Arthur C. Clarke Award
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About this list
Arthur C. Clarke Award, 38 Books
The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year. It is named after British author Arthur C. Clarke, who gave a grant to establish the award in 1987. The book is chosen by a panel of judges from the British Science Fiction Association, the Science Fiction Foundation, and a third organisation, which as of 2019 is the Sci-Fi-London film festival. The award has been described as "the UK's most prestigious science fiction prize".
This list is a yearly book award, and was added to this site almost 3 years ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 132 | The Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood | 1985 | Canadian | English | |
| 14901 | The Sea And Summer | George Turner | 1987 | Australian | English | |
| 17008 | The Child Garden | Geoff Ryman | 1989 | British | English | |
| 13514 | The Fall of Hyperion | Dan Simmons | 1990 | American | English | |
| 14901 | Take Back Plenty | Colin Greenland | 1990 | British | English | |
| 14901 | Synners | Pat Cadigan | 1991 | American | English | |
| 4814 | He, She and It | Marge Piercy | 1991 | American | English | |
| 4585 | Vurt | Jeff Noon | 1993 | British | English | |
| 14165 | Permutation City | Greg Egan | 1994 | Australian | English | |
| 17008 | Fairyland | Paul J. McAuley | 1995 | British | English | |
| 17008 | The Calcutta Chromosome | Amitav Ghosh | 1995 | Indian | English | |
| 17008 | The Sparrow | Enid Blyton | 1991 | British | Unknown | |
| 17008 | Dreaming In Smoke | Tricia Sullivan | 1999 | British | English | |
| 17008 | Distraction | Bruce Sterling | 1998 | American | English | |
| 1966 | Parable of the Talents | Octavia E. Butler | 1998 | American | English | |
| 6748 | Bold As Love | Gwyneth Jones | 2001 | British | English | |
| 14165 | The Separation | Christopher Priest | 2002 | British | English | |
| 14165 | Quicksilver | Neal Stephenson | 2003 | American | English | |
| 14901 | Iron Council | China Miéville | 2004 | British | English | |
| 6450 | Air | Geoff Ryman | 2005 | British | English | |
| 17008 | Nova Swing | M. John Harrison | 2006 | British | English | |
| 17008 | Black Man | Richard Morgan | 2007 | British | English | |
| 14901 | Song Of Time | Ian R. MacLeod | 2008 | British | English | |
| 5019 | The City & the City | China Miéville | 2009 | British | English | |
| 14165 | Zoo City | Lauren Beukes | 2010 | South African | English | |
| 17008 | The Testament Of Jessie Lamb | Jane Rogers | 2011 | British | English | |
| 17008 | Dark Eden | Chris Beckett | 2012 | British | English | |
| 5691 | Ancillary Justice | Ann Leckie | 2013 | American | English | |
| 1380 | Station Eleven | Emily St John Mandel | 2014 | Canadian | English | |
| 9903 | Children Of Time | Adrian Tchaikovsky | 2015 | British | English | |
| 769 | The Underground Railroad | Colson Whitehead | 2016 | American | English | |
| 17008 | Dreams Before The Start Of Time | Anne Charnock | 2017 | British | English | |
| 12051 | Rosewater | Tade Thompson | 2016 | Nigerian | English | |
| 6697 | The Old Drift | Namwali Serpell | 2019 | Zambian | English | |
| 5453 | The Animals In That Country | Laura Jean McKay | 2020 | Australian | English | |
| 17008 | Deep Wheel Orcadia | Harry Josephine Giles | 2021 | Scottish | Orcadian | |
| 14165 | In Ascension | Martin MacInnes | 2024 | British | English | |
| 14165 | Annie Bot | Sierra Greer | 2024 | Unknown | English |