2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest Winner

Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security
Sarah Chayes
Winner of the 2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest. “I can’t imagine a more important book for our time.” —Sebastian Junger The world is blowing up. Every day a new blaze seems to ignite: the bloody implosion of Iraq and Syria; the East-W…
2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest Shortlist

Blue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American Policing
Joe Domanick

Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard Land
Sandy Tolan

Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic
Sam Quinones
