The Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel is one of the annual Locus Awards presented by the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year. The award for Best Science Fiction Novel was first presented in 1980.
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Public
Created by Phil in SF
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
4 stars
For sixty years, Jews have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake …
Phil in SF says: 2008 winner
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5 stars
Anathem, the latest invention by the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle, is a magnificent …
Phil in SF says: 2009 winner
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Boneshaker by Cherie Priest (The Clockwork Century, #1)
5 stars
In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to …
Phil in SF says: 2010 winner
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Blackout by Connie Willis (All Clear, #1)
4 stars
When a time-travel lab suddenly cancels assignments for no apparent reason and switches around everyone's schedules, time-traveling historians Michael, Merope, …
Phil in SF says: 2011 winner
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All Clear by Connie Willis (All Clear, #2)
4 stars
Traveling back in time, from Oxford circa 2060 into the thick of World War II, was a routine excursion for …
Phil in SF says: 2011 winner
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4 stars
In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a …
Phil in SF says: 2012 winner
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4 stars
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since …
Phil in SF says: 2013 winner
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Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #3)
4 stars
For generations, the solar system — Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt — was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The …
Phil in SF says: 2014 winner
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Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #2)
4 stars
Seeking atonement for past crimes, Breq takes on a mission as captain of a troublesome new crew of Radchai soldiers, …
Phil in SF says: 2015 winner
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Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #3)
4 stars
For a moment, things seemed to be under control for Breq, the soldier who used to be a warship. Then …
Phil in SF says: 2016 winner
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Death's End by Cixin Liu (Remembrance of Earth's Past, #3)
4 stars
Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. …
Phil in SF says: 2017 winner
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The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (The Interdependency, #1)
4 stars
The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the Hugo Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling …
Phil in SF says: 2018 winner
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The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (Lady Astronaut, #1)
4 stars
On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to Earth and obliterated much of the east coast …
Phil in SF says: 2019 winner
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The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
5 stars
January is a dying planet—divided between a permanently frozen darkness on one side, and blazing endless sunshine on the other. …
Phil in SF says: 2020 winner
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Network Effect by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
4 stars
You know that feeling when you’re at work, and you’ve had enough of people, and then the boss walks in …
Phil in SF says: 2021 winner
