{"id":2046,"date":"2025-02-20T18:21:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=2046"},"modified":"2025-02-20T18:21:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T18:21:26","slug":"l-a-times-book-prize-finalists-announced-andrew-garfield-and-cynthia-erivo-among-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=2046","title":{"rendered":"L.A. Times Book Prize Finalists Announced\u2014Andrew Garfield and Cynthia Erivo Among Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

The finalists for the 45th Los Angeles Times Book Prize were just announced Wednesday. The list is 61 nominees long and includes all manner of screenwriters, award-winning authors, and, yes, actors. The Audiobook Production category was just introduced to the awards last year, and this year, its inclusion means a whole slew of actors have been nominated\u2014Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, Tom Hardy, and Andrew Garfield are nominated for their performances in Audible\u2019s George Orwell\u2019s 1984<\/a>; while Matt Bomer is listed for his work narrating Giovanni\u2019s Room<\/a> by James Baldwin.<\/p>\n

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Other nominees include authors of the most popular books of 2024, s<\/span>uch as Percival Everett for\u00a0James, Ta-Nehisi Coates for\u00a0The Message,\u00a0Liz Moore for The God of the Woods<\/a>, and Attica Locke for Guide Me Home<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The awards ceremony announcing the winners will take place on April 25th at the USC Campus, right before The L.A. Times <\/em>Festival of Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Below is a sampling of those nominated.<\/p>\n

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Innovator\u2019s Award<\/h2>\n

Amanda Gorman<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction<\/h2>\n

Jiaming Tang, Cinema Love<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Pemi Aguda, Ghostroots: Stories<\/a><\/p>\n

Joseph Earl Thomas, God Bless You, Otis Spunkmeyer<\/a><\/p>\n

Jessica Elisheva Emerson, Olive Days<\/a><\/p>\n

Julian Zabalbeascoa, What We Tried to Bury Grows Here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Achievement in Audiobook Production, presented by Audible<\/h2>\n

Matt Bomer (narrator), Kelly Gildea (director, co-producer), Lauren Klein (producer); Giovanni\u2019s Room<\/a><\/p>\n

Narrators: Clare Brown, Ayanna Dookie, Korey Jackson, Andrea Jones-Sojola, Brittany Pressley, Emana Rachelle, Malika Samuel, Heather Alicia Simms, Diana Bustelo, Tyla Collier, Alejandra Reynoso, David Sadzin, Andr\u00e9 Santana, Shaun Taylor-Corbett; Producer: Allison Light; New Nigeria County<\/a><\/p>\n

Narrators: Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, Tom Hardy, Chukwudi Iwuji, Romesh Ranganathan, Natasia Demetriou, Francesca Mills, Alex Lawther, Katie Leung; Producers: Chris Jones, Mariele Runacre-Temple, Robin Morgan-Bentley, Nathan Freeman; George Orwell\u2019s 1984: An Audible Original adaptation<\/a><\/p>\n

Dominic Hoffman (narrator), Linda Korn (producer), James<\/a><\/p>\n

Michele Norris With a Full Cast (narrator), Mike Noble (producer); Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Current Interest<\/h2>\n

Jonathan Blitzer, Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis<\/a><\/p>\n

Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message<\/a><\/p>\n

Jesse Katz, The Rent Collectors: Exploitation, Murder, and Redemption in Immigrant LA<\/a><\/p>\n

Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World<\/a><\/p>\n

Wright Thompson, The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Fiction<\/h2>\n

Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot<\/a><\/p>\n

Jennine Cap\u00f3 Crucet, Say Hello to My Little Friend<\/a><\/p>\n

Percival Everett, James<\/a><\/p>\n

Yuri Herrera translated by Lisa Dillman, Season of the Swamp<\/a><\/p>\n

Miranda July, All Fours<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Graphic Novel\/Comics<\/h2>\n

Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes, Hobtown Mystery Stories Vol. 2: The Cursed Hermit<\/a><\/p>\n

Taiyo Matsumoto, Tokyo These Days, Vol. 1<\/a><\/p>\n

Bhanu Pratap, Cutting Season<\/a><\/p>\n

Miroslav Sekulic-Struja translated by Jenna Allen, Petar & Liza<\/a><\/p>\n

Ram V and Filipe Andrade, Rare Flavours<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mystery\/Thriller<\/h2>\n

Christopher Bollen, Havoc<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Connelly, The Waiting: A Ballard and Bosch Novel<\/a><\/p>\n

Attica Locke, Guide Me Home: A Highway 59 Novel<\/a><\/p>\n

Liz Moore, The God of the Woods<\/a><\/p>\n

Danielle Trussoni, The Puzzle Box<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Young Adult Literature<\/h2>\n

Traci Chee, Kindling<\/a><\/p>\n

K.A. Cobell, Looking for Smoke<\/a><\/p>\n

Safia Elhillo, Bright Red Fruit<\/a><\/p>\n

Carolina Ixta, Shut Up, This Is Serious<\/a><\/p>\n

Kim Johnson, The Color of a Lie<\/a><\/p>\n

For the full list of 15 categories, visit The L.A. Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Check out more news and stories of interest from the book world in\u00a0Breaking in Books<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The finalists for the 45th Los Angeles Times Book Prize were just announced Wednesday. The list is 61 nominees long and includes all manner of screenwriters, award-winning authors, and, yes, actors. The Audiobook Production category was just introduced to the awards last year, and this year, its inclusion means a whole slew of actors have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}