Award
Locus Award
50 years tracked (1971–2020), 573 entries total.
The Locus Award is an annual prize presented by Locus magazine to recognize outstanding works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror, based on reader polls and widely regarded as a key indicator of genre excellence.
2020
Best Young Adult Book
Dragon Pearl
King of Scars
The Secret Commonwealth
The Wicked King
Best Horror Novel
The Institute
Best Illustrated or Art Book
The Island of Doctor Moreau
Best SF Novel
The Testaments
2019
First Novel
Trail of Lightning
Children of Blood and Bone
Severance
The Poppy War
Science Fiction Novel
Embers of War
Horror Novel
The Outsider
2018
All Systems Red
The Stone Sky
A Skinful of Shadows
All Our Wrong Todays
Down Among the Sticks and Bones
In Other Lands
La Belle Sauvage
Persepolis Rising
The Art of Starving
The Bear and the Nightingale
The Delirium Brief
The Prey of Gods
2017
All the Birds in the Sky
Every Heart a Doorway
Ninefox Gambit
The Fireman
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
Babylon's Ashes
Borderline
City of Blades
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
The Nightmare Stacks
The Obelisk Gate
The Underground Railroad
This Savage Song
Truthwitch
2016
2015
Best Science Fiction Novel
Ancillary Sword
Annihilation
Lock In
The Peripheral
Best Fantasy Novel
City of Stairs
Full Fathom Five
Revival
The Magician's Land
Words of Radiance
Best Anthology, Best Novelette for “Tough Times All Over” by Joe Abercrombie and for Best Novella
Rogues
2014
Abaddon's Gate
Ancillary Justice
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Sleeper and the Spindle
Doctor Sleep
MaddAddam
NOS4A2
River of Stars
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
The Dream Thieves
The Golem and the Jinni
The Republic of Thieves
When We Wake
2013
Best Young Adult Book
Railsea
Every Day
Sea Hearts
The Diviners
The Drowned Cities
Best Science Fiction Novel
Redshirts
Best Young Adult Novel
Black Heart
Best Fantasy Novel
Comme un conte
Red Country
The Drowning Girl
The Killing Moon
The King's Blood
Best Anthology
Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron
2012
Best Fantasy Novel
A Dance with Dragons
Among Others
Snuff
The Cold Commands
The Heroes
The Magician King
The Wise Man's Fear
Best Short Story for “The Case of Death and Honey” by Neil Gaiman
A Study in Sherlock
Best Young Adult Book
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
2011
Best Science Fiction Novel
All Clear
Blackout
CryoBurn
Surface Detail
The Dervish House
Best Fantasy Novel
Kraken
Horns
Shades of Grey
The Bards of Bone Plain
The Desert Spear
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Way of Kings
Under Heaven
Who Fears Death
Best Young Adult Book
Ship Breaker
Behemoth
Enchanted Glass
I Shall Wear Midnight
Mockingjay
Pathfinder
White Cat
Best Art Book
Instructions
Best Young Adult Novel
Lord Sunday
Best SF Novel
The Passage
Best Anthology
Zombies Vs. Unicorns
2010
Best Young Adult Book
Leviathan
Best Fantasy Novel
The City & the City
Canticle
Finch
The Price of Spring
The Red Tree
Unseen Academicals
Best Collection
Slow Sculpture
Best Young Adult Novel
The Ask and the Answer
2009
Best Fantasy Novel
Lavinia
An Autumn War
The Bell at Sealey Head
The Dragons of Babel
The Love We Share Without Knowing
Best SF Novel
Matter
Best Anthology
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse
2008
Best Fantasy Novel
Making Money
In the Cities of Coin and Spice
Territory
Ysabel
Best Art Book
The Arrival
Best Young Adult Novel
Un Lun Dun
Book of a Thousand Days
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Ironside
Skin Hunger
Best First Novel and Best Fantasy Novel
The Name of the Wind
2007
Best First Novel
Black Powder War
His Majesty's Dragon
Throne of Jade
A Shadow in Summer
The Blade Itself
Best Art Book
Amphigorey Again
Best Fantasy Novel
Lisey's Story
The Brief History of the Dead
The Thousandfold Thought
Best Collection
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
Best Fantasy Novel and Best First Novel
The Lies of Locke Lamora
2006
Best Fantasy Novel
Anansi Boys
A Feast for Crows
Fledgling
Glass Soup
Knife of Dreams
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
The Hallowed Hunt
The Narrows
Thud!
Best Collection and Best Novella for “Magic for Beginners”
Magic for Beginners
Best Young Adult Novel
City of Flowers
Conrad's Fate
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Ptolemy's Gate
Skybreaker
Touching Darkness
Valiant
Best SF Novel and Best First Novel
Old Man's War
Best Young Adult Book
Peeps
2005
Best Young Adult Novel
A Hat Full of Sky
Best Science Fiction Novel
The System of the World
Best SF Novel
Air
Alphabet of Thorn
Camouflage
Cloud Atlas
The Algebraist
The Last Light of the Sun
The Plot Against America
Best Young Adult Book
Airborn
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
Four Ways to Forgiveness
Gun, With Occasional Music
Mirror Dance
Foreigner
Insomnia
Lord of Chaos
Midshipman's Hope
Parable of the Sower
Permutation City
Rama Revealed
Rheingold
Storm Warning
Taltos
Wizard's First Rule
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
All-Time Best Science Fiction Novel
1984
Best Collection
Burning Chrome
Best Anthology
Wild Cards
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
Best Fantasy Novel
Lord Valentine's Castle
Shadowland
Split Infinity
The Northern Girl
The Shadow of the Torturer
The Vampire Tapestry
The Wounded Land
Best Anthology
Tales From the Vulgar Unicorn
Best Novel
The Ringworld Engineers
Best Single Author Collection
Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
