BSFA Award for Best Novel

BSFA Award for Best Novel
Awarded for	The best science fiction or fantasy novel published in the previous calendar year
Country	UK
Presented by	British Science Fiction Association
First awarded	1970
Currently held by	Nina Allan (The Rift)
Website	BSFA Awards

The BSFA Awards are given every year by the British Science Fiction Association. The Best Novel award is open to any novel-length work of science fiction or fantasy that has been published in the UK for the first time in the previous year. Serialised novels are eligible, provided that the publication date of the concluding part is in the previous year. If a novel has been previously published elsewhere, but it hasn't been published in the UK until the previous year, it is eligible.^[1]

Winners

1969: Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
1970: The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner
1971: The Moment of Eclipse by Brian W. Aldiss
1972: No award
1973: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
1974: Inverted World by Christopher Priest
1975: Orbitsville by Bob Shaw
1976: Brontomek! by Michael G. Coney
1977: The Jonah Kit by Ian Watson
1978: A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
1979: The Unlimited Dream Company by J. G. Ballard
1980: Timescape by Gregory Benford
1981: The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
1982: Helliconia Spring by Brian W. Aldiss
1983: Tik-Tok by John Sladek
1984: Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock
1985: Helliconia Winter by Brian W. Aldiss
1986: The Ragged Astronauts by Bob Shaw
1987: Gráinne by Keith Roberts
1988: Lavondyss by Robert Holdstock
1989: Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
1990: Take Back Plenty by Colin Greenland
1991: The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
1992: Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
1993: Aztec Century by Christopher Evans
1994: Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks
1995: The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
1996: Excession by Iain M. Banks
1997: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
1998: The Extremes by Christopher Priest
1999: The Sky Road by Ken MacLeod
2000: Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle
2001: Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
2002: The Separation by Christopher Priest
2003: Felaheen by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
2004: River of Gods by Ian McDonald
2005: Air by Geoff Ryman
2006: End of the World Blues by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
2007: Brasyl by Ian McDonald
2008: The Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod
2009: The City & the City by China Miéville
2010: The Dervish House by Ian McDonald
2011: The Islanders by Christopher Priest
2012: Jack Glass by Adam Roberts
2013: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie and Ack-Ack Macaque by Gareth L. Powell (tie) ^[2]
2014: Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie^[3]
2015: The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard
2016: Europe in Winter by Dave Hutchinson^[4]
2017: The Rift by Nina Allan

Shortlisted works

1970s

1979

The Unlimited Dream Company by J. G. Ballard (Jonathan Cape)
The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke (Gollancz)
On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch (Gollancz)
Blind Voices by Tom Reamy (Sidgwick & Jackson)
A.K.A.: A Cosmic Fable by Rob Swigart (Magnum)

1980s

1980

Timescape by Gregory Benford (Simon & Schuster)
Transfigurations by Michael Bishop
Engine Summer by John Crowley (Doubleday)
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl (Ballantine Del Rey)
Molly Zero by Keith Roberts
A World Between by Norman Spinrad

1981

Hello America by J. G. Ballard (Jonathan Cape)
Where Time Winds Blow by Robert Holdstock (Faber & Faber)
The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe (Sidgwick & Jackson)
The Affirmation by Christopher Priest (Faber & Faber)

1985

Helliconia Winter by Brian W. Aldiss (Cape)
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers (Chatto & Windus)
Kiteworld by Keith Roberts (Gollancz)
The Warrior Who Carried Life by Geoff Ryman (Allen & Unwin)
Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe (Gollancz)

1986

Blood Music by Greg Bear (Gollancz)
Count Zero by William Gibson (Gollancz)
Queen of the States by Josephine Saxton (The Women's Press)
The Ragged Astronauts by Bob Shaw (Gollancz)
Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling (Penguin)

1987

Gráinne by Keith Roberts

1988

1989

A Child Across the Sky by Jonathan Carroll (Legend; Century)
Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh (NEL)
Pyramids by Terry Pratchett (Gollancz)
The Gold Coast by Kim Stanley Robinson (Or
The Child Garden by Geoff Ryman (Unwin Hyman)

1990s

1990

Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks (Macdonald)
Rats and Gargoyles by Mary Gentle (Bantam UK)
The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling (Gollancz)
Take Back Plenty by Colin Greenland (Unwin)
Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Headline)

1991

The Architecture of Desire by Mary Gentle (Bantam UK)
Eternal Light by Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz)
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Headline)

1992

Hot Head by Simon Ings (Grafton)
Hearts, Hands and Voices by Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperCollins UK)
Lost Futures by Lisa Tuttle (Grafton)
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (NEL)

1993

Aztec Century by Christopher Evans (Gollancz)
Harm's Way by Colin Greenland (HarperCollins UK)
Ammonite by Nicola Griffith (Grafton)
Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperCollins UK)
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (Roc UK)

1994

Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks (Orbit)
Engineman by Eric Brown (Pan)
Permutation City by Greg Egan (Millennium)
North Wind by Gwyneth Jones (Gollancz)
Necroville by Ian McDonald (Gollancz)

1995

The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (HarperPrism)
The Nano Flower by Peter F. Hamilton
Fairyland by Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz)
Chaga by Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
Blood: A Southern Fantasy by Michael Moorcock
The Prestige by Christopher Priest (Simon & Schuster)

1996

The Memory Palace by Gill Alderman (HarperCollins Voyager)
Excession by Iain M. Banks (Orbit)
The Stone Canal by Ken MacLeod (Legend)
Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperCollins Voyager)
Interface by Neal Stephenson and George Jewsbury writing as "Stephen Bury" (Michael Joseph)
Holy Fire by Bruce Sterling (Orion)

1997

A Son of the Rock by Jack Deighton (Orbit)
Signs of Life by M. John Harrison (Gollancz)
Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers (Legend)
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (Black Swan)
Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick (Orion/Millennium)

1998

Inversions by Iain M. Banks (Orbit)
Queen City Jazz by Kathleen Ann Goonan (HarperCollins Voyager)
The Cassini Division by Ken MacLeod (Orbit)
To Hold Infinity by John Meaney (Bantam UK)
The Extremes by Christopher Priest (Simon & Schuster UK)

1999

ThiGMOO by Eugene Byrne (Earthlight)
Headlong by Simon Ings (HarperCollins Voyager)
The Sky Road by Ken MacLeod (Orbit)
Silver Screen by Justina Robson (Macmillan UK)
Children of God by Mary Doria Russell (Black Swan)

2000s

2000

Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle (Gollancz)
redRobe by Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight)
Paradox by John Meaney (Bantam)
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville (Macmillan)
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz)

2001

American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Headline Feature)
Pashazade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Earthlight)
Bold As Love by Gwyneth Jones (Gollancz)
The Secret of Life by Paul J. McAuley (HarperCollins Voyager)
Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz)
Lust by Geoff Ryman (Flamingo)

2002

Effendi by Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Earthlight)
Light by M. John Harrison (Gollancz)
Castles Made of Sand by Gwyneth Jones (Gollancz)
The Scar by China Miéville (Macmillan)
The Separation by Christopher Priest (Scribner UK)
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperCollins)

2003

Pattern Recognition by William Gibson (Viking)
Felaheen by Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Earthlight)
Midnight Lamp by Gwyneth Jones (Gollancz)
Absolution Gap by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz)
Natural History by Justina Robson (Macmillan)
Maul by Tricia Sullivan (Orbit)

2004

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury)
Stamping Butterflies by Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Gollancz)
Newton's Wake by Ken MacLeod (Orbit)
River of Gods by Ian McDonald (Simon and Schuster)
Century Rain by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz)
Forty Signs of Rain by Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperCollins)

2005

9tail Fox by Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Gollancz)
Learning the World by Ken MacLeod (Orbit)
Living Next Door to the God of Love by Justina Robson (Macmillan)
Air by Geoff Ryman (Gollancz)
Accelerando by Charles Stross (Orbit)

2006

End of the World Blues by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
Nova Swing by M. John Harrison
Icarus by Roger Levy
The Last Witchfinder by James K. Morrow
Darkland by Liz Williams

2007

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (Fourth Estate)
The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod (Orbit)
Brasyl by Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
Black Man by Richard Morgan (Gollancz)
The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz)
Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot (Jonathan Cape)

2008

2009

Ark by Stephen Baxter (Gollancz)
Lavinia by Ursula Le Guin (Gollancz)
The City & the City by China Miéville (Macmillan)
Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts (Gollancz)

2010s

2010

The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi (Orbit)
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes (Angry Robot)
The Restoration Game by Ken MacLeod (Orbit)
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
Lightborn by Tricia Sullivan (Orbit)

2011

Cyber Circus by Kim Lakin-Smith (Newcon Press)
Embassytown by China Miéville (Macmillan)
The Islanders by Christopher Priest (Gollancz)
By Light Alone by Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
Osama by Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)

2012

Dark Eden by Chris Beckett (Corvus)
Empty Space by M. John Harrison (Gollancz)
Intrusion by Ken MacLeod (Orbit)
Jack Glass by Adam Roberts (Gollancz)
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)

2013

God's War by Kameron Hurley (Del Rey)
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
Evening's Empires by Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz)
Ack-Ack Macaque by Gareth L. Powell (Solaris)
The Adjacent by Christopher Priest (Gollancz)

2014

Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie (Orbit)
The Race by Nina Allan (Newcon)
Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan)
Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchinson (Solaris)
Wolves by Simon Ings (Gollancz)
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (Orbit)
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor (Hodder)
The Moon King by Neil Williamson (Newcon)

2015

The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz)
Europe at Midnight by Dave Hutchinson (Solaris)
Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
Mother of Eden by Chris Beckett (Corvus)
Glorious Angels by Justina Robson (Gollancz)

2016^[4]

Daughter of Eden by Chris Beckett (Atlantic/Corvus)
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Hodder & Stoughton)
Europe in Winter by Dave Hutchinson (Solaris)
Occupy Me by Tricia Sullivan (Gollancz)
Azanian Bridges by Nick Wood (NewCon Press)

2017

The Rift by Nina Allan (Titan Books)
Dreams Before the Start of Time by Anne Charnock (47North)
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (Hamish Hamilton)
Provenance by Ann Leckie (Orbit)

External links

Official BSFA Awards website

References

↑ "BSFA Award Winners & Nominees (Novel)". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
↑ http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-award-winners-announced "BSFA Award winners announced", accessed on 23 April 2014
↑ Scott, Donna (6 April 2015). "The BSFA Awards 2014 Winners Announced". BSFA. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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BSFA Award for Best Novel
1969–1979	Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner (1969) The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner (1970) Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (1973) Inverted World by Christopher Priest (1974) Orbitsville by Bob Shaw (1975) Brontomek! by Michael G. Coney (1976) The Jonah Kit by Ian Watson (1977) A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick (1978) The Unlimited Dream Company by J. G. Ballard (1979)
1980–1989	Timescape by Gregory Benford (1980) The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe (1981) Helliconia Spring by Brian W. Aldiss (1982) Tik-Tok by John Sladek (1983) Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock (1984) Helliconia Winter by Brian W. Aldiss (1985) The Ragged Astronauts by Bob Shaw (1986) Gráinne by Keith Roberts (1987) Lavondyss by Robert Holdstock (1988) Pyramids by Terry Pratchett (1989)
1990–1999	Take Back Plenty by Colin Greenland (1990) The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1991) Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1992) Aztec Century by Christopher Evans (1993) Feersum Endjinn by Iain M. Banks (1994) The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter (1995) Excession by Iain M. Banks (1996) The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (1997) The Extremes by Christopher Priest (1998) The Sky Road by Ken MacLeod (1999)
2000–2009	Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle (2000) Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds (2001) The Separation by Christopher Priest (2002) Felaheen by Jon Courtenay Grimwood (2003) River of Gods by Ian McDonald (2004) Air by Geoff Ryman (2005) End of the World Blues by Jon Courtenay Grimwood (2006) Brasyl by Ian McDonald (2007) The Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod (2008) The City & the City by China Miéville (2009)
2010–2019	The Dervish House by Ian McDonald (2010) The Islanders by Christopher Priest (2011) Jack Glass by Adam Roberts (2012) Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie and Ack-Ack Macaque by Gareth L. Powell (tie) (2013) Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie (2014) The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard (2015) Europe in Winter by Dave Hutchinson (2016) The Rift by Nina Allan (2017)