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第27回(2006年)

BiographyCurrent interestFictionArt Seidenbaum Award for First FictionHistoryMystery/ThrillerPoetryScience and TechnologyYoung Adult NovelGraphic Novel/ComicsRay Bradbury Prize (SF/Fantasy/Speculative Fiction)Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical ProseInnovator's AwardRobert Kirsch AwardAchievement in Audiobook Production (established 2023, presented by Audible)

受賞者

10名

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction went to Alice Greenway's White Ghost Girls.

A debut novel shaped by postwar Hong Kong and fractured memory.

192ページ
debut novelHong Kongfamily historymemory
Neal Gabler Winner

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography recognized Neal Gabler's Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination.

A biography of Walt Disney and the creation of his cultural empire.

880ページ
biographyDisneycultural historybusiness history
Ian Buruma Winner

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest went to Ian Buruma's Murder in Amsterdam.

A study of Theo van Gogh's murder and the strains of multicultural tolerance.

288ページ
contemporary politicsthe Netherlandsmulticulturalismreligion

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction went to Abraham B. Yehoshua's A Woman in Jerusalem.

A novel of grief, distance, and urban routine.

256ページ
Israeli literaturegriefurban lifefamily
Hillel Halkin Winner

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Translation recognized Hillel Halkin's English translation of Abraham B. Yehoshua's A Woman in Jerusalem.

An English translation that carries the novel's emotional and political tensions.

256ページ
translationIsraeli literaturegriefurban life

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest went to Lawrence Wright's The Looming Tower.

A deeply reported history of al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11.

480ページ
terrorismMiddle Eastjournalismcontemporary history

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller went to Michael Connelly's Echo Park.

A Los Angeles police novel about a cold case and a city under pressure.

416ページ
police proceduralLos Angelescrimeseries fiction

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry went to Frederick Seidel's Ooga-Booga.

A sharp, often darkly playful collection of poems.

101ページ
poetryurban lifesatirethe body
Coe Booth Winner

The 2006 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction went to Coe Booth's Tyrell.

A Brooklyn teen tries to hold family life together under pressure.

320ページ
young adultBrooklynfamilyurban life