2012 L.A. Times Book Prize

Awards List

Fiction

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
(Winner)
Ben Fountain

Arcadia
(Finalist)
Lauren Groff

Telegraph Avenue
(Finalist)
Michael Chabon

Magnificence
(Finalist)
Lydia Millet

First Fiction

Seating Arrangements
(Winner)
Maggie Shipstead

Fobbit
(Finalist)
David Abrams

Mystery/Thriller

Angelmaker
(Finalist)
Nick Harkaway

The Expats
(Finalist)
Chris Pavone

The Thief
(Finalist)
Fuminori Nakamura

The Twenty-Year Death
(Finalist)
Ariel S. Winter

Young Adult Literature

Ask the Passengers
(Winner)
A.S. King

Boy21
(Finalist)
Matthew Quick

Code Name Verity
(Finalist)
Elizabeth Wein

The Drowned Cities
(Finalist)
Paolo Bacigalupi

My Book of Life by Angel
(Finalist)
Martine Leavitt

Award Categories

Fiction

First Fiction

Graphic Novel

Mystery/Thriller

Poetry

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction

Young Adult Literature

Award Years

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