Books that have won the Best Novel category for the World Fantasy Award.
World Fantasy Award Best Novel Public
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The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Cycle, #6)
5 stars
The final book in the Earthsea Cycle.
The sorcerer Alder fears sleep. The dead are pulling him to them at …
Phil in SF says: 2002 winner
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Ombria in shadow by Patricia A. McKillip
4 stars
The death of Royce Greve, Ombria's prince, leads to chaos as his aunt, Domina Pearl, attempts to wrest power away …
Phil in SF says: 2003 co-winner
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The Facts of Life by Graham Joyce
The Facts of Life tells the story of the Vines, an extraordinary family of seven sisters living in Coventry during …
Phil in SF says: 2003 co-winner
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Jo Walton burst onto the fantasy scene with The King's Peace, acclaimed by writers as diverse as Poul Anderson, …
Phil in SF says: 2004 winner
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Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
4 stars
Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Its …
Phil in SF says: 2005 winner
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Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
5 stars
Kafka on the Shore (海辺のカフカ, Umibe no Kafuka) is a 2002 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. Its 2005 English …
Phil in SF says: 2006 winner
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Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe (Latro, #3)
Latro forgets everything when be sleeps.
Writing doom his experiences every day and reading his journal anew each morning gives …
Phil in SF says: 2007 winner
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"You have blundered into a corner of a very old story..."
Ned Marriner is spending six weeks with his father …
Phil in SF says: 2008 winner
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Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Tender Morsels is a dark and vivid story, set in two worlds and worrying at the border between them. Liga …
Phil in SF says: 2009 winner
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The City & the City by China Miéville
5 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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Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor (Who Fears Death, #1)
4 stars
An award-winning literary author presents her first foray into supernatural fantasy with a novel of post-apocalyptic Africa.
In a far …
Phil in SF says: 2011 winner
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Phil in SF says: 2012 winner
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Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
4 stars
In an unnamed Middle Eastern security state, a young Arab-Indian hacker shield his clients, dissidents, outlaws, Islamists, and other watched …
Phil in SF says: 2013 winner
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A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
4 stars
Jevick, the pepper merchant’s son, has been raised on stories of Olondria, a distant land where books are as common …
Phil in SF says: 2014 winner
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The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
1 star
Following a scalding row with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is …
Phil in SF says: 2015 winner
