Dry Bones in the Valley (Winner)
Tom Bouman

Jul-2014
/ Mystery

After I'm Gone (Finalist)
Laura Lippman

Feb-2014
/ Thriller

The Girl with a Clock for a Heart (Finalist)
Peter Swanson

Feb-2014
/ Suspense

The Painter (Finalist)
Peter Heller

May-2014
/ Historical

Dry Bones in the Valley (Finalist)
Tom Bouman

Jul-2014
/ Mystery

Sins of Our Fathers (Finalist)
Shawn Lawrence Otto

Nov-2014
/ Literary

2013

The Cuckoo's Calling (Winner)
Robert Galbraith

May-2013
/ Private Investigator

The Rage (Finalist)
Gene Kerrigan

Feb-2013
/ Mystery

Hour of the Red God (Finalist)
Richard Crompton

May-2013
/ Police Procedural

The Collini Case (Finalist)
Ferdinand von Schirach

Aug-2013
/ Thriller

Sycamore Row (Finalist)
John Grisham

Sep-2013
/ Thriller

2012

Angelmaker (Finalist)
Nick Harkaway

Mar-2012
/ Espionage

The Expats (Finalist)
Chris Pavone

Mar-2012
/ Espionage

The Thief (Finalist)
Fuminori Nakamura

Mar-2012
/ Thriller

The Twenty-Year Death (Finalist)
Ariel S. Winter

Aug-2012
/ Mystery

2011

Plugged (Finalist)
Eoin Colfer

Jul-2011
/ General Fiction

2010

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter (Winner)
Tom Franklin

Oct-2010
/ Literary

Faithful Place (Finalist)
Tana French

Jul-2010
/ Police Procedural

2009

Bury Me Deep (Finalist)
Megan Abbott

Jul-2009
/ Historical

2008

Age of Dreaming (Finalist)
Nina Revoyr

Apr-2008
/ General Fiction

2007

Calling Out for You // The Indian Bride (Winner)
Karin Fossum

2000
/ Police Procedural

In the Woods (Finalist)
Tana French

Jun-2007
/ Police Procedural

2006

The Zero (Finalist)
Jess Walter

Sep-2006
/ Suspense

2005

Legends (Winner)
Robert Littell

May-2005
/ Suspense

The Lincoln Lawyer (Finalist)
Michael Connelly

Oct-2005
/ Legal Thriller

2004

Tijuana Straits (Winner)
Kem Nunn

Aug-2004
/ Suspense

The Old Boys (Finalist)
Charles McCarry

May-2004
/ Thriller

2002

Hell to Pay (Winner)
George P. Pelecanos

Mar-2002
/ Private Investigator

Reversible Errors (Finalist)
Scott Turow

Dec-2001
/ Legal Thriller

2001

Silent Joe (Winner)
T. Jefferson Parker

Apr-2001
/ Thriller

2000

Shame the Devil (Finalist)
George P. Pelecanos

Jan-2000
/ Private Investigator

Award Categories

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction

Young Adult Literature

Award Years