The Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel is one of the annual Locus Awards presented by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. The award for Best Science Fiction Novel was first presented in 1980, and is among the awards still presented (as of 2022). Previously, there had simply been an award for Best Novel. A similar award for Best Fantasy Novel was introduced in 1978.[1] The Locus Awards have been described as a prestigious prize in science fiction, fantasy and horror literature.[2][3]

Winners

Award winners[1]
Year Author Work Ref.
1980 John Varley Titan [4]
1981 Joan D. Vinge The Snow Queen [5]
1982 Julian May The Many-Colored Land [6]
1983 Isaac Asimov Foundation's Edge [7]
1984 David Brin Startide Rising [8]
1985 Larry Niven The Integral Trees [9]
1986 David Brin The Postman [10]
1987 Orson Scott Card Speaker for the Dead [11]
1988 David Brin The Uplift War [12]
1989 C. J. Cherryh Cyteen [13]
1990 Dan Simmons Hyperion [14]
1991 Dan Simmons The Fall of Hyperion [15]
1992 Lois McMaster Bujold Barrayar [16]
1993 Connie Willis Doomsday Book [17]
1994 Kim Stanley Robinson Green Mars [18]
1995 Lois McMaster Bujold Mirror Dance [19]
1996 Neal Stephenson The Diamond Age [20]
1997 Kim Stanley Robinson Blue Mars [21]
1998 Dan Simmons The Rise of Endymion [22]
1999 Connie Willis To Say Nothing of the Dog [23]
2000 Neal Stephenson Cryptonomicon [24]
2001 Ursula K. Le Guin The Telling [25]
2002 Connie Willis Passage [26]
2003 Kim Stanley Robinson The Years of Rice and Salt [27]
2004 Dan Simmons Ilium [28]
2005 Neal Stephenson The Baroque Cycle (i.e. Quicksilver; The Confusion; The System of the World) [29]
2006 Charles Stross Accelerando [30]
2007 Vernor Vinge Rainbows End [31]
2008 Michael Chabon The Yiddish Policemen's Union [32]
2009 Neal Stephenson Anathem [33]
2010 Cherie Priest Boneshaker [34][35]
2011 Connie Willis Blackout/All Clear [36][37]
2012 China Miéville Embassytown [38]
2013 John Scalzi Redshirts [39][40]
2014 James S. A. Corey Abaddon's Gate [41][42]
2015 Ann Leckie Ancillary Sword [43]
2016 Ann Leckie Ancillary Mercy [44][45]
2017 Liu Cixin Death's End [46]
2018 John Scalzi The Collapsing Empire [47][48]
2019 Mary Robinette Kowal The Calculating Stars [49][50]
2020 Charlie Jane Anders The City in the Middle of the Night [51][52]
2021 Martha Wells Network Effect [53][54][55]
2022 Arkady Martine A Desolation Called Peace [56][57]
2023 John Scalzi The Kaiju Preservation Society [58][59][60]
2024 Martha Wells System Collapse [61][62][63]
2025 Alexander Boldizar The Man Who Saw Seconds [64][65][66]
2026 Nnedi Okorafor Death of the Author [67][68]

See also

References

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