The Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel is a literary award given annually by Locus Magazine as part of their Locus Awards.
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Public
Created by Phil in SF
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In The Aeneid, Vergil's hero fights to claim the king's daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to found …
Phil in SF says: 2009 winner
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The City & the City by China Miéville
3 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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4 stars
With this outrageous new novel, China Miéville has written one of the strangest, funniest, and most flat-out chilling books you …
Phil in SF says: 2011 winner
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A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)
4 stars
In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance—beset by newly emerging …
Phil in SF says: 2012 winner
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The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross (Laundry Files, #4)
4 stars
For outstanding heroism in the field (despite himself), computational demonologist Bob Howard is on the fast track for promotion to …
Phil in SF says: 2013 winner
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
3 stars
Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in …
Phil in SF says: 2014 winner
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The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (The Goblin Emperor, #1)
3 stars
A vividly imagined fantasy of court intrigue and dark magics in a steampunk-inflected world, by a brilliant young talent
The …
Phil in SF says: 2015 winner
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4 stars
"Our Dragon doesn't eat the girls he takes, no matter what stories they tell outside our valley. We hear them …
Phil in SF says: 2016 winner
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All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
4 stars
An ancient society of witches and a hipster technological startup go war as the world from tearing itself. To further …
Phil in SF says: 2017 winner
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The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #3)
4 stars
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME.
The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the …
Phil in SF says: 2018 winner
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Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
5 stars
With the Nebula Award–winning Uprooted, Naomi Novik opened a brilliant new chapter in an already acclaimed career, delving into the …
Phil in SF says: 2019 winner
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Middlegame by Seanan McGuire (Alchemical Journeys, #1)
Meet Roger. Skilled with words, languages come easily to him. He instinctively understands how the world works through the power …
Phil in SF says: 2020 winner
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The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (The Great Cities Duology, #1)
4 stars
In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's …
Phil in SF says: 2021 winner
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Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee (The Green Bone Saga, #3)
5 stars
The Kaul siblings battle rival clans for honor and control over an East Asia-inspired fantasy metropolis in Jade Legacy, the …
Phil in SF says: 2022 winner
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Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of The Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. Kuang
4 stars
Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, …
Phil in SF says: 2023 winner
