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.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
3209 The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld Patricia A. McKillip 1974 American English
2592 Bid Time Return Richard Matheson 1975 American English
17010 Doctor Rat William Kotzwinkle 1976 American English
2626 Our Lady Of Darkness Fritz Leiber 1977 American English
3546 Gloriana Michael Moorcock 1978 British English
17010 Watchtower Elizabeth A. Lynn 1979 American English
4217 The Shadow of the Torturer Gene Wolfe 1980 American English
1172 Little, Big John Crowley 1981 American English
4467 Nifft The Lean Michael Shea 1982 American English
17010 The Dragon Waiting John M. Ford 1983 American English
5368 Bridge of Birds Barry Hughart 1984 American English
2130 Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock 1984 British English
3507 Song Of Kali Dan Simmons 1985 American English
511 Perfume Patrick Suskind 1985 German German
4170 Replay Ken Grimwood 1986 American English
6809 Koko Peter Straub 1988 American English
17010 Madouc Jack Vance 1989 American English
17010 Only Begotten Daughter James K. Morrow 1990 American English
14901 Thomas the Rhymer Ellen Kushner 1990 American English
4280 Boy's Life Robert R. McCammon 1991 American English
17010 Last Call Tim Powers 1992 American English
17010 Glimpses Lewis Shiner 1993 American English
17010 Towing Jehovah James K. Morrow 1994 American English
4819 The Prestige Christopher Priest 1995 British English
17010 Godmother Night Rachel Pollack 1996 American English
17010 The Physiognomy Jeffrey Ford 1997 American English
14901 The Antelope Wife Louise Erdrich 1998 American English
17010 Thraxas Martin Scott 1999 British English
5272 Declare Tim Powers 2000 American English
17010 Galveston Sean Stewart 1997 American English
17010 The Other Wind Ursula K. Le Guin 2001 American English
17010 The Facts Of Life Graham Joyce 2002 British English
14901 Ombria in Shadow Patricia A. McKillip 2002 American English
17010 Tooth And Claw Jo Walton 2003 British English
1621 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke 2004 British English
1199 Kafka On The Shore Haruki Murakami 2002 Japanese Japanese
17010 Soldier Of Sidon Gene Wolfe 2006 American English
17010 Ysabel Guy Gavriel Kay 2007 Canadian English
14901 The Shadow Year Jeffrey Ford 2008 American English
14901 Tender Morsels Margo Lanagan 2008 Australian English
5019 The City & the City China Miéville 2009 British English
4925 Who Fears Death Nnedi Okorafor 2010 Nigerian English
17010 Osama Lavie Tidhar 2011 British English
14901 Alif The Unseen G. Willow Wilson 2012 American English
6522 A Stranger In Olondria Sofia Samatar 2013 American English
7879 The Bone Clocks David Mitchell 2014 British English
14901 The Chimes Anna Smaill 2015 New Zealand English
14901 The Sudden Appearance Of Hope Claire North 2016 British English
7039 The Changeling Victor LaValle 2017 American English
7129 Jade City Fonda Lee 2017 Chinese English
8561 Witchmark C. L. Polk 2018 Canadian English
8924 Queen Of The Conquered Kacen Callender 2019 American English
17010 Trouble The Saints Alaya Dawn Johnson 2020 American English
17010 The Jasmine Throne Tasha Suri 2021 British English
17010 Saint Death's Daughter C. S. E. Cooney 2022 American English