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Los Angeles Times Book Prizes 2025

The Los Angeles Times has announced the finalists and honorees for its 46th annual Book Prizes. Amy Tan will be honored with the Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement, and We Need Diverse Books will receive the Innovator’s Award. Additionally, Adam Ross will receive the Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose.

The awards recognize outstanding literary achievements in 13 categories and celebrate the highest quality of writing from authors at all stages of their careers. The winners will be announced in a ceremony on Friday, April 17th at USC’s Bovard Auditorium, a prologue to the 31st annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, taking place April 18-19.