Get started ↓Every science fiction novel and novella recognized by the 2019 Locus Award, winners first, with page counts, reader ratings and a link to each book.
Voted on by readers of Locus magazine, the Locus Award is a reliable guide to books readers loved. We include its science fiction novel and novella winners and finalists, plus labeled poll favorites from earlier years. Official award site ↗
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by Martha Wells
Novella · 2018
It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself Murderbot. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more.
Novel · 2018
Earth needs an escape plan. A gifted pilot needs a seat at the table.
Novella · 2013 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
A dark jewel of a novella, this definitive edition of Caitlín R. Kiernan's Black Helicopters is the expanded and completed version of the World Fantasy Award-nominated original.
Novel · 2018 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
After the climate wars, a floating city is constructed in the Arctic Circle, a remarkable feat of mechanical and social engineering, complete with geothermal heating and sustainable energy.
Novel · 2018
Ten thousand city-state habitats orbit the planet Yellowstone, forming a near perfect democratic human paradise. But even utopia has a dark side.
Novel · 2018
The sentient warship Trouble Dog was built for violence, yet following a brutal war, she is disgusted by her role in a genocide. Stripped of her weaponry and seeking to atone, she joins the House of Reclamation, an organisation dedicated to rescuing ships in distress.
by Kelly Robson
Novella · 2018
Earth needs restoration. An ecologist seeks answers in ancient rivers.
by Nancy Kress
Novel · 2018
Ten years after the Aliens left Earth, humanity succeeds in building a ship, Friendship, to follow them home to Kindred. Aboard are a crew of scientists, diplomats, and a squad of Rangers to protect them. But when the Friendship arrives, they find nothing they expected.
Novel · 2018
Centuries after the last humans left Earth, the Exodus Fleet is a living relic, a place many are from but few outsiders have seen.
Novel · 2018
It is twenty-five years since China established the first colony on the moon, and the lives of three people are about to collide. American Fred Fredericks is making his first trip there, his purpose to install a communications system for China's Lunar Science Foundation.
by Yoon Ha Lee
Novel · 2018
Shuos Jedao is awake... and nothing is as he remembers. He's a teenager, a cadet--a nobody--in the body of an old man; a general in command of an elite force. And he's the most feared, and reviled, man in the galaxy.
by Martha Wells
Novella · 2018
"Sci-Fi's favorite antisocial AI is back on a mission. The case against the too-big-to-fail GrayChris Corporation is floundering, and more importantly, authorities are beginning to ask more questions about where Dr. Mensah's SecUnit is. And Murderbot would rather those questions went away. For good."
Novel · 2018
Mankind will not get to fight for its destiny. They must sing. A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented by the remnants of civilization.
Novella · 2018 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Creeper, a scrappy young teen, is done living on the streets of New Orleans.
by Peter Watts
Novella · 2018
How do you stage a mutiny when you're only awake one day in a million? How do you conspire when your tiny handful of potential allies changes with each job shift?
Novella · 2018
Welcome to the Scattered Pearls Belt, a collection of ring habitats and orbitals ruled by exiled human scholars and powerful families, and held together by living mindships who carry people and freight between the stars.
by Ian McDonald
Novella · 2018
A love story stitched across time and war, shaped by the power of books. In the heart of World War II, Tom and Ben became lovers.
Novella · 2018
Settlers seek vital supplies. A dangerous season approaches Dust.
by Lavie Tidhar
Novel · 2018
Lior Tirosh is a semi-successful author of pulp fiction, an inadvertent time traveler, and an ongoing source of disappointment to his father. Tirosh has returned to his homeland in East Africa. But Palestina--a Jewish state founded in the early 20th century--has grown dangerous.
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