Nebula Award for Best Novel

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America gives awards for good Science Fiction writing. Each year they give the Nebula Award for Best Novel. In this list, the year means the year that the book was published; awards are given the next year.

 Winners and other nominees 
YearWinnerOther authors and books that were named as very good1965 Dune  by Frank Herbert1 All Flesh is Grass by Clifford D. Simak
 The Clone by Theodore Thomas & Kate Wilhelm
 Dr. Bloodmoney by Philip K. Dick
 The Escape Orbit by James White
 The Genocides by Thomas M. Disch
 Nova Express by William Burroughs
 A Plague of Demons by Keith Laumer
 Rogue Dragon by Avram Davidson
 The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream by G. C. Edmondson
 The Star Fox by Poul Anderson
 The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick1966(tie)
 Babel-17  by Samuel R. Delany
 Flowers for Algernon  by Daniel Keyes The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein11967 The Einstein Intersection  by Samuel R. Delany Chthon by Piers Anthony
 The Eskimo Invasion by Hayden Howard
 Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny1
 Thorns by Robert Silverberg1968 Rite of Passage  by Alexei Panshin Black Easter by James Blish
 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
 The Masks of Time by Robert Silverberg
 Past Master by R. A. Lafferty
 Picnic on Paradise by Joanna Russ
 Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner11969 The Left Hand of Darkness  by Ursula K. Le Guin1 Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad
 Isle of the Dead by Roger Zelazny
 The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner
 Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
 Up the Line by Robert Silverberg1970 Ringworld  by Larry Niven1 And Chaos Died by Joanna Russ
 Fourth Mansions by R. A. Lafferty
 The Steel Crocodile by D. G. Compton
 Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg
 The Year of the Quiet Sun by Wilson Tucker1971 A Time of Changes  by Robert Silverberg The Byworlder by Poul Anderson
 The Devil is Dead by R. A. Lafferty
 Half Past Human by T. J. Bass
 The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
 Margaret and I by Kate Wilhelm1972 The Gods Themselves  by Isaac Asimov1 The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg
 Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg
 The Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad
 The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner
 What Entropy Means to Me by George Alec Effinger
 When Harlie Was One by David Gerrold1973 Rendezvous with Rama  by Arthur C. Clarke1 Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
 The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
 The People of the Wind by Poul Anderson
 Time Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein1974 The Dispossessed  by Ursula K. Le Guin1 334 by Thomas M. Disch
 Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
 The Godwhale by T. J. Bass1975 The Forever War  by Joe Haldeman1 Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron
 The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee
 The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester
 Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany
 Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny
 The Embedding by Ian Watson
 The Exile Waiting by Vonda N. McIntyre
 The Female Man by Joanna Russ
 A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire by Michael Bishop
 Guernica Night by Barry N. Malzberg
 The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley
 Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
 A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson
 The Missing Man by Katherine Maclean
 The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
 Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow
 The Stochastic Man by Robert Silverberg1976 Man Plus  by Frederik Pohl Inferno by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
 Islands by Marta Randall
 Shadrach in the Furnace by Robert Silverberg
 Triton by Samuel R. Delany
 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm 11977 Gateway  by Frederik Pohl1 Cirque by Terry Carr
 In the Ocean of Night by Gregory Benford
 Moonstar Odyssey by David Gerrold
 Sword of Demon by Richard A. Lupoff1978 Dreamsnake  by Vonda McIntyre1 Blind Voices by Tom Reamy
 The Faded Sun: Kesrith by C. J. Cherryh
 Kalki by Gore Vidal
 Strangers by Gardner Dozois1979 The Fountains of Paradise  by Arthur C. Clarke1 Jem by Frederik Pohl
 Juniper Time by Kate Wilhelm
 On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch
 The Road to Corlay by Richard Cowper
 Titan by John Varley1980 Timescape  by Gregory Benford Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl
 Mockingbird by Walter Tevis
 The Orphan by Robert Stallman
 The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
 The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge 11981 The Claw of the Conciliator  by Gene Wolfe Little, Big by John Crowley
 The Many-Colored Land by Julian May
 Radix by A. A. Attanasio
 Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
 The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas1982 No Enemy But Time  by Michael Bishop Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov1
 Friday by Robert A. Heinlein
 Helliconia Spring by Brian Aldiss
 The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe
 The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick1983 Startide Rising  by David Brin1 Against Infinity by Gregory Benford
 The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe
 Lyonesse by Jack Vance
 Tea with the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy
 The Void Captain's Tale by Norman Spinrad1984 Neuromancer  by William Gibson1 Frontera by Lewis Shiner
 The Integral Trees by Larry Niven
 Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein
 The Man Who Melted by Jack Dann
 The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson1985 Ender's Game  by Orson Scott Card1 Blood Music by Greg Bear
 Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers
 Helliconia Winter by Brian Aldiss
 The Postman by David Brin
 The Remaking of Sigmund Freud by Barry N. Malzberg
 Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling1986 Speaker for the Dead  by Orson Scott Card1 Count Zero by William Gibson
 Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe
 The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
 The Journal of Nicholas the American by Leigh Kennedy
 This is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow1987 The Falling Woman  by Pat Murphy The Forge of God by Greg Bear
 Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe
 The Uplift War by David Brin1
 Vergil in Averno by Avram Davidson
 When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger1988 Falling Free  by Lois McMaster Bujold Deserted Cities of the Heart by Lewis Shiner
 Drowning Towers by George Turner
 Great Sky River by Gregory Benford
 Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
 Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card
 The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe1989 The Healer's War  by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough The Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson
 Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card
 Good News From Outer Space by John Kessel
 Ivory: A Legend of Past and Future by Mike Resnick
 Sister Light, Sister Dark by Jane Yolen1990 Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea  by Ursula K. Le Guin Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin
 Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow
 The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
 Redshift Rendezvous by John E. Stith
 White Jenna by Jane Yolen1991 Stations of the Tide  by Michael Swanwick Orbital Resonance by John Barnes
 Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold 1
 Bone Dance by Emma Bull
 Synners by Pat Cadigan
 The Difference Engine by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson1992 Doomsday Book  by Connie Willis1 A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
 Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
 China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
 A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge1
 Briar Rose by Jane Yolen1993 Red Mars  by Kim Stanley Robinson Assemblers of Infinity by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason
 Hard Landing by Algis Budrys
 Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
 Nightside the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe1994 Moving Mars  by Greg Bear Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
 Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
 Towing Jehovah by James Morrow
 Temporary Agency by Rachel Pollack
 Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson1
 A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny1995 The Terminal Experiment  by Robert J. Sawyer Mother of Storms by John Barnes
 Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress
 Celestis by Paul Park
 Metropolitan by Walter Jon Williams
 Calde of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe1996 Slow River  by Nicola Griffith The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
 Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip
 Expiration Date by Tim Powers
 Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer
 The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson 11997 The Moon and the Sun  by Vonda McIntyre Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
 King's Dragon by Kate Elliott
 A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
 Ancient Shores by Jack McDevitt
 City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams
 Bellwether by Connie Willis1998 Forever Peace  by Joe Haldeman1 The Last Hawk by Catherine Asaro
 Moonfall by Jack McDevitt
 How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove
 Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells
 To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis 11999 Parable of the Talents  by Octavia E. Butler The Cassini Division by Ken MacLeod
 A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin
 Mission Child by Maureen F. McHugh
 Mockingbird by Sean Stewart
 A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge12000 Darwin's Radio  by Greg Bear A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
 Crescent City Rhapsody by Kathleen Ann Goonan
 Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
 Infinity Beach by Jack McDevitt
 Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint2001 The Quantum Rose  by Catherine Asaro Eternity's End by Jeffrey A. Carver
 Mars Crossing by Geoffrey A. Landis
 A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
 The Collapsium by Wil McCarthy
 The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip
 Declare by Tim Powers
 Passage by Connie Willis
Although Declare appeared on the final ballot, it was afterwards determined to be ineligible.2002 American Gods  by Neil Gaiman1 Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge
 The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin
 Picoverse by Robert A. Metzger
 Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
 Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick2003 The Speed of Dark  by Elizabeth Moon Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
 The Mount by Carol Emshwiller
 Light Music by Kathleen Ann Goonan
 The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
 Chindi by Jack McDevitt2004 Paladin of Souls  by Lois McMaster Bujold 1 Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
 Omega by Jack McDevitt
 Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
 Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart
 The Knight by Gene Wolfe2005Camouflage  by Joe Haldeman Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 1
 Polaris by Jack McDevitt
 Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
 Air by Geoff Ryman
 Orphans of Chaos by John C. Wright2006 Seeker  by Jack McDevitt The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
 The Girl in the Glass by Jeffrey Ford
 Farthing by Jo Walton
 From the Files of the Time Rangers by Richard Bowes
 To Crush the Moon by Wil McCarthy2007 The Yiddish Policemen's Union  by Michael Chabon 1  Odyssey by Jack McDevitt
 The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman
 The New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson
 Ragamuffin by Tobias Buckell2008 Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow
 Cauldron by Jack McDevitt
 Brasyl by Ian McDonald
 Making Money by Terry Pratchett
 Superpowers by David J. Schwartz2009 The Windup Girlby Paolo Bacigalupi 1 Winners: 2009 Nebula Awards , SF Signal, accessed May 15, 2010. The Love We Share Without Knowing by Christopher Barzak
 Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman
 The City & the City by China Miéville1
 Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
 Finch by Jeff VanderMeer2010Blackout/All Clearby Connie Willis1 The Native Star by M.K. Hobson
 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin
 Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
 Echo by Jack McDevitt 
 Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor2011Among Othersby Jo Walton1 Embassytown by China Miéville 
 Firebird by Jack McDevitt
 God's War by Kameron Hurley
 Mechanique: a Tale of the Circus Tresaulti by Genevieve Valentine 
 The Kingdom of Gods by N. K. Jemisin20122312by Kim Stanley Robinson Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
 Ironskin by Tina Connolly 
 The Killing Moon by N. K. Jemisin
 The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan
 Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal2013Ancillary Justiceby Ann Leckie1 We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
 The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
 Fire with Fire by Charles E. Gannon
 Hild by Nicola Griffith
 The Red: First Light by Linda Nagata 
 A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
 The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker2014Annihilationby Jeff VanderMeer The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
 Trial by Fire by Charles E. Gannon 
 Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
 The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu1 
 Coming Home by Jack McDevitt2015Uprootedby Naomi Novik Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
 Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard by Lawrence M. Schoen 
 The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin1
 The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu 
 Raising Caine by Charles E. Gannon
 Updraft by Fran Wilde2016All the Birds in the Skyby Charlie Jane Anders Borderline by Mishell Baker
 The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin1 
 Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
 Everfair by Nisi Shawl2017The Stone Skyby N. K. Jemisin1 Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly
 The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss 
 Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
 Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
 Jade City by Fonda Lee
 Autonomous by Annalee Newitz2018The Calculating Starsby Mary Robinette Kowal1 Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller
 The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang 
 Spinning Sliver by Naomi Novik
 Trail of Lightning by Rebacca Roanhorse 
 Witchmark by C. L. Polk2019A Song for a New Dayby Sarah Pinsker Marque of Caine by Charles E. Gannon
 The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow 
 A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine1
 Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
 Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir2020Network Effectby Martha Wells1 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
 The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin 
 Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
 The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk 
 Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse2021A Master of Djinnby P. Djélí Clark  The Unbroken by C. L. Clark
 Machinehood by S. B. Divya
 A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine 
 Plague Birds by Jason Sanford
1 Also a winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel.

Related pages
 Hugo Award for Best Novel
 List of science fiction awards

References

Other websites
 Nebula Awards Homepage
 List of award winners from official site 
 A list of the most honored Nebula Award nominated novels
 Another list of award winners 
 Scans of the first edition covers of Hugo- and Nebula-winning novels 

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