Nebula Award - Novel (Awarded by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America)

Awards List

2023

The Saint of Bright Doors
(Winner)
Vajra Chandrasekera

The Terraformers
(Nominee)
Annalee Newitz

Translation State
(Nominee)
Ann Leckie

The Water Outlaws
(Nominee)
S.L. Huang

Witch King
(Nominee)
Martha Wells

Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon
(Nominee)
Wole Talabi

2022

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence
(Winner)
R.F. Kuang

Legends & Lattes
(Nominee)
Travis Baldree

Spear
(Nominee)
Nicola Griffith

Nettle & Bone
(Nominee)
T. Kingfisher

Nona the Ninth
(Nominee)
Tamsyn Muir

The Mountain in the Sea
(Nominee)
Ray Nayler

2021

A Master of Djinn
(Winner)
P. Djeli Clark

A Desolation Called Peace
(Nominee)
Arkady Martine

Machinehood
(Nominee)
S.B. Divya

The Unbroken
(Nominee)
C.L. Clark

Plague Birds
(Nominee)
Jason Sanford

2020

Network Effect
(Winner)
Martha Wells

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

Mexican Gothic
(Nominee)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Piranesi
(Nominee)
Susanna Clarke

Black Sun
(Nominee)
Rebecca Roanhorse

The Midnight Bargain
(Nominee)
C.L. Polk

2019

A Song for a New Day
(Winner)
Sarah Pinsker

A Memory Called Empire
(Nominee)
Arkady Martine

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

Marque of Caine
(Nominee)
Charles E. Gannon

Gideon the Ninth
(Nominee)
Tamsyn Muir

The Ten Thousand Doors of January
(Nominee)
Alix E. Harrow

2018

The Calculating Stars
(Winner)
Mary Robinette Kowal

Blackfish City
(Nominee)
Sam J. Miller

The Poppy War
(Nominee)
R.F. Kuang

Witchmark
(Nominee)
C.L. Polk

Spinning Silver
(Nominee)
Naomi Novik

Trail of Lightning
(Nominee)
Rebecca Roanhorse

2017

The Stone Sky
(Winner)
N.K. Jemisin

Amberlough
(Nominee)
Lara Elena Donnelly

Six Wakes
(Nominee)
Mur Lafferty

The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
(Nominee)
Theodora Goss

Spoonbenders
(Nominee)
Daryl Gregory

Autonomous
(Nominee)
Annalee Newitz

Jade City
(Nominee)
Fonda Lee

2016

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

Borderline
(Nominee)
Mishell Baker

Ninefox Gambit
(Nominee)
Yoon Ha Lee

The Obelisk Gate
(Nominee)
N.K. Jemisin

Everfair
(Nominee)
Nisi Shawl

2015

Uprooted
(Winner)
Naomi Novik

The Grace of Kings
(Nominee)
Ken Liu

The Fifth Season
(Nominee)
N.K. Jemisin

Updraft
(Nominee)
Fran Wilde

Ancillary Mercy
(Nominee)
Ann Leckie

Raising Caine
(Nominee)
Charles E. Gannon

Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard
(Nominee)
Lawrence M. Schoen

2014

Annihilation
(Winner)
Jeff VanderMeer

Annihilation
(Nominee)
Jeff VanderMeer

The Goblin Emperor
(Nominee)
Katherine Addison

Trial by Fire
(Nominee)
Charles E. Gannon

Ancillary Sword
(Nominee)
Ann Leckie

Coming Home
(Nominee)
Jack McDevitt

The Three-Body Problem
(Nominee)
Cixin Liu

2013

Ancillary Justice
(Winner)
Ann Leckie

The Golem and the Jinni
(Nominee)
Helene Wecker

A Stranger in Olondria
(Nominee)
Sofia Samatar

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

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
(Nominee)
Karen Joy Fowler

Hild
(Nominee)
Nicola Griffith

2012

2312
(Winner)
Kim Stanley Robinson

Throne of the Crescent Moon
(Nominee)
Saladin Ahmed

The Drowning Girl
(Nominee)
Caitlin R. Kiernan

Glamour in Glass
(Nominee)
Mary Robinette Kowal

The Killing Moon
(Nominee)
N.K. Jemisin

Ironskin
(Nominee)
Tina Connolly

2011

Among Others
(Winner)
Jo Walton

God's War
(Nominee)
Kameron Hurley

Mechanique
(Nominee)
Genevieve Valentine

The Kingdom of Gods
(Nominee)
N.K. Jemisin

2010

All Clear
(Winner)
Connie Willis

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
(Nominee)
N.K. Jemisin

Who Fears Death?
(Nominee)
Nnedi Okorafor

The Native Star
(Nominee)
M.K. Hobson

2009

Windup Girl
(Winner)
Paolo Bacigalupi

The Love We Share Without Knowing
(Nominee)
Christopher Barzak

Boneshaker
(Nominee)
Cherie Priest

2008

Powers
(Winner)
Ursula K. Le Guin

Brasyl
(Nominee)
Ian McDonald

Cauldron
(Nominee)
Jack McDevitt

Little Brother
(Nominee)
Cory Doctorow

Superpowers
(Nominee)
David J. Schwartz

2007

The Yiddish Policemen's Union
(Winner)
Michael Chabon

Odyssey
(Nominee)
Jack McDevitt

The New Moon's Arms
(Nominee)
Nalo Hopkinson

Ragamuffin
(Nominee)
Tobias S. Buckell

The Accidental Time Machine
(Nominee)
Joe Haldeman

2006

Seeker
(Winner)
Jack McDevitt

To Crush the Moon
(Nominee)
Wil McCarthy

The Girl in the Glass
(Nominee)
Jeffrey Ford

From the Files of the Time Rangers
(Nominee)
Richard Bowes

The Privilege of the Sword
(Nominee)
Ellen Kushner

2005

Paladin of Souls
(Winner)
Lois McMaster Bujold

Camouflage
(Winner)
Joe Haldeman

Air: Or, Have Not Have
(Nominee)
Geoff Ryman

2004

The Speed of Dark
(Winner)
Elizabeth Moon

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
(Nominee)
Cory Doctorow

Perfect Circle
(Nominee)
Sean Stewart

Cloud Atlas
(Nominee)
David Mitchell

2003

Diplomatic Immunity
(Nominee)
Lois McMaster Bujold

The Mount
(Nominee)
Carol Emshwiller

2002

The Quantum Rose
(Winner)
Catherine Asaro

American Gods
(Winner)
Neil Gaiman

Perdido Street Station
(Nominee)
China Mieville

2001

Darwin's Radio
(Winner)
Greg Bear

The Tower at Stony Wood
(Nominee)
Patricia A. McKillip

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

2000

A Civil Campaign
(Nominee)
Lois McMaster Bujold

Infinity Beach
(Nominee)
Jack McDevitt

Midnight Robber
(Nominee)
Nalo Hopkinson

Forests of the Heart
(Nominee)
Charles de Lint

1999

Forever Peace
(Winner)
Joe Haldeman

Parable of the Talents
(Winner)
Octavia E. Butler

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

A Deepness in the Sky
(Nominee)
Vernor Vinge

1998

The Moon and the Sun
(Winner)
Vonda N. McIntyre

How Few Remain
(Nominee)
Harry Turtledove

To Say Nothing of the Dog
(Nominee)
Connie Willis

Moonfall
(Nominee)
Jack McDevitt

1997

Ancient Shores
(Nominee)
Jack McDevitt

Bellwether
(Nominee)
Connie Willis

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

Memory
(Nominee)
Lois McMaster Bujold

King's Dragon
(Nominee)
Kate Elliott

1996

The Terminal Experiment
(Winner)
Robert J. Sawyer

Slow River
(Winner)
Nicola Griffith

The Diamond Age
(Nominee)
Neal Stephenson

The Silent Strength of Stones
(Nominee)
Nina Kiriki Hoffman

Expiration Date
(Nominee)
Tim Powers

Winter Rose
(Nominee)
Patricia A. McKillip

Starplex
(Nominee)
Robert J. Sawyer

1995

Moving Mars
(Winner)
Greg Bear
  • / Science Fiction

Mother of Storms
(Nominee)
John Barnes

Beggars & Choosers
(Nominee)
Nancy Kress

Calde of the Long Sun
(Nominee)
Gene Wolfe

Metropolitan
(Nominee)
Walter Jon Williams

Celestis
(Nominee)
Paul Park

1994

Green Mars
(Nominee)
Kim Stanley Robinson

Towing Jehovah
(Nominee)
James Morrow

1993

Red Mars
(Winner)
Kim Stanley Robinson

1992

Stations of the Tide
(Winner)
Michael Swanwick

Doomsday Book
(Winner)
Connie Willis

1991

Tehanu
(Winner)
Ursula K. Le Guin

1990

The Healer's War
(Winner)
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1989

Falling Free
(Winner)
Lois McMaster Bujold

1988

The Falling Woman
(Winner)
Pat Murphy

1986

Ender's Game
(Winner)
Orson Scott Card

Speaker for the Dead
(Winner)
Orson Scott Card

1984

Neuromancer
(Winner)
William Gibson

1983

No Enemy but Time
(Winner)
Michael Bishop
  • / Science Fiction

Startide Rising
(Winner)
David Brin

1982

Claw of the Conciliator
(Winner)
Gene Wolfe

1980

The Fountains of Paradise
(Winner)
Arthur C. Clarke
  • / Science Fiction

Timescape
(Winner)
Gregory Benford

1979

Dreamsnake
(Winner)
Vonda N. McIntyre
  • / Science Fiction

1978

Gateway
(Winner)
Frederik Pohl
  • / Science Fiction

1977

Man Plus
(Winner)
Frederik Pohl

1976

The Forever War
(Winner)
Joe Haldeman

1974

The Dispossessed
(Winner)
Ursula K. Le Guin

1973

Rendezvous with Rama
(Winner)
Arthur C. Clarke

1972

A Time of Changes
(Winner)
Robert Silverberg
  • / Science Fiction

Gods Themselves
(Winner)
Isaac Asimov

1970

Ringworld
(Winner)
Larry Niven

1969

Rite of Passage
(Winner)
Alexei Panshin
  • / Science Fiction

The Left Hand of Darkness
(Winner)
Ursula K. Le Guin

1967

Flowers for Algernon
(Winner)
Daniel Keyes
  • / Science Fiction

Babel-17
(Winner)
Samuel R. Delany
  • / Science Fiction

The Einstein Intersection
(Winner)
Samuel R. Delany
  • / Science Fiction

1966

Babel-17 / Empire Star
(Winner)
Samuel R. Delany

1965

Dune
(Winner)
Frank Herbert
  • / Space Opera

Award Categories

Andre Norton Award

Novel

Novelette

Novella

Short Story

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