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Dragon Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Dragon Con

An annual fan-voted award presented at Dragon Con, a large multi-genre convention held in Atlanta, Georgia, recognizing the best fantasy novel published within the eligibility period. It is one of several Dragon Awards covering speculative fiction categories, determined by open online voting rather than a juried panel.

2025

  1. The Devils

    Joe Abercrombie

    Won

  2. Heart of the Mountain

    Larry Correia

    Shortlisted

  3. Long Live Evil

    Sarah Rees Brennan

    Shortlisted

  4. Shadow of the Smoking Mountain

    Howard Andrew Jones

    Shortlisted

  5. The Black Bird Oracle

    Deborah Harkness

    Shortlisted

  6. The Last Shield

    Cameron Johnston

    Shortlisted

2024

  1. Iron Flame

    Rebecca Yarros

    Won

  2. He Who Drowned the World

    Shelley Parker-Chan

    Shortlisted

  3. House of Open Wounds

    Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Shortlisted

  4. My Brother's Keeper

    Tim Powers

    Shortlisted

  5. The Water Outlaws

    S. L. Huang

    Shortlisted

  6. Three Kinds of Lucky

    Kim Harrison

    Shortlisted

2023

  1. The Witch King

    Martha Wells

    Won

  2. Babel

    R. F. Kuang

    Shortlisted

  3. Into the Vortex

    Charles E. Gannon

    Shortlisted

  4. The Atlas Paradox

    Olivie Blake

    Shortlisted

  5. Tower of Silence

    Larry Correia

    Shortlisted

  6. Tress of the Emerald Sea

    Brandon Sanderson

    Shortlisted

2022

  1. Book of Night

    Holly Black

    Won

  2. Age of Ash

    Daniel Abraham

    Shortlisted

  3. Jade Legacy

    Fonda Lee

    Shortlisted

  4. Light from Uncommon Stars

    Ryka Aoki

    Shortlisted

  5. Moon Witch, Spider King

    Marlon James

    Shortlisted

  6. Nettle & Bone

    T. Kingfisher

    Shortlisted

2021

  1. Battle Ground

    Jim Butcher

    Won

  2. Dead Lies Dreaming

    Charles Stross

    Shortlisted

  3. Piranesi

    Susanna Clarke

    Shortlisted

  4. Rhythm of War

    Brandon Sanderson

    Shortlisted

  5. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

    V. E. Schwab

    Shortlisted

  6. The Once and Future Witches

    Alix E. Harrow

    Shortlisted

2020

  1. The Starless Sea

    Erin Morgenstern

    Won

  2. Dead Astronauts

    Jeff VanderMeer

    Shortlisted

  3. Gods of Jade and Shadow

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Shortlisted

  4. Jade War

    Fonda Lee

    Shortlisted

  5. Ninth House

    Leigh Bardugo

    Shortlisted

  6. The Burning White

    Brent Weeks

    Shortlisted

2019

  1. House of Assassins

    Larry Correia

    Won

  2. Deep Roots

    Ruthanna Emrys

    Shortlisted

  3. Foundryside

    Robert Jackson Bennett

    Shortlisted

  4. Lies Sleeping

    Ben Aaronovitch

    Shortlisted

  5. Spinning Silver

    Naomi Novik

    Shortlisted

  6. The Raven Tower

    Ann Leckie

    Shortlisted

2018

  1. Oathbringer

    Brandon Sanderson

    Won

  2. A Tempered Warrior

    Jon R. Osborne

    Shortlisted

  3. Shoot the Messenger

    Pippa DaCosta

    Shortlisted

  4. The Land: Predators

    Aleron Kong

    Shortlisted

  5. The Traitor God

    Cameron Johnston

    Shortlisted

  6. War Hammer

    Shayne Silvers

    Shortlisted

2017

  1. Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge

    Larry Correia, John Ringo

    Won

  2. A Sea of Skulls

    Vox Day

    Shortlisted

  3. Beast Master

    Shayne Silvers

    Shortlisted

  4. Blood of the Earth

    Faith Hunter

    Shortlisted

  5. Dangerous Ways

    R. R. Virdi

    Shortlisted

  6. The Heartstone Thief

    Pippa DaCosta

    Shortlisted

  7. Wings of Justice

    Michael-Scott Earle

    Shortlisted

2016

  1. Son of the Black Sword

    Larry Correia

    Won

  2. Asteroid Made of Dragons

    G. Derek Adams

    Shortlisted

  3. Blood Hound

    James Osiris Baldwin

    Shortlisted

  4. Changeling's Island

    Dave Freer

    Shortlisted

  5. Grave Measures

    R. R. Virdi

    Shortlisted

  6. The Aeronaut's Windlass

    Jim Butcher

    Shortlisted

  7. The Fifth Season

    N. K. Jemisin

    Shortlisted