SFWA Nebula Awards — Novel

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The Nebula Awards^® are annual awards voted on and presented by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America to celebrate excellence in science fiction and fantasy writing in works published during the previous calendar year.

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2023 

• The Saint of Bright Doors Vajra Chandasekera Winner
• The Water Outlaws S. L. Huang
• Translation State Ann Leckie
• The Terraformers Annalee Newitz 
• Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon Wole Talabi
• Witch King Martha Wells

2022

• Babel R.F. Kuang Winner 
• Legends & Lattes Travis Baldree 
• Spear Nicola Griffith 
• Nettle and Bone T. Kingfisher  
• Nona the Ninth Tamsyn Muir
• The Mountain in the Sea Ray Nayler  

2021 

• A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark Winner
• The Unbroken by C. L. Clark
• Machinehood by S.B. Divya
• Plague Birds by Jason Sanford
• A Desolation called Peace by Arkady Martine 

2020

• Network Effect Martha Wells Winner
• Piranesi Susanna Clarke
• The City We Became N.K. Jemisin
• Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• The Midnight Bargain C.L. Polk
• Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse

2019

• A Song for a New Day Sarah Pinsker Winner (read Fee's review of A song for a new day)
  
• Marque of Caine Charles E. Gannon
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January Alix E. Harrow
• A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine
• Gods of Jade and Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Gideon the Ninth Tamsyn Muir

2018

• The Calculating Stars Mary Robinette Kowal Winner
• The Poppy War R. F. Kuang 
• Blackfish City Sam J. Miller 
• Spinning Silver Naomi Novik 
• Witchmark C. L. Polk 
• Trail of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse 

2017

• The Stone Sky N.K. Jemisin Winner
• Amberlough Lara Elena Donnelly
• The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter Theodora Goss 
• Spoonbenders Daryl Gregory 
• Six Wakes Mur Lafferty 
• Jade City Fonda Lee
• Autonomous Annalee Newitz 

2016

• All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders Winner
• Borderline Mishell Baker
• The Obelisk Gate N.K. Jemisin
• Ninefox Gambit Yoon Ha Lee
• Everfair Nisi Shawl

2015

• Uprooted Naomi Novik Winner
• Raising Caine Charles E. Gannon
• The Fifth Season N.K. Jemisin
• Ancillary Mercy Ann Leckie
• The Grace of Kings Ken Liu
• Barsk: The Elephants’ Graveyard Lawrence M. Schoen
• Updraft Fran Wilde

2014

• Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer Winner
• The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison
• Trial by Fire, Charles E. Gannon
• Ancillary Sword, Ann Leckie
• The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu
• Coming Home, Jack McDevitt

2013

• Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie Winner
• We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman
• Fire with Fire, Charles E. Gannon
• Hild, Nicola Griffith
• The Red: First Light, Linda Nagata
• A Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar
• The Golem and the Jinni, Helene Wecker

2012

• 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson

2011

• Among Others, Jo Walton

2010

• Blackout / All Clear by Connie Willis

2009

• The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi

2008

• Powers Ursula K. Le Guin

2007

• The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

2006

• Seeker Jack McDevitt

2005

• Camouflage Joe Haldeman

2004

• Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold

2003

• The Speed of Dark Elizabeth Moon

2002

• American Gods Neil Gaiman

2001

• The Quantum rose Catherine Asaro

2000

• Darwin’s radio Greg Bear

1999

• Parable of the talents Octavia E. Butler

1998

• Forever peace Joe Haldeman

1997

• The Moon and the sun Vonda N. McIntyre

1996

• Slow river Nicola Griffith

1995

• The Terminal experiment (serialized as Hobson’s Choice) Robert J. Sawyer

1994

• Moving Mars Greg Bear

1993

• Red Mars Kim Stanley Robinson

1992

• Doomsday book Connie Willis

1991

• Stations of the tide Michael Swanwick

1990

• Tehanu: The Last book of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin

1989

• The Healer’s war Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

1988

• Falling free Lois McMaster Bujold

1987

• The Falling woman Pat Murphy

1986

• Speaker for the dead Orson Scott Card

1985

• Enders game Orson Scott Card

1984

• Neuromancer William Gibson

1983

• Startide rising David Brin

1982

• No Enemy but time Michael Bishop

1981

• The Claw of the conciliator Gene Wolfe

1980

• Timescape Gregory Benford

1979

• The Fountains of paradise Arthur C. Clarke

1978

• Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre

1977

• Gateway Frederik Pohl

1976

• Man plus Frederik Pohl

1975

• The Forever war Joe Haldeman

1974

• The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin

1973

• Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke

1972

• The Gods themselves Isaac Asimov

1971

• A Time of changes Robert Silverberg

1970

• Ringworld Larry Niven

1969

• The Left hand of darkness Ursula K. Le Guin

1968

• Rite of passage Alexei Panshin

1967

• The Einstein intersection Samuel R. Delany

1966

• Babel-17 Samuel R. Delany; Flowers For Algernon Daniel Keyes (tie)

1965

• Dune Frank Herbert