Los Angeles Times Book Prizes - Mystery and Thriller

 

The finalists for the 2025 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes in several categories have been announced. 

The finalists in the Mystery/Thriller category are as follows

El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott

The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly

Everyone Wants to Rule the World by Ace Atkins

Crooks by Lou Berney

King of Ashes by S A Cosby

Prizes will be awarded on Friday 17th April 2026.

Congratulations to all the nominated authors

Los Angeles Times Book Prize Mystery and Thriller Category

 

The winners of the 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were announced at the start of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

The winner in the Mystery/Thriller Category

The Turnout by Megan Abbott (G.P. Putnam's Sons)

Nominees:

The Dark Hours, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)

Razorblade Tears, by S.A. Cosby (Flatiron)

The Collective, by Alison Gaylin (Morrow)

Velvet Was the Night, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey)

L.A.Times Book Prizes Finalists

The finalists for the 2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes have been announced.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony at USC on April 12, the day before the start of the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

The Mystery/ Thriller category is below -

Give Me Your Hand by Megan Abbott (Little, Brown)

Green Sun by Kent Anderson (Mulholland Books)

November Road by Lou Berney, (William Morrow)

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Doubleday)

The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani (Penguin Books)

Congratulations to all the nominated authors.