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World Fantasy Award for Best Novel

Fantasy · 1975–2026

2026

All 2026 awards
Audition for the FoxMartin Cahill
Finalist
Once Was WillemM. R. Carey
Finalist
The Adventures of Mary DarlingPat Murphy
Finalist
The EverlastingAlix E. Harrow
Finalist
The Secret Market of the DeadGiovanni De Feo
Finalist

2025

All 2025 awards
The Tainted CupRobert Jackson Bennett
Winner
The Bog WifeKay Chronister
Finalist
The Bright SwordLev Grossman
Finalist
The Fox WifeYangsze Choo
Finalist
The Wings Upon Her BackSamantha Mills
Finalist

2024

All 2024 awards
The ReformatoryTananarive Due
Winner
Looking Glass SoundCatriona Ward
Finalist
Shigidi and the Brass Head of ObalufonWole Talabi
Finalist
Starling HouseAlix E. Harrow
Finalist
Witch KingMartha Wells
Finalist

2023

All 2023 awards
Saint Death's DaughterC.S.E. Cooney
Winner
Babel: An Arcane HistoryR. F. Kuang
Finalist
Siren QueenNghi Vo
Finalist
SpearNicola Griffith
Finalist
The Ballad of Perilous GravesAlex Jennings
Finalist

2022

All 2022 awards
The Jasmine ThroneTasha Suri
Winner
A Master of DjinnP. Djèlí Clark
Finalist
Black Water SisterZen Cho
Finalist
The City BeautifulAden Polydoros
Finalist
The Last House on Needless StreetCatriona Ward
Finalist

2021

All 2021 awards
Trouble the SaintsAlaya Dawn Johnson
Winner
Mexican GothicSilvia Moreno-Garcia
Finalist
PiranesiSusanna Clarke
Finalist
The Midnight BargainC. L. Polk
Finalist
The Only Good IndiansStephen Graham Jones
Finalist

2020

All 2020 awards
Queen of the ConqueredKacen Callender
Winner
Gideon the NinthTamsyn Muir
Finalist
The Memory PoliceYoko Ogawa
Finalist
The Raven TowerAnn Leckie
Finalist
The Ten Thousand Doors of JanuaryAlix E. Harrow
Finalist

2019

All 2019 awards
WitchmarkC. L. Polk
Winner
In the Night WoodDale Bailey
Finalist
The Mere WifeMaria Dahvana Headley
Finalist
The Poppy WarR. F. Kuang
Finalist
Trail of LightningRebecca Roanhorse
Finalist

2018

All 2018 awards
Jade CityFonda Lee
Winner · tie
The ChangelingVictor LaValle
Winner · tie
Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of YmrJohn Crowley
Finalist
SpoonbendersDaryl Gregory
Finalist
The City of BrassShannon Chakraborty
Finalist
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's DaughterTheodora Goss
Finalist

2017

All 2017 awards
The sudden appearance of HopeClaire North
Winner
BorderlineMishell Baker
Finalist
Lovecraft CountryMatt Ruff
Finalist
RoadsoulsBetsy James
Finalist
The Obelisk GateN. K. Jemisin
Finalist

2016

All 2016 awards
The ChimesAnna Smaill
Winner
A Head Full of GhostsPaul Tremblay
Finalist
The Buried GiantKazuo Ishiguro
Finalist
The Fifth SeasonN. K. Jemisin
Finalist
UprootedNaomi Novik
Finalist

2015

All 2015 awards
The Bone ClocksDavid Mitchell
Winner
City of StairsRobert Jackson Bennett
Finalist
My real childrenJo Walton
Finalist
The Goblin EmperorKatherine Addison
Finalist

2014

All 2014 awards
A Stranger in OlondriaSofia Samatar
Winner
A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady TrentMarie Brennan
Finalist
Dust Devil on a Quiet StreetRichard Bowes
Finalist
The Golem and the JinniHelene Wecker
Finalist
The land acrossGene Wolfe
Finalist
The Ocean at the End of the LaneNeil Gaiman
Finalist

2013

All 2013 awards
Alif the UnseenG. Willow Wilson
Winner
CrandolinAnna Tambour
Finalist
Some kind of fairy taleGraham Joyce
Finalist
The Drowning GirlCaitlín R. Kiernan
Finalist
The Killing MoonN. K. Jemisin
Finalist

2012

All 2012 awards
OsamaLavie Tidhar
Winner
11/22/63Stephen King
Finalist
A Dance with DragonsGeorge R. R. Martin
Finalist
Among OthersJo Walton
Finalist
Those across the riverChristopher Buehlman
Finalist

2011

All 2011 awards
Who Fears DeathNnedi Okorafor
Winner
Redemption in IndigoKaren Lord
Finalist
The Hundred Thousand KingdomsN. K. Jemisin
Finalist
The Silent LandGraham Joyce
Finalist
Under HeavenGuy Gavriel Kay
Finalist
Zoo CityLauren Beukes
Finalist

2010

All 2010 awards
The City & the CityChina Miéville
Winner
Blood of AmbroseJames Enge
Finalist
FinchJeff VanderMeer
Finalist
In Great WatersKit Whitfield
Finalist
The Red TreeCaitlín R. Kiernan
Finalist

2009

All 2009 awards
Tender MorselsMargo Lanagan
Winner · tie
The Shadow YearJeffrey Ford
Winner · tie
PandemoniumDaryl Gregory
Finalist
The Graveyard BookNeil Gaiman
Finalist
The House of the StagKage Baker
Finalist

2008

All 2008 awards
YsabelGuy Gavriel Kay
Winner
FanglandJohn Marks
Finalist
TerritoryEmma Bull
Finalist
The Gospel of the KnifeWill Shetterly
Finalist
The ServantsMichael Marshall Smith
Finalist

2007

All 2007 awards
Soldier of SidonGene Wolfe
Winner
In the Night GardenCatherynne M. Valente
Finalist
Lisey's StoryStephen King
Finalist
The Lies of Locke LamoraScott Lynch
Finalist
The Privilege of the SwordEllen Kushner
Finalist

2006

All 2006 awards
Kafka on the ShoreHaruki Murakami
Winner
A Princess of RoumaniaPaul Park
Finalist
Lunar ParkBret Easton Ellis
Finalist
Od magicPatricia A. McKillip
Finalist
The limits of enchantmentGraham Joyce
Finalist
VellumHal Duncan
Finalist

2005

All 2005 awards
Jonathan Strange & Mr. NorrellSusanna Clarke
Winner
FirecrackerSean Stewart
Finalist
Iron CouncilChina Miéville
Finalist
The KnightGene Wolfe
Finalist
The Runes of the EarthStephen R. Donaldson
Finalist

2004

All 2004 awards
Tooth and ClawJo Walton
Winner
FudokiKij Johnson
Finalist
The Light AgesIan R. MacLeod
Finalist
Veniss UndergroundJeff VanderMeer
Finalist

2003

All 2003 awards
Ombria in ShadowPatricia A. McKillip
Winner · tie
The facts of lifeGraham Joyce
Winner · tie
Fitcher's BridesGregory Frost
Finalist
The Portrait of Mrs. CharbuqueJeffrey Ford
Finalist
The ScarChina Miéville
Finalist