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
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3 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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Phil in SF says: 2011 winner
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No rating
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
5 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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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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No rating
Ancillary Mercy is a science fiction novel by the American writer Ann Leckie, published in October 2015. It is the …
Phil in SF says: 2016 winner
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Death's End (Chinese: 死神永生, pinyin: Sǐshén yǒngshēng) is a science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. It is …
Phil in SF says: 2017 winner
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The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi
3 stars
Faster than light travel is impossible--until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field available at certain points in space-time, …
Phil in SF says: 2018 winner
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The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
5 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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Phil in SF says: 2020 winner
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Network Effect by Martha Wells
4 stars
WINNER of the 2021 Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards!
The first full-length novel in Martha Wells' New York Times and …
Phil in SF says: 2021 winner
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A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
4 stars
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy …
Phil in SF says: 2022 winner
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The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
4 stars
When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That …
Phil in SF says: 2023 winner
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System Collapse by Martha Wells
4 stars
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation …
Phil in SF says: 2024 winner
