General
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| Dancing on Broken Glass | Paige | The 13th Day of Christmas | A Night on Moon Hill | The Rent Collector |
| Ka Hancock* | Annette Lyon | Jason F. Wright | Tanya Parker Mills | Camron Wright |
Historical
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| Espionage | My Loving Vigil Keeping | Spinster’s Folly | The Five Books of Jesus | Within the Dark Hills |
| A. L. Sowards* | Carla Kelly | Marsha Ward | James Goldberg* | Sian Ann Bessey |
Romance
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| Lady Outlaw | Of Grace and Chocolate | Smart Move | Twitterpated | Edenbrooke |
| Stacy Henrie* | Krista Lynne Jensen* | Melanie Jacobson | Melanie Jacobson | Julianne Donaldson* |
Mystery/Suspense
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| Banana Split | Code Word | Deadly Undertakings | Line of Fire | Tres Leches Cupcakes |
| Josi S. Kilpack | Traci Hunter Abramson | Gregg Luke | Rachel Ann Nunes | Josi S. Kilpack |
Speculative
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| City of the Saints | Flight From Blithmore | Earthbound | The Hollow City | The Penitent |
| D. J. Butler | Jacob Gowans | Theresa Sneed | Dan Wells | C. David Belt |
Young Adult—Speculative
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| Demons | Destined | Endlessly | Everneath | Feedback |
| Heather Frost | Aprilynne Pike | Kiersten White | Brodi Ashton* | Robison Wells |
Young Adult—General
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| After Hello | Finding June | The Space Between Us | The Ugly Stepsister Strikes Back | V is for Virgin |
| Lisa Mangum | Shannen Crane Camp | Jessica Martinez | Sariah Wilson | Kelly Oram |
Middle Grade
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| Case File 13: Zombie Kid | Epic Tales of a Misfit Hero | Freakling | Palace of Stone | The False Prince |
| J. Scott Savage | Matt Peterson* | Lana Krumwiede* | Shannon Hale | Jennifer A. Nielsen |
*Of these finalists, the following titles are also eligible for Best Novel by New Author 2012:
Dancing on Broken Glass by Ka Hancock *
The Five Books of Jesus by James Goldberg *
Lady Outlaw by Stacy Henrie *
Edenbrooke by Julianne Donaldson *
Everneath (Everneath, #1) by Brodi Ashton *
Espionage by A.L. Sowards *
Freakling by Lana Krumwiede *
The Epic Tales of a Misfit Hero by Matt Peterson *
Of Grace and Chocolate by Krista Lynne Jensen*
New this year: All finalists in the Adult categories (Mystery, Historical, General, Romance, Speculative) are eligible for Best Novel of the Year.
New this year: All finalists in the Youth categories (Middle Grade, YA General, YA Speculative) are eligible for Best Novel in Youth Fiction.
Academy Members have until April 29th, 2013, to read the finalists in whatever categories they want to vote in. To vote for Best Novel of the Year you must read all of the adult category finalists. To vote for Best Novel in Youth Fiction, you must read all of the youth category finalists.