LA Times Book Prize2012

Given by Los Angeles Times

Outros Nomes: Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Inglês)
48 Works 59,254 Livros 3,416 Críticas ½ 3.9
The Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of book prizes annually since 1980. Eligibility for the prizes requires a book to have its first United States publication between January 1 and December 31 mostrar mais of any given year. This American publication must be in English; however, English does not have to be the original language of the work. Authors may be of any nationality. They should be alive at the time of their book’s qualifying U.S. publication although eligibility is also extended to significant new translations of the work of deceased writers. Books by current employees of the Los Angeles Times, by current employees of Tribune Company or any of its other affiliates, by currently serving judges of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, or by immediate family members of these groups are not eligible. mostrar menos
Stages:
Todos, Winner (364), Finalist (1,601)
Categorias:
Anos:
Todos, 2023 (61), 2022 (55), 2021 (56), 2020 (28), 2019 (57), 2018 (51), 2017 (50), 2016 (54), 2015 (50), 2014 (46), 2013 (50), 2012 (48), 2011 (50), 2010 (50), 2009 (49), 2008 (45), 2007 (45), 2006 (44), 2005 (45), 2004 (45), 2003 (45), 2002 (45), 2001 (45), 2000 (45), 1999 (40), 1998 (40), 1997 (34), 1996 (53), 1995 (35), 1994 (34), 1993 (33), 1992 (30), 1991 (34), 1990 (18), 1989 (10), 1988 (9), 1987 (9), 1986 (10), 1985 (9), 1984 (9), 1983 (9), 1982 (9), 1981 (10), 1980 (8)
Announced:
Abril 19: Winner2023 Recente
Fevereiro 21: Finalist2023 Recente

Winner 10

ObraCategoriaAno
The Passage of Power por Robert A. CaroBiography2012
Behind the Beautiful Forevers por Katherine BooCurrent Interest2012
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk por Ben FountainFiction2012
Seating Arrangements por Maggie ShipsteadFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2012
Sammy Harkham: Everything Together: Collected Stories (Picturebox Books) por Sammy HarkhamGraphic Novel/Comics2012
America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union por Fergus M. BordewichHistory2012
Broken Harbour por Tana FrenchMystery/Thriller2012
Poems 1962-2012 por Louise GlückPoetry2012
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History por Florence WilliamsScience & Technology2012
Ask the Passengers por A. S. KingYoung Adult Literature2012

Finalist 48

ObraCategoriaAno
The Passage of Power por Robert A. CaroBiography2012
The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace por H. W. BrandsBiography2012
A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman por Alice Kessler-HarrisBiography2012
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy por David NasawBiography2012
The One: The Life and Music of James Brown por RJ SmithBiography2012
Behind the Beautiful Forevers por Katherine BooCurrent Interest2012
Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power por Steve CollCurrent Interest2012
On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines - and Future por Karen Elliott HouseCurrent Interest2012
Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into Battlegrounds por Jim SterbaCurrent Interest2012
The Outpost por Jake TapperCurrent Interest2012
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk por Ben FountainFiction2012
The Middlesteins por Jami AttenbergFiction2012
Telegraph Avenue por Michael ChabonFiction2012
Arcadia por Lauren GroffFiction2012
Magnificence por Lydia MilletFiction2012
Seating Arrangements por Maggie ShipsteadFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2012
Fobbit por David AbramsFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2012
The Natural Order of Things por Kevin P. KeatingFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2012
Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore por Robin SloanFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2012
Sammy Harkham: Everything Together: Collected Stories (Picturebox Books) por Sammy HarkhamGraphic Novel/Comics2012
Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama por Alison BechdelGraphic Novel/Comics2012
Unterzakhn por Leela CormanGraphic Novel/Comics2012
Cruisin' With the Hound: The Life and Times of Fred Toote por Spain RodriguezGraphic Novel/Comics2012
Building Stories por Chris WareGraphic Novel/Comics2012
America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union por Fergus M. BordewichHistory2012
Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty por John M. BarryHistory2012
Empire of Shadows: The Epic Story of Yellowstone por George BlackHistory2012
A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico por Amy S. GreenbergHistory2012
Rule and Ruin: The Downfall of Moderation and the Destruction of the Republican Party, From Eisenhower to the Tea Party por Geoffrey KabaserviceHistory2012
Broken Harbour por Tana FrenchMystery/Thriller2012
The Thief por Fuminori NakamuraMystery/Thriller2012
The Expats por Chris PavoneMystery/Thriller2012
The Twenty-Year Death (Hard Case Crime) por Ariel S. WinterMystery/Thriller2012
Poems 1962-2012 por Louise GlückPoetry2012
The Ground: Poems por Rowan Ricardo PhillipsPoetry2012
Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys: Poems por D.A. PowellPoetry2012
Aerial por Bin RamkePoetry2012
Gravesend por Cole SwensenPoetry2012
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History por Florence WilliamsScience & Technology2012
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking por Susan CainScience & Technology2012
Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe por George DysonScience & Technology2012
The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human por Jonathan GottschallScience & Technology2012
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don't por Nate SilverScience & Technology2012
Ask the Passengers por A. S. KingYoung Adult Literature2012
The Drowned Cities por Paolo BacigalupiYoung Adult Literature2012
My Book of Life by Angel por Martine LeavittYoung Adult Literature2012
Boy21 por Matthew QuickYoung Adult Literature2012
Code Name Verity por Elizabeth WeinYoung Adult Literature2012

Descrições

The Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of book prizes annually since 1980. Eligibility for the prizes requires a book to have its first United States publication between January 1 and December 31 of any given year. This American publication must be in English; however, English does not have to be the original language of the work. Authors may be of any nationality. They should be alive at the time of their book’s qualifying U.S. publication although eligibility is also extended to significant new translations of the work of deceased writers. Books by current employees of the Los Angeles Times, by current employees of Tribune Company or any of its other affiliates, by currently serving judges of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, or by immediate family members of these groups are not eligible. (English, Member-written)
This year’s Los Angeles Times Book Prizes honored outstanding literary achievement in nine categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction, history, mystery/thriller, poetry, science and technology, and young adult fiction. Each winner receives a $1,000 cash award. (English, Member-written)

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