Locus Award Best Fantasy Novel Winners — Complete List (1978–2026)

• The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow

  2026LocusFantasy
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  A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

  2025LocusFantasy

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• Witch King by Martha Wells

  2024LocusFantasy

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

  2023LocusFantasy

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• 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

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• Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin

  2009LocusFantasy

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• 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

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  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

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• 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

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

  1991LocusFantasy

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• Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card

  1990LocusFantasy

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  Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card

  1989LocusFantasy

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• 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

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• 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

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• Not awarded

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

  1978LocusFantasy

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