British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel (Robert Holdstock Award)
British Fantasy Society
Presented annually by the British Fantasy Society as part of the British Fantasy Awards, this category honors the best fantasy novel of the year, recognizing outstanding achievement in fantasy fiction as voted by society members and convention attendees.
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2026
- A Song of Legends LostShortlisted
M H Ayinde
- Daughters of NicnevinShortlisted
Shona Kinsella
- Grave EmpireShortlisted
Richard Swan
- Magic, Maps, and MischiefShortlisted
David Green
- The Outcast MageShortlisted
Annabel Campbell
- Upon a Starlit TideShortlisted
Kell Woods
2025
- MasqueradeWon
O. O. Sangoyomi
- A Shadow Over HavenShortlisted
David Green
- FathomfolkShortlisted
Eliza Chan
- Long Live EvilShortlisted
Sarah Rees Brennan
- The Green Man's WarShortlisted
Juliet E. McKenna
2024
- TalonsisterWon
Jen Williams
- A Day of Fallen NightShortlisted
Samantha Shannon
- At Eternity’s GatesShortlisted
David Green
- Beyond Sundered SeasShortlisted
David Green
- Shigidi and the Brass Head of ObalufonShortlisted
Wole Talabi
2023
- The Spear Cuts Through WaterWon
Simon Jimenez
- Cast Long ShadowsShortlisted
Cat Hellisen
- GlitteratiShortlisted
Oliver K. Langmead
- Path of WarShortlisted
David Green
- The Bone OrchardShortlisted
Sara A. Mueller
- The Oleander SwordShortlisted
Tasha Suri
2022
- She Who Became the SunWon
Shelley Parker-Chan
- SistersongShortlisted
Lucy Holland
- The Black CoastShortlisted
Mike Brooks
- The Jasmine ThroneShortlisted
Tasha Suri
- The UnbrokenShortlisted
C. L. Clark
- Shortlisted
This is Our Undoing
Lorraine Wilson
2021
- The Once and Future WitchesWon
Alix E. Harrow
- By Force AloneShortlisted
Lavie Tidhar
- Dark RiverShortlisted
Rym Kechacha
- The Bone Shard DaughterShortlisted
Andrea Stewart
- The City We BecameShortlisted
N. K. Jemisin
- Threading the LabyrinthShortlisted
Tiffani Angus
2020
- The Bone ShipsWon
R. J. Barker
- The MigrationShortlisted
Helen Marshall
- The Poison SongShortlisted
Jen Williams
- The Ten Thousand Doors of JanuaryShortlisted
Alix E. Harrow
2019
- The Bitter TwinsWon
Jen Williams
- Empire of SandShortlisted
Tasha Suri
- FoundrysideShortlisted
Robert Jackson Bennett
- Priest of BonesShortlisted
Peter McLean
- The Green Man's HeirShortlisted
Juliet E. McKenna
- The Loosening SkinShortlisted
Aliya Whiteley
2018
- The Ninth RainWon
Jen Williams
- Age of AssassinsShortlisted
R. J. Barker
- The Court of Broken KnivesShortlisted
Anna Smith Spark
- Under the Pendulum SunShortlisted
Jeannette Ng
2017
- The Tiger and the WolfWon
Adrian Tchaikovsky
- The High King's VengeanceShortlisted
Steven Poore
- The Silver TideShortlisted
Jen Williams
- The Summer GoddessShortlisted
Joanne Hall
2016
- UprootedWon
Naomi Novik
- Guns of the DawnShortlisted
Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Half a WarShortlisted
Joe Abercrombie
- Signal to NoiseShortlisted
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Sorcerer to the CrownShortlisted
Zen Cho
- The Iron GhostShortlisted
Jen Williams
2015
- Cuckoo SongWon
Frances Hardinge
- A Man Lies DreamingShortlisted
Lavie Tidhar
- BreedShortlisted
K. T. Davies
- City of StairsShortlisted
Robert Jackson Bennett
- The Moon KingShortlisted
Neil Williamson
- The Relic GuildShortlisted
Edward Cox
2014
- A Stranger in OlondriaWon
Sofia Samatar
- Between Two ThornsShortlisted
Emma Newman
- Blood and Feathers: RebellionShortlisted
Lou Morgan
- The Glass RepublicShortlisted
Tom Pollock
- The Ocean at the End of the LaneShortlisted
Neil Gaiman
2013
- Some Kind of Fairy TaleWon
Graham Joyce
- Blood and FeathersShortlisted
Lou Morgan
- RailseaShortlisted
China Miéville
- Red CountryShortlisted
Joe Abercrombie
- The Brides of Rollrock IslandShortlisted
Margo Lanagan
2012
- Among OthersWon
Jo Walton