2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest Winner
![Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580872157-756-image-3.jpg)
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Katherine Boo
This brilliant work of reportage on the Mumbai slum called Annawadi, and the true-life stories of some of its inhabitants, is a powerful and unforgettable account of the impact of corruption, inequality, globalization and religion in an Indian megacity. It…
2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Current Interest Shortlist
![Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into Battlegrounds](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580976848-3355-image-3.jpg)
Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into Battlegrounds
Jim Sterba
![On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines—and Future](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580963421-2283-image-3.jpg)
On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines—and Future
Karen Elliott House
![Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580850617-59212-image-3.jpg)
Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power
Steve Coll
![The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580972425-3025-image-3.jpg)