Los Angeles Times Book Prize

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography winners • Year — Author — Title — Publisher — References • 1981 — David — Mornings on Horseback — Simon & Schuster • 1982 — Gay Wilson — Waldo Emerson: A Biography — Viking • 1983 — Seymour — The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House — Summit Books • 1984 — Ernst — The Nightmare of Reason — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 1985 — Michael — Solzhenitsyn — W.W. Norton & Company • 1986 — Maynard — Alexander Pope: A Life — W.W. Norton & Company • 1987 — Kenneth S. — Hemingway — Simon & Schuster • 1988 — Brenda — Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom — Houghton Mifflin • 1989 — Tobias — This Boy's Life: A Memoir — Atlantic Monthly Press • 1990 — Geoffrey C. — A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt — Harper & Row • 1991 — T. H. — Righteous Pilgrim: The Life and Times of Harold L. Ickes, 1874–1952 — Henry Holt • 1992 — Blanche — Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume One, 1884–1933 — Viking • 1993 — John Mack — Daniel Boone: The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer — Henry Holt • 1994 — Mikal — Shot in the Heart — Doubleday • 1995 — Doris — Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949 — HarperCollins • 1996 — Frank — Angela's Ashes: A Memoir — Scribner • 1997 — Sam — Whittaker Chambers: A Biography — Random House • 1998 — A. Scott — Lindbergh — G.P. Putnam's Sons • 1999 — Judith — Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette — Alfred A. Knopf • 2000 — William J. — Jefferson Davis, American — Alfred A. Knopf • 2001 — Edmund — Theodore Rex — Random House • 2002 — Robert A. — Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. 3 — Alfred A. Knopf • 2003 — Neil — American Empire: Roosevelt's Geographer and the Prelude to Globalization — University of California Press • 2004 — Mark and Annalyn Swan — de Kooning: An American Master — Alfred A. Knopf • 2005 — Hilary — Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse, the Conquest of Colour, 1909–1954 — Alfred A. Knopf • 2006 — Neal — Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination — Alfred A. Knopf • 2007 — Simon — Young Stalin — Alfred A. Knopf • 2008 — Paula J. — Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching — Amistad/HarperCollins • 2009 — Linda — Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits — W.W. Norton & Company • 2010 — Laura — Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption — Random House • 2011 — John A. — Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned — Doubleday • 2012 — Robert A. — The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson — Alfred A. Knopf • 2013 — Marie — Bolivar: American Liberator — Simon & Schuster • 2014 — Andrew — Napoleon: A Life — Viking • 2015 — Hayden — Listening to Stone: The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2016 — Volker with Jefferson Chase (trans.) — Hitler: Ascent, 1889–1939 — Alfred A. Knopf • 2017 — Laura — Henry David Thoreau: A Life — University of Chicago Press • 2018 — David W. — Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom — Simon & Schuster • 2019 — George — Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century — Alfred A. Knopf • 2020 — William — Mad at the World: A Life of John Steinbeck — W.W. Norton & Company • 2021 — Burning Boy: The Life and Work of Stephen Crane — Henry Holt & Company • 2022 — G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century — Viking Press • 2023 — Gregg — ' — Ecco/HarperCollins • 2024 — Laura — W. W. Norton & Company • 2025 — Ekow — The Strangers: Five Extraordinary Black Men and the Worlds That Made Them — HarperCollins

The Los Angeles Times – Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose has been awarded in partnership with the Christopher Isherwood Foundation since April 2017 (for 2016). The Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose winners • Year — Author — Title — Publisher — References • 2016 — Wesley — "They Can't Kill Us All": Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement — Little, Brown and Company • 2017 — Benjamin — Penguin Books • 2018 — Kiese — Heavy: An American Memoir — Scribner Book Company • 2019 — Emily — Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine — Alfred A. Knopf • 2020 — Andrew — Mayflies • 2021 — Real Estate: A Living Autobiography — Bloomsbury • 2022 — Solito: A Memoir. — Hogarth Press • 2023 — Claire — Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma — Alfred A. Knopf • 2024 — Emily — Health and Safety: A Breakdown — Pantheon Books • 2025 — Adam Ross — Playworld: A Novel — Alfred A. Knopf

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest winners • Year — Author — Title — Publisher — References • 1980 — Harrison — Without Fear or Favor — New York Times Books • 1981 — Jacobo — Prisoner without a Name, Cell without a Number — Alfred A. Knopf • 1982 — Jonathan — Alfred A. Knopf • 1983 — Walker — Lost in the Cosmos — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 1984 — Jane — Cities and the Wealth of Nations — Random House • 1985 — Robert N., Richard, William M. Sullivan, Ann and Steven M. Tipton — Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life — University of California Press • 1986 — Joseph — Move Your Shadow: South Africa, Black and White — Times Books • 1987 — Richard — W.W. Norton & Company • 1988 — William — Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country — Simon & Schuster • 1989 — Taylor — Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954–1963 — Simon & Schuster • 1990 — O. B. — Disappearing through the Skylight: Culture and Technology in the Twentieth Century — Viking • 1991 — E. J. — Why Americans Hate Politics: The Death of the Democratic Process — Simon & Schuster • 1992 — Francis — The Free Press • 1993 — Peter — Mexican Americans: The Ambivalent Minority — The Free Press • 1994 — Henry — Diplomacy — Simon & Schuster • 1995 — Gregory Howard — Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black — Dutton • 1996 — Peter — Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War — Alfred A. Knopf • 1997 — Anne — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 1998 — Philip — We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 1999 — Mitchell with Ovie Carter (photographer) — Sidewalk — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2000 — Frances — Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War — Simon & Schuster • 2001 — Barbara — Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America — Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt and Company • 2002 — Judith — Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex — University of Minnesota Press • 2003 — Ross — Basic Books • 2004 — Evan — Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America and the New Face of American War — G.P. Putnam's Sons • 2005 — Anthony — Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War — Henry Holt • 2006 — Ian — Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance — Penguin Press • 2007 — Elizabeth D. — Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2008 — Barton — Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency — Penguin Press • 2009 — Dave — Zeitoun — McSweeney's Books • 2010 — Michael — W. W. Norton & Company • 2011 — Daniel — Thinking, Fast and Slow — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2012 — Katherine — Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity — Random House • 2013 — Sheri — Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital — Crown • 2014 — Jeff — Scribner • 2015 — Sarah — Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security — W.W. Norton and Company • 2016 — Svetlana with Bela Shayevich (trans.) — Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets — Random House • 2017 — Nancy — Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America — Viking Press • 2018 — Francisco — Riverhead Books • 2019 — Emily — Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration — Random House • 2020 — Isabel — Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents — Random House • 2021 — Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could — Random House • 2022 — Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America — Penguin Press — | • 2023 — Roxanna — We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2024 — Jesse — The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant L.A. — Astra House • 2025 — Brian Goldstone — There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America — Crown Publishing Group

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction winners • Year — Author — Title — Publisher — References • 1980 — Walker — The Second Coming — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 1981 — D.M. — The White Hotel — Viking • 1982 — Robert — A Flag for Sunrise — Alfred A. Knopf • 1983 — Thomas — Schindler's Ark — Simon & Schuster • 1984 — Milan — The Unbearable Lightness of Being — Harper & Row • 1985 — Louise — Love Medicine — Holt, Rinehart and Winston • 1986 — Margaret — The Handmaid's Tale — Houghton Mifflin • 1987 — James — Fools Crow — Viking • 1988 — Gabriel García — Love in the Time of Cholera — Alfred A. Knopf • 1989 — Fay — The Heart of the Country — Viking • 1990 — Edna — Lantern Slides — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 1991 — Allan — White People — Alfred A. Knopf • 1992 — Art — Maus II, A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began — Pantheon Books • 1993 — Barbara — Pigs in Heaven — HarperCollins • 1994 — David — Remembering Babylon — Pantheon Books • 1995 — William — The Blue Afternoon — Alfred A. Knopf • 1996 — Rohinton — A Fine Balance — Alfred A. Knopf • 1997 — James Carlos — In the Rogue Blood — Avon Books • 1998 — W. G. with Michael Hulse (trans.) — The Rings of Saturn — New Directions • 1999 — Amit — Freedom Song: Three Novels — Alfred A. Knopf • 2000 — David — Assorted Fire Events — Context Books • 2001 — Mary — Why Did I Ever — Counterpoint • 2002 — Ian — Atonement — Nan A. Talese/Doubleday • 2003 — Pete — Train — Doubleday • 2004 — Colm — The Master — Scribner • 2005 — Gabriel García with Edith Grossman (trans.) — Memories of My Melancholy Whores — Alfred A. Knopf • 2006 — A. B. with Hillel Halkin (trans.) — A Woman in Jerusalem — Harcourt • 2007 — Andrew — Be Near Me — Harcourt • 2008 — Marilynne — Home — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2009 — Rafael — A Happy Marriage — Scribner • 2010 — Jennifer — A Visit from the Goon Squad — Alfred A. Knopf • 2011 — Alex — Luminarium — SOHO Press • 2012 — Ben — Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk — HarperCollins Publishers / Ecco • 2013 — Ruth — A Tale for the Time Being — Viking • 2014 — Siri — Simon & Schuster • 2015 — Valeria — The Story of My Teeth — Coffee House Press • 2016 — Adam — Imagine Me Gone — Little, Brown and Company • 2017 — Mohsin — Exit West — Riverhead Books • 2018 — Rebecca — The Great Believers — Viking • 2019 — Ben — The Topeka School — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2020 — David with Anna Moschovakis (trans.) — At Night All Blood Is Black — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2021 — In the Company of Men — Other Press • 2022 — with Sean Cotter (trans.) — Solenoid — Deep Vellum • 2023 — Ed — Same Bed Different Dreams — Random House • 2024 — Say Hello to My Little Friend — Simon & Schuster • 2025 — Bryan Washington — Palaver: A Novel — Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Los Angeles Book Prize for Graphic Novel winners • Year — Author — Title — Publisher — References • 2009 — David — Asterios Polyp — Pantheon • 2010 — Adam — Duncan the Wonder Dog: Show One — AdHouse Books • 2011 — Carla Speed — Finder: Voice — Dark Horse • 2012 — Sammy — Everything Together: Collected Stories — PictureBox • 2013 — Ulli — Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life — Fantagraphics • 2014 — Jaime — Fantagraphics • 2015 — Riad — Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978–1984 — Metropolitan Books • 2016 — Nick — Beverly — Drawn & Quarterly • 2017 — Leslie — Present — Drawn & Quarterly • 2018 — Tillie — On a Sunbeam — First Second Books • 2019 — Eleanor — Drawn & Quarterly • 2020 — Bishakh Kumar — Apsara Engine • 2021 — No One Else — Fantagraphics • 2022 — Jamila and Robyn Smith — Wash Day Diaries • 2023 — Emily — First Second Books • 2024 — Taiyo — Tokyo These Days (Vol. 1) — Viz Media • 2025 — Jaime Hernandez — Life Drawing: A Love and Rockets Collection — Fantagraphics

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History winners • Year — Author — Title — Publisher — References • 1980 — Ronald — Walter Lippmann and the American Century — Atlantic/Little, Brown and Co. • 1981 — Ray Allen — Land of Savagery, Land of Promise: The European Image of the American Frontier in the Nineteenth Century — W.W. Norton & Company • 1982 — Jonathan D. — The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution, 1895–1980 — Viking • 1983 — Fernand — The Wheels of Commerce — Harper & Row • 1984 — Robert — The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History — Basic Books • 1985 — Evan S. — Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn — North Point Press • 1986 — Geoffrey — The First Socialist Society: A History of the Soviet Union from Within — Harvard University Press • 1987 — Robert Jay — The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide — Basic Books • 1988 — Eric — Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877 — Harper & Row • 1989 — Neal — An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood — Crown • 1990 — Richard — The Quest for El Cid — Alfred A. Knopf • 1991 — Nicholas — The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America — Alfred A. Knopf • 1992 — Alexander — Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families under Fascism — Summit • 1993 — Anthony — New Worlds, Ancient Texts: The Power of Tradition and the Shock of Discovery — Harvard University Press • 1994 — George — Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890–1940 — Basic Books • 1995 — Jackson — Fables of Abundance: A Cultural History of Advertising in America — Basic Books • 1996 — Neal — Black Sea — Hill & Wang • 1997 — Orlando — A People's Tragedy: A History of the Russian Revolution — Viking • 1998 — Roy — The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity — W.W. Norton & Company • 1999 — John W. — Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II — W.W. Norton & Company • 2000 — Alice — The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach — University of Chicago Press • 2001 — Rick — Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus — Hill and Wang Division/Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2002 — Michael B. — Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East — Oxford University Press • 2003 — Henry — An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2004 — Geoffrey R. — Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism — W.W. Norton & Company • 2005 — Adam — Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves — Houghton Mifflin • 2006 — Lawrence — The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 — Alfred A. Knopf • 2007 — Tim — Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA — Doubleday • 2008 — Mark — Hitler's Empire: How the Nazis Ruled Europe — Penguin Press • 2009 — Kevin — Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance 1950–1963 — Oxford University Press • 2010 — Thomas — The Killing of Crazy Horse — Alfred A. Knopf • 2011 — Richard — Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America — W.W. Norton & Company • 2012 — Fergus M. — America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union — Simon & Schuster • 2013 — Christopher — The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 — HarperCollins • 2014 — Adam — The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916–1931 — Viking • 2015 — Dan — Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel — W.W. Norton & Company • 2016 — Benjamin — An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846–1873 — Yale University Press • 2017 — Dan — The Death and Life of the Great Lakes — W.W. Norton & Company • 2018 — Julia — Travelers in the Third Reich: The Rise of Fascism: 1919–1945 — Pegasus Books • 2019 — Stephanie — They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South — Yale University Press • 2020 — Martha S. — Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All — Basic Books • 2021 — Ada — Cuba: An American History — Scribner • 2022 — Margaret A. — By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners — W.W. Norton & Company • 2023 — Joya — Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century — Yale University Press • 2024 — Andrea — Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: The Politics of Food in the United States, From the Trail of Tears to School Lunch — St Martin's Press • 2025 — Bench Ansfield — Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City — W. W. Norton & Company

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller winners • Year — Author — Title — Publisher — References • 2000 — Val — A Place of Execution — St. Martin's Press/Minotaur • 2001 — T. Jefferson — Silent Joe — Hyperion • 2002 — George P. — Hell to Pay — Little, Brown and Company • 2003 — George P. — Soul Circus — Little, Brown and Company • 2004 — Kem — Tijuana Straits — Scribner • 2005 — Robert — Legends: A Novel of Dissimulation — Overlook Press • 2006 — Michael — Echo Park • 2007 — Karin with Charlotte Barslund (trans.) — The Indian Bride — Harcourt • 2008 — Michael — Envy the Night — Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's /Minotaur • 2009 — Stuart — The Ghosts of Belfast — SOHO Press • 2010 — Tom — Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter — William Morrow and Co. • 2011 — Stephen — 11/22/63 — Scribner • 2012 — Tana — Broken Harbor — Viking • 2013 — Robert (J. K. Rowling) — The Cuckoo's Calling — Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company • 2014 — Tom — Dry Bones in the Valley — W.W. Norton and Company • 2015 — Don — The Cartel — Alfred A. Knopf • 2016 — Bill — Dodgers — Crown • 2017 — Joyce Carol — A Book of American Martyrs — Ecco • 2018 — Oyinkan — My Sister, the Serial Killer — Viking • 2019 — Steph — Your House Will Pay — Ecco • 2020 — S. A. — Blacktop Wasteland — Flatiron Books • 2021 — The Turnout — G.P. Putnam's Sons • 2022 — Secret Identity: A Novel — Flatiron Books • 2023 — Ivy — Sing Her Down — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2024 — Danielle — The Puzzle Box — Random House • 2025 — Megan Abbott — El Dorado Drive — Penguin Publishing Group

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry winners • Year — Author — Title — Publisher — References • 1980 — Robert — Kill the Messenger — Black Sparrow • 1981 — Ntozake — Three Pieces — St. Martin's Press • 1982 — Allen — Plutonian Ode and Other Poems, 1977–1980 — City Lights • 1983 — James — The Changing Light at Sandover — Atheneum • 1984 — Charles — The Maximus Poems — University of California Press • 1985 — X.J. — Cross Ties — University of Georgia Press • 1986 — Derek — Collected Poems, 1948–1984 — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 1987 — William — Partial Accounts: New and Selected Poems — Alfred A. Knopf • 1988 — Richard — New and Collected Poems — Harcourt Brace Jovanovich • 1989 — Donald — The One Day: A Poem in Three Parts — Ticknor & Fields/ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt • 1990 — John — The Color of Mesabi Bones — Milkweed • 1991 — Philip — What Work Is — Alfred A. Knopf • 1992 — Adrienne — An Atlas of the Difficult World: Poems 1988-1991 — W.W. Norton & Company • 1993 — Mark — My Alexandria — University of Illinois Press • 1994 — Carolyn — The Angel of History — HarperCollins • 1995 — Robert — The Inferno of Dante — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 1996 — Alan — Mixed Company — The University of Chicago Press • 1997 — Charles — Black Zodiac — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 1998 — Alice — Mysteries of Small Houses — Penguin Press • 1999 — C. K. — Repair: Poems — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2000 — Gjertrud — The Throne of Labdacus — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2001 — Anne — The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos — Alfred A. Knopf • 2002 — Cynthia — The Watercourse: Poems — Alfred A. Knopf • 2003 — Anthony — Collected Later Poems — Alfred A. Knopf • 2004 — Richard — Inner Voices: Selected Poems, 1963–2003 — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2005 — Jack — Refusing Heaven: Poems — Alfred A. Knopf • 2006 — Frederick — Ooga-Booga — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2007 — Stanley — Old Heart: Poems — W.W. Norton & Company • 2008 — Frank — Watching the Spring Festival: Poems — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2009 — Brenda — Practical Water — Wesleyan University Press • 2010 — Maxine — Where I Live: New & Selected Poems 1990–2010 — W.W. Norton & Company • 2011 — Carl — Double Shadow: Poems — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2012 — Louise — Poems 1962–2012 — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2013 — Ron — Collected Poems — Coffee House Press • 2014 — Claudia — Citizen: An American Lyric — Graywolf Press • 2015 — Jorie — From the New World: Poems 1976–2014 — Ecco/HarperCollins • 2016 — Rosmarie — Gap Gardening: Selected Poems — New Directions • 2017 — Patricia — Incendiary Art: Poems — TriQuarterly/Northwestern University Press • 2018 — Carl — Wild Is the Wind: Poems — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2019 — Ilya — Deaf Republic: Poems — Graywolf Press • 2020 — Victoria — Obit — Copper Canyon Press • 2021 — frank: sonnets — Graywolf Press • 2022 — Nomenclature: New and Collected Poems — Duke University Press • 2023 — Airea D. — Bread and Circus: Poems — Scribner • 2024 — Remica — Room Swept Home — Wesleyan University Press • 2025 — Allison Benis White — A Magnificent Loneliness — Four Way Books

The Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction winners • Year — Author — Title — Publisher — References • 2019 — Marlon — Black Leopard, Red Wolf — Riverhead Books • 2020 — Stephen Graham — Saga Press • 2021 — Spirits Abroad: Stories — Small Beer Press • 2022 — Nicola — Spear — Tor Books • 2023 — Tananarive — Saga Press • 2024 — Kelly — The Book of Love — Random House • 2025 — Silvia — Luminous — Simon & Schuster

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology winners • Year — Author — Title — Publisher — References • 1989 — Frans — Peacemaking among Primates — Harvard University Press • 1990 — Jane S. — Patenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk Vaccine — William Morrow and Co. • 1991 — Grigori — The Truth About Chernobyl — Basic Books • 1992 — Jared — The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution and Future of the Human Animal — HarperCollins • 1993 — Daniel and Paul Freiberger — Fuzzy Logic: The Discovery of a Revolutionary Computer Technology -- and How It Is Changing Our World — Simon & Schuster • 1994 — Jonathan — The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time — Alfred A. Knopf • 1995 — Edward O. — Naturalist — Island Press • 1996 — Carl — The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark — Random House • 1997 — Steven — How the Mind Works — W.W. Norton & Company • 1998 — Douglas — Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce — Alfred A. Knopf • 1999 — Dava — Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love — Walker and Company • 2000 — James, M.D. — The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine — Carroll & Graf • 2001 — Richard — The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2002 — Brenda — Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA — HarperCollins • 2003 — Philip J. — Protecting America's Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation — Alfred A. Knopf • 2004 — Charles — The Whale and the Supercomputer: On the Northern Front of Climate Change — North Point Press / Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 2005 — Diana — Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima — Walker & Company • 2006 — Eric R. — In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind — W.W. Norton & Company • 2007 — Douglas — I Am a Strange Loop — Basic Books • 2008 — Leonard — The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics — Little, Brown and Company • 2009 — Graham — The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom — Basic Books/Perseus Book Group • 2010 — Oren — The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness — W.W. Norton & Company • 2011 — Sylvia — Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius — Simon & Schuster • 2012 — Florence — Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History — W.W. Norton & Company • 2013 — Alan — Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth? — Little, Brown and Company • 2014 — Elizabeth — The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History — Henry Holt & Co • 2015 — Andrea — The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World — Alfred A. Knopf • 2016 — Luke — Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets — Random House • 2017 — Robert — Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst — Penguin Books • 2018 — Beth — Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America — Little, Brown and Company • 2019 — Maria — Figuring — Pantheon • 2020 — Sara — The Smallest Lights in the Universe: A Memoir — Crown • 2021 — The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred — Bold Type Books • 2022 — How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures — Little, Brown and Company • 2023 — Eugenia — Is Math Real? How Simple Questions Lead Us To Mathematics' Deepest Truths. — Basic Books • 2024 — Rebecca — Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are — Random House • 2025 — Karen Hao — Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI — Penguin Publishing Group

It is named in honor of Robert Kirsch, the Los Angeles Times book critic from 1952 until his death in 1980 whose idea it was to establish the book prizes. The Book Prize program was founded by Art Seidenbaum, a Los Angeles Times book editor from 1978 to 1985. Works are eligible during the year of their first US publication in English, and may be written originally in languages other than English. The author of each winning book and the Kirsch Award recipient receives a citation and $500. The prizes are presented the day before the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction winners • Year — Author — Title — Publisher — References • 1991 — David Wong — Pangs of Love — Alfred A. Knopf • 1992 — Darryl — High Cotton — Farrar, Straus and Giroux • 1993 — Paul — Love — Houghton Mifflin • 1994 — Martin M. — The Year of the Frog — Louisiana State University Press • 1995 — Mark — American Studies — Houghton Mifflin • 1996 — Mark — The Smell of Apples — St. Martin's Press • 1997 — Carolyn — Don't Erase Me: Stories — Houghton Mifflin • 1998 — C. S. — Kalimantaan — Henry Holt • 1999 — Elizabeth — Amy and Isabelle — Random House • 2000 — Pankaj — The Romantics — Random House • 2001 — Rachel — The Dark Room — Pantheon Books • 2002 — Arthur — Prague — Random House • 2003 — Mark — The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time — Doubleday • 2004 — Lorraine — Harbor — Alfred A. Knopf • 2005 — Uzodinma — Beasts of No Nation — HarperCollins • 2006 — Alice — White Ghost Girls — Black Cat / Grove/Atlantic • 2007 — Dinaw — The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears — Riverhead • 2008 — Zoë — Finding Nouf — Houghton Mifflin Harcourt • 2009 — Philipp — American Rust — Spiegel & Grau • 2010 — Peter — The House of Tomorrow — Amy Einhorn Books/G.P. Putnam's Sons • 2011 — Ismet — Shards — Black Cat / Grove/Atlantic • 2012 — Maggie — Seating Arrangements — Alfred A. Knopf • 2013 — NoViolet — We Need New Names — Reagan Arthur Books • 2014 — Valeria with Christina MacSweeney (trans.) — Faces in the Crowd — Coffee House Press • 2015 — Chigozie — The Fisherman — Little, Brown and Company • 2016 — Nathan — The Nix — Alfred A. Knopf • 2017 — Jenny — Sour Heart — Random House • 2018 — Nafissa — Heads of the Colored People — Atria/37 Ink • 2019 — Namwali — The Old Drift — Hogarth Press • 2020 — Deesha — The Secret Lives of Church Ladies — West Virginia University Press • 2021 — Brood — Doubleday • 2022 — Aamina — Hodder & Stoughton • 2023 — Shannon — Company: Stories — Graywolf Press • 2024 — Jiaming — Cinema Love — Dutton • 2025 — Justin Haynes — Ibis: A Novel — Abrams Books

Innovator's Award winners • Year — Author — References • 2009 — Dave • 2010 — Powell's Books, bookstore • 2011 — Figment, self-publishing platform • 2012 — Margaret • 2013 — John • 2014 — LeVar • 2015 — James • 2016 — Rueben • 2017 — Glory • 2018 — Library of America • 2019 — WriteGirl • 2020 — Book Industry Charitable Foundation • 2021 • 2022 — Freedom to Read Foundation • 2023 — — • 2024 • 2025 — We Need Diverse Books

The Robert Kirsch Award winners • Year — Author — References • 1980 — Wallace • 1981 — Wright • 1982 — Ross • 1983 — M. F. K. • 1984 — Christopher • 1985 — Janet • 1986 — Kay • 1987 — Paul • 1988 — Thom • 1989 — Karl • 1990 — Czeslaw • 1991 — Ken • 1992 — Diane • 1993 — Carolyn • 1994 — Brian • 1995 — Stephen J. • 1996 — Gary • 1997 — Ray • 1998 — John • 1999 — Ursula K. • 2000 — Lawrence • 2001 — Tillie • 2002 — Larry • 2003 — Ishmael • 2004 — Tony • 2005 — Joan • 2006 — William • 2007 — Maxine Hong • 2008 — Robert • 2009 — Evan S. • 2010 — Beverly • 2011 — Rudolfo • 2012 — Kevin • 2013 — Susan • 2014 — TC • 2015 — Juan Felipe • 2016 — Thomas • 2017 — John • 2018 — Terry Tempest • 2019 — Walter • 2020 — Leslie Marmon • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 — Jane Smiley • 2024 — Pico • 2025 — Amy