BSFA Award for Best Novel

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Country UK Official website BSFA Awards		First awarded 1970
Awarded for The best science fiction or fantasy novel published in the previous calendar year Presented by British Science Fiction Association Currently held by Aliette de Bodard (The House of Shattered Wings)

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.

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)

2014: Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

2015: The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard

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)

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)

1982

Helliconia Spring by Brian W. Aldiss (Cape; Atheneum)

No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop (Timescape)

Little, Big by John Crowley (Bantam)

The Divine Invasion by Philip K. Dick

The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe (Timescape)

1983

Helliconia Summer by Brian W. Aldiss (Cape)

Cat Karina by Michael G. Coney

Golden Witchbreed by Mary Gentle

Tik-Tok by John Sladek (Gollancz)

The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe (Timescape)

1984

Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard (Gollancz)

Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter (Chatto & Windu

Neuromancer by William Gibson (Gollancz)

Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock (Gollancz)

The Glamour by Christopher Priest (Jonathan Cape)

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

The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks

Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson

Lavondyss by Robert Holdstock

Kairos by Gwyneth Jones

The Wooden Spaceships by Bob Shaw

Life During Wartime by Lucius Shepard

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)

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)

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

Flood by Stephen Baxter

The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway

The Night Sessions by Ken MacLeod

Anathem by Neal Stephenson

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)

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)

References

BSFA Award for Best Novel Wikipedia

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