Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Public

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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.

  1. Anathem by 

    5 stars

    Raz, a mathematician, is among a cohort of secluded scientists and philosophers who are called upon to save the world …

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    2009 winner

  2. Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1) by 

    4 stars

    Boneshaker is a science fiction novel by American writer Cherie Priest, combining the steampunk genre with zombies in an alternate …

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    2010 winner

  3. Blackout by  (All Clear, #1)

    No rating

    When a time-travel lab suddenly cancels assignments for no apparent reason and switches around everyone's schedules, time-traveling historians Michael, Merope, …

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    2011 winner

  4. All Clear by  (All Clear, #2)

    No rating

    Traveling back in time, from Oxford circa 2060 into the thick of World War II, was a routine excursion for …

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    2011 winner

  5. Embassytown by 

    No rating

    In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a …

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    2012 winner

  6. Redshirts by 

    4 stars

    Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since …

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    2013 winner

  7. Abaddon's Gate by  (The Expanse, #3)

    3 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

  8. Ancillary Sword by  (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, …

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    2015 winner

  9. Ancillary Mercy by 

    No rating

    Ancillary Mercy is a science fiction novel by the American writer Ann Leckie, published in October 2015. It is the …

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    2016 winner

  10. Death's End (Remembrance of Earth’s Past #3) by 

    No rating

    Death's End (Chinese: 死神永生, pinyin: Sǐshén yǒngshēng) is a science fiction novel by the Chinese writer Liu Cixin. It is …

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    2017 winner

  11. The collapsing empire by 

    4 stars

    Faster than light travel is impossible--until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field available at certain points in space-time, …

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    2018 winner

  12. The Calculating Stars by  (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 …

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    2019 winner

  13. Network Effect by 

    5 stars

    WINNER of the 2021 Hugo, Nebula and Locus Awards!

    The first full-length novel in Martha Wells' New York Times and …

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    2021 winner

  14. The Kaiju Preservation Society by 

    4 stars

    The Kaiju Preservation Society is a science fiction novel written by American author John Scalzi. It was first published in …

    Phil in SF says:

    2023 winner

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