Curio catalog · Award
Locus Award · Best Fantasy Novel
Winners of the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, voted by readers of Locus Magazine.
47 books·Curio catalog
2025A Sorceress Comes to Call
T. Kingfisher
2024Witch King
Martha Wells
2023Babel
R. F. Kuang
2022Jade Legacy
Fonda Lee
2021The City We Became
N. K. Jemisin
2020Middlegame
Seanan Mcguire
2019Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik
2018The Stone Sky
N. K. Jemisin
2017All the Birds in the Sky
Charlie Jane Anders
2016Uprooted
Naomi Novik
2015The Goblin Emperor
Katherine Addison
2014The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman
2013The Apocalypse Codex
Charles Stross
2012A Dance with Dragons
George R. R. Martin
2011Kraken
China Miéville
2010The City & the City
China Miéville
2009Lavinia
Ursula K. Le Guin
2008Making Money
Terry Pratchett
2007The Privilege of the Sword
Ellen Kushner
2006Anansi Boys
Neil Gaiman
2005Iron Council
China Miéville
2004Paladin of Souls
Lois Mcmaster Bujold
2003The Scar
China Miéville
2002American Gods
Neil Gaiman
2001A Storm of Swords
George R. R. Martin
2000Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J. K. Rowling
1999A Clash of Kings
George R. R. Martin
1998Earthquake Weather
Tim Powers
1997A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin
1996Alvin Journeyman
Orson Scott Card
1995Brittle Innings
Michael Bishop
1994The Innkeeper's Song
Peter S. Beagle
1993Last Call
Tim Powers
1992Beauty
Sheri S. Tepper
1991Tehanu: the Last Book of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin
1990Prentice Alvin
Orson Scott Card
1989Red Prophet
Orson Scott Card
1988Seventh Son
Orson Scott Card
1987Soldier of the Mist
Gene Wolfe
1986Trumps of Doom
Roger Zelazny
1985Job: a Comedy of Justice
Robert A. Heinlein
1984The Mists of Avalon
Marion Zimmer Bradley
1983The Sword of the Lictor
Gene Wolfe
1982The Claw of the Conciliator
Gene Wolfe
1981Lord Valentine's Castle
Robert Silverberg
1980Harpist in the Wind
Patricia A. Mckillip
1978The Silmarillion
J. R. R. Tolkien