Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Dragon Con (fan-voted award presented at Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia)
An annual fan-voted literary award presented at Dragon Con recognizing the best science fiction novel published during the eligibility period, part of the broader Dragon Awards established in 2016 to celebrate excellence across speculative fiction genres.
2025
- Won
This Inevitable Ruin
Matt Dinniman
- Shortlisted
Absolution
Jeff VanderMeer
- Shortlisted
Alliance Unbound
C.J. Cherryh & Jane Fancher
- Shortlisted
Extremophile
Ian Green
- Shortlisted
Nether Station
Kevin J. Anderson
- Shortlisted
The Folded Sky
Elizabeth Bear
- Shortlisted
The Mercy of Gods
James S.A. Corey
2024
- Won
Starter Villain
John Scalzi
- Shortlisted
Beyond the Ranges
John Ringo, James Aidee
- Shortlisted
System Collapse
Martha Wells
- Shortlisted
The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport
Samit Basu
- Shortlisted
The Saint of Bright Doors
Vajra Chandrasekera
- Shortlisted
Theft of Fire
Devon Eriksen
- Shortlisted
These Burning Stars
Bethany Jacobs
2023
- Won
The Icarus Plot
Timothy Zahn
- Shortlisted
Children of Memory
Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Shortlisted
Eversion
Alastair Reynolds
- Shortlisted
Neom
Lavie Tidhar
- Shortlisted
The Daughter of Moreau
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Shortlisted
The Spare Man
Mary Robinette Kowal
- Shortlisted
Translation State
Ann Leckie
2022
- Won
Leviathan Falls
James S. A. Corey
- Shortlisted
Goliath
Tochi Onyebuchi
- Shortlisted
Shards of Earth
Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Shortlisted
The Kaiju Preservation Society
John Scalzi
- Shortlisted
You Sexy Thing
Cat Rambo
2021
- Won
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
- Shortlisted
A Desolation Called Peace
Arkady Martine
- Shortlisted
Attack Surface
Cory Doctorow
- Shortlisted
Black Sun
Rebecca Roanhorse
- Shortlisted
Machine
Elizabeth Bear
- Shortlisted
Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline
- Shortlisted
The Ministry for the Future
Kim Stanley Robinson
2020
- Won
The Last Emperox
John Scalzi
- Shortlisted
Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir
- Shortlisted
Network Effect
Martha Wells
- Shortlisted
The Future of Another Timeline
Annalee Newitz
- Shortlisted
The Rosewater Redemption
Tade Thompson
- Shortlisted
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow
- Shortlisted
The Testaments
Margaret Atwood
- Shortlisted
Wanderers
Chuck Wendig
2019
- Won
A Star-Wheeled Sky
Brad R. Torgersen
- Shortlisted
A Memory Called Empire
Arkady Martine
- Shortlisted
Europe at Dawn
Dave Hutchinson
- Shortlisted
Record of a Spaceborn Few
Becky Chambers
- Shortlisted
Red Moon
Kim Stanley Robinson
- Shortlisted
Tiamat's Wrath
James S. A. Corey
2018
- Won
Artemis
Andy Weir
- Shortlisted
It Takes Death to Reach a Star
Gareth Worthington and Stu Jones
- Shortlisted
Persepolis Rising
James S. A. Corey
- Shortlisted
Sins of Her Father
Mike Kupari
- Shortlisted
The Mutineer's Daughter
Chris Kennedy and Thomas A. Mays
- Shortlisted
Win
Vera Nazarian
2017
- Won
Babylon's Ashes
James S. A. Corey
- Shortlisted
A Closed and Common Orbit
Becky Chambers
- Shortlisted
Death's End
Cixin Liu
- Shortlisted
Escaping Infinity
Richard Paolinelli
- Shortlisted
Rise
Brian Guthrie
- Shortlisted
Space Tripping
Patrick Edwards
- Shortlisted
The Collapsing Empire
John Scalzi
- Shortlisted
The Secret Kings
Brian Niemeier
2016
- Won
Somewhither: Being the First Part of A Tale of the Unwithering Realm
John C. Wright
- Shortlisted
Agent of the Imperium
Marc Miller
- Shortlisted
Ancillary Mercy
Ann Leckie
- Shortlisted
Aurora
Kim Stanley Robinson
- Shortlisted
Raising Caine
Charles E. Gannon
- Shortlisted
The Life Engineered
J-F. Dubeau