Locus Award
Established in 1971 - the Locus Award is presented each year to winners of the Locus magazine's reader's poll. Between 1971 and 1979 there was an award for "best novel" - since 1980 this has been split into "best sci fi novel" and "best fantasy novel" - up until the millennium there was also a category for "best horror novel" however this award is sadly no more.
Best Science Fiction Novel
- 2018 - The Collapsing Empire John Scalzi
- - Persepolis Rising - James S.A. Corey
- - Walkaway - Cory Doctorow
- - The Stars Are Legion - Kameron Hurley
- - Provenance - Ann Leckie
- - Raven Stratagem - Yoon Ha Lee
- - Luna: Wolf Moon - Ian McDonald
- - Seven Surrenders - Ada Palmer
- - New York 2140 - Kim Stanley Robinson
- - Borne - Jeff VanderMeer
- 2017 Death’s End Cixin Liu
- - Company Town - Madeline Ashby
- - The Medusa Chronicles - Stephen Baxter & Alastair Reynolds
- - Take Back the Sky - Greg Bear
- - Visitor - C.J. Cherryh
- - Babylon’s Ashes - James S.A. Corey
- - After Atlas - Emma Newman
- - Central Station - Lavie Tidhar
- - The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
- - Last Year - Robert Charles Wilson
- 2016 - Ancillary Mercy Ann Leckie
- - The Water Knife - Paolo Bacigalupi
- - Aurora - Kim Stanley Robinson
- - Seveneves - Neal Stephenson
- - A Borrowed Man - Gene Wolfe
- 2015 - Ancillary Sword Ann Leckie
- - The Peripheral - William Gibson
- - The Three-Body Problem - Cixin Liu
- - Lock In - John Scalzi
- - Annihilation/Authority/Acceptance - Jeff VanderMeer
- 2014 - Abaddon's Gate James S. A. Corey
- - MaddAddam - Margaret Atwood
- - The Best of All Possible Worlds - Karen Lord
- - Shaman - Kim Stanley Robinson
- - Neptune’s Brood - Charles Stross
- 2013 - Redshirts John Scalzi
- - The Hydrogen Sonata - Iain M. Banks
- - Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance - Lois McMaster Bujold
- - Caliban’s War - James S.A. Corey
- - 2312 - Kim Stanley Robinson
- 2012 - Embassytown China Miéville
- - Leviathan Wakes - James S. A. Corey
- - 11/22/63 - Stephen King
- - Rule 34 - Charles Stross
- - The Children of the Sky - Vernor Vinge
- 2011 - Blackout/Allclear Connie Willis
- - Surface Detail - Iain M. Banks
- - Cryoburn - Lois McMaster Bujold
- - Zero History - William Gibson
- - The Dervish House - Ian McDonald
- 2010 - Boneshaker Cherie Priest
- - The Empress of Mars - Kage Baker
- - Steal Across the Sky - Nancy Kress
- - Galileo's Dream - Kim Stanley Robinson
- - Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America - Robert Charles Wilson
- 2009 - Anathem Neal Stephenson
- - Matter - Iain M. Banks
- - City at the End of Time - Greg Bear
- - Marsbound - Joe Haldeman
- - Saturn's Children - Charles Stross
- 2008 - The Yiddish Policemen's Union Michael Chabon
- - The Accidental Time Machine - Joe Haldeman
- - Brasyl - Ian McDonald
- - Halting State - Charles Stross
- - Spook Country - William Gibson
- 2007 - Rainbows End Vernor Vinge
- - Blindsight - Peter Watts
- - Carnival - Elizabeth Bear
- - Farthing - Jo Walton
- - Glasshouse - Charles Stross
- 2006 - Accelerando Charles Stross
- - Fifty Degrees Below - Kim Stanley Robinson
- - Learning the World - Ken MacLeod
- - Olympos - Dan Simmons
- - Spin - Robert Charles Wilson
- 2005 - The Baroque Cycle Neal Stephenson
- - The Algebraist - Iain M. Banks
- - Eastern Standard Tribe - Cory Doctorow
- - Forty Signs of Rain - Kim Stanley Robinson
- - Iron Sunrise - Charles Stross
- 2004 - Ilium Dan Simmons
- - Pattern Recognition - William Gibson
- - Quicksilver - Neal Stephenson
- - Darwin's Children - Greg Bear
- - The Speed of Dark - Elizabeth Moon
- 2003 - The Years of Rice and Salt Kim Stanley Robinson
- - Kiln People - David Brin
- - Bones of the Earth - Michael Swanwick
- - Redemption Ark - Alastair Reynolds
- - Coyote - Allen Steele
- 2002 - Passage Connie Willis
- - Shadow of the Hegemon - Orson Scott Card
- - The Chronoliths - Robert Charles Wilson
- - Return to the Whorl - Gene Wolfe
- - Defender - C. J. Cherryh
- 2001 - The Telling Ursula K. Le Guin
- - Eater - Gregory Benford
- - Zeitgeist - Bruce Sterling
- - The Coming - Joe Haldeman
- - In Green's Jungles - Gene Wolfe
- 2000 - Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson
- - Darwin's Radio - Greg Bear
- - A Deepness in the Sky - Vernor Vinge
- - A Civil Campaign - Lois McMaster Bujold
- - Ender's Shadow - Orson Scott Card
- 1999 - To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis
- - Darwinia - Robert Charles Wilson
- - The Alien Years - Robert Silverberg
- - Distraction - Bruce Sterling
- - The Golden Globe - John Varley
- 1998 - The Rise of Endymion Dan Simmons
- - Antarctica - Kim Stanley Robinson
- - Forever Peace - Joe Haldeman
- - Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman - Walter M. Miller - Jr., with Terry Bisson
- - Finity's End - C. J. Cherryh
- 1997 - Blue Mars Kim Stanley Robinson
- - Endymion - Dan Simmons
- - Memory - Lois McMaster Bujold
- - Cetaganda - Lois McMaster Bujold
- - Holy Fire - Bruce Sterling
- 1996 - The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
- - Brightness Reef - David Brin
- - Invader - C. J. Cherryh
- - Legacy - Greg Bear
- - The Time Ships - Stephen Baxter
- 1995 - Mirror Dance Lois McMaster Bujold
- - Parable of the Sower - Octavia E. Butler
- - Foreigner - C. J. Cherryh
- - Mother of Storms - John Barnes
- - Beggars and Choosers - Nancy Kress
- 1994 - Green Mars Kim Stanley Robinson
- - Moving Mars - Greg Bear
- - Beggars in Spain - Nancy Kress
- - Virtual Light - William Gibson
- - Glory Season - David Brin
- 1993 - Doomsday Book Connie Willis
- - Red Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson
- - The Hollow Man - Dan Simmons
- - A Fire Upon the Deep - Vernor Vinge
- - Steel Beach - John Varley
- 1992 - Barrayar Lois McMaster Bujold
- - Xenocide - Orson Scott Card
- - Bone Dance - Emma Bull
- - The Summer Queen - Joan D. Vinge
- - All the Weyrs of Pern - Anne McCaffrey
- 1991 - The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons
- - Earth - David Brin
- - Queen of Angels - Greg Bear
- - The Vor Game - Lois McMaster Bujold
- - Voyage to the Red Planet - Terry Bisson
- 1990 - Hyperion Dan Simmons
- - Rimrunners - C. J. Cherryh
- - Grass - Sheri S. Tepper
- - Tides of Light - Gregory Benford
- - A Fire in the Sun - George Alec Effinger
- 1989 - Cyteen C. J. Cherryh
- - Mona Lisa Overdrive - William Gibson
- - Islands in the Net - Bruce Sterling
- - Prelude to Foundation - Isaac Asimov
- - The Gold Coast - Kim Stanley Robinson
- 1988 - The Uplift War David Brin
- - When Gravity Fails - George Alec Effinger
- - The Urth of the New Sun - Gene Wolfe
- - The Forge of God - Greg Bear
- - Life During Wartime - Lucius Shepard
- 1987 - Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card
- - Heart of the Comet - Gregory Benford & David Brin)
- - Count Zero - William Gibson
- - The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
- - Foundation and Earth - Isaac Asimov
- 1986 - The Postman David Brin
- - Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
- - Footfall - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
- - Robots and Empire - Isaac Asimov
- - Helliconia Winter - Brian W. Aldiss
- 1985 - The Integral Trees Larry Niven
- - Demon - John Varley
- - Heechee Rendezvous - Frederik Pohl
- - Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand - Samuel R. Delany
- - Chanur's Venture - C. J. Cherryh
- 1984 - Startide Rising David Brin
- - The Robots of Dawn - Isaac Asimov
- - Millennium - John Varley
- - Helliconia Summer - Brian W. Aldiss
- - The Void Captain's Tale - Norman Spinrad
- 1983 - Foundations Edge Isaac Asimov
- - 2010: Odyssey Two - Arthur C. Clarke
- - Friday - Robert A. Heinlein
- - The Pride of Chanur - C. J. Cherryh
- - Courtship Rite - Donald Kingsbury
- 1982 - The Many Coloured Land Julian May
- - Windhaven - George R. R. Martin & Lisa Tuttle
- - Downbelow Station - C. J. Cherryh
- - Dream Park - Larry Niven & Steven Barnes
- - Project Pope - Clifford D. Simak
- 1981 - The Snow Queen Joan D. Vinge
- - Beyond the Blue Event Horizon - Frederik Pohl
- - The Ringworld Engineers - Larry Niven
- - Wizard - John Varley
- - Timescape - Gregory Benford
- 1980 - Titan John Varley
- - Jem - Frederik Pohl
- - The Fountains of Paradise - Arthur C. Clarke
- - Stardance - Spider Robinson & Jeanne Robinson
- - On Wings of Song - Thomas M. Disch
Best Fantasy Novel
- 2018 - The Stone Sky N.K. Jemisin
- The Stone in the Skull - Elizabeth Bear
- City of Miracles - Robert Jackson Bennett
- Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr - John Crowley
- The House of Binding Thorns - Aliette de Bodard
- The Ruin of Angels - Max Gladstone
- Spoonbenders - Daryl Gregory
- Jade City - Fonda Lee
- The Delirium Brief - Charles Stross
- Horizon - Fran Wilde
- 2017 - All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders
- Summerlong - Peter S. Beagle
- City of Blades - Robert Jackson Bennett
- The Obelisk Gate - N.K. Jemisin
- Children of Earth and Sky - Guy Gavriel Kay
- The Wall of Storms - Ken Liu
- The Last Days of New Paris, China Miéville
- The Winged Histories - Sofia Samatar
- The Nightmare Stacks - Charles Stross
- Necessity - Jo Walton
- 2016 - Uprooted Naomi Novik
- - Karen Memory - Elizabeth Bear
- - The House of Shattered Wings - Aliette de Bodard
- - Wylding Hall - Elizabeth Hand
- - The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemisin
- 2015 - The Goblin Emperor Katherine Addison
- - Steles of the Sky - Elizabeth Bear
- - City of Stairs - Robert Jackson Bennett
- - The Magician’s Land - Lev Grossman
- - The Mirror Empire - Kameron Hurley
- 2014 - The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman
- - NOS4A2 - Joe Hill
- - River of Stars - Guy Gavriel Kay
- - Doctor Sleep - Stephen King
- - The Republic of Thieves - Scott Lynch
- 2013 - The Apocalypse Codex Charles Stross
- - The Killing Moon - N.K. Jemisin
- - The Drowning Girl - Caitlín R. Kiernan
- - Glamour in Glass - Mary Robinette Kowal
- - Hide Me Among the Graves - Tim Powers
- 2012 - A Dance with Dragons George RR Martin
- - Snuff - Terry Pratchett
- - The Wise Man’s Fear - Patrick Rothfuss
- - Deathless - Catherynne M. Valente
- - Among Others - Jo Walton
- 2011 - Kraken China Miéville
- - Under Heaven - Guy Gavriel Kay
- - Who Fears Death - Nnedi Okorafor
- - The Fuller Memorandum - Charles Stross
- - The Sorcerer’s House - Gene Wolfe
- 2010 - The City & The City China Miéville
- - Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett
- - Drood - Dan Simmons
- - Palimpsest - Catherynne M. Valente
- - Finch - Jeff VanderMeer
- 2009 - Lavinia Ursula K. Le Guin
- - The Shadow Year - Jeffrey Ford
- - The Bell at Sealey Head - Patricia A. McKillip
- - The Dragons of Babel - Michael Swanwick
- - An Evil Guest - Gene Wolfe
- 2008 - Making Money Terry Pratchett
- - Endless Things - John Crowley
- - Pirate Freedom - Gene Wolfe
- - Territory - Emma Bull
- - Ysabel - Guy Gavriel Kay
- 2007 - The Privilege of the Sword Ellen Kushner
- - The Jennifer Morgue - Charles Stross
- - The Last Witchfinder - James Morrow
- - Soldier of Sidon - Gene Wolfe
- - Three Days to Never - Tim Powers
- 2006 - Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman
- - A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin
- - The Hallowed Hunt - Lois McMaster Bujold
- - Someone Comes to Town - Someone Leaves Town - Cory Doctorow
- - Thud! - Terry Pratchett
- 2005 - Iron Council China Miéville
- - The Dark Tower: Song of Susannah; The Dark Tower - Stephen King
- - Going Postal - Terry Pratchett
- - The Family Trade - Charles Stross
- - The Wizard Knight - Gene Wolfe
- 2004 - Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold
- - Monstrous Regiment - Terry Pratchett
- - The Light Ages - Ian R. MacLeod
- - The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla - Stephen King
- - 1610: A Sundial in a Grave - Mary Gentle
- 2003 - The Scar China Miéville
- - Night Watch - Terry Pratchett
- - A Winter Haunting - Dan Simmons
- - White Apples - Jonathan Carroll
- - Kushiel's Chosen - Jacqueline Carey
- 2002 - American Gods Neil Gaiman
- - The Other Wind - Ursula K. Le Guin
- - The Curse of Chalion - Lois McMaster Bujold
- - The Wooden Sea - Jonathan Carroll
- - Thief of Time - Terry Pratchett
- 2001 - A Storm of Swords George R. R. Martin
- - Declare - Tim Powers
- - The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
- - Perdido Street Station - China Miéville
- - Ash: A Secret History - Mary Gentle
- 2000 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling
- - The Fifth Elephant - Terry Pratchett
- - Fortress of Owls - C. J. Cherryh
- - Dark Cities Underground - Lisa Goldstein
- - Tamsin - Peter S. Beagle
- 1999 - A Clash of Kings George R. R. Martin
- - Stardust - Neil Gaiman
- - Mockingbird - Sean Stewart
- - Heartfire - Orson Scott Card
- - Fortress of Eagles - C. J. Cherryh
- 1998 - Earthquake Weather Tim Powers
- - Jack Faust - Michael Swanwick
- - City on Fire - Walter Jon Williams
- - The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass - Stephen King
- - Assassin's Quest - Robin Hobb
- 1997 - A Game of Thrones George R. R. Martin
- - Lunatics - Bradley Denton
- - Winter Rose - Patricia A. McKillip
- - Blameless in Abaddon - James Morrow
- - Royal Assassin - Robin Hobb
- 1996 - Alvin Journeyman Orson Scott Card
- - Waking the Moon (revised) - Elizabeth Hand
- - Fortress in the Eye of Time - C. J. Cherryh
- - The Lions of Al-Rassan - Guy Gavriel Kay
- - Resurrection Man - Sean Stewart
- 1995 - Brittle Innings Michael Bishop
- - Towing Jehovah - James Morrow
- - Lord of Chaos - Robert Jordan
- - Finder - Emma Bull
- - Memory & Dream - Charles de Lint
- 1994 - The Innkeeper's Song Peter S. Beagle
- - The Iron Dragon's Daughter - Michael Swanwick
- - To Green Angel Tower - Tad Williams
- - The Thread That Binds the Bones - Nina Kiriki Hoffman
- - Strange Devices of the Sun and Moon - Lisa Goldstein
- 1993 - Last Call Tim Powers
- - The Spirit Ring - Lois McMaster Bujold
- - Briar Rose - Jane Yolen
- - A Song for Arbonne - Guy Gavriel Kay
- - Was - Geoff Ryman
- 1992 - Beauty Sheri S. Tepper
- - The Little Country - Charles de Lint
- - Eight Skilled Gentlemen - Barry Hughart
- - King of Morning - Queen of Day - Ian McDonald
- - The Rainbow Abyss - Barbara Hambly
- 1991 - Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin
- - Good Omens - Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
- - Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay
- - Only Begotten Daughter - James Morrow
- - Thomas the Rhymer - Ellen Kushner
- 1990 - Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card
- - The Stress of Her Regard - Tim Powers
- - Soldier of Arete - Gene Wolfe
- - Rusalka - C. J. Cherryh
- - Dream Baby - Bruce McAllister
- 1989 - Red Prophet Orson Scott Card
- - The Paladin - C. J. Cherryh
- - There Are Doors - Gene Wolfe
- - Unicorn Mountain - Michael Bishop
- - King of the Murgos - David Eddings
- 1988 - Seventh Son Orson Scott Card
- - On Stranger Tides - Tim Powers
- - Sign of Chaos - Roger Zelazny
- - Weaveworld - Clive Barker
- - Lincoln's Dreams - Connie Willis
- 1987 - Soldier of the Mist Gene Wolfe
- - Blood of Amber - Roger Zelazny
- - It - Stephen King
- - Godbody - Theodore Sturgeon
- - Twisting the Rope - R. A. MacAvoy
- 1986 - Trumps of Doom Roger Zelazny
- - The Book of Kells - R. A. MacAvoy
- - Dragonsbane - Barbara Hambly
- - The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
- - Lyonesse II: The Green Pearl - Jack Vance
- 1985 - Job: A Comedy of Justice Robert A. Heinlein
- - Damiano's Lute - R. A. MacAvoy
- - Raphael - R. A. MacAvoy
- - The Talisman - Stephen King & Peter Straub
- - The Infinity Concerto - Greg Bear
- 1984 - The Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley
- - The Anubis Gates - Tim Powers
- - The Armageddon Rag - George R. R. Martin
- - Lyonesse - Jack Vance
- - White Gold Wielder - Stephen R. Donaldson
- 1983 - The Sword of the Lictor Gene Wolfe
- - The Citadel of the Autarch - Gene Wolfe
- - Fevre Dream - George R. R. Martin
- - The One Tree - Stephen R. Donaldson
- - The Transmigration of Timothy Archer - Philip K. Dick
- 1982 - The Claw of the Conciliator Gene Wolfe
- - Little - Big - John Crowley
- - The Changing Land - Roger Zelazny
- - The War Hound and the World's Pain - Michael Moorcock
- - The Captive - Robert Stallman
- 1981 - Lord Valentine's Castle Robert Silverberg
- - The Shadow of the Torturer - Gene Wolfe
- - The Wounded Land - Stephen R. Donaldson
- - Changeling - Roger Zelazny
- - The Northern Girl - Elizabeth A. Lynn
- 1980 - Harpist in the Wind Patricia A. McKillip
- - The Dead Zone - Stephen King
- - Tales of Nevèrÿon - Samuel R. Delany
- - Castle Roogna - Piers Anthony
- - The Merman's Children - Poul Anderson
- 1978 - The Silmarillion J. R. R. Tolkien
- - Our Lady of Darkness - Fritz Leiber
- - The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever - Stephen R. Donaldson
- - The Shining - Stephen King
- - The Sword of Shannara - Terry Brooks
Best Novel
- 1979 - Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre
- - Blind Voices - Tom Reamy
- - The White Dragon - Anne McCaffrey
- - The Faded Sun: Kesrith - C. J. Cherryh
- - Colony - Ben Bova
- 1978 - Gateway Frederik Pohl
- - In the Ocean of Night - Gregory Benford
- - The Ophiuchi Hotline - John Varley
- - Time Storm - Gordon R. Dickson
- - Michaelmas - Algis Budrys
- 1977 - Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm
- - Mindbridge - Joe Haldeman
- - Man Plus - Frederik Pohl
- - Children of Dune - Frank Herbert
- - A World Out of Time - Larry Niven
- 1976 - The Forever War Joe Haldeman
- - The Shockwave Rider - John Brunner
- - The Computer Connection Alfred Bester
- - The Stochastic Man - Robert Silverberg
- - Dhalgren - Samuel R. Delany
- 1975 - The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin
- - The Mote in God's Eye - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
- - Flow My Tears - the Policeman Said - Philip K. Dick
- - The Godwhale - T. J. Bass
- - The Unsleeping Eye - D. G. Compton
- 1974 - Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke
- - Time Enough for Love - Robert A. Heinlein
- - The People of the Wind - Poul Anderson
- - Protector - Larry Niven
- - The Man Who Folded Himself - David Gerrold
- 1973 - The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov
- - The Book of Skulls - Robert Silverberg
- - Dying Inside - Robert Silverberg
- - When Harlie Was One - David Gerrold
- - A Choice of Gods - Clifford D. Simak
- 1972 - The Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. Le Guin
- - To Your Scattered Bodies Go - Philip José Farmer
- - A Time of Changes - Robert Silverberg
- - Jack of Shadows - Roger Zelazny
- - Dragonquest - Anne McCaffrey
- 1971 - Ringworld Larry Niven
- - *Tower of Glass - Robert Silverberg
- - *The Year of the Quiet Sun - Wilson Tucker
- - And Chaos Died - Joanna Russ
- - *Downward to the Earth - Robert Silverberg
- - *Fourth Mansions - R. A. Lafferty
Best First Novel
- 2015 - The Memory Garden Mary Rickert
- - Elysium - Jennifer Marie Brissett
- - A Darkling Sea - James L. Cambias
- - The Clockwork Dagger - Beth Cato
- - The Emperor’s Blades - Brian Staveley
- 2014 - Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie
- - The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic - Emily Croy Barker
- - The Golden City - J. Kathleen Cheney
- - A Stranger in Olondria - Sofia Samatar
- - The Golem and the Jinni - Helene Wecker
- 2013 - The Throne of the Crescent Moon Saladin Ahmed
- - vN - Madeline Ashby
- - Seraphina - Rachel Hartman
- - The Games - Ted Kosmatka
- - Alif the Unseen - G. Willow Wilson
- 2012 - Ready Player One Ernest Cline
- - God’s War - Kameron Hurley
- - Soft Apocalypse - Will McIntosh
- - The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
- - Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti - Genevieve Valentine
- 2011 - The Loving Dead Amelia Beamer
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- - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - N.K. Jemisin
- - Shades of Milk and Honey - Mary Robinette Kowal
- - The Quantum Thief - Hannu Rajaniemi
- - How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe - Charles Yu
- 2010 - The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi
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- - The Manual of Detection - Jedediah Berry
- - Soulless - Gail Carriger
- - Lamentation - Ken Scholes
- - Norse Code - Greg van Eekhout
- 2009 - Thunderer Felix Gilman
- - Black Ships - Jo Graham
- - Pandemonium - Daryl Gregory
- - The Gone-Away World - Nick Harkaway
- - Singularity's Ring - Paul Melko
- 2008 - City of Bones Cassandra Clare
- - Flora Segunda - Ysabeau S. Wilce
- - Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill
- - The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss
- - One for Sorrow - Christopher Barzak
- 2007 - Crystal Rain Tobias S. Buckell
- - The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters - Gordon Dahlquist
- - The Green Glass Sea - Ellen Klages
- - The Lies of Locke Lamora - Scott Lynch
- - Temeraire: His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik
- 2006 - Counting Heads David Marusek
- - Hammered/Scardown/Worldwired - Elizabeth Bear
- - Old Man's War - John Scalzi
- - The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl - Tim Pratt
- - Vellum - Hal Duncan
- 2005 - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke
- - The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad - Minister Faust
- - Trash Sex Magic - Jennifer Stevenson
- - The Year of Our War - Steph Swainston
- - City of Pearl - Karen Traviss
- 2004 - The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett
- - Abhorsen - Garth Nix
- - The Merlin Conspiracy - Diana Wynne Jones
- - Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold - Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
- - A Stir of Bones - Nina Kiriki Hoffman
- 2003 - A Scattering of Jades Alexander C. Irvine
- - The Golden Age - John C. Wright
- - Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan
- - Solitaire - Kelley Eskridge
- 2002 - Kushiel's Dart Jacqueline Carey
- - The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
- - The Ill-Made Mute - Cecilia Dart-Thornton
- - The Ghost Sister - Liz Williams
- - Alien Taste - Wen Spencer
- 2001 - Mars Crossing Geoffrey A. Landis
- - Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds
- - Ceres Storm - David Herter
- - Wheelers - Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen
- - House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
- 2000 - The Silk Code Paul Levinson
- - The Shadow of Ararat - Thomas Harlan
- - Starfish - Peter Watts
- - Code of Conduct - Kristine Smith
- - The Thief's Gamble - Juliet E. McKenna
- 1999 - Brown Girl in the Ring Nalo Hopkinson
- - Halfway Human - Carolyn Ives Gilman
- - In the Garden of Iden - Kage Baker
- - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - J. K. Rowling
- - Green Rider - Kristen Britain
- 1998 - The Great Wheel Ian R. MacLeod
- - Expendable - James Alan Gardner
- - Black Wine - Candas Jane Dorsey
- - An Exchange of Hostages - Susan R. Matthews
- - Mars Underground - William K. Hartmann
- 1997 - Reclamation Sarah Zettel
- - Whiteout - Sage Walker
- - The Waterborn - J. Gregory Keyes
- - The Fortunate Fall - Raphael Carter
- - Celestial Matters - Richard Garfinkle
- 1996 - The Bohr Maker Linda Nagata
- - The Shape-Changer's Wife - Sharon Shinn
- - Lethe - Tricia Sullivan
- - Dead Girls - Richard Calder
- - Door Number Three - Patrick O'Leary
- 1995 - Gun, With Occasional Music Jonathan Lethem
- - Queen City Jazz - Kathleen Ann Goonan
- - Rhinegold - Stephan Grundy
- - Witch and Wombat - Carolyn Cushman
- - Vurt - Jeff Noon
- 1994 - Cold Allies Patricia Anthony
- - Ammonite - Nicola Griffith
- - The Drylands - Mary Rosenblum
- - CrashCourse - Wilhelmina Baird
- - Virtual Girl - Amy Thomson
- 1993 - China Mountain Zhang Maureen F. McHugh
- - Jumper - Steven Gould
- - Lost Souls - Poppy Z. Brite
- - Flying in Place - Susan Palwick
- - Fatherland - Robert Harris
- 1992 - The Cipher Kathe Koja
- - The White Mists of Power - Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- - Carve the Sky - Alexander Jablokov
- - Raft - Stephen Baxter
- - Halo - Tom Maddox
- 1991 - In the Country of the Blind Michael F. Flynn
- - Winterlong - Elizabeth Hand
- - Arachne - Lisa Mason
- - Golden Fleece - Robert J. Sawyer
- - An Abyss of Light - Kathleen M. O'Neal
- 1990 - Orbital Decay Allen Steele
- - Sunglasses After Dark - Nancy A. Collins
- - On My Way to Paradise - Dave Wolverton
- - The Tides of God - Ted Reynolds
- - Strange Invasion - Michael Kandel
- 1989 - Desolation Road Ian McDonald
- - Walkabout Woman - Michaela Roessner
- - Metrophage - Richard Kadrey
- - Sheepfarmer's Daughter - Elizabeth Moon
- - The Armageddon Blues - Daniel Keys Moran
- 1988 - War for the Oaks Emma Bull
- - Mindplayers - Pat Cadigan
- - In Conquest Born - C. S. Friedman
- - Liege-Killer - Christopher Hinz
- - The Net - Loren J. MacGregor
- 1987 - The Hercules Text Jack McDevitt
- - Shards of Honor - Lois McMaster Bujold
- - A Hidden Place - Robert Charles Wilson
- - Wrack & Roll - Bradley Denton
- - The Cross-Time Engineer - Leo Frankowski
- 1986 - Contact Carl Sagan
- - Emprise - Michael P. Kube-McDowell
- - In the Drift - Michael Swanwick
- - The Summer Tree - Guy Gavriel Kay
- - Tailchaser's Song - Tad Williams
- 1985 - The Wild Shore Kim Stanley Robinson
- - Neuromancer - William Gibson
- - Emergence - David R. Palmer
- - Green Eyes - Lucius Shepard
- - Them Bones - Howard Waldrop
- 1984 - Tea with the Black Dragon R. A. MacAvoy
- - The Blackcollar - Timothy Zahn
- - A Rumor of Angels - M. Bradley Kellogg
- - King's Blood Four - Sheri S. Tepper
- - Starrigger - John DeChancie
- 1983 - Courtship Rite Donald Kingsbury
- - The Red Magician - Lisa Goldstein
- - The Windhover Tapes: An Image of Voices - Warren Norwood
- - Lady of Light - Diana L. Paxson
- - Dreamrider - Sandra Miesel
- 1982 - At the Eye of the Ocean Hilbert Schenck
- - Radix - A. A. Attanasio
- - The Breaking of Northwall - Paul O. Williams
- - War Games - Karl Hansen
- 1981 - Dragon's Egg Robert L. Forward
- - The Orphan - Robert Stallman
- - Sundiver - David Brin
- - Beyond Rejection - Justin Leiber
- - The Gates of Heaven - Paul Preuss
Best Young Adult Novel
- 2013 - Railsea China Miéville
- - The Drowned Cities - Paolo Bacigalupi
- - Pirate Cinema - Cory Doctorow
- - Dodger - Terry Pratchett
- - The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There - Catherynne M. Valente
- 2012 - Planesrunner Ian McDonald
- - Akata Witch - Nnedi Okorafor
- - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
- - The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - Catherynne M. Valente
- - Goliath - Scott Westerfeld
- 2011 - Ship Breaker Paolo Bacigalupi
- - Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
- - Enchanted Glass - Diana Wynne Jones
- - I Shall Wear Midnight - Terry Pratchett
- - Behemoth - Scott Westerfeld
- 2010 - The Hotel Under the Sand Kage Baker
- - Going Bovine - Libba Bray
- - Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
- - Liar - Justine Larbalestier
- - Leviathan - Scott Westerfeld
- 2009 - Little Brother Cory Doctorow
- - The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
- - Tender Morsels - Margo Lanagan
- - Nation - Terry Pratchett
- - Zoe's Tale - John Scalzi
- 2008 - Extras Scott Westerfeld
- - The H-Bomb Girl - Stephen Baxter
- - Magic's Child - Justine Larbalestier
- - Powers - Ursula K. Le Guin
- - Un Lun Dun - China Miéville
- 2007 - Sir Thursday Garth Nix
- - Magic Lessons - Justine Larbalestier
- - Spirits That Walk in Shadow - Nina Kiriki Hoffman
- - Voices - Ursula K. Le Guin
- - Wintersmith - Terry Pratchett
- 2006 - Inkspell Cornelia Funke
- - Mister Boots - Carol Emshwiller
- - Pay the Piper - Jane Yolen & Adam Stemple
- - Peeps - Scott Westerfeld
- - Valiant - Holly Black
- 2005 - Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War Clive Barker
- - The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm - Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
- - The Blue Girl - Charles de Lint
- - Gifts - Ursula K. Le Guin
- - A Hat Full of Sky - Terry Pratchett
- 2004 - The Wee Free Men Terry Pratchett
- - Abhorsen - Garth Nix
- - The Merlin Conspiracy - Diana Wynne Jones
- - Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold - Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
- - A Stir of Bones - Nina Kiriki Hoffman
- 2003 - Coraline Neil Gaiman
- - Abarat - Clive Barker
- - Summerland - Michael Chabon
- - A Wizard Alone - Diane Duane
- - The House of the Scorpion - Nancy Farmer
Best Horror Novel
- 1999 - Bag of Bones Stephen King
- - Flanders - Patricia Anthony
- - The Tooth Fairy - Graham Joyce
- - Galilee - Clive Barker
- - Darker Angels - S. P. Somtow
- 1997 - Desperation Stephen King
- - Sacrament - Clive Barker
- - Unknown Regions - Robert Holdstock
- - The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires - Brian Stableford
- - Requiem - Graham Joyce
- 1996 - Expiration Date Tim Powers
- - Travelling with the Dead - Barbara Hambly
- - Rose Madder - Stephen King
- - The Bloody Red Baron - Kim Newman
- - Paint it Black - Nancy A. Collins
- 1995 - Fires of Eden Dan Simmons
- - Bride of the Rat God - Barbara Hambly
- - Insomnia - Stephen King
- - Everville - Clive Barker
- - Taltos - Anne Rice
- 1994 - The Golden Lucius Shepard
- - Anno Dracula - Kim Newman
- - Agyar - Steven Brust
- - Mr. Murder - Dean Koontz
- - Lasher - Anne Rice
- 1993 - Children of the Night Dan Simmons
- - Lost Boys - Orson Scott Card
- - The Thief of Always - Clive Barker
- - The Tale of the Body Thief - Anne Rice
- - Bad Brains - Kathe Koja
- 1992 - Summer of Night Dan Simmons
- - Imajica - Clive Barker
- - The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands - Stephen King
- - The M.D. - Thomas M. Disch
- - Blood Price - Tanya Huff
- 1991 - The Witching Hour Anne Rice
- - The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition - Stephen King
- - Moon Dance - S. P. Somtow
- - Tempter - Nancy A. Collins
- - The Werewolves of London - Brian Stableford
- 1990 - Carrion Comfort Dan Simmons
- - The Dark Half - Stephen King
- - The Great and Secret Show - Clive Barker
- - Geek Love - Katherine Dunn
- - Midnight - Dean R. Koontz