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2021
Winner
Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson

Nominees
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Midnight Bargain by CL Polk
2020
Winner
Queen of the Conquered by Kacen Callender

Nominees
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow
The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa translated by Stephen Snyder
2019
Winner
Witchmark by CL Polk

Nominees
 In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey
The Mere Wife by Maria Dahvana Headley
The Poppy War by RF Kuang
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
2018
Winners
The Changeling by Victor LaValle
Jade City by Fonda Lee


Nominations
The City of Brass by SA Chakraborty
Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr by John Crowley
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss
Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
2017
Winner
The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North

Nominations
Borderline by Mishell Baker
Roadsouls by Betsy James
The Obelisk Gate by NK Jemisin
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff
2016
Winner
The Chimes by Anna Smaill

Nominations
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Savages by KJ Parker
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
2015
Winner
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

Nominations
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer
My Real Children by Jo Walton
2014
Winner
A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar

Nominations
Dust Devil on a Quiet Street by Richard Bowes
A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent by Marie Brennan
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
The Land Across by Gene Wolfe
2013
Winner
Alif the Unseen by G Willow Wilson

Nominations
The Killing Moon by NK Jemisin
Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce
The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R Kiernan
Crandolin by Anna Tambour
2012
Winner
Osama by Lavie Tidhar

Nominations
Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman
11/22/63 by Stephen King
A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin
Among Others by Jo Walton
2011
Winner
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor

Nominations
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin
The Silent Land by Graham Joyce
Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay
Redemption In Indigo by Karen Lord
2010
Winner
The City & the City by China Mieville

Nominations
Blood of Ambrose by James Enge
The Red Tree by Caitlin R Kiernan
Finch by Jeff VanderMeer
In Great Waters by Kit Whitfield
2009
Winners
The Shadow Year by Jeffrey Ford
Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan

Nominations
The House of the Stag by Kage Baker
A Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory
2008
Winner
Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay

Nominations
Territory by Emma Bull
Fangland by John Marks
The Servants by Michael Marshall Smith
The Gospel of the Knife by Will Shetterly
2007
Winner
Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe

Nominations
Lisey's Story by Stephen King
The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
In the Night Garden by Catherynne M Valente
2006
Winner
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Nominations
Vellum by Hal Duncan
Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis
The Limits of Enchantment by Graham Joyce
Od Magic by Patricia A McKillip
A Princess of Roumania by Paul Park
2005
Winner
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Nominations
The Runes of the Earth by Stephen Donaldson
Iron Council by China Mieville
Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart
The Wizard Knight by Gene Wolfe
2004
Winner
Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton

Nominations
The Etched City by KJ Bishop
Fudoki by Kij Johnson
The Light Ages by Ian R MacLeod
Veniss Underground by Jeff VanderMeer
2003
Winner
The Facts of Life by Graham Joyce

Nominations
Ombria in Shadow by Patricia A McKillip
The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque by Jeffrey Ford
Fitcher's Brides by Gregory Frost
The Scar by China Mieville
2002
Winner
The Other Wind by Ursula K Le Guin

Nominations
From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Wooden Sea by Jonathan Carroll
The Onion Girl by Charles de Lint
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Brown Harvest by Jay Russell
2001
Winner
Declare by Tim Powers

Nominations
Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay
Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Galveston by Sean Stewart
The Grand Ellipse by Paula Volsky
2000
Winner
Thraxas by Martin Scott

Nominations
Tamsin by Peter S Beagle
The Rainy Season by James Blaylock
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
A Witness to Life by Terence M Green
A Red Heart of Memories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
1999
Winner
The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich

Nominations
Someplace to be Flying by Charles de Lint
Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay
Mockingbird by Sean Stewart
The Martyring by Thomas Sullivan
1998
Winner
The Physiognomy by Jeffrey Ford

Nominations
Trader by Charles de Lint
American Goliath by Harvey Jacobs
Dry Water by Eric Nylund
The Gift by Patrick O'Leary
The Dumas Club by Arturo Perez-Reverte
1997
Winner
Godmother Night by Rachel Pollack

Nominations
Shadow of Ashland by Terence M Green
The Bear Went Over the Mountain by William Kotzwinkle
The 37th Mandala by Marc Laidlaw
A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
The Golden Key by Melanie Rawn , Jennifer Roberson & Kate Elliott
Devil's Tower by Mark Sumner
1996
Winner
The Prestige by Christopher Priest

Nominations
All the Bells on Earth by James Blaylock
Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra
The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Requiem by Graham Joyce
Expiration Date by Tim Powers
1995
Winner
Towing Jehovah by James K Morrow

Nominations
Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop
From the Teeth of Angels by Jonathan Carroll
Love & Sleep by John Crowley
Waking the Moon by Elizabeth Hand
The Circus of the Earth and the Air by Brooke Stevens
1994
Winner
Glimpses by Lewis Shiner

Nominations
The Innkeeper's Song by Peter S Beagle
Drawing Blood by Poppy Z Brite
Skin by Kathe Koja
The Throat by Peter Straub
The Iron Dragon’s Daughter by Michael Swanwick
Lord of the Two Lands by Judith Tarr
1993
Winner
Last Call by Tim Powers

Nominations
Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
Was by Geoff Ryman
Photographing Fairies by Steve Szilagyi
Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
1992
Winner
Boy's Life by Robert R McCammon

Nominations
Hunting the Ghost Dancer by AA Attanasio
The Paper Grail by James Blaylock
Bone Dance by Emma Bull
Outside the Dog Museum by Jonathan Carroll
The Little Country by Charles de Lint
1991
Winner
Only Begotten Daughter by James K Morrow

Nominations
Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
1990
Winner
Madouc by Jack Vance

Nominations
A Child Across the Sky by Jonathan Carroll
In a Dark Dream by Charles L Grant
The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers
Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons
Soldier of Arete by Gene Wolfe
1989
Winner
Koko by Peter Straub

Nominations
The Last Coin by James Blaylock
Sleeping in Flame by Jonathan Carroll
Fade by Robert Cormier
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
The Drive-In by Joe R Lansdale
1988
Winner
Replay by Ken Grimwood

Nominations
Weaveworld by Clive Barker
Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
Ægypt by John Crowley
Misery by Stephen King
Swan Song by Robert R McCammon
On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
1987
Winner
Perfume by Patrick Suskind

Nominations
Talking Man by Terry Bisson
The Pet by Charles L Grant
It by Stephen King
Strangers by Dean Koontz
The Tricksters by Margaret Mahy
Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe
1986
Winner
Song of Kali by Dan Simmons

Nominations
The Damnation Game by Clive Barker
Illywhacker by Peter Carey
The Dream Years by Lisa Goldstein
Winterking by Paul Hazel
The Vampire Lestat by Ann Rice
1985
Winner
Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock

Nominations
Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart
The Talisman by Stephen King & Peter Straub
The Ceremonies by TED Klein
Archer's Goon by Diana Wynne Jones
1984
Winner
The Dragon Waiting by John M Ford

Nominations
Pet Sematary by Stephen King
Tea with the Black Dragon by RA MacAvoy
The Armageddon Rag by George RR Martin
The Wandering Unicorn by Manuel Mujica Lainez
Lyonesse by Jack Vance
1983
Winner
Nifft the Lean by Michael Shea

Nominations
The Nestling by Charles L Grant
Fevre Dream by George RR Martin
Phantom by Thomas Tessier
The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe
1982
Winner
Little, Big by John Crowley

Nominations
The Nameless by Ramsey Campbell
The War Hound and the World's Pain by Michael Moorcock
The White Hotel by DM Thomas
The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
​1981
Winner
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe

Nominations
Firelord by Parke Godwin
The Mist by Stephen King
Shadowland by Peter Straub
Ariosto by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1980
Winner
Watchtower by Elizabeth A Lynn

Nominations
The Last Call of Mourning by Charles L Grant
The Dancers of Arun by Elizabeth A Lynn
Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A McKillip
The Dark Bright Water by Patricia Wrightson
The Palace by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
1979
Winner
Gloriana by Michael Moorcock

Nominations
The Black Castle by Les Daniels
The Sound of Midnight by Charles L Grant
The Stand by Stephen King
Night's Master by Tanith Lee
1978
Winner
Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber

Nominations
Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen Donaldson
The Hour of the Oxrun Dead by Charles L Grant
1977
Winner
Doctor Rat by William Kotzwinkle

Nominations
The Doll Who Ate His Mother by Ramsey Campbell
The Dragon and the George by Gordon R Dickson
The Sailor on the Seas of Fate by Michael Moorcock
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck
Dark Crusade by Karl Edward Wagner
1976
Winner
Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson

Nomination
Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
1975
Winner
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A McKillip

Nominations
A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson
Merlin's Ring by H Warner Munn