Homepage awardsarchive_e47t1f L.A. Times Book Prize – First Fiction 2019 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionThe Old DriftNamwali SerpellAmazon2018 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionHeads of the Colored People: StoriesNafissa Thompson-SpiresAmazon2017 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionSour Heart: StoriesJenny ZhangAmazon2014 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionFaces in the CrowdValeria LuiselliAmazon2013 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionWe Need New NamesNoviolet BulawayoAmazon2012 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionSeating ArrangementsMaggie ShipsteadAmazon2011 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionShardsIsmet PrcicAmazon2010 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionThe House of TomorrowPeter BognanniAmazon2009 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionAmerican Rust,Philipp MeyerAmazon2008 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionFinding NoufZoë FerrarisAmazon2007 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionThe Beautiful Things That Heaven BearsDinaw MengestuAmazon2006 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionWhite Ghost GirlsAlice GreenwayAmazon2005 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionBeasts of No NationUzodinma IwealaAmazon2004 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionHarborLorraine AdamsAmazon2003 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeMark HaddonAmazon2002 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionPragueArthur PhillipsAmazon2001 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionThe Dark RoomRachel SeiffertAmazon2000 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionThe RomanticsPankaj MishraAmazon1999 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionAmy and IsabelleElizabeth StroutAmazon1998 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionKalimantaanC. S. GodshalkAmazon1997 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionDon’t Erase MeCarolyn FerrellAmazon1996 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionThe Smell of ApplesMark BehrAmazon1995 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionAmerican StudiesMark MerlisAmazon1994 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionThe Year of the FrogMartin M. ŠimeckaAmazon1993 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionLove Paul KafkaAmazon1992 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionHigh CottonDarryl PinckneyAmazon1991 L.A. Times Book Prize – First FictionPangs of LoveDavid Wong LouieAmazon