Get started ↓Every science fiction novel and novella recognized by the 2020 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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Novel · 2018
Would you give up everything to change the world? Humanity clings to life on January – a colonized planet divided between permanently frozen darkness on one side, and blazing endless sunshine on the other.
by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Novella · 2019
Two rival agents exchange letters across the battlefield of time.
Novella · 2019
An actress enters the past. Her character is still alive.
Novel · 2019
A salvage crew searches. An ancient discovery draws enemies.
by Ted Chiang
Novella · 2019
"Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" is a science fiction novella by American writer Ted Chiang, initially published in the 2019 collection Exhalation: Stories. The novella's name quotes a proverb by Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) in his work The Concept of Anxiety (1844).
Novel · 2019
A fugitive crosses time. An empress controls the stars.
Novel · 2019
The former warship Trouble Dog and her crew follow a distress call from the human starship Lucy's Ghost , whose crew have sought refuge aboard an abandoned generation ship launched ten thousand years before by an alien race.
by Ian McDonald
Novel · 2019
Luna: Moon Rising is a 2019 science fiction novel by British author Ian McDonald. The sequel to Luna: Wolf Moon (2017), it continues that book's story of the fallen Corta family, whose remaining members struggle for survival and revenge in the aftermath of their destruction at the hands of their enemies on the Moon.
Novella · 2019
Earth faces a dying future. Two women share a dangerous connection.
Novel · 2019
1992: After a confrontation at a riot grrl concert, seventeen-year-old Beth finds herself in a car with her friend's abusive boyfriend dead in the backseat, agreeing to help her friends hide the body.
Novella · 2019 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
When the djinn king Melek Ahmar wakes up after millennia of imprisoned slumber, he finds a world vastly different from what he remembers.
Novella · 2019 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 is an alternate history science fantasy police procedural novella by American novelist P. Djèlí Clark. It was first published by Tor.com in 2019.
Novel · 2019
The Light Brigade is a 2019 science fiction novel by Kameron Hurley, in which brutal descriptions of war and economic exploitation in a dystopian future are used to provide strongly critical commentary on the nature of warfare and capitalism. It was nominated for both Hugo and Locus awards for 2020.
Novel · 2019
Rosewater faces human and alien rivals. Its future demands divided loyalties.
Novel · 2019
15 years after the sons of Jacob seized power in the USA and became Gilead. The story is told from three female viewpoints; Daisy, Agnes and Lydia.
Novella · 2019
Four explorers change themselves to meet the worlds they discover.
by Chuck Wendig
Novel · 2019
A decadent rock star. A deeply religious radio host. A disgraced scientist. And a teenage girl who may be the world's last hope.
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