Monday, December 23

2015 Awards

2015 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, John W. Campbell, John W. Campbell - Novel

2015 John W. Campbell – Novel Winner and Nominees

2015 John W. Campbell - Novel WinnerThe First Fifteen Lives of Harry AugustClaire NorthWildly original, funny and moving, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August is an extraordinary story of a life lived again and again from World Fantasy Award-winning author Claire North. Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the...Amazon2015 John W. Campbell - Novel ShortlistA Darkling SeaJames L. CambiasAmazonAfterpartyDaryl GregoryAmazonArea X (The Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation; Authority; Acceptance)Jeff VanderMeerAmazonBêteAdam RobertsAmazonDefendersWill McIntoshAmazonEchopraxiaPeter WattsAmazonEurope in AutumnDave HutchinsonAmazonLock InJohn ScalziAmazonStation ElevenEmily St. John MandelAmazonThe BeesLaline PaullAmazonThe MartianAndy WeirAmazonThe PeripheralWillia...
2015 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Locus, Locus - Fantasy Novel

2015 Locus – Fantasy Novel Winner and Nominees

2015 Locus - Fantasy Novel WinnerThe Goblin EmperorKatherine AddisonAmid the swirl of plots to depose him, offers of arranged marriages, and the spectre of the unknown conspirators who lurk in the shadows, he must quickly adjust to life as the Goblin Emperor....Amazon2015 Locus - Fantasy Novel ShortlistA Man Lies DreamingLavie TidharAmazonBathing the LionJonathan CarrollAmazonBeautiful BloodLucius ShepardAmazonCalifornia BonesGreg van EekhoutAmazonCity of StairsRobert Jackson BennettAmazonFull Fathom FiveMax GladstoneAmazonHawkSteven BrustAmazonRevivalStephen KingAmazonSteles of the SkyElizabeth BearAmazonThe Dark DefilesRichard K. MorganAmazonThe Girls at the Kingfisher ClubGenevieve ValentineAmazonThe Magician's LandLev GrossmanAmazonThe Mirror EmpireKameron HurleyAmazonThe Widow's House...
2015 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Locus, Locus - SF Novel

2015 Locus – SF Novel Winner and Nominees

2015 Locus - SF Novel WinnerAncillary SwordAnn LeckieThe sequel to Ancillary Justice, the only novel to ever win the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Awards and the second book in Ann Leckie's New York Times bestselling series. Breq is a soldier who used to be a warship. Once a weapon of conquest controlli...Amazon2015 Locus - SF Novel ShortlistAfterpartyDaryl GregoryAmazonAnnihilation/Authority/AcceptanceJeff VanderMeerAmazonCibola BurnJames S. A. CoreyAmazonEchopraxiaPeter WattsAmazonLagoonNnedi OkoraforAmazonLock InJohn ScalziAmazonMy Real ChildrenJo WaltonAmazonShipstarGregory Benford & Larry NivenAmazonThe Bone ClocksDavid MitchellAmazonThe Causal AngelHannu RajaniemiAmazonThe PeripheralWilliam GibsonAmazonThe Three-Body ProblemCixin LiuAmazonWar DogsGreg BearAmazonWork Done for Hir...
2015 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography

2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner and Nominees

2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography WinnerListening to Stone: The Art and Life of Isamu NoguchiHayden HerreraThroughout the twentieth century, Isamu Noguchi was a vital figure in modern art. From interlocking wooden sculptures to massive steel monuments to the elegant Akari lamps, Noguchi became a master of what he called the "sculpturing of space." But his const...Amazon2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Biography ShortlistFortune’s Fool: The Life of John Wilkes BoothTerry AlfordAmazonJonas Salk: A LifeCharlotte DeCroes JacobsAmazonMary McGrory The First Queen of JournalismJohn NorrisAmazonYoung Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen KanePatrick McGilliganAmazon
2015 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest

2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest Winner and Nominees

2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest WinnerThieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global SecuritySarah ChayesWinner 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...Amazon2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Current Interest ShortlistBlue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American PolicingJoe DomanickAmazonChildren of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard LandSandy TolanAmazonDreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate EpidemicSam QuinonesAmazonHow Music Got Free: The End of an Industry, the Turn of the CenturyStephen WittAmazon
2015 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction

2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction WinnerThe Story of My TeethValeria Luiselli, Translated by Christina MacSweeney...Amazon2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Fiction ShortlistBeautiful BureaucratHelen PhillipsAmazonDelicious FoodsJames HannahamAmazonFortune SmilesAdam JohnsonAmazonThe Green RoadAnne EnrightAmazon
2015 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - First Fiction

2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Winner and Nominees

2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - First Fiction WinnerThe FishermenChigozie ObiomaA striking debut novel about an unforgettable childhood, by a Nigerian writer the New York Times has crowned "the heir to Chinua Achebe." Told by nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, THE FISHERMEN is the Cain and Abel-esque story of a chi...Amazon2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - First Fiction ShortlistAgainst the CountryBen MetcalfAmazonBinary StarSarah GerardAmazonGirl at WarSara NovicAmazonThe Miracle GirlAndrew RoeAmazon
2015 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics

2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Graphic Novel/Comics Winner and Nominees

2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics WinnerArab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984: A Graphic MemoirRiad SattoufVOLUME 1 IN THE UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY CHILDHOOD A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015/2016 | AN OBSERVER GRAPHIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016 | A NEW YORK TIMES CRITICS' TOP BOOKS OF 2016 'EXUBERANTLY HERETICAL' 'I tore through it... The most enjoyab...Amazon2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Graphic Novel/Comics ShortlistHonor Girl: A Graphic MemoirMaggie ThrashAmazonNew Construction: Two More StoriesSam AldenAmazonSoldier’s Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father: A Daughter’s Memoir (You’ll Never Know)Carol TylerAmazonTim GingerJulian HanshawAmazon
2015 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History

2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Winner and Nominees

2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History WinnerKilling a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of IsraelDan EphronKilling a King relates parallel stories over the two years leading up to the assassination, as Rabin plotted political deals he hoped would lead to peace and Amir plotted murder....Amazon2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History ShortlistDark Places of the Earth: The Voyage of the Slave Ship AntelopeJonathan M. BryantAmazonOnce in a Great City: A Detroit StoryDavid MaranissAmazonSPQR: A History of Ancient RomeMary BeardAmazonThis Gulf of Fire: The Destruction of Lisbon, or Apocalypse in the Age of Science and ReasonMark MoleskyAmazon
2015 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller

2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Mystery/Thriller Winner and Nominees

2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller WinnerThe CartelDon WinslowA sequel to "The Power of the Dog" finds a drug lord's prison transfer to Mexico upsetting a precarious balance of peace and forcing a DEA agent to come out of retirement to stop the ensuing violence....Amazon2015 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller ShortlistBull MountainBrian PanowichAmazonThe Long and Faraway GoneLou BerneyAmazonThe SympathizerViet Thanh NguyenAmazonThe WhitesRichard PriceAmazon