2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Winner
![Beasts of No Nation: A Novel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580872617-794-image-3.jpg)
Beasts of No Nation: A Novel
Uzodinma Iweala
As civil war rages in an unnamed West-African nation, Agu, the school-aged protagonist of this stunning debut novel, is recruited into a unit of guerilla fighters….
2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – First Fiction Shortlist
![A Sudden Country: A Novel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580847348-58941-image-3.jpg)
A Sudden Country: A Novel
Karen Fisher
![Garner: A Novel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581017122-5253-image-3.jpg)
Garner: A Novel
Kirstin Allio
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John Crow’s Devil
Marlon James
![The Dream Life of Sukhanov: A Novel](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581025523-5943-image-3.jpg)