The shortlists for the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes have been revealed.

Finalists of genre interest are shown below. The complete list is here. 

AUDIOBOOK

• George Orwell’s 1984: An Audible Original adaptation. 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

SCI-FI/FANTASY

• The Naming Song by Jedediah Berry (Tor Books)
• Absolution: A Southern Reach Novel by Jeff VanderMeer (MCD)
• The Bright Sword: A Novel of King Arthur by Lev Grossman (Viking)
• The City in Glass by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
• The Book of Love: A Novel by Kelly Link (Random House)

The Sci-Fi/Fantasy category judges are Maurice Broaddus, Craig Laurance Gidney, and Lucy A. Snyder.