Nebula Award

The Nebula award is presented annually by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for the best work published in the USA in the previous year. Votes are cast by the SFWA and awards are divided into 5 categories: novel, novella, novelette, short story, and script.

Presented here is a list of the winners in the "Best Novel" category along with the nominees for each year.

  • 2023 - The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
    • - The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang
    • - Translation State by Ann Leckie
    • - The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz
    • - Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi
    • - Witch King by Martha Wells
  • 2022 - Babel by R. F. Kuang
    • - Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
    • - Spear by Nicola Griffith
    • - Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher
    • - Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
    • - The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
  • 2021 - A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
    • - The Unbroken by C. L. Clark
    • - Machinehood by S.B. Divya
    • - Plague Birds by Jason Sanford
    • - A Desolation called Peace by Arkady Martine
  • 2020 - Network Effect by Martha Wells
    • - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
    • - The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
    • - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
    • - The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk
    • - Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
  • 2019 - A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker
    • - Marque of Caine by Charles E. Gannon
    • - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
    • - A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
    • - Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
    • - Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
  • 2018 - The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
    • - The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang
    • - Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller
    • - Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
    • - Witchmark by C. L. Polk
    • - Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
  • 2017 - The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
    • - Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
    • - Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly
    • - The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss
    • - Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
    • - Jade City by Fonda Lee
    • - Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
  • 2016 - All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
    • - Borderline by Mishell Baker
    • - The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
    • - Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
    • - Everfair by Nisi Shawl
  • 2015 - Uprooted by Naomi Novik
    • - Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
    • - Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard by Lawrence M. Schoen
    • - The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
    • - The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
    • - Raising Caine by Charles E. Gannon
    • - Updraft by Fran Wilde
  • 2014 - Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
    • - The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
    • - Trial by Fire by Charles E. Gannon
    • - Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
    • - The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
    • - Coming Home by Jack McDevitt
  • 2013 - Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
    • - We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
    • - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
    • - Fire with Fire by Charles E. Gannon
    • - Hild by Nicola Griffith
    • - The Red: First Light by Linda Nagata
    • - A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
    • - The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
  • 2012 - 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
    • - Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
    • - Ironskin by Tina Connolly
    • - The Killing Moon by N. K. Jemisin
    • - The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan
    • - Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal
  • 2011 - Among Others by Jo Walton
    • - Embassytown by China Miéville
    • - Firebird by Jack McDevitt
    • - God's War by Kameron Hurley
    • - Mechanique : a Tale of the Circus Tresaulti by Genevieve Valentine
    • - The Kingdom of Gods by N. K. Jemisin
  • 2010 - Blackout / All Clear by Connie Willis
    • - The Native Star by M. K. Hobson
    • - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
    • - Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
    • - Echo by Jack McDevitt
    • - Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
  • 2009 - The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
    • - The Love We Share Without Knowing by Christopher Barzak
    • - Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman
    • - The City & the City by China Miéville
    • - Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
    • - Finch by Jeff VanderMeer
  • 2008 - Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin
    • - Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
    • - Cauldron by Jack McDevitt
    • - Brasyl by Ian McDonald
    • - Making Money by Terry Pratchett
    • - Superpowers by David J. Schwartz
  • 2007 - The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
    • - Odyssey by Jack McDevitt
    • - The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman
    • - The New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson
    • - Ragamuffin by Tobias S. Buckell
  • 2006 - Seeker by Jack McDevitt
    • - The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
    • - The Girl in the Glass by Jeffrey Ford
    • - Farthing by Jo Walton
    • - From the Files of the Time Rangers by Richard Bowes
    • - To Crush the Moon by Wil McCarthy
  • 2005 - Camouflage by Joe Haldeman
    • - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
    • - Polaris by Jack McDevitt
    • - Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
    • - Air by Geoff Ryman
    • - Orphans of Chaos by John C. Wright
  • 2004 - Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
    • - Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
    • - Omega by Jack McDevitt
    • - Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
    • - Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart
    • - The Knight by Gene Wolfe
  • 2003 - The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
    • - Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
    • - The Mount by Carol Emshwiller
    • - Light Music by Kathleen Ann Goonan
    • - The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
    • - Chindi by Jack McDevitt
  • 2002 - American Gods by Neil Gaiman
    • - Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge
    • - The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin
    • - Picoverse by Robert A. Metzger
    • - Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
    • - Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick
  • 2001 - The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro
    • - Eternity's End by Jeffrey Carver
    • - Mars Crossing by Geoffrey A. Landis
    • - A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
    • - The Collapsium by Wil McCarthy
    • - The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip
    • - Declare by Tim Powers
    • - Passage by Connie Willis
  • 2000 - Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear
    • - A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
    • - Crescent City Rhapsody by Kathleen Ann Goonan
    • - Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
    • - Infinity Beach by Jack McDevitt
    • - Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint
  • 1999 - Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
    • - The Cassini Division by Ken MacLeod
    • - A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
    • - Mission Child by Maureen F. McHugh
    • - Mockingbird by Sean Stewart
    • - A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
  • 1998 - Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
    • - The Last Hawk by Catherine Asaro
    • - Moonfall by Jack McDevitt
    • - How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove
    • - Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells
    • - To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
  • 1997 - The Moon and the Sun by Vonda McIntyre
    • - Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
    • - King's Dragon by Kate Elliott
    • - A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
    • - Ancient Shores by Jack McDevitt
    • - City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams
    • - Bellwether by Connie Willis
  • 1996 - Slow River by Nicola Griffith
    • - The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
    • - Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip
    • - Expiration Date by Tim Powers
    • - Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer
    • - The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
  • 1995 - The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
    • - Mother of Storms by John Barnes
    • - Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress
    • - Celestis by Paul Park
    • - Metropolitan by Walter Jon Williams
    • - Calde of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
  • 1994 - Moving Mars by Greg Bear
    • - Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
    • - Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
    • - Towing Jehovah by James K. Morrow
    • - Temporary Agency by Rachel Pollack
    • - Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
    • - A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
  • 1993 - Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
    • - Assemblers of Infinity by Kevin J. Anderson & Doug Beason
    • - Hard Landing by Algis Budrys
    • - Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
    • - Nightside the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
  • 1992 - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
    • - A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
    • - Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
    • - China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
    • - A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
    • - Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
  • 1991 - Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
    • - Orbital Resonance by John Barnes
    • - Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
    • - Bone Dance by Emma Bull
    • - Synners by Pat Cadigan
    • - The Difference Engine by Bruce Sterling & William Gibson
  • 1990 - Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
    • - Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin
    • - Only Begotten Daughter by James K. Morrow
    • - The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
    • - Redshift Rendezvous by John E. Stith
    • - White Jenna by Jane Yolen
  • 1989 - The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
    • - The Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson
    • - Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card
    • - Good News From Outer Space by John Kessel
    • - Ivory: A Legend of Past and Future by Mike Resnick
    • - Sister Light, Sister Dark by Jane Yolen
  • 1988 - Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
    • - Deserted Cities of the Heart by Lewis Shiner
    • - Drowning Towers by George Turner
    • - Great Sky River by Gregory Benford
    • - Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
    • - Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card
    • - The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
  • 1987 - The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
    • - The Forge of God by Greg Bear
    • - Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe
    • - The Uplift War by David Brin
    • - Vergil in Averno by Avram Davidson
    • - When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
  • 1986 - Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
    • - Count Zero by William Gibson
    • - Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe
    • - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
    • - The Journal of Nicholas the American by Leigh Kennedy
    • - This is the Way the World Ends by James K. Morrow
  • 1985 - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
    • - Blood Music by Greg Bear
    • - Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers
    • - Helliconia Winter by Brian Aldiss
    • - The Postman by David Brin
    • - The Remaking of Sigmund Freud by Barry N. Malzberg
    • - Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling
  • 1984 - Neuromancer by William Gibson
    • - Frontera by Lewis Shiner
    • - The Integral Trees by Larry Niven
    • - Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein
    • - The Man Who Melted by Jack Dann
    • - The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • 1983 - Startide Rising by David Brin
    • - Against Infinity by Gregory Benford
    • - The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe
    • - Lyonesse by Jack Vance
    • - Tea with the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy
    • - The Void Captain's Tale by Norman Spinrad
  • 1982 - No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop
    • - Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
    • - Friday by Robert A. Heinlein
    • - Helliconia Spring by Brian Aldiss
    • - The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe
    • - The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick
  • 1981 - The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
    • - Little, Big by John Crowley
    • - The Many-Colored Land by Julian May
    • - Radix by A. A. Attanasio
    • - Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
    • - The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
  • 1980 - Timescape by Gregory Benford
    • - Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl
    • - Mockingbird by Walter Tevis
    • - The Orphan by Robert Stallman
    • - The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
    • - The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
  • 1979 - The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
    • - Jem by Frederik Pohl
    • - Juniper Time by Kate Wilhelm
    • - On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch
    • - The Road to Corlay by Richard Cowper
    • - Titan by John Varley
  • 1978 - Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
    • - Blind Voices by Tom Reamy
    • - The Faded Sun: Kesrith by C. J. Cherryh
    • - Kalki by Gore Vidal
    • - Strangers by Gardner Dozois
  • 1977 - Gateway by Frederik Pohl
    • - Cirque by Terry Carr
    • - In the Ocean of Night by Gregory Benford
    • - Moonstar Odyssey by David Gerrold
    • - Sword of Demon by Richard A. Lupoff
  • 1976 - Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
    • - Inferno by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
    • - Islands by Marta Randall
    • - Shadrach in the Furnace by Robert Silverberg
    • - Triton by Samuel R. Delany
    • - Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
  • 1975 - The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
    • - Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron Cover
    • - The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee
    • - The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester
    • - Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
    • - Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny
    • - The Embedding by Ian Watson
    • - The Exile Waiting by Vonda N. McIntyre
    • - The Female Man by Joanna Russ
    • - A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire by Michael Bishop
    • - Guernica Night by Barry N. Malzberg
    • - The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley
    • - Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
    • - A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson
    • - The Missing Man by Katherine MacLean
    • - The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
    • - Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
    • - The Stochastic Man by Robert Silverberg
  • 1974 - The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • 1973 - Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
    • - Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
    • - The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
    • - The People of the Wind by Poul Anderson
    • - Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
  • 1972 - The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
    • - The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg
    • - Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg
    • - The Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad
    • - The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner
    • - What Entropy Means to Me by George Alec Effinger
    • - When HARLIE Was One by David Gerrold
  • 1971 - A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
    • - The Byworlder by Poul Anderson
    • - The Devil is Dead by R. A. Lafferty
    • - Half Past Human by T. J. Bass
    • - The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
    • - Margaret and I by Kate Wilhelm
  • 1970 - Ringworld by Larry Niven
    • - And Chaos Died by Joanna Russ
    • - Fourth Mansions by R. A. Lafferty
    • - The Steel Crocodile by David G. Compton
    • - Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg
    • - The Year of the Quiet Sun by Wilson Tucker
  • 1969 - The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
    • - Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad
    • - Isle of the Dead by Roger Zelazny
    • - The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner
    • - Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
    • - Up the Line by Robert Silverberg
  • 1968 - Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
    • - Black Easter by James Blish
    • - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
    • - The Masks of Time by Robert Silverberg
    • - Past Master by R. A. Lafferty
    • - Picnic on Paradise by Joanna Russ
    • - Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
  • 1967 - The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany
    • - Chthon by Piers Anthony
    • - The Eskimo Invasion by Hayden Howard
    • - Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
    • - Thorns by Robert Silverberg
  • 1966 - Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany
  • 1966 - Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  • 1965 - Dune by Frank Herbert
    • - All Flesh is Grass by Clifford D. Simak
    • - The Clone by Kate Wilhelm & Theodore L. Thomas
    • - Dr. Bloodmoney by Philip K. Dick
    • - The Escape Orbit by James White
    • - The Genocides by Thomas M. Disch
    • - Nova Express by William S. Burroughs
    • - A Plague of Demons by Keith Laumer
    • - Rogue Dragon by Avram Davidson
    • - The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream by G. C. Edmondson
    • - The Star Fox by Poul Anderson
    • - The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick

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