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The Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (1980-2018)

Since 1980, the Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of annual book prizes. The Prizes currently have nine categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction (the Art Seidenbaum Award added in 1991), history, mystery/thriller (category added in 2000), poetry, science and technology (category added in 1989), and young adult fiction (category added in 1998).
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The Second Coming
The Second Coming
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The White Hotel (D.M. Thomas)
The White Hotel
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D.M. Thomas
A Flag for Sunrise (Robert Stone)
A Flag for Sunrise
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Robert Stone
Schindler's Ark (Thomas Keneally)
Schindler's Ark
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Thomas Keneally
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Milan Kundera)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
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Milan Kundera
Love Medicine (Louise Erdrich)
Love Medicine
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Louise Erdrich
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
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Margaret Atwood
Fools Crow (James Welch)
Fools Crow
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James Welch
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Heart of the Country (Fay Weldon)
The Heart of the Country
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Fay Weldon
Lantern Slides (Edna O'Brien)
Lantern Slides
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Edna O'Brien
White People (Allan Gurganus)
White People
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Allan Gurganus
Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began (Art Spiegelman)
Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began
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Art Spiegelman
Pigs in Heaven (Barbara Kingsolver)
Pigs in Heaven
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Barbara Kingsolver
Remembering Babylon (David Malouf)
Remembering Babylon
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David Malouf
The Blue Afternoon (William Boyd)
The Blue Afternoon
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William Boyd
A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
A Fine Balance
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Rohinton Mistry
In the Rogue Blood (James Carlos Blake)
In the Rogue Blood
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James Carlos Blake
The Rings of Saturn (W.G. Sebald)
The Rings of Saturn
19
W.G. Sebald
Freedom Song (Amit Chaudhuri)
Freedom Song
20
Amit Chaudhuri
Assorted Fire Events (David Means)
Assorted Fire Events
21
David Means
Why Did I Ever (Mary Robison)
Why Did I Ever
22
Mary Robison
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
23
Ian McEwan
Train (Pete Dexter)
Train
24
Pete Dexter
The Master (Colm Tóibín)
The Master
25
Colm Tóibín
Memories of My Melancholy Whores (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
26
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A Woman in Jerusalem (Abraham Yehoshua)
A Woman in Jerusalem
27
Abraham Yehoshua
Be Near Me (Andrew O'Hagan)
Be Near Me
28
Andrew O'Hagan
Home (Marilynne Robinson)
Home
29
Marilynne Robinson
A Happy Marriage (Rafael Yglesias)
A Happy Marriage
30
Rafael Yglesias
A Visit From the Goon Squad (Jennifer Egan)
A Visit From the Goon Squad
31
Jennifer Egan
Luminarium (Alex Shakar)
Luminarium
32
Alex Shakar
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ben Fountain)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
33
Ben Fountain
A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki)
A Tale for the Time Being
34
Ruth Ozeki
The Blazing World (Siri Hustvedt)
The Blazing World
35
Siri Hustvedt
The Story of My Teeth (Valeria Luiselli)
The Story of My Teeth
36
Valeria Luiselli
Imagine Me Gone (Adam Haslett)
Imagine Me Gone
37
Adam Haslett
Exit West (Mohsin Hamid)
Exit West
38
Mohsin Hamid
The Great Believers (Rebecca Makkai)
The Great Believers
39
Rebecca Makkai
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