Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
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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
This list is a yearly book award, and was added to this site over 3 years ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17008 | Titan | John Varley | 1979 | American | English | |
| 11772 | The Snow Queen | Joan D. Vinge | 1980 | American | English | |
| 14901 | The Many Coloured Land | Julian May | 1981 | American | English | |
| 11146 | Foundation's Edge | Isaac Asimov | 1982 | American | English | |
| 7669 | Startide Rising | David Brin | 1983 | American | English | |
| 17008 | The Integral Trees | Larry Niven | 1984 | American | English | |
| 14165 | The Postman | David Brin | 1985 | American | English | |
| 7563 | Speaker for the Dead | Orson Scott Card | 1986 | American | English | |
| 11772 | The Uplift War | David Brin | 1987 | American | English | |
| 11772 | Cyteen | C. J. Cherryh | 1988 | American | English | |
| 2465 | Hyperion | Dan Simmons | 1989 | American | English | |
| 13514 | The Fall of Hyperion | Dan Simmons | 1990 | American | English | |
| 11382 | Barrayar | Lois McMaster Bujold | 1991 | American | English | |
| 6885 | Doomsday Book | Connie Willis | 1992 | American | English | |
| 8200 | Green Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson | 1993 | American | English | |
| 13287 | Mirror Dance | Lois McMaster Bujold | 1994 | American | English | |
| 10256 | The Diamond Age | Neal Stephenson | 1995 | American | English | |
| 8498 | Blue Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson | 1996 | American | English | |
| 17008 | The Rise of Endymion | Dan Simmons | 1997 | American | English | |
| 8411 | To Say Nothing of the Dog | Connie Willis | 1997 | American | English | |
| 2135 | Cryptonomicon | Neal Stephenson | 1999 | American | English | |
| 17008 | The Telling | Ursula K. Le Guin | 2000 | American | English | |
| 14901 | Passage | Connie Willis | 2001 | American | English | |
| 6896 | The Years of Rice and Salt | Kim Stanley Robinson | 2002 | American | English | |
| 14901 | Ilium | Dan Simmons | 2003 | American | English | |
| 14901 | The Baroque Cycle | Neal Stephenson | 2003 | American | English | |
| 17008 | Accelerando | Charles Stross | 2005 | British | English | |
| 13287 | Rainbows End | Vernor Vinge | 2006 | American | English | |
| 4758 | The Yiddish Policemen's Union | Michael Chabon | 2007 | American | English | |
| 13714 | Anathem | Neal Stephenson | 2008 | American | English | |
| 17008 | Boneshaker | Cherie Priest | 2009 | American | English | |
| 7862 | Blackout/All Clear | Connie Willis | 2010 | American | English | |
| 17008 | Embassytown | China Miéville | 2011 | British | English | |
| 13287 | Redshirts | John Scalzi | 2012 | American | English | |
| 10399 | Abaddon's Gate | James S. A. Corey | 2013 | American | English | |
| 10836 | Ancillary Sword | Ann Leckie | 2014 | American | English | |
| 11899 | Ancillary Mercy | Ann Leckie | 2015 | American | English | |
| 10252 | Death's End | Cixin Liu | 2010 | Chinese | Chinese | |
| 12198 | The Collapsing Empire | John Scalzi | 2017 | American | English | |
| 6809 | The Calculating Stars | Mary Robinette Kowal | 2018 | American | English | |
| 17008 | The City in the Middle of the Night | Charlie Jane Anders | 2019 | American | English | |
| 7782 | Network Effect | Martha Wells | 2020 | American | English | |
| 10339 | A Desolation Called Peace | Arkady Martine | 2021 | American | English |