Book prize

World Fantasy Award for Best Novel winners

40 winners and 93 nominees we hold, newest first. A prize can lift demand for a book's first printing, so each entry links to its first edition and the points that identify it.

All prizes

The World Fantasy Award for Best Novel has 40 winners we hold, from 1975 to 2024, and 93 nominees. The most recent winner here is The Reformatory (2024), first published by Saga Press in 2023. Each entry links to the first edition and the points that identify it.

Won

Winners

  1. 2024 The Reformatory by Tananarive Due First edition: Saga Press 2023
  2. 2022 The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri First edition: Orbit 2021
  3. 2020 Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender First edition: Orbit 2019
  4. 2019 Witchmark by C. L. Polk First edition: Doherty Associates, Tom 2018
  5. 2018 Jade City by Fonda Lee First edition: Orbit 2017
  6. 2018 The Changeling by Victor LaValle First edition: Spiegel & Grau 2017
  7. 2017 The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North First edition: Redhook 2016
  8. 2015 The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell First edition: Hodder & Stoughton 2014
  9. 2014 A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar First edition: Small Beer Press 2012
  10. 2012 Osama by Lavie Tidhar First edition: PS Publishing 2011
  11. 2011 Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor First edition: DAW Books 2010
  12. 2009 Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan First edition: Allen & Unwin 2008
  13. 2008 Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay First edition: Viking Canada 2007
  14. 2006 Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami First edition: Shinchosha 2002
  15. 2005 Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke First edition: Bloomsbury USA 2004
  16. 2004 Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton First edition not yet identified
  17. 2003 Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip First edition: Ace Books 2002
  18. 2001 Declare by Tim Powers First edition not yet identified
  19. 2001 Galveston by Sean Stewart First edition: Ace Books 2000
  20. 1996 The Prestige by Christopher Priest First edition: Touchstone 1995
  21. 1995 Towing Jehovah by James Morrow First edition: Arrow Books 1994
  22. 1994 Glimpses by Lewis Shiner First edition: Morrow 1993
  23. 1993 Last Call by Tim Powers First edition: Morrow 1992
  24. 1992 Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon First edition: Pocket Books 1991
  25. 1991 Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow First edition: Morrow 1990
  26. 1991 Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner First edition: Morrow 1990
  27. 1990 Madouc by Jack Vance First edition not yet identified
  28. 1989 Koko by Peter Straub First edition: Dutton 1988
  29. 1988 Replay by Ken Grimwood First edition: Arbor House 1986
  30. 1987 Perfume by Patrick Süskind First edition: Diogenes 1985
  31. 1986 Song of Kali by Dan Simmons First edition: Doherty Associates, Tom 1985
  32. 1985 Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart First edition not yet identified
  33. 1985 Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock First edition: Gollancz 1984
  34. 1984 The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford First edition not yet identified
  35. 1982 Little, Big by John Crowley First edition: Bantam Books 1981
  36. 1981 The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe First edition: Timescape Books 1980
  37. 1980 Watchtower by Elizabeth Lynn First edition: distributed by Putnam 1979
  38. 1979 Gloriana, Or, the Unfulfill'd Queen by Michael Moorcock First edition not yet identified
  39. 1978 Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber First edition: distributed by Putnam 1977
  40. 1975 The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip First edition: Atheneum 1974
Shortlisted and nominated

Also in the running

  1. 2024 Starling House by Alix E. Harrow First edition not yet identified
  2. 2024 Witch King by Martha Wells First edition: Doherty Associates, Tom 2023
  3. 2023 Babel by R.F. Kuang First edition: Harper Voyager 2022
  4. 2023 Siren Queen by Nghi Vo First edition: Doherty Associates, Tom 2022
  5. 2022 Black Water Sister by Zen Cho First edition not yet identified
  6. 2022 The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward First edition not yet identified
  7. 2021 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke First edition: Bloomsbury Publishing 2020
  8. 2021 The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk First edition: Erewhon Books 2020
  9. 2021 The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones First edition not yet identified
  10. 2020 Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir First edition: Tordotcom 2019
  11. 2020 Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa First edition: Kodansha 1994
  12. 2020 The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie First edition not yet identified
  13. 2019 The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang First edition: Harper Voyager 2018
  14. 2018 The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss First edition not yet identified
  15. 2017 Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff First edition: HarperCollins 2016
  16. 2017 The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin First edition: Orbit 2016
  17. 2016 The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro First edition: Faber & Faber 2015
  18. 2016 The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin First edition: Orbit 2015
  19. 2016 Uprooted by Naomi Novik First edition: Del Rey 2015
  20. 2015 My Real Children by Jo Walton First edition: Tor/Tom Doherty Associates 2014
  21. 2015 The Goblin Emperor by Sarah Monette First edition: Tor 2014
  22. 2014 The Land Across by Gene Wolfe First edition: Doherty Associates, Tom 2013
  23. 2014 The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman First edition: William Morrow 2013
  24. 2013 Some Kind Of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce First edition: Gollancz 2012
  25. 2013 The Killing Moon by N. K. Jemisin First edition not yet identified
  26. 2012 A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin First edition: Bantam Books 2011
  27. 2012 Among Others by Jo Walton First edition: Tor 2011
  28. 2011 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin First edition: Orbit 2010
  29. 2011 Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay First edition not yet identified
  30. 2010 Finch by Jeff VanderMeer First edition: Underland Press 2009
  31. 2010 In Great Waters by Kit Whitfield First edition: Jonathan Cape 2009
  32. 2009 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman First edition: HarperCollins 2008
  33. 2008 Fangland by John Marks First edition: Penguin 2007
  34. 2007 In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente First edition: Bantam Books 2006
  35. 2007 Lisey's Story by Stephen King First edition: Scribner 2006
  36. 2007 The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner First edition: Small Beer Press 2006
  37. 2006 Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis First edition not yet identified
  38. 2006 Od Magic by Patricia A. McKillip First edition: Ace Books 2005
  39. 2006 Vellum by Hal Duncan First edition: Macmillan 2005
  40. 2005 Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart First edition: Small Beer Press 2004
  41. 2005 The Runes of the Earth by Stephen R. Donaldson First edition: Gollancz 2004
  42. 2004 Fudoki by Kij Johnson First edition: Tor 2003
  43. 2004 The Etched City by K. J. Bishop First edition: Prime Books 2003
  44. 2004 Veniss Underground by Jeff VanderMeer First edition: Doherty Associates, Tom 2003
  45. 2003 The Scar by China Miéville First edition: Macmillan 2002
  46. 2002 American Gods by Neil Gaiman First edition: Headline Publishing Group 2001
  47. 2002 From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury First edition: William Morrow 2001
  48. 2002 The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold First edition: HarperCollins 2001
  49. 2002 The Onion Girl (Newford) by Charles de Lint First edition: Tor 2001
  50. 2001 Perdido Street Station by China Miéville First edition: Macmillan 2000
  51. 2001 The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman First edition: Scholastic Press (David Fickling Books) 2000
  52. 2000 Tamsin by Peter S. Beagle First edition: Roc 1999
  53. 1999 Sailing to Sarantium (The Sarantium Mosaic) by Guy Gavriel Kay First edition: Earthlight 1998
  54. 1997 A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin First edition not yet identified
  55. 1997 The Bear Went Over the Mountain by William Kotzwinkle First edition: Doubleday 1996
  56. 1996 Expiration Date by Tim Powers First edition: HarperCollins 1995
  57. 1995 Love & Sleep by John Crowley First edition: Bantam Books 1994
  58. 1994 Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite First edition: Delacorte Press, Abyss 1993
  59. 1994 The Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael Swanwick First edition: Millennium 1993
  60. 1992 Bone Dance by Emma Bull First edition: Ace Books 1991
  61. 1991 Good Omens by Neil Gaiman First edition: Gollancz 1990
  62. 1991 Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin First edition not yet identified
  63. 1991 Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay First edition not yet identified
  64. 1990 Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons First edition: Dark Harvest 1989
  65. 1990 The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers First edition: Ace Books 1989
  66. 1989 Fade by Robert Cormier First edition not yet identified
  67. 1989 The Drive-In by Joe R. Lansdale First edition: Doubleday 1988
  68. 1988 Misery by Stephen King First edition: Viking 1987 £14 to £24
  69. 1988 On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers First edition: Ace Books 1987
  70. 1988 Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon First edition: Pocket Books 1987 £12 to £17
  71. 1987 It by Stephen King First edition: Viking 1986 £34 to £55
  72. 1987 Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe First edition not yet identified
  73. 1987 Strangers by Dean Koontz First edition: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1986
  74. 1987 Talking Man by Terry Bisson First edition: Arbor House 1986
  75. 1985 Archer's Goon by Diana Wynne Jones First edition: Methuen young books 1984
  76. 1984 Lyonesse by Jack Vance First edition: Berkley 1983
  77. 1984 Pet Sematary by Stephen King First edition: Doubleday 1983
  78. 1984 The Armageddon Rag by George R. R. Martin First edition: Poseidon Press 1983
  79. 1983 Fevre Dream by George R. R. Martin First edition: Poseidon Press 1982
  80. 1983 The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe First edition: Timescape Books 1981
  81. 1982 The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe First edition: Timescape Books 1981
  82. 1982 The War Hound and the World's Pain by Michael Moorcock First edition: Timescape Books 1981
  83. 1982 The White Hotel by D. M. Thomas First edition: Gollancz 1981
  84. 1981 The Mist by Stephen King First edition: Viking Press 1980
  85. 1980 Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. McKillip First edition: Atheneum 1979
  86. 1980 The Dead Zone by Stephen King First edition: The Viking Press 1979
  87. 1979 The Stand by Stephen King First edition: Doubleday 1978
  88. 1977 The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck First edition not yet identified
  89. 1977 The Dragon and the George by Gordon R. Dickson First edition: Ballantine Books 1976
  90. 1977 The Sailor on the Seas of Fate by Michael Moorcock First edition: Quartet Books 1976
  91. 1976 Salem's Lot by Stephen King First edition: Doubleday 1975
  92. 1975 A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson First edition: Doubleday 1974
  93. 1975 Merlin's Ring by H. Warner Munn First edition: Ballantine Books 1974

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