British Science Fiction Award - Best Novel

Winners and shortlisted books, by year

• Stand on Zanzibar — John Brunner (1969) · winner
• The Jagged Orbit — John Brunner (1970) · winner
• The Moment of Eclipse — Brian W. Aldiss (1971) · winner
• Rendezvous with Rama — Arthur C. Clarke (1973) · winner
• Inverted World — Christopher Priest (1974) · winner
• Orbitsville — Bob Shaw (1975) · winner
• Brontomek! — Michael G. Coney (1976) · winner
• The Jonah Kit — Ian Watson (1977) · winner
• A Scanner Darkly — Philip K. Dick (1978) · winner
• A.K.A.: A Cosmic Fable — Rob Swigart (1979)
• Blind Voices — Tom Reamy (1979)
• On Wings of Song — Thomas M. Disch (1979)
• The Fountains of Paradise — Arthur C. Clarke (1979)
• The Unlimited Dream Company — J. G. Ballard (1979) · winner
• A World Between — Norman Spinrad (1980)
• Beyond the Blue Event Horizon — Frederik Pohl (1980)
• Engine Summer — John Crowley (1980)
• Molly Zero — Keith Roberts (1980)
• Timescape — Gregory Benford (1980) · winner
• Transfigurations — Michael Bishop (1980)
• Hello America — J. G. Ballard (1981)
• The Affirmation — Christopher Priest (1981)
• The Shadow of the Torturer — Gene Wolfe (1981) · winner
• Where Time Winds Blow — Robert Holdstock (1981)
• Helliconia Spring — Brian W. Aldiss (1982) · winner
• Little, Big — John Crowley (1982)
• No Enemy But Time — Michael Bishop (1982)
• The Divine Invasion — Philip K. Dick (1982)
• The Sword of the Lictor — Gene Wolfe (1982)
• Cat Karina — Michael G. Coney (1983)
• Golden Witchbreed — Mary Gentle (1983)
• Helliconia Summer — Brian W. Aldiss (1983)
• The Citadel of the Autarch — Gene Wolfe (1983)
• Tik-Tok — John Sladek (1983) · winner
• Empire of the Sun — J. G. Ballard (1984)
• Mythago Wood — Robert Holdstock (1984) · winner
• Neuromancer — William Gibson (1984)
• Nights at the Circus — Angela Carter (1984)
• The Glamour — Christopher Priest (1984)
• Free Live Free — Gene Wolfe (1985)
• Helliconia Winter — Brian W. Aldiss (1985) · winner
• Kiteworld — Keith Roberts (1985)
• The Anubis Gates — Tim Powers (1985)
• The Warrior Who Carried Life — Geoff Ryman (1985)
• Blood Music — Greg Bear (1986)
• Count Zero — William Gibson (1986)
• Queen of the States — Josephine Saxton (1986)
• Schismatrix — Bruce Sterling (1986)
• The Ragged Astronauts — Bob Shaw (1986) · winner
• Gráinne — Keith Roberts (1987) · winner
• Lavondyss — Robert Holdstock (1988) · winner
• A Child Across the Sky — Jonathan Carroll (1989)
• Cyteen — C. J. Cherryh (1989)
• Pyramids — Terry Pratchett (1989) · winner
• The Child Garden — Geoff Ryman (1989)
• The Gold Coast — Kim Stanley Robinson (1989)
• Hyperion — Dan Simmons (1990)
• Rats and Gargoyles — Mary Gentle (1990)
• Take Back Plenty — Colin Greenland (1990) · winner
• The Difference Engine — Bruce Sterling, William Gibson (1990)
• Use of Weapons — Iain M. Banks (1990)
• Eternal Light — Paul J. McAuley (1991)
• Raft — Stephen Baxter (1991)
• The Architecture of Desire — Mary Gentle (1991)
• The Fall of Hyperion — Dan Simmons (1991) · winner
• Witches Abroad — Terry Pratchett (1991)
• Doomsday Book — Connie Willis (1992)
• Hearts, Hands and Voices — Ian McDonald (1992)
• Hot Head — Simon Ings (1992)
• Lost Futures — Lisa Tuttle (1992)
• Red Mars — Kim Stanley Robinson (1992) · winner
• Ammonite — Nicola Griffith (1993)
• Aztec Century — Christopher Evans (1993) · winner
• Green Mars — Kim Stanley Robinson (1993)
• Harm's Way — Colin Greenland (1993)
• Snow Crash — Neal Stephenson (1993)
• Engineman — Eric Brown (1994)
• Feersum Endjinn — Iain M. Banks (1994) · winner
• Necroville — Ian McDonald (1994)
• North Wind — Gwyneth Jones (1994)
• Permutation City — Greg Egan (1994)
• Blood: A Southern Fantasy — Michael Moorcock (1995)
• Chaga — Ian McDonald (1995)
• Fairyland — Paul J. McAuley (1995)
• The Nano Flower — Peter F. Hamilton (1995)
• The Prestige — Christopher Priest (1995)
• The Time Ships — Stephen Baxter (1995) · winner
• Blue Mars — Kim Stanley Robinson (1996)
• Excession — Iain M. Banks (1996) · winner
• Holy Fire — Bruce Sterling (1996)
• Interface — J. Frederick George, Neal Stephenson (1996)
• The Memory Palace — Gill Alderman (1996)
• The Stone Canal — Ken MacLeod (1996)
• A Son of the Rock — Jack Deighton (1997)
• Earthquake Weather — Tim Powers (1997)
• Jack Faust — Michael Swanwick (1997)
• Signs of Life — M. John Harrison (1997)
• The Sparrow — Mary Doria Russell (1997) · winner
• Inversions — Iain M. Banks (1998)
• Queen City Jazz — Kathleen Ann Goonan (1998)
• The Cassini Division — Ken MacLeod (1998)
• The Extremes — Christopher Priest (1998) · winner
• To Hold Infinity — John Meaney (1998)
• Children of God — Mary Doria Russell (1999)
• Headlong — Simon Ings (1999)
• Silver Screen — Justina Robson (1999)
• The Sky Road — Ken MacLeod (1999) · winner
• ThiGMOO — Eugene Byrne (1999)
• A Secret History — Mary Gentle (2000) · winner
• Paradox — John Meaney (2000)
• Perdido Street Station — China Miéville (2000)
• Revelation Space — Alastair Reynolds (2000)
• redRobe — Jon Courtenay Grimwood (2000)
• American Gods — Neil Gaiman (2001)
• Bold As Love — Gwyneth Jones (2001)
• Chasm City — Alastair Reynolds (2001) · winner
• Lust — Geoff Ryman (2001)
• Pashazade — Jon Courtenay Grimwood (2001)
• The Secret of Life — Paul J. McAuley (2001)
• Castles Made of Sand — Gwyneth Jones (2002)
• Effendi — Jon Courtenay Grimwood (2002)
• Light — M. John Harrison (2002)
• The Scar — China Miéville (2002)
• The Separation — Christopher Priest (2002) · winner
• The Years of Rice and Salt — Kim Stanley Robinson (2002)
• Absolution Gap — Alastair Reynolds (2003)
• Felaheen — Jon Courtenay Grimwood (2003) · winner
• Maul — Tricia Sullivan (2003)
• Midnight Lamp — Gwyneth Jones (2003)
• Natural History — Justina Robson (2003)
• Pattern Recognition — William Gibson (2003)
• Century Rain — Alastair Reynolds (2004)
• Forty Signs of Rain — Kim Stanley Robinson (2004)
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell — Susanna Clarke (2004)
• Newton's Wake — Ken MacLeod (2004)
• River of Gods — Ian McDonald (2004) · winner
• Stamping Butterflies — Jon Courtenay Grimwood (2004)
• 9Tail Fox — Jon Courtenay Grimwood (2005)
• Accelerando — Charles Stross (2005)
• Air — Geoff Ryman (2005) · winner
• Learning the World — Ken MacLeod (2005)
• Living Next Door to the God of Love — Justina Robson (2005)
• Darkland — Liz Williams (2006)
• End of the World Blues — Jon Courtenay Grimwood (2006) · winner
• Icarus — Roger Levy (2006)
• Nova Swing — M. John Harrison (2006)
• The Last Witchfinder — James Morrow (2006)
• Alice in Sunderland — Bryan Talbot (2007)
• Black Man — Richard Morgan (2007)
• Brasyl — Ian McDonald (2007) · winner
• The Execution Channel — Ken MacLeod (2007)
• The Prefect — Alastair Reynolds (2007)
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union — Michael Chabon (2007)
• Anathem — Neal Stephenson (2008)
• Flood — Stephen Baxter (2008)
• The Gone-Away World — Nick Harkaway (2008)
• The Night Sessions — Ken MacLeod (2008) · winner
• Ark — Stephen Baxter (2009)
• Lavinia — Ursula K. Le Guin (2009)
• The City & the City — China Miéville (2009) · winner
• Yellow Blue Tibia — Adam Roberts (2009)
• Lightborn — Tricia Sullivan (2010)
• The Dervish House — Ian McDonald (2010) · winner
• The Restoration Game — Ken MacLeod (2010)
• The Windup Girl — Paolo Bacigalupi (2010)
• Zoo City — Lauren Beukes (2010)
• By Light Alone — Adam Roberts (2011)
• Cyber Circus — Kim Lakin-Smith (2011)
• Embassytown — China Miéville (2011)
• Osama — Lavie Tidhar (2011)
• The Islanders — Christopher Priest (2011) · winner
• 2312 — Kim Stanley Robinson (2012)
• Dark Eden — Chris Beckett (2012)
• Empty Space — M. John Harrison (2012)
• Intrusion — Ken MacLeod (2012)
• Jack Glass — Adam Roberts (2012) · winner
• Ack-Ack Macaque — Gareth L. Powell (2013) · winner
• Ancillary Justice — Ann Leckie (2013) · winner
• Evening's Empires — Paul J. McAuley (2013)
• God's War — Kameron Hurley (2013)
• The Adjacent — Christopher Priest (2013)
• Ancillary Sword — Ann Leckie (2014) · winner
• Cuckoo Song — Frances Hardinge (2014)
• Europe in Autumn — Dave Hutchinson (2014)
• Lagoon — Nnedi Okorafor (2014)
• The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August — Catherine Webb (2014)
• The Moon King — Neil Williamson (2014)
• The Race — Nina Allan (2014)
• Wolves — Simon Ings (2014)
• Europe at Midnight — Dave Hutchinson (2015)
• Glorious Angels — Justina Robson (2015)
• Luna: New Moon — Ian McDonald (2015)
• Mother of Eden — Chris Beckett (2015)
• The House of Shattered Wings — Aliette de Bodard (2015) · winner
• A Closed and Common Orbit — Becky Chambers (2016)
• Azanian Bridges — Nick Wood (2016)
• Daughter of Eden — Chris Beckett (2016)
• Europe in Winter — Dave Hutchinson (2016) · winner
• Occupy Me — Tricia Sullivan (2016)
• Dreams Before the Start of Time — Anne Charnock (2017)
• Exit West — Mohsin Hamid (2017)
• Provenance — Ann Leckie (2017)
• The Rift — Nina Allan (2017) · winner
• Before Mars — Emma Newman (2018)
• Embers of War — Gareth L. Powell (2018) · winner
• Europe at Dawn — Dave Hutchinson (2018)
• Revenant Gun — Yoon Ha Lee (2018)
• Rosewater — Tade Thompson (2018)
• Atlas Alone — Emma Newman (2019)
• Children of Ruin — Adrian Tchaikovsky (2019) · winner
• Fleet of Knives — Gareth L. Powell (2019)
• The Green Man's Foe — Juliet E. McKenna (2019)
• The Rosewater Insurrection — Tade Thompson (2019)
• Club Ded — Nikhil Singh (2020)
• Comet Weather — Liz Williams (2020)
• Light of Impossible Stars — Gareth L. Powell (2020)
• Piranesi — Susanna Clarke (2020)
• The City We Became — N. K. Jemisin (2020) · winner
• The Doors of Eden — Adrian Tchaikovsky (2020)
• The Ministry for the Future — Kim Stanley Robinson (2020)
• The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again — M. John Harrison (2020)
• Threading the Labyrinth — Tiffani Angus (2020)
• Water Must Fall — Nick Wood (2020)
• A Desolation Called Peace — Arkady Martine (2021)
• Blackthorn Winter — Liz Williams (2021)
• Purgatory Mount — Adam Roberts (2021)
• Shards of Earth — Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021) · winner
• Skyward Inn — Aliya Whiteley (2021)
• The Green Man's Challenge — Juliet E. McKenna (2021)
• City of Last Chances — Adrian Tchaikovsky (2022) · winner
• Stars and Bones — Gareth L. Powell (2022)
• The Coral Bones — E. J. Swift (2022)
• The Red Scholar's Wake — Aliette de Bodard (2022)
• The This — Adam Roberts (2022)
• Airside — Christopher Priest (2023)
• Descendant Machine — Gareth L. Powell (2023)
• Him — Geoff Ryman (2023)
• Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon — Wole Talabi (2023)
• The Green Man's Gift — Juliet E. McKenna (2023) · winner
• Alien Clay — Adrian Tchaikovsky (2024)
• Calypso — Oliver Langmead (2024)
• Rabbit in the Moon — Fiona Moore (2024)
• Three Eight One — Aliya Whiteley (2024) · winner
• A Granite Silence — Nina Allan (2025)
• Edge of Oblivion — Kirk Weddell (2025)
• Project Hanuman — Stewart Hotston (2025)
• The Salt Oracle — Lorraine Wilson (2025)
• When There Are Wolves Again — E. J. Swift (2025) · winner