2017 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
Sour Heart, Lenny
Jenny Zhang
2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
The Nix
Nathan Hill
2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
The Fishermen
Chigozie Obioma
2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
Faces in the Crowd
Valeria Luiselli (translated by Christina MacSweeney)
2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
Seating Arrangements,
Maggie Shipstead
2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
Seating Arrangements
Maggie Shipstead
2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
Shards: A Novel
Ismet Prcic
2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
The House of Tomorrow: A Novel
Peter Bognanni
2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
American Rust: A Novel
Philipp Meyer
2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
Finding Nouf: A Novel
Zoë Ferraris
2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears: A Novel
Dinaw Mengestu
2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
White Ghost Girls
Alice Greenway
2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
Beasts of No Nation: A Novel
Uzodinma Iweala
2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
Harbor
Lorraine Adams
2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel
Mark Haddon
2002 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
Prague: A Novel
Arthur Phillips
2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
The Dark Room: A Novel
Rachel Seiffert
2000 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
The Romantics: A Novel
Pankaj Mishra
1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
Amy and Isabelle
Elizabeth Strout
1998 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
Kalimantaan
C.S. Godshalk
1997 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
Don’t Erase Me: Stories
Carolyn Ferrell
1996 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
The Smell of Apples: A Novel
Mark Behr
1995 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
American Studies
Mark Merlis
1994 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
The Year of the Frog: A Novel
Martin M. Simecka, Peter Petro
1993 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
Love Enter
Paul Kafka
1992 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
High Cotton
Darryl Pinckney
1991 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction
