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 and curated by Phil in SF
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The Innkeeper's Song by Peter S. Beagle
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The Innkeeper's Song is the story of young Tikat's search for the lover whose death and resurrection he witnessed. It …
Phil in SF says: 1994 winner
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Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop
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For seventeen-year-old Danny Boles, a 5'5" shortstop out of Tenkiller, Oklahoma, the summer of 1943 would be a season to …
Phil in SF says: 1995 winner
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Alvin Journeyman by Orson Scott Card
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Using the lore and the folk magic of the men and women who settle the North American continent, Card has …
Phil in SF says: 1996 winner
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A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
4 stars
From a master of contemporary fantasy comes the first novel of a landmark series unlike any you’ve ever read before. …
Phil in SF says: 1997 winner
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Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers
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A young woman possessed by a ghost has slain the Fisher King of the West, Scott Crane. Now, temporarily freed …
Phil in SF says: 1998 winner
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A clash of kings by George R. R. Martin
4 stars
A Clash of Kings is the second novel in A Song of Ice and Fire, an epic fantasy series by …
Phil in SF says: 1999 winner
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling
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For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen …
Phil in SF says: 2000 winner
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A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
5 stars
Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones …
Phil in SF says: 2001 winner
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The storm was coming....
Shadow spent three years in prison, keeping his head down, doing his time. All he wanted …
Phil in SF says: 2002 winner
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5 stars
A mythmaker of the highest order, China Mieville has emblazoned the fantasy novel with fresh language, startling images, and stunning …
Phil in SF says: 2003 winner
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The paladin of souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
4 stars
E-Book Extras: ONE: The Keys to Chalion: A Dictionary of People, Places, and Things; TWO: Chalion MiscellanyIt's been three years …
Phil in SF says: 2004 winner
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Iron Council by China Miéville
5 stars
Following Perdido Street Station and The Scar, acclaimed author China Mieville returns with his hugely anticipated Del Rey hardcover debut. …
Phil in SF says: 2005 winner
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5 stars
One of fiction's most audaciously original talents, Neil Gaiman now gives us a mythology for a modem age-complete with dark …
Phil in SF says: 2006 winner
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The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
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Welcome to Riverside, where the aristocratic and the ambitious battle for power and prestige in the city's labyrinth of streets …
Phil in SF says: 2007 winner
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Making Money (Discworld, #36; Moist Von Lipwig, #2) by Terry Pratchett
4 stars
Making Money is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, part of his Discworld series, first published in the …
Phil in SF says: 2008 winner