2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest Winner
![Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580953973-1503-image-3.jpg)
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](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580870051-582-image-3.jpg)
Blue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American Policing
Joe Domanick
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Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard Land
Sandy Tolan
![Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581025414-5934-image-3.jpg)
Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic
Sam Quinones
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