Tuesday, November 26

Book Awards By Year

2016 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – History Winner and Nominees

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History WinnerAn American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, 1846-1873Benjamin MadleyBetween 1846 and 1873, California’s Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. Benjamin Madley is the first historian to uncover the full extent of the slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials, the taxpayer dollars that supp...Amazon2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History ShortlistBlood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its LegacyHeather Ann ThompsonAmazonSpain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939Adam HochschildAmazonWhere the Jews Aren’t: The Sad and Absurd Story of Birobidzhan, Russia’s Jewish Autonomous RegionMasha GessenAmazonWhite Trash: The 400-Year Untold...
2016 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Mystery/Thriller Winner and Nominees

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller WinnerDodgersBill BeverlyDodgers is a dark, unforgettable coming-of-age journey that recalls the very best of Richard Price, Denis Johnson, and J.D. Salinger. It is the story of a young LA gang member named East, who is sent by his uncle along with some other teenage boys—includin...Amazon2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Mystery/Thriller ShortlistDarktownThomas MullenAmazonHis Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick MacraeGraeme Macrae BurnetAmazonThe GirlsEmma ClineAmazonThe North WaterIan McGuireAmazon
2016 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Poetry

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Poetry WinnerGap Gardening: Selected PoemsRosmarie WaldropAn essential edition of a major avant-garde poet: "Waldrop compels us to seek out new superlatives"...Amazon2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Poetry ShortlistA Woman of PropertyRobyn SchiffAmazonHouse of Lords and Commons: PoemsIshion HutchinsonAmazonMr. Memory & Other PoemsPhillis LevinAmazonWorld of Made and UnmadeJane MeadAmazon
2016 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Science & Technology

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Science & Technology Winner and Nominees

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Science & Technology WinnerPatient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family SecretsLuke Dittrich“Oliver Sacks meets Stephen King”* in this propulsive, haunting journey into the life of the most studied human research subject of all time, the amnesic known as Patient H.M. For readers of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks comes a story that has much ...Amazon2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Science & Technology ShortlistGrunt: The Curious Science of Humans at WarMary RoachAmazonI Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of LifeEd YongAmazonLight: A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum AgeBruce WatsonAmazonPandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and BeyondSonia ShahAmazon
2016 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Young Adult Fiction

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Young Adult Fiction Winner and Nominees

2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Young Adult Fiction WinnerThe Lie TreeFrances HardingeRead this thought-provoking, critically acclaimed novel (6 starred reviews!!!) from Frances Hardinge, winner of the Costa Book of the Year, Costa Children's Book Award, and Horn Book-Boston Globe Award. Faith Sunderly leads a double life. To most people, s...Amazon2016 Los Angeles Times Book Prize - Young Adult Fiction ShortlistBurn, Baby, BurnMeg MedinaAmazonMarch: Book ThreeJohn Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate PowellAmazonThe Head of the SaintSocorro Acioli/ Daniel Hahn (Translator)AmazonThe Passion of DolssaJulie BerryAmazon
2014 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Drama

2014 Governor General’s Literary Award – Drama Winner and Nominees

2014 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama WinnerAge of Minority: Three Solo PlaysJordan TannahillBased on a true story, Get Yourself Home Skyler James follows the harrowing journey of a young lesbian who defects from the army when she is outed by fellow soldiers. Peter Fechter: 52 Minutes chronicles the last hour of Peter Fechter?s life, a teenager in...Amazon2014 Governor General's Literary Award - Drama ShortlistA God in Need of HelpSean DixonAmazonThat Elusive SparkJanet MunsilAmazonThe Secret MaskRick ChafeAmazon
2014 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction

2014 Governor General’s Literary Award – Fiction Winner and Nominees

2014 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction WinnerThe Back of the TurtleThomas KingWinner of the Governor Generals Literary Award for Fiction Winner of the Sunburst Award Winner of the Copper Cylinder Adult Award Finalist for the Trillium Book Award Finalist for the CBC Bookie Awards Longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Awar...Amazon2014 Governor General's Literary Award - Fiction ShortlistJuliet Was a SurpriseBill GastonAmazonMy OctoberClaire Holden RothmanAmazonSweetlandMichael CrummeyAmazonThe Opening SkyJoan ThomasAmazon
2014 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction

2014 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner and Nominees

2014 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction WinnerThe End of Absence: Reclaiming What We've Lost in a World of Constant ConnectionMichael HarrisOnly one generation in history (ours) will experience life both with and without the Internet. For everyone who follows us, online life will simply be the air they breathe. Today, we revel in ubiquitous information and constant connection, rarely stopping ...Amazon2014 Governor General's Literary Award - Non-fiction ShortlistKnow the Night: A Memoir of Survival in the Small HoursMaria MutchAmazonThe Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern GatewayArno KopeckyAmazonUp Ghost River: A Chief's Journey through the Turbulent Waters of Native HistoryEdmund Metatawabin with Alexandra ShimoAmazon
2014 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry

2014 Governor General’s Literary Award – Poetry Winner and Nominees

2014 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry WinnerLake of Two MountainsArleen ParéA hymn to a beloved lake, a praise poem in forty-five parts, a contemplation of landscape and memory Lake of Two Mountains, Arleen Parés second poetry collection, is a portrait of a lake, of a relationship to a lake, of a network of relationships around a...Amazon2014 Governor General's Literary Award - Poetry ShortlistLeaving Howe IslandSadiqa de MeijerAmazonLight LightJulie JoostenAmazonNight VisionChristopher LevensonAmazonPrologue for the Age of ConsequenceGarth MartensAmazon
2014 Awards, All Book Awards, Book Awards, Book Awards By Year, Governor General's Literary Award, Governor General's Literary Award - Translation

2014 Governor General’s Literary Award – Translation (French to English) Winner and Nominees

2014 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) WinnerPaul-Émile Borduas: A Critical BiographyPeter FeldsteinA biography of Canadian artist Paul-aEmile Borduas....Amazon2014 Governor General's Literary Award - Translation (French to English) ShortlistAnd Slowly BeautyMaureen LabontéAmazonChristina, The Girl KingLinda GaboriauAmazonGuyanaRhonda MullinsAmazonWonderSheila FischmanAmazon