Homepage awardsarchive_e47t1f Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction 2017 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Sour Heart, Lenny Jenny Zhang Amazon 2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction The Nix Nathan Hill Amazon 2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction The Fishermen Chigozie Obioma Amazon 2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Faces in the Crowd Valeria Luiselli (translated by Christina MacSweeney) Amazon 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Seating Arrangements, Maggie Shipstead Amazon 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Seating Arrangements Maggie Shipstead Amazon 2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Shards: A Novel Ismet Prcic Amazon 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction The House of Tomorrow: A Novel Peter Bognanni Amazon 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction American Rust: A Novel Philipp Meyer Amazon 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Finding Nouf: A Novel Zoë Ferraris Amazon 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears: A Novel Dinaw Mengestu Amazon 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction White Ghost Girls Alice Greenway Amazon 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Beasts of No Nation: A Novel Uzodinma Iweala Amazon 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Harbor Lorraine Adams Amazon 2003 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: A Novel Mark Haddon Amazon 2002 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Prague: A Novel Arthur Phillips Amazon 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction The Dark Room: A Novel Rachel Seiffert Amazon 2000 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction The Romantics: A Novel Pankaj Mishra Amazon 1999 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Amy and Isabelle Elizabeth Strout Amazon 1998 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Kalimantaan C.S. Godshalk Amazon 1997 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Don’t Erase Me: Stories Carolyn Ferrell Amazon 1996 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction The Smell of Apples: A Novel Mark Behr Amazon 1995 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction American Studies Mark Merlis Amazon 1994 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction The Year of the Frog: A Novel Martin M. Simecka, Peter Petro Amazon 1993 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Love Enter Paul Kafka Amazon 1992 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction High Cotton Darryl Pinckney Amazon 1991 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Pangs of Love David Wong Louie Amazon