Books that have won the Best Novel category for the World Fantasy Award.
World Fantasy Award Best Novel Public
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The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #6)
5 stars
A wizard, a mender of pots, a king, a dragon, and a burnt girl face the power of the dead. …
Phil in SF says: 2002 winner
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Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A. McKillip
Ombria. It is a city that echoes with the footfalls of sapphire-heeled shoes. . .that holds its breath as a …
Phil in SF says: 2003 co-winner
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The Facts of Life by Graham Joyce
The Facts of Life tells the story of the Vines, an extraordinary family of seven sisters living in Coventry during …
Phil in SF says: 2003 co-winner
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4 stars
Jo Walton burst onto the fantasy scene with The King's Peace, acclaimed by writers as diverse as Poul Anderson, …
Phil in SF says: 2004 winner
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (The Raven King, #1)
5 stars
"Two magicians shall appear in England. The first shall fear me; the second shall long to behold me..."
The year …
Phil in SF says: 2005 winner
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Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
4 stars
With Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami gives us a novel every bit as ambitious and expansive as The …
Phil in SF says: 2006 winner
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Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe (Latro, #3)
Latro forgets everything when be sleeps.
Writing doom his experiences every day and reading his journal anew each morning gives …
Phil in SF says: 2007 winner
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"You have blundered into a corner of a very old story..."
Ned Marriner is spending six weeks with his father …
Phil in SF says: 2008 winner
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Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
4 stars
Tender Morsels is a dark and vivid story, set in two worlds and worrying at the border between them. Liga …
Phil in SF says: 2009 winner
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The City & the City by China Miéville
4 stars
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to …
Phil in SF says: 2010 winner
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Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (Who Fears Death, #1)
4 stars
International award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor enters the world of magical realist literature with a powerful story of genocide in the …
Phil in SF says: 2011 winner
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2 stars
Lavie Tidhar was in Dar-es-Salaam during the American embassy bombings in 1998, and stayed in the same hotel as the …
Phil in SF says: 2012 winner
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Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
4 stars
In an unnamed Middle Eastern security state, a young Arab-Indian hacker shields his clients—dissidents, outlaws, Islamists, and other watched groups—from …
Phil in SF says: 2013 winner
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A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
4 stars
Jevick, the pepper merchant’s son, has been raised on stories of Olondria, a distant land where books are as common …
Phil in SF says: 2014 winner
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The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
5 stars
An eloquent conjurer of interconnected tales, a genre-bending daredevil, and a master prose stylist, David Mitchell has become one of …
Phil in SF says: 2015 winner
