Locus Awards — Best Fantasy Novel

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  A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

  2025LocusFantasy
• Witch King by Martha Wells

  2024LocusFantasy
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  Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang

  2023LocusFantasy
• Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee

  2022LocusFantasy
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  The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin

  2021LocusFantasy
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  Middlegame by Seanan McGuire

  2020LocusFantasy
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  Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

  2019LocusFantasy
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  The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin

  2018LocusFantasy
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  All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

  2017LocusFantasy
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  Uprooted by Naomi Novik

  2016LocusFantasy
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  The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

  2015LocusFantasy
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  The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

  2014LocusFantasy
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  The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross

  2013LocusFantasy
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  A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin

  2012LocusFantasy
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  Kraken by China Miéville

  2011LocusFantasy
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  The City & the City by China Miéville

  2010LocusFantasy
• Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin

  2009LocusFantasy
• Making Money by Terry Pratchett

  2008LocusFantasy
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  The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner

  2007LocusFantasy
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  Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman

  2006LocusFantasy
• Iron Council by China Miéville

  2005LocusFantasy
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  Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

  2004LocusFantasy
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  The Scar by China Miéville

  2003LocusFantasy
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  American Gods by Neil Gaiman

  2002LocusFantasy
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  A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin

  2001LocusFantasy
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  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling

  2000LocusFantasy
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  A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin

  1999LocusFantasy
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  Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers

  1998LocusFantasy
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  A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin

  1997LocusFantasy
• Alvin Journeyman by Orson Scott Card

  1996LocusFantasy
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  Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop

  1995LocusFantasy
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  The Innkeeper's Song by Peter S. Beagle

  1994LocusFantasy
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  Last Call by Tim Powers

  1993LocusFantasy
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  Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper

  1992LocusFantasy
• Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

  1991LocusFantasy
• Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card

  1990LocusFantasy
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  Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card

  1989LocusFantasy
• Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card

  1988LocusFantasy
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  Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe

  1987LocusFantasy
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  Trumps of Doom by Roger Zelazny

  1986LocusFantasy
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  Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein

  1985LocusFantasy
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  The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

  1984LocusFantasy
• The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe

  1983LocusFantasy
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  The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe

  1982LocusFantasy
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  Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg

  1981LocusFantasy
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  Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. McKillip

  1980LocusFantasy
• Not awarded

  1979LocusFantasy
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  The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien

  1978LocusFantasy