World Fantasy Award - Novel (Awarded by World Fantasy Convention)

Awards List

2022

The Jasmine Throne
(Winner)
Tasha Suri

Black Water Sister
(Nominee)
Zen Cho

A Master of Djinn
(Nominee)
P. Djeli Clark

The City Beautiful
(Nominee)
Aden Polydoros

The Last House on Needless Street
(Nominee)
Catriona Ward

2021

Trouble the Saints
(Winner)
Alaya Dawn Johnson

Mexican Gothic
(Nominee)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

The Only Good Indians
(Nominee)
Stephen Graham Jones

Piranesi
(Nominee)
Susanna Clarke

The Midnight Bargain
(Nominee)
C.L. Polk

2020

Queen of the Conquered
(Winner)
Kheryn Callender

The Raven Tower
(Nominee)
Ann Leckie

The Memory Police
(Nominee)
Yoko Ogawa

Gideon the Ninth
(Nominee)
Tamsyn Muir

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

2019

Witchmark
(Winner)
C.L. Polk

The Poppy War
(Nominee)
R.F. Kuang

The Mere Wife
(Nominee)
Maria Dahvana Headley

Trail of Lightning
(Nominee)
Rebecca Roanhorse

In the Night Wood
(Nominee)
Dale Bailey

2018

The Changeling
(Winner)
Victor Lavalle

Jade City
(Winner)
Fonda Lee

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

Spoonbenders
(Nominee)
Daryl Gregory

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

The City of Brass
(Nominee)
S.A. Chakraborty

2017

Lovecraft Country
(Nominee)
Matt Ruff

Borderline
(Nominee)
Mishell Baker

Roadsouls
(Nominee)
Betsy James

The Sudden Appearance of Hope
(Nominee)
Claire North

The Obelisk Gate
(Nominee)
N.K. Jemisin

2016

The Chimes
(Winner)
Anna Smaill

The Buried Giant
(Nominee)
Kazuo Ishiguro

Uprooted
(Nominee)
Naomi Novik

A Head Full of Ghosts
(Nominee)
Paul Tremblay

The Fifth Season
(Nominee)
N.K. Jemisin

Savages
(Nominee)
K.J. Parker

2015

The Bone Clocks
(Winner)
David Mitchell

The Goblin Emperor
(Nominee)
Katherine Addison

My Real Children
(Nominee)
Jo Walton

City of Stairs
(Nominee)
Robert Jackson Bennett

Area X
(Nominee)
Jeff VanderMeer

2014

A Stranger in Olondria
(Winner)
Sofia Samatar

A Natural History of Dragons
(Nominee)
Marie Brennan

The Golem and the Jinni
(Nominee)
Helene Wecker

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

Dust Devil on a Quiet Street
(Nominee)
Richard Bowes

The Land Across
(Nominee)
Gene Wolfe

2013

Alif the Unseen
(Winner)
G. Willow Wilson

The Drowning Girl
(Nominee)
Caitlin R. Kiernan

The Killing Moon
(Nominee)
N.K. Jemisin

Some Kind of Fairy Tale
(Nominee)
Graham Joyce

Crandolin
(Nominee)
Anna Tambour

2012

Osama
(Winner)
Lavie Tidhar

Among Others
(Nominee)
Jo Walton

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

Those Across the River
(Nominee)
Christopher Buehlman

11/22/1963
(Nominee)
Stephen King

2011

Who Fears Death?
(Winner)
Nnedi Okorafor

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

Under Heaven
(Nominee)
Guy Gavriel Kay

Zoo City
(Nominee)
Lauren Beukes

Redemption in Indigo
(Nominee)
Karen Lord

The Silent Land
(Nominee)
Graham Joyce

2010

The City & the City
(Winner)
China Mieville

Blood of Ambrose
(Nominee)
James Enge

The Red Tree
(Nominee)
Caitlin R. Kiernan

Finch
(Nominee)
Jeff VanderMeer

In Great Waters
(Nominee)
Kit Whitfield

2009

The Shadow Year
(Winner)
Jeffrey Ford

Tender Morsels
(Winner)
Margo Lanagan

The House of the Stag
(Nominee)
Kage Baker

Pandemonium
(Nominee)
Daryl Gregory

The Graveyard Book
(Nominee)
Neil Gaiman

2008

Ysabel
(Winner)
Guy Gavriel Kay

Fangland
(Nominee)
John Marks

The Gospel of the Knife
(Nominee)
Will Shetterly

Territory
(Nominee)
Emma Bull

The Servants
(Nominee)
Michael Marshall Smith

2007

Soldier of Sidon
(Winner)
Gene Wolfe

The Lies of Locke Lamora
(Nominee)
Scott Lynch

The Privilege of the Sword
(Nominee)
Ellen Kushner

In the Night Garden
(Nominee)
Catherynne M. Valente

Lisey's Story
(Nominee)
Stephen King

2006

Kafka on the Shore
(Winner)
Haruki Murakami
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

The Limits of Enchantment
(Nominee)
Graham Joyce

Od Magic
(Nominee)
Patricia A. McKillip

A Princess of Roumania
(Nominee)
Paul Park

Lunar Park
(Nominee)
Bret Easton Ellis

Vellum
(Nominee)
Hal Duncan

2005

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
(Winner)
Susanna Clarke

The Knight
(Nominee)
Gene Wolfe

Perfect Circle
(Nominee)
Sean Stewart

Iron Council
(Nominee)
China Mieville

The Runes of the Earth
(Nominee)
Stephen R. Donaldson

2004

Tooth and Claw
(Winner)
Jo Walton

The Etched City
(Nominee)
K.J. Bishop

Veniss Underground
(Nominee)
Jeff VanderMeer

The Light Ages
(Nominee)
Ian R. MacLeod

Fudoki
(Nominee)
Kij Johnson

2003

Ombria in Shadow
(Winner)
Patricia A. McKillip

The Facts of Life
(Winner)
Graham Joyce
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
  • Buy Buy

Fitcher's Brides
(Nominee)
Gregory Frost

The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque
(Nominee)
Jeffrey Ford

The Scar
(Nominee)
China Mieville

2002

The Other Wind
(Winner)
Ursula K. Le Guin

From the Dust Returned
(Nominee)
Ray Bradbury

The Wooden Sea
(Nominee)
Jonathan Carroll

American Gods
(Nominee)
Neil Gaiman

The Curse of Chalion
(Nominee)
Lois McMaster Bujold

Brown Harvest
(Nominee)
Jay Russell

The Onion Girl
(Nominee)
Charles de Lint

2001

Galveston
(Winner)
Sean Stewart

Declare
(Winner)
Tim Powers

The Grand Ellipse
(Nominee)
Paula Volsky
  • / Fantasy
  • Buy Buy

Lord of Emperors
(Nominee)
Guy Gavriel Kay

The Amber Spyglass
(Nominee)
Philip Pullman

Perdido Street Station
(Nominee)
China Mieville

2000

Thraxas
(Winner)
Martin Scott

Tamsin
(Nominee)
Peter S. Beagle

A Witness To Life
(Nominee)
Terence Green / Terence M. Green

Gardens of the Moon
(Nominee)
Steven Erikson

The Rainy Season
(Nominee)
James P. Blaylock

A Red Heart of Memories
(Nominee)
Nina Kiriki Hoffman

1999

The Antelope Wife
(Winner)
Louise Erdrich

Someplace to Be Flying
(Nominee)
Charles de Lint

The Martyring
(Nominee)
Thomas Sullivan

Sailing to Sarantium
(Nominee)
Guy Gavriel Kay

Mockingbird
(Nominee)
Sean Stewart

1998

The Physiognomy
(Winner)
Jeffrey Ford

Dry Water
(Nominee)
Eric Nylund

The Gift
(Nominee)
Patrick O'Leary

Trader
(Nominee)
Charles de Lint

American Goliath
(Nominee)
Harvey Jacobs

1997

Godmother Night
(Winner)
Rachel Pollack

The 37th Mandala
(Nominee)
Marc Laidlaw

Shadow of Ashland
(Nominee)
Terence Green / Terence M. Green

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

The Bear Went over the Mountain
(Nominee)
William Kotzwinkle

Devil's Tower
(Nominee)
Mark Sumner

The Golden Key
(Nominee)
Melanie Rawn; Jennifer Roberson

1996

The Prestige
(Winner)
Christopher J. Priest

Red Earth and Pouring Rain
(Nominee)
Vikram Chandra

The Silent Strength of Stones
(Nominee)
Nina Kiriki Hoffman

All the Bells on Earth
(Nominee)
James P. Blaylock

Expiration Date
(Nominee)
Tim Powers

Requiem
(Nominee)
Graham Joyce

1995

Towing Jehovah
(Winner)
James Morrow

Brittle Innings
(Nominee)
Michael Bishop

From the Teeth of Angels
(Nominee)
Jonathan Carroll

Love & Sleep
(Nominee)
John Crowley

The Circus of the Earth and the Air
(Nominee)
Brooke Stevens

Waking the Moon
(Nominee)
Elizabeth Hand

1994

Glimpses
(Winner)
Lewis Shiner

Lord of the Two Lands
(Nominee)
Judith Tarr

Skin
(Nominee)
Kathe Koja

The Throat
(Nominee)
Peter Straub

Drawing Blood
(Nominee)
Poppy Z. Brite

Innkeeper's Song
(Nominee)
Peter S. Beagle

The Iron Dragon's Daughter
(Nominee)
Michael Swanwick

1993

Last Call
(Winner)
Tim Powers

Was
(Nominee)
Geoff Ryman

Briar Rose
(Nominee)
Jane Yolen

Anno-Dracula
(Nominee)
Kim Newman

Photographing Fairies
(Nominee)
Steve Szilagyi

1992

Boy's Life
(Winner)
Robert R. McCammon

The Little Country
(Nominee)
Charles de Lint

Bone Dance: A Fantasy for Technophilles
(Nominee)
Emma Bull

Outside the Dog Museum
(Nominee)
Jonathan Carroll

The Paper Grail
(Nominee)
James P. Blaylock

Hunting the Ghost Dancer
(Nominee)
A.A. Attanasio

1991

Thomas the Rhymer
(Winner)
Ellen Kushner

Only Begotten Daughter
(Winner)
James Morrow

Good Omens
(Nominee)
Neil Gaiman; Terry Pratchett

Mary Reilly
(Nominee)
Valerie Martin

Tigana
(Nominee)
Guy Gavriel Kay

1990

Lyonesse
(Winner)
Jack Vance

Soldier of Arete
(Nominee)
Gene Wolfe

The Stress of Her Regard
(Nominee)
Tim Powers

In a Dark Dream
(Nominee)
Charles L. Grant

Child Across the Sky
(Nominee)
Jonathan Carroll

Carrion Comfort
(Nominee)
Dan Simmons

1989

Koko
(Winner)
Peter Straub

The Last Coin
(Nominee)
James P. Blaylock

The Drive In
(Nominee)
Joe R. Lansdale

Sleeping in Flame
(Nominee)
Jonathan Carroll

The Silence of the Lambs
(Nominee)
Thomas Harris

Fade
(Nominee)
Robert Cormier

1988

Replay
(Winner)
Ken Grimwood
  • / Science Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Seventh Son
(Nominee)
Orson Scott Card

Aegypt
(Nominee)
John Crowley

Misery
(Nominee)
Stephen King

Swan Song
(Nominee)
Robert R. McCammon

On Stranger Tides
(Nominee)
Tim Powers

Weaveworld
(Nominee)
Clive Barker

1987

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
(Winner)
Patrick Suskind

Strangers
(Nominee)
Dean Koontz

The Pet
(Nominee)
Charles L. Grant

It
(Nominee)
Stephen King

Soldier of the Mist
(Nominee)
Gene Wolfe

The Tricksters
(Nominee)
Margaret Mahy

Talking Man
(Nominee)
Terry Bisson

1986

Song of Kali
(Winner)
Dan Simmons

The Damnation Game
(Nominee)
Clive Barker

Illywhacker
(Nominee)
Peter Carey

The Dream Years
(Nominee)
Lisa Goldstein

The Vampire Lestat
(Nominee)
Anne Rice

Winterking
(Nominee)
Paul Hazel

1985

Mythago Wood
(Winner)
Robert Holdstock

The Bridge of Birds
(Winner)
Barry Hughart

The Ceremonies
(Nominee)
T.E.D. Klein

Archer's Goon
(Nominee)
Diana Wynne Jones

The Talisman
(Nominee)
Stephen King; Peter Straub

1984

The Dragon Waiting: A Masque of History
(Winner)
John M. Ford

The Wandering Unicorn
(Nominee)
Manuel Mujica Lainez

Pet Sematary
(Nominee)
Stephen King

Tea with the Black Dragon
(Nominee)
R.A. MacAvoy

The Armageddon Rag
(Nominee)
George R.R. Martin

1983

Nifft the Lean
(Winner)
Michael Shea

The Nestling
(Nominee)
Charles L. Grant
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy Buy

Fevre Dream
(Nominee)
George R.R. Martin

The Sword of the Lictor
(Nominee)
Gene Wolfe

Phantom
(Nominee)
Thomas Tessier

1982

Little, Big
(Winner)
John Crowley

The White Hotel
(Nominee)
D.M. Thomas

The Nameless
(Nominee)
Ramsey Campbell

The War Hound and the World's Pain
(Nominee)
Michael Moorcock

Claw of the Conciliator
(Nominee)
Gene Wolfe

1981

Shadow of the Torturer
(Winner)
Gene Wolfe

Firelord
(Nominee)
Parke Godwin

Shadowland
(Nominee)
Peter Straub

Ariosto
(Nominee)
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

The Mist
(Nominee)
Stephen King

1980

Watchtower
(Winner)
Elizabeth A. Lynn

The Palace
(Nominee)
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

Harpist in the Wind
(Nominee)
Patricia A. McKillip

The Dark Bright Watr
(Nominee)
Patricia Wrightson

The Dancers of Arun
(Nominee)
Elizabeth A. Lynn

Last Call of Mourning
(Nominee)
Charles L. Grant

1979

Gloriana, or the Unfulfill'd Queen
(Winner)
Michael Moorcock

The Stand
(Nominee)
Stephen King

Night's Master
(Nominee)
Tanith Lee

Black Castle
(Nominee)
Les Daniels

Sound of Midnight
(Nominee)
Charles L. Grant

1978

Our Lady of Darkness
(Winner)
Fritz Leiber

Lord Foul's Bane
(Nominee)
Stephen R. Donaldson

The Hour of the Oxrun Dead
(Nominee)
Charles L. Grant

1977

Doctor Rat
(Winner)
William Kotzwinkle

The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
(Nominee)
John Steinbeck

Sailor on the Seas of Fate
(Nominee)
Michael Moorcock

The Doll Who Ate His Mother
(Nominee)
Ramsey Campbell

Dragon and the George
(Nominee)
Gordon R. Dickson

Dark Crusade
(Nominee)
Karl Edward Wagner

1976

Bid Time Return
(Winner)
Richard Matheson
  • / Science Fiction / Fantasy
  • Buy Buy

Salem's Lot
(Nominee)
Stephen King

1975

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
(Winner)
Patricia A. McKillip

Merlin's Ring
(Nominee)
H. Warner Munn
  • / Epic Fantasy
  • Buy Buy

Midsummer Tempest
(Nominee)
Poul Anderson

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