Which of these 2012 Locus Award-winning books is your favorite?

Locus Magazine, the “Magazine of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Field,” announced the winners of the 2012 Locus Awards Saturday in Seattle.

This year’s slate of winners were as follows:

Best Science Fiction Novel - “Embassytown” by China Mieville

Best Fantasy Novel - “A Dance with Dragons” by George R.R. Martin

Best First Novel - “The Night Circus” by Erin Morgenstern

Best Young Adult Book – “The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making” by Catherynne M. Valente

Best Anthology – “The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-eighth Annual Collection,” edited by Gardner Dozois

Best Collection – “The Bible Repairman and Other Stories” by Tim Powers

Best Non-fiction – “Evaporating Genres: Essays on Fantastic Literature” by Gary K. Wolfe

Best Art Book – “Spectrum 18: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art” by Cathy Fenner and Arnie Fenner

Best Magazine – Asimov’s

Other winners this year included:

Best Novella – “Silently and Very Fast” by Catherynne M. Valente

Best Novelette – “White Lines on a Green Field” by Catherynne M. Valente

Best Short Story – “The Case of Death and Honey” by Neil Gaiman

Best Publisher – Tor

Best Editor – Ellen Datlow

Best Artist – Shaun Tan

The other finalists in the Best Science Fiction Novel category included
- “Leviathan Wakes” by James S.A. Corey
- “11/22/63” by Stephen King
- “Rule 34” by Charles Stross
- “The Children of the Sky” by Vernor Vinge

The other finalists in the Best Fantasy Novel category included
- “Snuff” by Terry Pratchett
- “The Wise Man’s Fear” by Patrick Rothfuss
- “Deathless” by Catherynne M. Valente
- “Among Others” by Jo Walton

The other finalists in the Best First Novel category included
- “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline
- “God’s War” by Kameron Hurley
- “Soft Apocalypse” by Will McIntosh
- “Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti” by Genevieve Valentine

The other finalists in the Best Young Adult Book category included
- “Planesrunner” by Ian McDonald
- “Akata Witch” by Nnedi Okorafor
- “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs
- “Goliath” by Scott Westerfield

The other finalists in the Best Non-fiction Book category included
- “In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination” by Margaret Atwood
- “Becoming Ray Bradbury” by Jonathan R. Eller
- “Musings and Meditations” by Robert Silverberg
- “Sightings: Reviews 2002-2006” by Gary K. Wolfe

The other finalists in the Best Anthology category included
- “Welcome to Bordertown,” edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner
- “Steampunk!” edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant
- “Eclipse Four,” edited by Jonathan Strahan
- “Engineering Infinity,” edited by Jonathan Strahan

The other finalists in the Best Collection category included
- “Sleight of Hand” by Peter S. Beagle
- “The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiler, Vol. 1” by Carol Emshwiler
- Two Worlds and In Between” by Caitlin R. Kiernan
- After the Apocalypse” by Maureen F. McHugh

Established in 1971, the Locus Awards are presented to the winners of the magazine’s annual readers’ poll. The award was initially established to provide Hugo Awards voters with recommendations and suggestions. Since 1971, the Locus Awards have become more prestigious and now draws more voters than the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards combined.

In the end, how many of the books mentioned above have you had a chance to read? Which did you like or dislike? Which would you recommend and why? Let us know in the comments section below.