Nebulas
Nebula Award - Best Novels
The Nebula Award for Best Novel is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy novels. A work of fiction is considered a novel by the organization if it is 40,000 words or longer; awards are also given out for pieces of shorter lengths, in the categories of short story, novelette, and novella. To be eligible for Nebula Award consideration, a novel must have been published in English in the United States. Works published in English elsewhere in the world are also eligible, provided they are released on either a website or in an electronic edition. The Award has been given annually since 1966. Novels which were expanded forms of previously published stories are eligible, and novellas published individually can be considered as novels if the author requests it. The award has been described as one of "the most important of the American science fiction awards" and "the science-fiction and fantasy equivalent" of the Emmy Awards.[1]
By Decade [ ] In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the novel was first published. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature". Highlighted entries and an asterisk (*) next to the writer's name have won the award; those with a white background are the other nominees on the shortlist.[1]
1960's [ ]
Winners and nominees
Year
Author(s)
Novel
Publisher
1966
Frank Herbert *
Dune Chilton Company
Clifford D. Simak
All Flesh is Grass
Doubleday
Theodore L. Thomas
The Clone
Berkley Books
Kate Wilhelm
Philip K. Dick
Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb
Ace Books
James White
The Escape Orbit
Ace Books
Thomas M. Disch
The Genocides
Berkley Books
William S. Burroughs
Nova Express
Grove Press
Keith Laumer
A Plague of Demons
Berkley Books
Avram Davidson
Rogue Dragon
Ace Books
G. C. Edmondson
The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream
Ace Books
Poul Anderson
The Star Fox
Doubleday
Philip K. Dick
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Doubleday
1967
Samuel R. Delany *
Babel-17 Ace Books
Daniel Keyes*
Flowers for Algernon
Harcourt
Robert A. Heinlein
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Putnam Publishing Group
1968
Samuel R. Delany *
The Einstein Intersection Ace Books
Piers Anthony
Chthon
Ballantine Books
Hayden Howard
The Eskimo Invasion
Ballantine Books
Roger Zelazny
Lord of Light
Doubleday
Robert Silverberg
Thorns
Ballantine Books
1969
Alexei Panshin *
Rite of Passage Ace Books
James Blish
Black Easter
Doubleday
Philip K. Dick
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Doubleday
Robert Silverberg
The Masks of Time
Ballantine Books
R. A. Lafferty
Past Master
Ace Books
Joanna Russ
Picnic on Paradise
Ace Books
John Brunner
Stand on Zanzibar
Doubleday
1970's [ ]
Winners and nominees
Year
Author(s)
Novel
Publisher
1970
Ursula K. Le Guin *
The Left Hand of Darkness Ace Books
Norman Spinrad
Bug Jack Barron
Avon
Roger Zelazny
Isle of the Dead
Ace Books
John Brunner
The Jagged Orbit
Ace Books
Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-Five
Delacorte Press
Robert Silverberg
Up the Line
Ballantine Books
1971
Larry Niven *
Ringworld Ballantine Books
Joanna Russ
And Chaos Died
Ace Books
R. A. Lafferty
Fourth Mansions
Ace Books
David G. Compton
The Steel Crocodile
Ace Books
Robert Silverberg
Tower of Glass
Charles Scribner's Sons
Wilson Tucker
The Year of the Quiet Sun
Ace Books
1972
Robert Silverberg *
A Time of Changes Galaxy Science Fiction
Poul Anderson
The Byworlder
Fantastic
R. A. Lafferty
The Devil is Dead
Avon Publications
T. J. Bass
Half Past Human
Ballantine Books
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Lathe of Heaven
Amazing Stories
Kate Wilhelm
Margaret and I
Little, Brown and Company
1973
Isaac Asimov *
The Gods Themselves Galaxy Science Fiction
Robert Silverberg
The Book of Skulls
Charles Scribner's Sons
Robert Silverberg
Dying Inside
Galaxy Science Fiction
Norman Spinrad
The Iron Dream
Avon
John Brunner
The Sheep Look Up
Harper & Row
George Alec Effinger
What Entropy Means to Me
Doubleday
David Gerrold
When HARLIE Was One
Ballantine Books
1974
Arthur C. Clarke *
Rendezvous with Rama Galaxy Science Fiction
Thomas Pynchon
Gravity's Rainbow
Viking Press
David Gerrold
The Man Who Folded Himself
Random House
Poul Anderson
The People of the Wind
Analog Science Fact & Fiction
Robert A. Heinlein
Time Enough for Love
Putnam Publishing Group
1975
Ursula K. Le Guin *
The Dispossessed Harper & Row
Thomas M. Disch
334
Avon
Philip K. Dick
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Doubleday
T. J. Bass
The Godwhale
Ballantine Books
1976
Joe Haldeman *
The Forever War St. Martin's Press
[Arthur Byron Cover
Autumn Angels
Pyramid Books
Tanith Lee
The Birthgrave
DAW Books
Alfred Bester
The Computer Connection
Analog Science Fact & Fiction
Samuel R. Delany
Dhalgren
Bantam Books
Roger Zelazny
Doorways in the Sand
Analog Science Fact & Fiction
Ian Watson
The Embedding
Charles Scribner's Sons
Vonda N. McIntyre
The Exile Waiting
Nelson Doubleday
Joanna Russ
The Female Man
Bantam Books
Michael Bishop
A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire
Ballantine Books
Barry N. Malzberg
Guernica Night
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Heritage of Hastur
DAW Books
Italo Calvino
Invisible Cities
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Poul Anderson
A Midsummer Tempest
Doubleday
Katherine MacLean
The Missing Man
Berkley Books
Larry Niven
The Mote in God's Eye
Simon & Schuster
Jerry Pournelle
E. L. Doctorow
Ragtime
Random House
Robert Silverberg
The Stochastic Man
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
1977
Frederik Pohl *
Man Plus The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Larry Niven
Inferno
Pocket Books
Jerry Pournelle
Marta Randall
Islands
Pyramid Books
Robert Silverberg
Shadrach in the Furnace
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Samuel R. Delany
Triton
Bantam Books
Kate Wilhelm
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Harper & Row
1978
Frederik Pohl *
Gateway Galaxy Science Fiction
Terry Carr
Cirque
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Gregory Benford
In the Ocean of Night
Dial Press
David Gerrold
Moonstar Odyssey
New American Library
Richard A. Lupoff
Sword of the Demon
Harper & Row
1979
Vonda N. McIntyre *
Dreamsnake Houghton Mifflin
Tom Reamy
Blind Voices
Berkley Books
C. J. Cherryh
The Faded Sun: Kesrith
Galaxy Science Fiction
Gore Vidal
Kalki
Random House
Gardner Dozois
Strangers
Berkley Books
1980's [ ]
Winners and nominees
Year
Author(s)
Novel
Publisher
1980
Arthur C. Clarke *
The Fountains of Paradise Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Frederik Pohl
Jem
St. Martin's Press
Kate Wilhelm
Juniper Time
Harper & Row
Thomas M. Disch
On Wings of Song
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Richard Cowper
The Road to Corlay
Pocket Books
John Varley
Titan
Berkley Books
1981
Gregory Benford *
Timescape Simon & Schuster
Frederik Pohl
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
Del Rey Books
Walter Tevis
Mockingbird
Doubleday
Robert Stallman
The Orphan
Pocket Books
Gene Wolfe
The Shadow of the Torturer
Simon & Schuster
Joan D. Vinge
The Snow Queen
Dial Press
1982
Gene Wolfe *
The Claw of the Conciliator Timescape Books
John Crowley
Little, Big
Bantam Books
Julian May
The Many-Colored Land
Houghton Mifflin
A. A. Attanasio
Radix
William Morrow and Company
Russell Hoban
Riddley Walker
Summit Books
Suzy McKee Charnas
The Vampire Tapestry
Simon & Schuster
1983
Michael Bishop *
No Enemy But Time Timescape Books
Isaac Asimov
Foundation's Edge
Doubleday
Robert A. Heinlein
Friday
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Brian Aldiss
Helliconia Spring
Atheneum Books
Gene Wolfe
The Sword of the Lictor
Timescape Books
Philip K. Dick
The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
Timescape Books
1984
David Brin *
Startide Rising Bantam Books
Gregory Benford
Against Infinity
Timescape Books
Gene Wolfe
The Citadel of the Autarch
Timescape Books
Jack Vance
Lyonesse
Berkley Books
R. A. MacAvoy
Tea with the Black Dragon
Bantam Books
Norman Spinrad
The Void Captain's Tale
Timescape Books
1985
William Gibson *
Neuromancer Ace Books
Lewis Shiner
Frontera
Baen Books
Larry Niven
The Integral Trees
Del Rey Books
Robert A. Heinlein
Job: A Comedy of Justice
Del Rey Books
Jack Dann
The Man Who Melted
Bluejay Books
Kim Stanley Robinson
The Wild Shore
Ace Books
1986
Orson Scott Card *
Ender's Game Tor Books
Greg Bear
Blood Music
Arbor House
Tim Powers
Dinner at Deviant's Palace
Ace Books
Brian Aldiss
Helliconia Winter
Atheneum Books
David Brin
The Postman
Bantam Spectra
Barry N. Malzberg
The Remaking of Sigmund Freud
Del Rey Books
Bruce Sterling
Schismatrix
Arbor House
1987
Orson Scott Card *
Speaker for the Dead Tor Books
William Gibson
Count Zero
Asimov's Science Fiction
Gene Wolfe
Free Live Free
Tor Books
Margaret Atwood
The Handmaid's Tale
Houghton Mifflin
Leigh Kennedy
The Journal of Nicholas the American
Atlantic Monthly Press
James K. Morrow
This is the Way the World Ends
Henry Holt and Company
1988
Pat Murphy *
The Falling Woman Tor Books
Greg Bear
The Forge of God
Tor Books
Gene Wolfe
Soldier of the Mist
Tor Books
David Brin
The Uplift War
Bantam Spectra
Avram Davidson
Vergil in Averno
Doubleday
George Alec Effinger
When Gravity Fails
Arbor House
1989
Lois McMaster Bujold *
Falling Free Analog Science Fact & Fiction
Lewis Shiner
Deserted Cities of the Heart
Doubleday Foundation
George Turner
Drowning Towers
Arbor House
Gregory Benford
Great Sky River
Bantam Spectra
William Gibson
Mona Lisa Overdrive
Bantam Spectra
Orson Scott Card
Red Prophet
Tor Books
Gene Wolfe
The Urth of the New Sun
Tor Books
1990's [ ]
Winners and nominees
Year
Author(s)
Novel
Publisher
1990
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough *
The Healer's War Doubleday Foundation
Poul Anderson
The Boat of a Million Years
Tor Books
Orson Scott Card
Prentice Alvin
Tor Books
John Kessel
Good News From Outer Space
Tor Books
Mike Resnick
Ivory: A Legend of Past and Future
Tor Books
Jane Yolen
Sister Light, Sister Dark
Tor Books
1991
Ursula K. Le Guin *
Tehanu Macmillan Publishers
Valerie Martin
Mary Reilly
Doubleday Foundation
James K. Morrow
Only Begotten Daughter
Doubleday
Dan Simmons
The Fall of Hyperion
William Morrow and Company
John E. Stith
Redshift Rendezvous
Ace Books
Jane Yolen
White Jenna
Tor Books
1992
Michael Swanwick *
Stations of the Tide Asimov's Science Fiction
John Barnes
Orbital Resonance
Tor Books
Lois McMaster Bujold
Barrayar
Analog Science Fact & Fiction
Emma Bull
Bone Dance
Ace Books
Pat Cadigan
Synners
Bantam Spectra
Bruce Sterling
The Difference Engine
Bantam Spectra
William Gibson
1993
Connie Willis *
Doomsday Book Bantam Spectra
John Barnes
A Million Open Doors
Tor Books
Karen Joy Fowler
Sarah Canary
Henry Holt and Company
Maureen F. McHugh
China Mountain Zhang
Tor Books
Vernor Vinge
A Fire Upon the Deep
Tor Books
Jane Yolen
Briar Rose
Tor Books
1994
Kim Stanley Robinson *
Red Mars Bantam Spectra
Kevin J. Anderson
Assemblers of Infinity
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Doug Beason
Algis Budrys
Hard Landing
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Nancy Kress
Beggars in Spain
Morrow AvoNova
Gene Wolfe
Nightside the Long Sun
Tor Books
1995
Greg Bear *
Moving Mars Tor Books
Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Sower
Four Walls Eight Windows
Jonathan Lethem
Gun, with Occasional Music
Harcourt Brace
James K. Morrow
Towing Jehovah
Harcourt Brace
Rachel Pollack
Temporary Agency
St. Martin's Press
Kim Stanley Robinson
Green Mars
Bantam Spectra
Roger Zelazny
A Night in the Lonesome October
Morrow AvoNova
1996
Robert J. Sawyer *
The Terminal Experiment HarperPrism
John Barnes
Mother of Storms
Tor Books
Nancy Kress
Beggars and Choosers
Tor Books
Paul Park
Celestis
Tor Books
Walter Jon Williams
Metropolitan
HarperPrism
Gene Wolfe
Calde of the Long Sun
Tor Books
1997
Nicola Griffith *
Slow River Del Rey Books
Nina Kiriki Hoffman
The Silent Strength of Stones
AvoNova
Patricia A. McKillip
Winter Rose
Ace Books
Tim Powers
Expiration Date
Tor Books
Robert J. Sawyer
Starplex
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Neal Stephenson
The Diamond Age
Bantam Spectra
1998
Vonda N. McIntyre *
The Moon and the Sun Pocket Books
Lois McMaster Bujold
Memory
Baen Books
Kate Elliott
King's Dragon
DAW Books
George R. R. Martin
A Game of Thrones
Bantam Spectra
Jack McDevitt
Ancient Shores
HarperPrism
Walter Jon Williams
City on Fire
HarperPrism
Connie Willis
Bellwether
Bantam Spectra
1999
Joe Haldeman *
Forever Peace Ace Books
Catherine Asaro
The Last Hawk
Tor Books
Jack McDevitt
Moonfall
HarperPrism
Harry Turtledove
How Few Remain
Del Rey Books
Martha Wells
The Death of the Necromancer
Avon
Connie Willis
To Say Nothing of the Dog
Bantam Spectra
2000's [ ]
Winners and nominees
Year
Author(s)
Novel
Publisher
2000
Octavia E. Butler *
Parable of the Talents Seven Stories Press
Ken MacLeod
The Cassini Division
Tor Books
George R. R. Martin
A Clash of Kings
Bantam Spectra
Maureen F. McHugh
Mission Child
Avon Eos
Sean Stewart
Mockingbird
Ace Books
Vernor Vinge
A Deepness in the Sky
Tor Books
2001
Greg Bear *
Darwin's Radio Del Rey Books
Lois McMaster Bujold
A Civil Campaign
Baen Books
Kathleen Ann Goonan
Crescent City Rhapsody
Avon Eos
Nalo Hopkinson
Midnight Robber
Warner Aspect
Jack McDevitt
Infinity Beach
HarperPrism
Charles de Lint
Forests of the Heart
Tor Books
2002
Catherine Asaro *
The Quantum Rose Tor Books
Jeffrey Carver
Eternity's End
Tor Books
Geoffrey A. Landis
Mars Crossing
Tor Books
George R. R. Martin
A Storm of Swords
Bantam Spectra
Wil McCarthy
The Collapsium
Del Rey Books
Patricia A. McKillip
The Tower at Stony Wood
Ace Books
Tim Powers
Declare
Subterranean Press
Connie Willis
Passage
Bantam Books
2003
Neil Gaiman *
American Gods William Morrow and Company
Kelley Eskridge
Solitaire
Eos
Ursula K. Le Guin
The Other Wind
Harcourt
Robert A. Metzger
Picoverse
Ace Books
China Miéville
Perdido Street Station
Del Rey Books
Michael Swanwick
Bones of the Earth
Eos
2004
Elizabeth Moon *
The Speed of Dark Ballantine Books
Lois McMaster Bujold
Diplomatic Immunity
Baen Books
Carol Emshwiller
The Mount
Small Beer Press
Kathleen Ann Goonan
Light Music
Eos
Nalo Hopkinson
The Salt Roads
Warner
Jack McDevitt
Chindi
Ace Books
2005
Lois McMaster Bujold *
Paladin of Souls Eos
Cory Doctorow
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Tor Books
Jack McDevitt
Omega
Ace Books
David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas
Random House
Sean Stewart
Perfect Circle
Small Beer Press
Gene Wolfe
The Knight
Tor Books
2006
Joe Haldeman *
Camouflage Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Susanna Clarke
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Bloomsbury Publishing
Jack McDevitt
Polaris
Ace Books
Terry Pratchett
Going Postal
HarperCollins
Geoff Ryman
Air
St. Martin's Press
John C. Wright
Orphans of Chaos
Tor Books
2007
Jack McDevitt *
Seeker Ace Books
Ellen Kushner
The Privilege of the Sword
Bantam Spectra
Jeffrey Ford
The Girl in the Glass
HarperCollins
Jo Walton
Farthing
Tor Books
Richard Bowes
From the Files of the Time Rangers
Golden Gryphon Press
Wil McCarthy
To Crush the Moon
Bantam Spectra
2008
Michael Chabon *
The Yiddish Policemen's Union HarperCollins
Jack McDevitt
Odyssey
Ace Books
Joe Haldeman
The Accidental Time Machine
Ace Books
Nalo Hopkinson
The New Moon's Arms
Warner
Tobias S. Buckell
Ragamuffin
Tor Books
2009
Ursula K. Le Guin *
Powers Harcourt
Cory Doctorow
Little Brother
Tor Books
Jack McDevitt
Cauldron
Ace Books
Ian McDonald
Brasyl
Pyr Books
Terry Pratchett
Making Money
Harper
David J. Schwartz
Superpowers
Three Rivers Press
2010's [ ]
Winners and nominees
Year
Author(s)
Novel
Publisher
2010
Paolo Bacigalupi *
The Windup Girl Night Shade Books
Christopher Barzak
The Love We Share Without Knowing
Bantam Books
Laura Anne Gilman
Flesh and Fire
Pocket Books
China Miéville
The City & the City
Del Rey Books
Cherie Priest
Boneshaker
Tor Books
Jeff VanderMeer
Finch
Underland Press
2011
Connie Willis *
Blackout/All Clear'' Bantam Spectra
M. K. Hobson
The Native Star
Bantam Spectra
N.K. Jemisin
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
Orbit Books
Mary Robinette Kowal
Shades of Milk and Honey
Tor Books
Jack McDevitt
Echo
Ace Books
Nnedi Okorafor
Who Fears Death
DAW Books
2012
Jo Walton *
Among Others Tor Books
China Miéville
Embassytown
Subterranean Press
Jack McDevitt
Firebird
Ace Books
Kameron Hurley
God's War
Night Shade Books
Genevieve Valentine
Mechanique: a Tale of the Circus Tresaulti
Prime Books
N.K. Jemisin
The Kingdom of Gods
Orbit Books
2013
Kim Stanley Robinson *
2312 Orbit Books
Saladin Ahmed
Throne of the Crescent Moon
DAW Books
Tina Connolly
Ironskin
Tor Books
N.K. Jemisin
The Killing Moon
Orbit Books
Caitlín R. Kiernan
The Drowning Girl
Roc Books
Mary Robinette Kowal
Glamour in Glass
Tor Books
2014
Ann Leckie *
Ancillary Justice Orbit Books
Karen Joy Fowler
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Marian Wood Books
Neil Gaiman
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
William Morrow and Company
Charles E. Gannon
Fire with Fire
Baen Books
Nicola Griffith
Hild
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Linda Nagata
The Red: First Light
Mythic Island Press
Sofia Samatar
A Stranger in Olondria
Small Beer Press
Helene Wecker
The Golem and the Jinni
Harper
2015
Jeff VanderMeer *
Annihilation Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Katherine Addison
The Goblin Emperor
Tor Books
Charles E. Gannon
Trial by Fire
Baen Books
Ann Leckie
Ancillary Sword
Orbit Books
Cixin Liu
The Three-Body Problem
Tor Books
Jack McDevitt
Coming Home
Ace Books
2016
Naomi Novik *
Uprooted Del Rey Books
Ann Leckie
Ancillary Mercy
Orbit Books
Lawrence M. Schoen
Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard
Tor Books
N.K. Jemisin
The Fifth Season
Orbit Books
Ken Liu
The Grace of Kings
Saga Press
Charles E. Gannon
Raising Caine
Baen Books
Fran Wilde
Updraft
Tor Books
2017
Charlie Jane Anders *
All the Birds in the Sky Tor Books, Titan Books
Mishell Baker
Borderline
Saga Press
N.K. Jemisin
The Obelisk Gate
Orbit Books
Yoon Ha Lee
Ninefox Gambit
Solaris Books
Nisi Shawl
Everfair
Tor Books
2018
N. K. Jemisin *
The Stone Sky Orbit Books
Lara Elena Donnelly
Amberlough
Tor Books
Theodora Goss
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
Saga Press
Daryl Gregory
Spoonbenders
Alfred A. Knopf, Riverrun Books
Mur Lafferty
Six Wakes
Orbit Books
Fonda Lee
Jade City
Orbit Books
Annalee Newitz
Autonomous
Tor Books, Orbit Books
2019
Mary Robinette Kowal *
The Calculating Stars Tor Books
Sam J. Miller
Blackfish City
Ecco Press, Orbit UK
R.F. Kuang
The Poppy War
Harper Voyager
Naomi Novik
Spinning Silver
Del Rey Books, Macmillan Publishers
Rebecca Roanhorse
Trail of Lightning
Saga Press
C. L. Polk
Witchmark
Tor.com Publishing
2020's [ ]
Winners and nominees
Year
Author(s)
Novel
Publisher
2020
Sarah Pinsker *
A Song for a New Day Berkley Press
Charles E. Gannon
Marque of Caine
Baen Books
Alix E. Harrow
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Orbit Books
Arkady Martine
A Memory Called Empire
Tor Books
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Gods of Jade and Shadow
Del Rey Books, Jo Fletcher Books
Tamsyn Muir
Gideon the Ninth
Tor.com Publishing
2021
Martha Wells *
Network Effect Tor.com Publishing
Susanna Clarke
Piranesi
Bloomsbury Publishing
N.K. Jemisin
The City We Became
Orbit Books
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Mexican Gothic Del Rey Books
C.L. Polk
The Midnight Bargain
Erewhon Books
Rebecca Roanhorse
Black Sun
Saga Press
References [ ] More information can be found at wikipedia:Nebula Award for Best Novel