LA Times Book Prize for Fiction

LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists are listed below. The star rating and number of reviews are from Amazon.com. In parentheses after the star rating and number of reviews are the number of pages in the book and any other awards that the book was a finalist for. Award names in red indicate the the book was the winner of that award. Click the buy from Amazon.com link to be taken to the Amazon.com website where you can purchase the book from the premier online bookseller.

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2009 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

A Happy Marriage by Rafael Yglesias Winner! 93 reviews (2009) (384p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment 37 reviews (2009) (208p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Man in the Wooden Hat by Jane Gardam 12 reviews (2009) (240p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Blame by Michelle Huneven 73 reviews (2009) (304p) (NBCCA) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert 57 reviews (2009) (256p) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

2008 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

Home by Marilynne Robinson Winner! 104 reviews (2008) (336p) (NBCCA) (NBA) (LATimes) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=7 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=2 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry 71 reviews (2008) (304p) (Booker) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Lush Life by Richard Price 215 reviews (2008) (464p) (PF) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Size of the World by Joan Silber 4 reviews (2008) (352p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The God of War by Marisa Silver 22 reviews (2008) (304p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

2007 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

Be Near Me by Andrew O'Hagan Winner! 20 reviews (2007) (320p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz 487 reviews (2007) (352p) (PP) (NBCCA) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan 85 reviews (2007) (160p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson 78 reviews (2007) (288p) (NYTimes) (TIME) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Shadow Catcher by Marianne Wiggins 20 reviews (2007) (336p) (NBCCA) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

2006 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

A Woman in Jerusalem by A. B. Yehoshua Winner! 22 reviews (2006) (256p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Black Swan Green by David Mitchell 69 reviews (2006) (304p) (TIME) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo by Peter Orner 20 reviews (2006) (336p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

A Million Nightingales by Susan Straight 11 reviews (2006) (368p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell 73 reviews (2006) (224p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

2005 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez Winner! 116 reviews (2005) (128p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The March by E. L. Doctorow 175 reviews (2005) (384p) (PP) (NBCCA) (NBA) (PF) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=11 UnqBooks=5 PPNom=2 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=4 NBCCAWin=3 NBANom=3 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Veronica by Mary Gaitskill 69 reviews (2005) (240p) (NBCCA) (NBA) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (Amazon) (ALA) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby 240 reviews (2005) (352p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami 211 reviews (2005) (448p) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

2004 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

The Master by Colm Tóibín Winner! 77 reviews (2004) (352p) (Booker) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (TIME) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

GraceLand by Chris Abani 45 reviews (2004) (336p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Darling by Russell Banks 49 reviews (2004) (400p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=5 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=2 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson 358 reviews (2004) (256p) (PP) (NBCCA) (PF) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA) Author: TotNom=7 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=2 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Honored Guest by Joy Williams 8 reviews (2004) (224p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

2003 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

Train by Pete Dexter Winner! 36 reviews (2003) (288p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Ten Little Indians: Stories by Sherman Alexie   reviews (2003) (p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Jamesland by Michelle Huneven 25 reviews (2003) (400p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri 512 reviews (2003) (304p) (TIME) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Old School by Tobias Wolff 131 reviews (2003) (208p) (NBCCA) (PF) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

2002 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

Atonement by Ian McEwan Winner! 822 reviews (2002) (368p) (NBCCA) (Booker) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA) Author: TotNom=6 UnqBooks=5 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The City of Your Final Destination by Peter Cameron 23 reviews (2002) (320p) (PF) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Nowhere Man by Aleksandar Hemon 20 reviews (2002) (256p) (NBCCA) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Moral Hazard by Kate Jennings 5 reviews (2002) (192p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Tourmaline by Joanna Scott 3 reviews (2002) (288p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

2001 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

Why Did I Ever by Mary Robison Winner! 26 reviews (2001) (208p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen 1017 reviews (2001) (592p) (PP) (NBCCA) (NBA) (PF) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA) Author: TotNom=4 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah 3 reviews (2001) (256p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories by Alice Munro 35 reviews (2001) (336p) (NBCCA) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (TIME) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead 38 reviews (2001) (400p) (PP) (NBCCA) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

2000 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

Assorted Fire Events: Stories by David Means Winner! 10 reviews (2000) (176p) (NBCCA) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 646 reviews (2000) (656p) (PP) (NBCCA) (PF) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Equal Love: Stories by Peter Ho Davies 24 reviews (2000) (208p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Human Stain by Philip Roth 203 reviews (2000) (384p) (PF) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=19 UnqBooks=12 PPNom=4 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=6 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=6 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Quick & the Dead by Joy Williams 15 reviews (2000) (320p) (PP) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1999 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

Freedom Song: Three Novels by Amit Chaudhuri Winner! 18 reviews (1999) (448p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III 761 reviews (1999) (368p) (NBA) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Plainsong by Kent Haruf 475 reviews (1999) (320p) (NBA) (LATimes) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Waiting by Ha Jin 313 reviews (1999) (320p) (PP) (NBA) (PF) (LATimes) (TIME) (Amazon) (ALA) Author: TotNom=5 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=2 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Close Range: Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx 156 reviews (1999) (288p) (PP) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (Amazon) Author: TotNom=5 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=2 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1998 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

The Rings of Saturn by W. G. Sebald Winner! 44 reviews (1998) (296p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Evening by Susan Minot 132 reviews (1998) (288p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Freedomland by Richard Price 79 reviews (1998) (672p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

I Married a Communist by Philip Roth 50 reviews (1998) (336p) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=19 UnqBooks=12 PPNom=4 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=6 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=6 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Death in Summer by William Trevor 27 reviews (1998) (224p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1997 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

In the Rogue Blood by James Carlos Blake Winner! 18 reviews (1997) (344p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane 46 reviews (1996) (256p) (Booker) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Ordinary Seaman by Francisco Goldman 9 reviews (1997) (400p) (PF) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

California's Over by Louis B. Jones 7 reviews (1997) (329p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 922 reviews (1997) (224p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1996 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry Winner! 600 reviews (1996) (624p) (Booker) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Every Man for Himself by Beryl Bainbridge 18 reviews (1996) (224p) (Booker) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Ghost Road by Pat Barker 29 reviews (1995) (1p) (Booker) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Ship Fever and Other Stories by Andrea Barrett 43 reviews (1996) (254p) (NBA) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

About Schmidt by Louis Begley 34 reviews (1996) (304p) (NBCCA) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Tree of Heaven by R. C. Binstock 6 reviews (1996) (200p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Santa Evita by Tomás Eloy Martinéz   reviews (1996) (343p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Open Heart by A. B. Yehoshua 11 reviews (1996) (512p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1995 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

The Blue Afternoon by William Boyd Winner! 19 reviews (1995) (384p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Albion's Story by Kate Grenville 2 reviews (1995) (384p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Trinity Fields by Bradford Morrow 6 reviews (1995) (448p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Open Secrets: Stories by Alice Munro 10 reviews (1994) (294p) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Felicia's Journey by William Trevor 47 reviews (1995) (240p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1994 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

Remembering Babylon by David Malouf Winner! 18 reviews (1993) (224p) (Booker) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

While England Sleeps by David Leavitt 18 reviews (1994) (304p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Holder of the World by Bharati Mukherjee 10 reviews (1994) (304p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Soloist by Mark Salzman 62 reviews (1994) (304p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Rifles by William T. Vollmann   reviews (1994) (432p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1993 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver Winner! 184 reviews (1993) (352p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

For Love by Sue Miller 18 reviews (1993) (352p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Burning Glass: Stories by Helen Norris   reviews (1993) (192p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Rameau's Niece by Cathleen Schine 7 reviews (1993) (288p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Collected Stories by William Trevor 17 reviews (1994) (386p) (NYTimes) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1992 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

MAUS: A Survivor's Tale II: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman Winner! 52 reviews (1991) (144p) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Let the Dead Bury Their Dead: Stories by Randall Kenan 7 reviews (1992) (348p) (NBCCA) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Daughters by Paule Marshall 2 reviews (1992) (416p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Time and Tide by Edna O'Brien 5 reviews (1992) (336p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley 205 reviews (1991) (384p) (PP) (NBCCA) (LATimes) (ALA) Author: TotNom=4 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=3 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1991 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

White People by Allan Gurganus Winner! 5 reviews (1991) (272p) (PF) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra Cisneros 29 reviews (1991) (192p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Age of Iron by J. M. Coetzee 17 reviews (1991) (208p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=4 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

A Woman's Story by Annie Ernaux 2 reviews (1991) (96p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Acacia by Claude Simon 1 reviews (1991) (289p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1990 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

Lantern Slides by Edna O'Brien Winner!   reviews (1990) (240p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Reaching Tin River by Thea Astley 2 reviews (1990) (224p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

FRIEND OF MY YOUTH by Alice Munro 8 reviews (1990) (288p) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas by Jane Smiley   reviews (1990) (p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=4 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=3 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Baotown by Anyi Wang   reviews (1990) (143p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1989 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

The Heart of the Country by Fay Weldon Winner! 2 reviews (1989) (199p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Mother's girl by Elaine Feinstein   reviews (1989) (160p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The City of Marvels by Eduardo Mendoza 12 reviews (1989) (418p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Midnight Sweets by Bette Pesetsky   reviews (1989) (p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan 434 reviews (1989) (352p) (NBA) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1988 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA by Gabriel García Márquez Winner! 478 reviews (1988) (368p) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Showdown by Jorge Amado 2 reviews (1988) (432p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Libra by Don DeLillo 75 reviews (1988) (464p) (NBCCA) (NBA) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=9 UnqBooks=4 PPNom=2 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=3 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=3 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing 48 reviews (1988) (160p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively 35 reviews (1987) (208p) (Booker) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1987 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

Fools Crow by James Welch Winner! 52 reviews (1987) (400p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende 30 reviews (1987) (304p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

That Night by Alice McDermott 23 reviews (1987) (192p) (PP) (NBA) (PF) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=6 UnqBooks=4 PPNom=3 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=2 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

You Must Remember This by Joyce Carol Oates 17 reviews (1987) (448p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=9 UnqBooks=6 PPNom=3 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=3 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor 16 reviews (1986) (224p) (PP) (NBCCA) (NBA) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=5 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1986 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Winner! 539 reviews (1986) (320p) (Booker) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=5 UnqBooks=5 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Old Gringo by Carlos Fuentes 15 reviews (1986) (208p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor 37 reviews (1986) (352p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

A PERFECT SPY by John le Carré 41 reviews (1986) (608p) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth 48 reviews (1986) (320p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler 75 reviews (1985) (352p) (PP) (NBCCA) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=9 UnqBooks=4 PPNom=3 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=3 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=2 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1985 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich Winner! 68 reviews (1984) (384p) (NBCCA) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=4 UnqBooks=4 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard 21 reviews (1984) (0p) (Booker) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Slow Dancing by Elizabeth Benedict 1 reviews (1985) (324p) (NBA) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner 44 reviews (1984) (192p) (Booker) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid 74 reviews (1985) (148p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1984 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING by Milan Kundera Winner! 258 reviews (1984) (320p) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

HIM WITH HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH AND OTHER STORIES by Saul Bellow 3 reviews (1984) (224p) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=6 UnqBooks=4 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=4 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Democracy by Joan Didion 6 reviews (1984) (240p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr 24 reviews (1984) (224p) (NBCCA) (NBA) (PF) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=3 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike 29 reviews (1984) (320p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=9 UnqBooks=6 PPNom=2 PPWin=2 NBCCANom=4 NBCCAWin=2 NBANom=2 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1983 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

SCHINDLER'S LIST by Thomas Keneally Winner! 107 reviews (1982) (400p) (LATimes) (NYTimes Non) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

THE NAME OF THE ROSE by Umberto Eco 283 reviews (1983) (552p) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré 9 reviews (1983) (496p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD by Gabriel García Márquez 122 reviews (1983) (128p) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Philosopher's Pupil by Iris Murdoch 5 reviews (1983) (560p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1982 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

A Flag for Sunrise by Robert Stone Winner! 13 reviews (1981) (448p) (PP) (NBCCA) (NBA) (PF) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=9 UnqBooks=5 PPNom=2 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=4 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme 16 reviews (1981) (464p) (NBCCA) (PF) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=4 UnqBooks=3 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Dean's December by Saul Bellow 11 reviews (1982) (320p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=6 UnqBooks=4 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=4 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Collected Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer 19 reviews (1982) (614p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler 71 reviews (1982) (336p) (PP) (NBCCA) (NBA) (PF) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=9 UnqBooks=4 PPNom=3 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=3 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=2 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1981 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

The White Hotel by D. M. Thomas Winner! 35 reviews (1981) (288p) (Booker) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen by Elizabeth Bowen 1 reviews (1981) (784p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Stories of Ray Bradbury by Ray Bradbury 20 reviews (1981) (912p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Ellis Island and Other Stories by Mark Helprin 8 reviews (1981) (204p) (NBA) (PF) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

ZUCKERMAN UNBOUND by Philip Roth 3 reviews (1981) (700p) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=19 UnqBooks=12 PPNom=4 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=6 NBCCAWin=1 NBANom=6 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Dad by William Wharton 6 reviews (1981) (449p) (NBA) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=1 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=1 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

1980 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winners and Finalists

The Second Coming by Walker Percy Winner! 22 reviews (1980) (368p) (NBCCA) (NBA) (PF) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=4 UnqBooks=2 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=1 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=2 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Darkness Visible by William Golding 5 reviews (1980) (265p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=1 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Smiley's People by John le Carré 28 reviews (1980) (p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=0 UnqBooks=0 PPNom=0 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Bellefleur by Joyce Carol Oates 13 reviews (1980) (592p) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=9 UnqBooks=6 PPNom=3 PPWin=0 NBCCANom=2 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=3 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 943 reviews (1980) (416p) (PP) (PF) (LATimes) Author: TotNom=2 UnqBooks=1 PPNom=1 PPWin=1 NBCCANom=0 NBCCAWin=0 NBANom=0 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page