The Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel is a literary award given annually by Locus Magazine as part of their Locus Awards.
Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Public
Created by Phil in SF
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A Storm of Swords by Empty Author (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3)
4 stars
Here is the third volume in George R. R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones …
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4 stars
The storm was coming....
Shadow spent three years in prison, keeping his head down, doing his time. All he …
Phil in SF says: 2002 winner
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3 stars
A mythmaker of the highest order, China Mieville has emblazoned the fantasy novel with fresh language, startling images, and stunning …
Phil in SF says: 2003 winner
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The paladin of souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
4 stars
E-Book Extras: ONE: The Keys to Chalion: A Dictionary of People, Places, and Things; TWO: Chalion MiscellanyIt's been three years …
Phil in SF says: 2004 winner
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Iron Council by China Miéville
3 stars
Following Perdido Street Station and The Scar, acclaimed author China Mieville returns with his hugely anticipated Del Rey hardcover debut. …
Phil in SF says: 2005 winner
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4 stars
One of fiction's most audaciously original talents, Neil Gaiman now gives us a mythology for a modem age-complete with dark …
Phil in SF says: 2006 winner
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The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner (A Bantam Spectra book)
5 stars
Welcome to Riverside, where the aristocratic and the ambitious battle for power and prestige in the city's labyrinth of streets …
Phil in SF says: 2007 winner
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Making Money (Discworld, #36; Moist Von Lipwig, #2) by Terry Pratchett (Discworld (33))
4 stars
Making Money is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, part of his Discworld series, first published in the …
Phil in SF says: 2008 winner
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4 stars
In The Aeneid, Vergil's hero fights to claim the king's daughter, Lavinia, with whom he is destined to found an …
Phil in SF says: 2009 winner
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The City & the City by China Miéville
4 stars
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to …
Phil in SF says: 2010 winner
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4 stars
Kraken is a fantasy novel by British author China Miéville. It is published in the UK by Macmillan, and in …
Phil in SF says: 2011 winner
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A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin, Empty Author, Empty Author
4 stars
Dubbed “the American Tolkien” by Time magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of …
Phil in SF says: 2012 winner
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The apocalypse codex by Charles Stross (Laundry Files, #4)
4 stars
"For outstanding heroism in the field (despite himself), computational demonologist Bob Howard is on the fast track for promotion to …
Phil in SF says: 2013 winner
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The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel by Neil Gaiman
4 stars
A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long …
Phil in SF says: 2014 winner
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The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (The Goblin Emperor, #1)
4 stars
A vividly imagined fantasy of court intrigue and dark magics in a steampunk-inflected world, by a brilliant young talent
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Phil in SF says: 2015 winner














