2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest Winner and Nominees

Night Draws Near: Iraq’s People in the Shadow of America’s War

Anthony Shadid

An Arab-American journalist looks at the Iraq War from the perspective of ordinary Iraqi citizens confronted by the dislocations, hardships, tragedies, and harsh realities of the conflict….

Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story

Kurt Eichenwald

Courtroom 302: A Year Behind the Scenes in an American Criminal Courthouse

Steve Bogira

Still Looking: Essays on American Art

John Updike

The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece

Jonathan Harr