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BSFA Award for Best Novel

British Science Fiction Association

Annual award voted on by members of the British Science Fiction Association and attendees of the associated convention, recognizing the best science fiction or fantasy novel published during the year, first presented in 1970.

Search through 6,630 awarded or nominated books

2025

  1. When There Are Wolves Again

    E.J. Swift

    Won
  2. A Granite Silence

    Nina Allan

    Shortlisted
  3. Edge of Oblivion

    Kirk Weddell

    Shortlisted
  4. Project Hanuman

    Stewart Hotston

    Shortlisted
  5. The Salt Oracle

    Lorraine Wilson

    Shortlisted

2024

  1. Three Eight One

    Aliya Whiteley

    Won
  2. Alien Clay

    Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Shortlisted
  3. Calypso

    Oliver K. Langmead

    Shortlisted
  4. Rabbit in the Moon

    Fiona Moore

    Shortlisted

2023

  1. The Green Man’s Quarry

    Juliet E. McKenna

    Won
  2. Airside

    Christopher Priest

    Shortlisted
  3. Descendant Machine

    Gareth L. Powell

    Shortlisted
  4. HIM

    Geoff Ryman

    Shortlisted
  5. Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

    Wole Talabi

    Shortlisted

2022

  1. City of Last Chances

    Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Won
  2. Stars and Bones

    Gareth L. Powell

    Shortlisted
  3. The Coral Bones

    E. J. Swift

    Shortlisted
  4. The Red Scholar's Wake

    Aliette de Bodard

    Shortlisted
  5. The This

    Adam Roberts

    Shortlisted

2021

  1. Shards of Earth

    Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Won
  2. A Desolation Called Peace

    Arkady Martine

    Shortlisted
  3. Blackthorn Winter

    Liz Williams

    Shortlisted
  4. Purgatory Mount

    Adam Roberts

    Shortlisted
  5. Skyward Inn

    Aliya Whiteley

    Shortlisted
  6. The Green Man's Challenge

    Juliet E. McKenna

    Shortlisted

2020

  1. The City We Became

    N. K. Jemisin

    Won
  2. Club Ded

    Nikhil Singh

    Shortlisted
  3. Comet Weather

    Liz Williams

    Shortlisted
  4. Light of Impossible Stars

    Gareth L. Powell

    Shortlisted
  5. Piranesi

    Susanna Clarke

    Shortlisted
  6. The Doors of Eden

    Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Shortlisted
  7. The Ministry for the Future

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Shortlisted
  8. The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again

    M. John Harrison

    Shortlisted
  9. Threading the Labyrinth

    Tiffani Angus

    Shortlisted
  10. Water Must Fall

    Nick Wood

    Shortlisted

2019

  1. Children of Ruin

    Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Won
  2. Atlas Alone

    Emma Newman

    Shortlisted
  3. Fleet of Knives

    Gareth L. Powell

    Shortlisted
  4. The Green Man’s Foe

    Juliet E. McKenna

    Shortlisted
  5. The Rosewater Insurrection

    Tade Thompson

    Shortlisted

2018

  1. Embers of War

    Gareth L. Powell

    Won
  2. Before Mars

    Emma Newman

    Shortlisted
  3. Europe at Dawn

    Dave Hutchinson

    Shortlisted
  4. Revenant Gun

    Yoon Ha Lee

    Shortlisted
  5. Rosewater

    Tade Thompson

    Shortlisted

2017

  1. The Rift

    Nina Allan

    Won
  2. Dreams Before the Start of Time

    Anne Charnock

    Shortlisted
  3. Exit West

    Mohsin Hamid

    Shortlisted
  4. Provenance

    Ann Leckie

    Shortlisted

2016

  1. Europe in Winter

    Dave Hutchinson

    Won
  2. A Closed and Common Orbit

    Becky Chambers

    Shortlisted
  3. Azanian Bridges

    Nick Wood

    Shortlisted
  4. Daughter of Eden

    Chris Beckett

    Shortlisted
  5. Occupy Me

    Tricia Sullivan

    Shortlisted

2015

  1. The House of Shattered Wings

    Aliette de Bodard

    Won
  2. Europe at Midnight

    Dave Hutchinson

    Shortlisted
  3. Glorious Angels

    Justina Robson

    Shortlisted
  4. Luna: New Moon

    Ian McDonald

    Shortlisted
  5. Mother of Eden

    Chris Beckett

    Shortlisted

2014

  1. Ancillary Sword

    Ann Leckie

    Won
  2. Cuckoo Song

    Frances Hardinge

    Shortlisted
  3. Europe in Autumn

    Dave Hutchinson

    Shortlisted
  4. Lagoon

    Nnedi Okorafor

    Shortlisted
  5. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

    Claire North

    Shortlisted
  6. The Moon King

    Neil Williamson

    Shortlisted
  7. The Race

    Nina Allan

    Shortlisted
  8. Wolves

    Simon Ings

    Shortlisted

2013

  1. Ack-Ack Macaque

    Gareth L. Powell

    Won
  2. Ancillary Justice

    Ann Leckie

    Won
  3. Evening's Empires

    Paul McAuley

    Shortlisted
  4. God's War

    Kameron Hurley

    Shortlisted
  5. The Adjacent

    Christopher Priest

    Shortlisted

2012

  1. Jack Glass

    Adam Roberts

    Won
  2. 2312

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Shortlisted
  3. Dark Eden

    Chris Beckett

    Shortlisted
  4. Empty Space

    M. John Harrison

    Shortlisted
  5. Intrusion

    Ken MacLeod

    Shortlisted

2011

  1. The Islanders

    Christopher Priest

    Won
  2. By Light Alone

    Adam Roberts

    Shortlisted
  3. Cyber Circus

    Kim Lakin-Smith

    Shortlisted
  4. Embassytown

    China Miéville

    Shortlisted
  5. Osama

    Lavie Tidhar

    Shortlisted

2010

  1. The Dervish House

    Ian McDonald

    Won
  2. Lightborn

    Tricia Sullivan

    Shortlisted
  3. The Restoration Game

    Ken MacLeod

    Shortlisted
  4. The Windup Girl

    Paolo Bacigalupi

    Shortlisted
  5. Zoo City

    Lauren Beukes

    Shortlisted

2009

  1. The City & the City

    China Miéville

    Won
  2. Ark

    Stephen Baxter

    Shortlisted
  3. Lavinia

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Shortlisted
  4. Yellow Blue Tibia

    Adam Roberts

    Shortlisted

2008

  1. The Night Sessions

    Ken MacLeod

    Won
  2. Anathem

    Neal Stephenson

    Shortlisted
  3. Flood

    Stephen Baxter

    Shortlisted
  4. The Gone-Away World

    Nick Harkaway

    Shortlisted

2007

  1. Brasyl

    Ian McDonald

    Won
  2. Alice in Sunderland

    Bryan Talbot

    Shortlisted
  3. Black Man

    Richard K. Morgan

    Shortlisted
  4. The Execution Channel

    Ken MacLeod

    Shortlisted
  5. The Prefect

    Alastair Reynolds

    Shortlisted
  6. The Yiddish Policemen's Union

    Michael Chabon

    Shortlisted

2006

  1. End of the World Blues

    Jon Courtenay Grimwood

    Won
  2. Darkland

    Liz Williams

    Shortlisted
  3. Icarus

    Roger Levy

    Shortlisted
  4. Nova Swing

    M. John Harrison

    Shortlisted
  5. The Last Witchfinder

    James Morrow

    Shortlisted

2005

  1. Air

    Geoff Ryman

    Won
  2. 9tail Fox

    Jon Courtenay Grimwood

    Shortlisted
  3. Accelerando

    Charles Stross

    Shortlisted
  4. Learning the World

    Ken MacLeod

    Shortlisted
  5. Living Next Door to the God of Love

    Justina Robson

    Shortlisted

2004

  1. River of Gods

    Ian McDonald

    Won
  2. Century Rain

    Alastair Reynolds

    Shortlisted
  3. Forty Signs of Rain

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Shortlisted
  4. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

    Susanna Clarke

    Shortlisted
  5. Newton's Wake

    Ken MacLeod

    Shortlisted
  6. Stamping Butterflies

    Jon Courtenay Grimwood

    Shortlisted

2003

  1. Felaheen: The Third Arabesk

    Jon Courtenay Grimwood

    Won
  2. Absolution Gap

    Alastair Reynolds

    Shortlisted
  3. Maul

    Tricia Sullivan

    Shortlisted
  4. Midnight Lamp

    Gwyneth Jones

    Shortlisted
  5. Natural History

    Justina Robson

    Shortlisted
  6. Pattern Recognition

    William Gibson

    Shortlisted

2002

  1. The Separation

    Christopher Priest

    Won
  2. Castles Made of Sand

    Gwyneth Jones

    Shortlisted
  3. Effendi: The Second Arabesk

    Jon Courtenay Grimwood

    Shortlisted
  4. Light

    M. John Harrison

    Shortlisted
  5. The Scar

    China Miéville

    Shortlisted
  6. The Years of Rice and Salt

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Shortlisted

2001

  1. Chasm City

    Alastair Reynolds

    Won
  2. American Gods

    Neil Gaiman

    Shortlisted
  3. Bold As Love

    Gwyneth Jones

    Shortlisted
  4. Lust

    Geoff Ryman

    Shortlisted
  5. Pashazade: The First Arabesk

    Jon Courtenay Grimwood

    Shortlisted
  6. The Secret of Life

    Paul J. McAuley

    Shortlisted

2000

  1. Ash: A Secret History

    Mary Gentle

    Won
  2. Paradox

    John Meaney

    Shortlisted
  3. Perdido Street Station

    China Miéville

    Shortlisted
  4. redRobe

    Jon Courtenay Grimwood

    Shortlisted
  5. Revelation Space

    Alastair Reynolds

    Shortlisted

1999

  1. The Sky Road

    Ken MacLeod

    Won
  2. Children of God

    Mary Doria Russell

    Shortlisted
  3. Headlong

    Simon Ings

    Shortlisted
  4. Silver Screen

    Justina Robson

    Shortlisted
  5. ThigMOO

    Eugene Byrne

    Shortlisted

1998

  1. The Extremes

    Christopher Priest

    Won
  2. Inversions

    Iain M. Banks

    Shortlisted
  3. Queen City Jazz

    Kathleen Ann Goonan

    Shortlisted
  4. The Cassini Division

    Ken MacLeod

    Shortlisted
  5. To Hold Infinity

    John Meaney

    Shortlisted

1997

  1. The Sparrow

    Mary Doria Russell

    Won
  2. A Son of the Rock

    Jack Deighton

    Shortlisted
  3. Earthquake Weather

    Tim Powers

    Shortlisted
  4. Jack Faust

    Michael Swanwick

    Shortlisted

1996

  1. Excession

    Iain Banks

    Won
  2. Blue Mars

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Shortlisted
  3. Holy Fire

    Bruce Sterling

    Shortlisted
  4. Interface

    Stephen Bury

    Shortlisted
  5. The Memory Palace

    Gill Alderman

    Shortlisted
  6. The Stone Canal

    Ken MacLeod

    Shortlisted

1995

  1. The Time Ships

    Stephen Baxter

    Won
  2. Blood

    Michael Moorcock

    Shortlisted
  3. Chaga

    Ian McDonald

    Shortlisted
  4. Fairyland

    Paul J. McAuley

    Shortlisted
  5. The Nano Flower

    Peter F. Hamilton

    Shortlisted
  6. The Prestige

    Christopher Priest

    Shortlisted

1994

  1. Feersum Endjinn

    Iain M. Banks

    Won
  2. Engineman

    Eric Brown

    Shortlisted
  3. Necroville

    Ian McDonald

    Shortlisted
  4. North Wind

    Gwyneth Jones

    Shortlisted
  5. Permutation City

    Greg Egan

    Shortlisted

1993

  1. Aztec Century

    Christopher Evans

    Won
  2. Ammonite

    Nicola Griffith

    Shortlisted
  3. Green Mars

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Shortlisted
  4. Harm's Way

    Colin Greenland

    Shortlisted
  5. Snow Crash

    Neal Stephenson

    Shortlisted

1992

  1. Red Mars

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Won
  2. Doomsday Book

    Connie Willis

    Shortlisted

  3. Hearts, Hands and Voices

    Ian McDonald

    Shortlisted

  4. Hot Head

    Simon Ings

    Shortlisted
  5. Lost Futures

    Lisa Tuttle

    Shortlisted

1991

  1. The Fall of Hyperion

    Dan Simmons

    Won
  2. Eternal Light

    Paul J. McAuley

    Shortlisted
  3. The Architecture of Desire

    Mary Gentle

    Shortlisted

1990

  1. Take Back Plenty

    Colin Greenland

    Won
  2. Hyperion

    Dan Simmons

    Shortlisted
  3. Rats and Gargoyles

    Mary Gentle

    Shortlisted
  4. The Difference Engine

    William Gibson & Bruce Sterling

    Shortlisted
  5. Use of Weapons

    Iain M. Banks

    Shortlisted

1989

  1. Pyramids

    Terry Pratchett

    Won
  2. A Child Across the Sky

    Jonathan Carroll

    Shortlisted
  3. Cyteen

    C. J. Cherryh

    Shortlisted
  4. The Child Garden

    Geoff Ryman

    Shortlisted
  5. The Gold Coast

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Shortlisted

1988

  1. Lavondyss

    Robert Holdstock

    Won
  2. Kairos

    Gwyneth Jones

    Shortlisted
  3. Life During Wartime

    Lucius Shepard

    Shortlisted
  4. Mona Lisa Overdrive

    William Gibson

    Shortlisted
  5. The Player of Games

    Iain M. Banks

    Shortlisted
  6. The Wooden Spaceships

    Bob Shaw

    Shortlisted

1987

  1. Gráinne

    Keith Roberts

    Won

1986

  1. The Ragged Astronauts

    Bob Shaw

    Won
  2. Blood Music

    Greg Bear

    Shortlisted
  3. Count Zero

    William Gibson

    Shortlisted
  4. Queen of the States

    Josephine Saxton

    Shortlisted
  5. Schismatrix

    Bruce Sterling

    Shortlisted

1985

  1. Helliconia Winter

    Brian W. Aldiss

    Won
  2. Free Live Free

    Gene Wolfe

    Shortlisted
  3. Kiteworld

    Keith Roberts

    Shortlisted
  4. The Anubis Gates

    Tim Powers

    Shortlisted
  5. The Warrior Who Carried Life

    Geoff Ryman

    Shortlisted

1984

  1. Mythago Wood

    Robert Holdstock

    Won
  2. Empire of the Sun

    J. G. Ballard

    Shortlisted
  3. Neuromancer

    William Gibson

    Shortlisted
  4. Nights at the Circus

    Angela Carter

    Shortlisted
  5. The Glamour

    Christopher Priest

    Shortlisted

1983

  1. Tik-Tok

    John Sladek

    Won
  2. Cat Karina

    Michael G. Coney

    Shortlisted
  3. Golden Witchbreed

    Mary Gentle

    Shortlisted
  4. Helliconia Summer

    Brian W. Aldiss

    Shortlisted
  5. The Citadel of the Autarch

    Gene Wolfe

    Shortlisted

1982

  1. Helliconia Spring

    Brian W. Aldiss

    Won
  2. Little, Big

    John Crowley

    Shortlisted
  3. No Enemy But Time

    Michael Bishop

    Shortlisted
  4. The Divine Invasion

    Philip K. Dick

    Shortlisted
  5. The Sword of the Lictor

    Gene Wolfe

    Shortlisted

1981

  1. The Shadow of the Torturer

    Gene Wolfe

    Won
  2. Hello America

    J. G. Ballard

    Shortlisted
  3. The Affirmation

    Christopher Priest

    Shortlisted
  4. Where Time Winds Blow

    Robert Holdstock

    Shortlisted

1980

  1. Timescape

    Gregory Benford

    Won
  2. A World Between

    Norman Spinrad

    Shortlisted
  3. Beyond the Blue Event Horizon

    Frederik Pohl

    Shortlisted
  4. Engine Summer

    John Crowley

    Shortlisted
  5. Molly Zero

    Keith Roberts

    Shortlisted
  6. Transfigurations

    Michael Bishop

    Shortlisted

1979

  1. The Unlimited Dream Company

    J. G. Ballard

    Won

  2. A.K.A.: A Cosmic Fable

    Rob Swigart

    Shortlisted
  3. Blind Voices

    Tom Reamy

    Shortlisted

  4. On Wings of Song

    Thomas M. Disch

    Shortlisted
  5. The Fountains of Paradise

    Arthur C. Clarke

    Shortlisted

1978

  1. A Scanner Darkly

    Philip K. Dick

    Won

1977

  1. The Jonah Kit

    Ian Watson

    Won

1976

  1. Brontomek!

    Michael G. Coney

    Won

1975

  1. Orbitsville

    Bob Shaw

    Won

1974

  1. Inverted World

    Christopher Priest

    Won

1973

  1. Rendezvous with Rama

    Arthur C. Clarke

    Won

1971

  1. The Moment of Eclipse

    Brian W. Aldiss

    Won

1970

  1. The Jagged Orbit

    John Brunner

    Won

1969

  1. Stand on Zanzibar

    John Brunner

    Won