The Award Tally
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Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction

Los Angeles Times

An annual category within the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, established to honor outstanding works of science fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction published in the preceding year, recognizing excellence in imaginative and speculative storytelling.

2025

  1. Luminous

    Silvia Park

    Won

  2. Death of the Author

    Nnedi Okorafor

    Shortlisted

  3. Esperance

    Adam Oyebanji

    Shortlisted

  4. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Shortlisted

  5. The Death of Mountains

    Jordan Kurella

    Shortlisted

2024

  1. The Book of Love

    Kelly Link

    Won

  2. Absolution

    Jeff VanderMeer

    Shortlisted

  3. The Bright Sword

    Lev Grossman

    Shortlisted

  4. The City in Glass

    Nghi Vo

    Shortlisted

  5. The Naming Song

    Jedediah Berry

    Shortlisted

2023

  1. The Reformatory

    Tananarive Due

    Won

  2. Jewel Box: Stories

    E. Lily Yu

    Shortlisted

  3. Lone Women

    Victor LaValle

    Shortlisted

  4. The Fragile Threads of Power

    V. E. Schwab

    Shortlisted

  5. Whalefall

    Daniel Kraus

    Shortlisted

2022

  1. Spear

    Nicola Griffith

    Won

  2. Liberation Day: Stories

    George Saunders

    Shortlisted

  3. The Ballad of Perilous Graves

    Alex Jennings

    Shortlisted

  4. The Book of the Most Precious Substance

    Sara Gran

    Shortlisted

  5. The Mountain in the Sea

    Ray Nayler

    Shortlisted

2021

  1. Spirits Abroad: Stories

    Zen Cho

    Won

  2. Light from Uncommon Stars

    Ryka Aoki

    Shortlisted

  3. Sorrowland

    Rivers Solomon

    Shortlisted

  4. The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

    Mariana Enríquez

    Shortlisted

  5. The World Gives Way

    Marissa Levien

    Shortlisted

2020

  1. The Only Good Indians

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Won

  2. Lakewood

    Megan Giddings

    Shortlisted

  3. Piranesi

    Susanna Clarke

    Shortlisted

  4. The City We Became

    N. K. Jemisin

    Shortlisted

  5. Where the Wild Ladies Are

    Aoko Matsuda, trans. by Polly Barton

    Shortlisted

2019

  1. Black Leopard, Red Wolf

    Marlon James

    Won

  2. Exhalation: Stories

    Ted Chiang

    Shortlisted

  3. Song for the Unraveling of the World

    Brian Evenson

    Shortlisted

  4. The Old Drift

    Namwali Serpell

    Shortlisted

  5. This is How You Lose the Time War

    Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

    Shortlisted