LA Times Book Prize2008

Given by Los Angeles Times

Otros Nombres: Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Inglés)
45 Obras 72,322 Libros 3,432 Reseñas ½ 4.0
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 más 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:
Years:
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: Ganador2023 Reciente
Febrero 21: Finalista2023 Reciente

Winner 9

ObraCategoríaAño
Ida: A Sword Among Lions por Paula J. GiddingsBiography2008
Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency por Barton GellmanCurrent Interest2008
En casa por Marilynne RobinsonFiction2008
Finding Nouf por Zoe FerrarisFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2008
Hitler's Empire: How the Nazis Ruled Europe por Mark MazowerHistory2008
Envy the Night por Michael KorytaMystery/Thriller2008
Watching the Spring Festival: Poems por Frank BidartPoetry2008
The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics por Leonard SusskindScience & Technology2008
Nación por Terry PratchettYoung Adult Literature2008

Finalist 45

ObraCategoríaAño
Ida: A Sword Among Lions por Paula J. GiddingsBiography2008
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt por H. W. BrandsBiography2008
Democracy's Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent por Ernest FreebergBiography2008
American Lion por Jon MeachamBiography2008
Chagall: A Biography por Jackie WullschlagerBiography2008
Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency por Barton GellmanCurrent Interest2008
The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century por Steve CollCurrent Interest2008
La Guerra eterna : partes desde la guerra contra el terrorismo por Dexter FilkinsCurrent Interest2008
The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals por Jane MayerCurrent Interest2008
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey por Jill Bolte TaylorCurrent Interest2008
En casa por Marilynne RobinsonFiction2008
The Secret Scripture por Sebastian BarryFiction2008
La vida fácil por Richard PriceFiction2008
The Size of the World por Joan SilberFiction2008
The God of War por Marisa SilverFiction2008
Finding Nouf por Zoe FerrarisFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2008
Tú di que eres uno de ellos por Uwem AkpanFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2008
El rebelde por Sadie JonesFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2008
Mosquito por Roma TearneFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2008
La historia de Edgar Sawtelle por David WroblewskiFirst fiction (Art Seidenbaum Award)2008
Hitler's Empire: How the Nazis Ruled Europe por Mark MazowerHistory2008
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War por Michael DobbsHistory2008
This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Vintage Civil War Library) por Drew Gilpin FaustHistory2008
Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North por Thomas J. SugrueHistory2008
Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's the Grapes of Wrath por Rick WartzmanHistory2008
Envy the Night por Michael KorytaMystery/Thriller2008
The Finder por Colin HarrisonMystery/Thriller2008
Bad Traffic por Simon LewisMystery/Thriller2008
The Age of Dreaming por Nina RevoyrMystery/Thriller2008
El niño 44 por Tom Rob SmithMystery/Thriller2008
Watching the Spring Festival: Poems por Frank BidartPoetry2008
Sea Change: Poems por Jorie GrahamPoetry2008
The Kingdom of Ordinary Time: Poems por Marie HowePoetry2008
Ours por Cole SwensenPoetry2008
Rare High Meadow of Which I Might Dream (Phoenix Poets) por Connie VoisinePoetry2008
The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics por Leonard SusskindScience & Technology2008
What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life por Avery GilbertScience & Technology2008
Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul por Kenneth R. MillerScience & Technology2008
Worlds Before Adam: The Reconstruction of Geohistory in the Age of Reform por Martin J. S. RudwickScience & Technology2008
Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life por Carl ZimmerScience & Technology2008
Nación por Terry PratchettYoung Adult Literature2008
The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary por Candace FlemingYoung Adult Literature2008
El libro del cementerio por Neil GaimanYoung Adult Literature2008
Dark Dude por Oscar HijuelosYoung Adult Literature2008
Swallow Me Whole por Nate PowellYoung Adult Literature2008

Descripciones

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, Escritos por miembros)
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, Escritos por miembros)

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