Previous Winners
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners, 1980-Present
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Listed by Year
| 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 |
| 1981 | 1986 | 1991 | 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 |
| 1982 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2002 | 2007 | |
| 1983 | 1988 | 1993 | 1998 | 2003 | 2008 | |
| 1984 | 1989 | 1994 | 1999 | 2004 | 2009 |
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2011
Biography >
Winner: Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned, John A. Farrell (Doubleday)
Current Interest >
Winner: Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Fiction >
Winner: Luminarium, Alex Shakar (SoHo Press)
The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction >
Winner: Shards, Ismet Prcic (Black Cat, Grove/Atlantic)
Graphic Novel >
Winner: Finder: Voice, Carla Speed McNeil (Dark Horse)
History >
Winner: Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America, Richard White (W.W. Norton & Company)
Mystery/Thriller >
Winner: 11/22/1963, Stephen King (Scribner)
Poetry >
Winner: Double Shadow: Poems, Carl Phillips (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Science & Technology >
Winner: Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius, Sylvia Nasar (Simon & Schuster)
Young Adult Literature >
Winner: The Big Crunch, Pete Hautman (Scholastic Press)
The Robert Kirsch Award >
Winner: Rudolfo Anaya
Innovator’s Award >
Winner: Figment
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