Books that have won the Best Novel category for the World Fantasy Award.
World Fantasy Award Best Novel Public
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A boy stands on the roadside on his way to London, alone in the rain.
No memories, beyond what he …
Phil in SF says: 2016 winner
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The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Catherine Webb
My name is Hope Arden, and you won't know who I am. But we've met before-a thousand times.
It started …
Phil in SF says: 2017 winner
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Phil in SF says: 2018 co-winner
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The Changeling by Victor LaValle
3 stars
About The Changeling “If the literary gods mixed together Haruki Murakami and Ralph Ellison, the result would be Victor LaValle.”—Anthony …
Phil in SF says: 2018 co-winner
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Witchmark by C. L. Polk (The Kingston Cycle, #1)
5 stars
In an original world reminiscent of Edwardian England in the shadow of a World War, cabals of noble families use …
Phil in SF says: 2019 winner
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Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender (Islands of Blood and Storm, #1)
4 stars
On the islands of Hans Lollik, Sigourney Rose was the only survivor when her family was massacred by the colonizers. …
Phil in SF says: 2020 winner
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Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson
The dangerous magic of The Night Circus meets the powerful historical exploration of The Underground Railroad in Alaya Dawn Johnson's …
Phil in SF says: 2021 winner
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The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)
A ruthless princess and a powerful priestess come together to rewrite the fate of an empire in this “fiercely and …
Phil in SF says: 2022 winner
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Saint Death's Daughter by C. S. E. Cooney (Saint Death, #1)
Nothing complicates life like Death.
Lanie Stones, the daughter of the Royal Assassin and Chief Executioner of Liriat, has never …
Phil in SF says: 2023 winner
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The Reformatory by Tananarive Due (duplicate)
4 stars
A gripping, page-turning masterpiece set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he’s sent to a segregated …
Phil in SF says: 2024 winner
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The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Shadow of the Leviathan, #1)
4 stars
In Daretana’s greatest mansion, a high imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree erupted from his body. …
Phil in SF says: 2025 winner
