World Fantasy Award—Novel
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World Fantasy Awards, 55 Books
The World Fantasy Awards are given each year by the World Fantasy Convention for the best fantasy fiction published in
English during the previous calendar year. The awards have been described by book critics such as The Guardian as a
"prestigious fantasy prize", and one of the three most prestigious speculative fiction awards.
The World Fantasy Award—Novel is given each year for fantasy
novels published in English or translated into English. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a novel if it is 40,000
words or longer. The Novel category has been awarded annually since 1975.
This list is a yearly book award, and was added to this site over 2 years ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3215 | The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld | Patricia A. McKillip | 1974 | American | English | |
| 2595 | Bid Time Return | Richard Matheson | 1975 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Doctor Rat | William Kotzwinkle | 1976 | American | English | |
| 2630 | Our Lady Of Darkness | Fritz Leiber | 1977 | American | English | |
| 3550 | Gloriana | Michael Moorcock | 1978 | British | English | |
| 17161 | Watchtower | Elizabeth A. Lynn | 1979 | American | English | |
| 4222 | The Shadow of the Torturer | Gene Wolfe | 1980 | American | English | |
| 1173 | Little, Big | John Crowley | 1981 | American | English | |
| 4473 | Nifft The Lean | Michael Shea | 1982 | American | English | |
| 17161 | The Dragon Waiting | John M. Ford | 1983 | American | English | |
| 5378 | Bridge of Birds | Barry Hughart | 1984 | American | English | |
| 2142 | Mythago Wood | Robert Holdstock | 1984 | British | English | |
| 3510 | Song Of Kali | Dan Simmons | 1985 | American | English | |
| 511 | Perfume | Patrick Suskind | 1985 | German | German | |
| 4175 | Replay | Ken Grimwood | 1986 | American | English | |
| 6818 | Koko | Peter Straub | 1988 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Madouc | Jack Vance | 1989 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Only Begotten Daughter | James K. Morrow | 1990 | American | English | |
| 14985 | Thomas the Rhymer | Ellen Kushner | 1990 | American | English | |
| 4286 | Boy's Life | Robert R. McCammon | 1991 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Last Call | Tim Powers | 1992 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Glimpses | Lewis Shiner | 1993 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Towing Jehovah | James K. Morrow | 1994 | American | English | |
| 4828 | The Prestige | Christopher Priest | 1995 | British | English | |
| 17161 | Godmother Night | Rachel Pollack | 1996 | American | English | |
| 17161 | The Physiognomy | Jeffrey Ford | 1997 | American | English | |
| 14985 | The Antelope Wife | Louise Erdrich | 1998 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Thraxas | Martin Scott | 1999 | British | English | |
| 5282 | Declare | Tim Powers | 2000 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Galveston | Sean Stewart | 1997 | American | English | |
| 17161 | The Other Wind | Ursula K. Le Guin | 2001 | American | English | |
| 17161 | The Facts Of Life | Graham Joyce | 2002 | British | English | |
| 14985 | Ombria in Shadow | Patricia A. McKillip | 2002 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Tooth And Claw | Jo Walton | 2003 | British | English | |
| 1585 | Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell | Susanna Clarke | 2004 | British | English | |
| 1201 | Kafka On The Shore | Haruki Murakami | 2002 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 17161 | Soldier Of Sidon | Gene Wolfe | 2006 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Ysabel | Guy Gavriel Kay | 2007 | Canadian | English | |
| 14985 | The Shadow Year | Jeffrey Ford | 2008 | American | English | |
| 14985 | Tender Morsels | Margo Lanagan | 2008 | Australian | English | |
| 5031 | The City & the City | China Miéville | 2009 | British | English | |
| 4935 | Who Fears Death | Nnedi Okorafor | 2010 | Nigerian | English | |
| 17161 | Osama | Lavie Tidhar | 2011 | British | English | |
| 14985 | Alif The Unseen | G. Willow Wilson | 2012 | American | English | |
| 6533 | A Stranger In Olondria | Sofia Samatar | 2013 | American | English | |
| 7895 | The Bone Clocks | David Mitchell | 2014 | British | English | |
| 14985 | The Chimes | Anna Smaill | 2015 | New Zealand | English | |
| 14985 | The Sudden Appearance Of Hope | Claire North | 2016 | British | English | |
| 7050 | The Changeling | Victor LaValle | 2017 | American | English | |
| 7141 | Jade City | Fonda Lee | 2017 | Chinese | English | |
| 8577 | Witchmark | C. L. Polk | 2018 | Canadian | English | |
| 8940 | Queen Of The Conquered | Kacen Callender | 2019 | American | English | |
| 17161 | Trouble The Saints | Alaya Dawn Johnson | 2020 | American | English | |
| 17161 | The Jasmine Throne | Tasha Suri | 2021 | British | English | |
| 17161 | Saint Death's Daughter | C. S. E. Cooney | 2022 | American | English |