Locus Award - Fantasy Novel (Awarded by Locus Magazine)

Awards List

2022

Jade Legacy
(Winner)
Fonda Lee

Paladin's Strength
(Finalist)
T. Kingfisher

Soulstar
(Finalist)
C.L. Polk

Black Water Sister
(Finalist)
Zen Cho

The Jasmine Throne
(Finalist)
Tasha Suri

The Witness for the Dead
(Finalist)
Katherine Addison

No Gods, No Monsters
(Finalist)
Cadwell Turnbull

Under the Whispering Door
(Finalist)
T.J. Klune

The Last Graduate
(Finalist)
Naomi Novik

Light From Uncommon Stars
(Finalist)
Ryka Aoki

2021

The City We Became
(Winner)
N.K. Jemisin

The Angel of the Crows
(Nominee)
Katherine Addison

Harrow the Ninth
(Nominee)
Tamsyn Muir

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
(Nominee)
Garth Nix

Piranesi
(Nominee)
Susanna Clarke

The Trouble With Peace
(Nominee)
Joe Abercrombie

Black Sun
(Nominee)
Rebecca Roanhorse

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
(Nominee)
V.E. Schwab

The Midnight Bargain
(Nominee)
C.L. Polk

The Once and Future Witches
(Nominee)
Alix E. Harrow

2020

Middlegame
(Winner)
Seanan McGuire

Ninth House
(Nominee)
Leigh Bardugo

The Raven Tower
(Nominee)
Ann Leckie

Storm of Locusts
(Nominee)
Rebecca Roanhorse

A Brightness Long Ago
(Nominee)
Guy Gavriel Kay

Jade War
(Nominee)
Fonda Lee

The Iron Dragon's Mother
(Nominee)
Michael Swanwick

Gods of Jade and Shadow
(Nominee)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Starless Sea
(Nominee)
Erin Morgenstern

Dead Astronauts
(Nominee)
Jeff VanderMeer

2019

Spinning Silver
(Winner)
Naomi Novik

The Wonder Engine
(Nominee)
T. Kingfisher

Deep Roots
(Nominee)
Ruthanna Emrys

European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman
(Nominee)
Theodora Goss

The Mere Wife
(Nominee)
Maria Dahvana Headley

Foundryside
(Nominee)
Robert Jackson Bennett

Ahab's Return
(Nominee)
Jeffrey Ford

Creatures of Want and Ruin
(Nominee)
Molly Tanzer

Lies Sleeping
(Nominee)
Ben Aaronovitch

The Monster Baru Cormorant
(Nominee)
Seth Dickinson

2018

The Stone Sky
(Winner)
N.K. Jemisin

The House of Binding Thorns
(Nominee)
Aliette De Bodard

City of Miracles
(Nominee)
Robert Jackson Bennett

The Delirium Brief
(Nominee)
Charles Stross

Spoonbenders
(Nominee)
Daryl Gregory

The Ruin of Angels
(Nominee)
Max Gladstone

Horizon
(Nominee)
Fran Wilde

Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr
(Nominee)
John Crowley

The Stone in the Skull
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Bear

Jade City
(Nominee)
Fonda Lee

2017

All the Birds in the Sky
(Winner)
Charlie Jane Anders

Summerlong
(Nominee)
Peter S. Beagle

City of Blades
(Nominee)
Robert Jackson Bennett

The Winged Histories
(Nominee)
Sofia Samatar

Children of Earth and Sky
(Nominee)
Guy Gavriel Kay

Necessity
(Nominee)
Jo Walton

The Nightmare Stacks
(Nominee)
Charles Stross

The Last Days of New Paris
(Nominee)
China Mieville

The Obelisk Gate
(Nominee)
N.K. Jemisin

The Wall of Storms
(Nominee)
Ken Liu

2016

Uprooted
(Winner)
Naomi Novik

Karen Memory
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Bear

Wylding Hall
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Hand

The Fifth Season
(Nominee)
N.K. Jemisin

The House of Shattered Wings
(Nominee)
Aliette De Bodard

2015

The Goblin Emperor
(Nominee)
Katherine Addison

Steles of the Sky
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Bear

The Magician's Land
(Nominee)
Lev Grossman

City of Stairs
(Nominee)
Robert Jackson Bennett

The Mirror Empire
(Nominee)
Kameron Hurley

2014

The Ocean at the End of the Lane
(Winner)
Neil Gaiman

River of Stars
(Nominee)
Guy Gavriel Kay

Nos4a2
(Nominee)
Joe Hill

2013

The Drowning Girl
(Nominee)
Caitlin R. Kiernan

Hide Me Among the Graves
(Nominee)
Tim Powers

Glamour in Glass
(Nominee)
Mary Robinette Kowal

The Killing Moon
(Nominee)
N.K. Jemisin

2012

A Dance with Dragons
(Winner)
George R.R. Martin

The Wise Man's Fear
(Nominee)
Patrick Rothfuss

Among Others
(Nominee)
Jo Walton

Snuff
(Nominee)
Terry Pratchett

2011

Who Fears Death?
(Nominee)
Nnedi Okorafor

2010

The City & the City
(Winner)
China Mieville

2009

Lavinia
(Winner)
Ursula K. Le Guin

2008

Making Money
(Winner)
Terry Pratchett

Endless Things
(Nominee)
John Crowley

2007

The Privilege of the Sword
(Winner)
Ellen Kushner

The Last Witchfinder
(Nominee)
James Morrow

The Jennifer Morgue
(Nominee)
Charles Stross

2006

Anansi Boys
(Winner)
Neil Gaiman

A Feast for Crows
(Nominee)
George R.R. Martin

2005

Iron Council
(Winner)
China Mieville

2004

Paladin of Souls
(Winner)
Lois McMaster Bujold

2003

The Scar
(Winner)
China Mieville

2002

American Gods
(Winner)
Neil Gaiman

2001

A Storm of Swords
(Winner)
George R.R. Martin

2000

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(Winner)
J.K. Rowling

1999

A Clash of Kings
(Winner)
George R.R. Martin

1998

Earthquake Weather
(Winner)
Tim Powers

1997

A Game of Thrones
(Winner)
George R.R. Martin

1996

Alvin Journeyman
(Winner)
Orson Scott Card

1995

Brittle Innings
(Winner)
Michael Bishop

1994

Innkeeper's Song
(Winner)
Peter S. Beagle

1993

Last Call
(Winner)
Tim Powers

1992

Beauty
(Winner)
Sheri S. Tepper

1991

Tehanu
(Winner)
Ursula K. Le Guin

1990

Prentice Alvin
(Winner)
Orson Scott Card

1989

Red Prophet
(Winner)
Orson Scott Card

1988

Seventh Son
(Winner)
Orson Scott Card

1987

Soldier of the Mist
(Winner)
Gene Wolfe

1986

Trumps of Doom
(Winner)
Roger Zelazny
  • / Science Fiction
  • Buy Buy

1985

Job: a Comedy of Justice
(Winner)
Robert A. Heinlein

1984

The Mists of Avalon
(Winner)
Marion Zimmer Bradley

1983

The Sword of the Lictor
(Winner)
Gene Wolfe

1982

Claw of the Conciliator
(Winner)
Gene Wolfe

1981

Lord Valentine's Castle
(Winner)
Robert Silverberg
  • / Science Fiction
  • Buy Buy

1980

Harpist in the Wind
(Winner)
Patricia A. McKillip

1978

The Silmarillion
(Winner)
J.R.R. Tolkien

Award Categories

Anthology

Art Book

Collection

Fantasy Novel

First Novel

Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel

Nonfiction

Novelette

Novella

Science Fiction Novel

Short Story

Young Adult Novel

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