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2019
Winner
A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker

Finalists
Marque of Caine by Charles E Gannon
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
2018
Winner
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal


Finalists
The Poppy War by RF Kuang
Blackfish City by Sam J Miller
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Witchmark by CL Polk
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
2017
Winner
The Stone Sky by NK Jemisin

Finalists
Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss
Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
Jade City by Fonda Lee
Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
2016
Winner
All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders

Finalists
Borderline by Mishell Baker
The Obelisk Gate by NK Jemisin
Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
Everfair by Nisi Shawl
2015
Winner
Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Finalists
Raising Caine by Charles E Gannon
The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin
Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie
The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard by Lawrence M Schoen
Updraft by Fran Wilde
2014
Winner
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

Finalists
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Trial by Fire by Charles E Gannon
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Coming Home by Jack McDevitt
2013
Winner
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Finalists
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Fire with Fire by Charles E Gannon
Hild by Nicola Griffith
The Red: First Light by Linda Nagata
A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
2012
Winner
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson

Finalists
Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
Ironskin by Tina Connolly
The Killing Moon by NK Jemisin
The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R Kiernan
Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal
2011
Winner
Among Others by Jo Walton

Finalists
God's War by Kameron Hurley
The Kingdom of Gods by NK Jemisin
Firebird by Jack McDevitt
Embassytown by China Mieville
Mechanique: a Tale of the Circus Tresaulti by Genevieve Valentine
2010
Winner
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis

Finalists
The Native Star by MK Hobson
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin
Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
Echo by Jack McDevitt
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
2009
Winner
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

Finalists
The Love We Share Without Knowing by Christopher Barzak
Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman
The City & the City by China Mieville
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
Finch by Jeff VanderMeer
2008
Winner
Powers by Ursula K Le Guin

Finalists
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Cauldron by Jack McDevitt
Brasyl by Ian McDonald
Making Money by Terry Pratchett
Superpowers by David J Schwartz
2007
Winner
The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

Finalists
Ragamuffin by Tobias S Buckell
The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman
The New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson
Odyssey by Jack McDevitt
2006
Winner
Seeker by Jack McDevitt

Finalists
From the Files of the Time Rangers by Richard Bowes
The Girl in the Glass by Jeffrey Ford
The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
To Crush the Moon by Wil McCarthy
Farthing by Jo Walton
2005
Winner
Camouflage by Joe Haldeman

Finalists
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Polaris by Jack McDevitt
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
Air by Geoff Ryman
Orphans of Chaos by John C Wright
2004
Winner
Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

Finalists
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow
Omega by Jack McDevitt
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart
The Knight by Gene Wolfe
2003
Winner
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon

Finalists
Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Mount by Carol Emshwiller
Light Music by Kathleen Ann Goonan
The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
Chindi by Jack McDevitt
2002
Winner
American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Finalists
Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge
The Other Wind by Ursula K Le Guin
Picoverse by Robert A Metzger
Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick
2001
Winner
The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro

Finalists
Eternity's End by Jeffrey Carver
Mars Crossing by Geoffrey A Landis
A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin
The Collapsium by Wil McCarthy
The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A McKillip
Declare by Tim Powers
Passage by Connie Willis
2000
Winner
Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear

Finalists
A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint
Crescent City Rhapsody by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
Infinity Beach by Jack McDevitt
1999
Winner
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E Butler

Finalists
The Cassini Division by Ken MacLeod
A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin
Mission Child by Maureen F McHugh
Mockingbird by Sean Stewart
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
1998
Winner
Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman

Finalists
The Last Hawk by Catherine Asaro
Moonfall by Jack McDevitt
How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove
Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
1997
Winner
The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N McIntyre

Finalists
Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
King's Dragon by Kate Elliott
A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
Ancient Shores by Jack McDevitt
City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams
Bellwether by Connie Willis
1996
Winner
Slow River by Nicola Griffith

Finalists
The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Winter Rose by Patricia A McKillip
Expiration Date by Tim Powers
Starplex by Robert J Sawyer
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
1995
Winner
The Terminal Experiment (Hobson's Choice) by Robert J Sawyer

Finalists
Mother of Storms by John Barnes
Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress
Celestis by Paul Park
Metropolitan by Walter Jon Williams
Calde of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
1994
Winner
Moving Mars by Greg Bear

Finalists
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E Butler
Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
Towing Jehovah by James K Morrow
Temporary Agency by Rachel Pollack
Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
1993
Winner
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

Finalists
Assemblers of Infinity by Kevin J Anderson & Doug Beason
Hard Landing by Algis Budrys
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
Nightside the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
1992
Winner
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

Finalists
A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F McHugh
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
1991
Winner
Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick

Finalists
Orbital Resonance by John Barnes
Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
Bone Dance by Emma Bull
Synners by Pat Cadigan
The Difference Engine by Bruce Sterling & William Gibson
1990
Winner
Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin

Finalists
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin
Only Begotten Daughter by James K Morrow
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Redshift Rendezvous by John E Stith
White Jenna by Jane Yolen
1989
Winner
The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Finalists
The Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson
Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card
Good News From Outer Space by John Kessel
Ivory: A Legend of Past and Future by Mike Resnick
Sister Light, Sister Dark by Jane Yolen
1988
Winner
Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold

Finalists
Great Sky River by Gregory Benford
Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
Deserted Cities of the Heart by Lewis Shiner
Drowning Towers by George Turner
The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
1987
Winner
The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy

Finalists
The Forge of God by Greg Bear
The Uplift War by David Brin
Vergil in Averno by Avram Davidson
When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe
1986
Winner
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

Finalists
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Count Zero by William Gibson
The Journal of Nicholas the American by Leigh Kennedy
This is the Way the World Ends by James K Morrow
Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe
1985
Winner
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

Finalists
Helliconia Winter by Brian W Aldiss
Blood Music by Greg Bear
The Postman by David Brin
The Remaking of Sigmund Freud by Barry N Malzberg
Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers
Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling
1984
Winner
Neuromancer by William Gibson

Finalists
The Man Who Melted by Jack Dann
Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A Heinlein
The Integral Trees by Larry Niven
The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson
Frontera by Lewis Shiner
1983
Winner
Startide Rising by David Brin

Finalists
Against Infinity by Gregory Benford
Tea with the Black Dragon by RA MacAvoy
The Void Captain's Tale by Norman Spinrad
Lyonesse by Jack Vance
The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe
1982
Winner
No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop

Finalists
Helliconia Spring by Brian W Aldiss
Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K Dick
Friday by Robert A Heinlein
The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe
1981
Winner
The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe

Finalists
Radix by AA Attanasio
The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
Little, Big by John Crowley
Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
The Many Colored Land by Julian May
1980
Winner
Timescape by Gregory Benford

Finalists
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl
The Orphan by Robert Stallman
Mockingbird by Walter Tevis
The Snow Queen by Joan D Vinge
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
1979
​​Winner
The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C Clarke

Finalists
The Road to Corlay by Richard Cowper
On Wings of Song by Thomas M Disch
Jem by Frederik Pohl
Titan by John Varley
Juniper Time by Kate Wilhelm
1978
Winner
Dreamsnake by Vonda N McIntyre

Finalists
The Faded Sun: Kesrith by CJ Cherryh
Strangers by Gardner Dozois
Blind Voices by Tom Reamy
Kalki by Gore Vidal
1977
Winner
Gateway by Frederik Pohl

Finalists
In the Ocean of Night by Gregory Benford
Cirque by Terry Carr
Moonstar Odyssey by David Gerrold
Sword of Demon by Richard A Lupoff
1976
Winner
Man Plus by Frederik Pohl

Finalists
Triton by Samuel R Delany
Inferno by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
Islands by Marta Randall
Shadrach in the Furnace by Robert Silverberg
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
1975
Winner
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Finalists
A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson
The Computer Connection (The Indian Giver) by Alfred Bester
A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire by Michael Bishop
The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron Cover
Dhalgren by Samuel R Delany
Ragtime by EL Doctorow
The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee
The Missing Man by Katherine MacLean
Guernica Night by Barry N Malzberg
The Exile Waiting by Vonda N McIntyre
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
The Female Man by Joanna Russ
The Stochastic Man by Robert Silverberg
The Embedding by Ian Watson
Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny
1974
Winner
The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin

Finalists
The Godwhale by TJ Bass
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K Dick
334 by Thomas M Disch
1973
Winner
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke

Finalists
The People of the Wind by Poul Anderson
The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
Time Enough for Love by Robert A Heinlein
Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
1972
Winner
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov

Finalists
The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner
What Entropy Means to Me by George Alec Effinger
When Harlie Was One by David Gerrold
Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg
The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg
The Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad
1971
Winner
A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg

Finalists
The Byworlder by Poul Anderson
Half Past Human by TJ Bass
The Devil is Dead by RA Lafferty
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin
Margaret and I by Kate Wilhelm
1970
Winner
Ringworld by Larry Niven

Finalists
The Steel Crocodile by David G Compton
Fourth Mansions by RA Lafferty
And Chaos Died by Joanna Russ
Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg
The Year of the Quiet Sun by Wilson Tucker
1969
Winner
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin

Finalists
The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner
Up the Line by Robert Silverberg
Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad
Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
Isle of the Dead by Roger Zelazny
​1968
Winner
Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin

Black Easter by James Blish
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick
Past Master by RA Lafferty
Picnic on Paradise by Joanna Russ
The Masks of Time by Robert Silverberg
1967
Winner
The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R Delany

Finalists
Chthon by Piers Anthony
The Eskimo Invasion by Hayden Howard
Thorns by Robert Silverberg
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
1966
Winners
Babel-17 by Samuel R Delany
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Finalist
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A Heinlein
1965
Winner
Dune by Frank L Herbert

Finalists
The Star Fox by Poul Anderson
Nova Express by William S Burroughs
Rogue Dragon by Avram Davidson
Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb by Philip K Dick
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K Dick
The Genocides by Thomas M Disch
The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream by GC Edmondson
A Plague of Demons by Keith Laumer
All Flesh is Grass by Clifford D Simak
The Clone by Theodore L Thomas & Kate Wilhelm
The Escape Orbit by James White