Nebula Awards Nominees and Winners: Best Novel

2025

• When We Were Real, by Daryl Gregory (Saga) . Nominated for Best Novel in 2025
• The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga; Titan UK) . Nominated for Best Novel in 2025
• Katabasis, by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK) . Nominated for Best Novel in 2025
• Death of the Author, by Nnedi Okorafor (Morrow; Gollancz) . Nominated for Best Novel in 2025
• The Incandescent, by Emily Tesh (Tor; Orbit UK) . Nominated for Best Novel in 2025
• Sour Cherry, by Natalia Theodoridou (Tin House; Wildfire) . Nominated for Best Novel in 2025
• Wearing the Lion, by John Wiswell (DAW; Arcadia) . Nominated for Best Novel in 2025

2024

• Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell, published by DAW and Arcadia UK. Winner, Best Novel in 2024
• The Book of Love by Kelly Link, published by Random House and Ad Astra UK. Nominated for Best Novel in 2024
• A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher, published by Tor and Titan UK. Nominated for Best Novel in 2024
• Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory by Yaroslav Barsukov, published by CaezikSF & Fantasy. Nominated for Best Novel in 2024
• Asunder by Kerstin Hall, published by Tordotcom. Nominated for Best Novel in 2024
• Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera, published by Tordotcom. Nominated for Best Novel in 2024

2023

• The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera, published by Tordotcom. Winner, Best Novel in 2023
• The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang, published by Tordotcom and Solaris UK. Nominated for Best Novel in 2023
• Translation State by Ann Leckie, published by Orbit US and Orbit UK. Nominated for Best Novel in 2023
• The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz, published by Tor and Orbit UK. Nominated for Best Novel in 2023
• Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi, published by DAW and Gollancz. Nominated for Best Novel in 2023
• Witch King by Martha Wells, published by Tordotcom. Nominated for Best Novel in 2023

2022

• Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, published by Cryptid and Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 2022
• Spear by Nicola Griffith, published by Tordotcom. Nominated for Best Novel in 2022
• Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher, published by Tor and Titan UK. Nominated for Best Novel in 2022
• Babel by R. F. Kuang, published by Harper Voyager US and Harper Voyager UK. Winner, Best Novel in 2022
• The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler, published by MCD and Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Nominated for Best Novel in 2022
• Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, published by Tordotcom. Nominated for Best Novel in 2022

2021

• The Unbroken by C. L. Clark, published by Orbit US and Orbit UK. Nominated for Best Novel in 2021
• A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark, published by Tordotcom and Orbit UK. Winner, Best Novel in 2021
• Machinehood by S.B. Divya, published by Saga. Nominated for Best Novel in 2021
• A Desolation called Peace by Arkady Martine, published by Tor and Tor UK. Nominated for Best Novel in 2021
• Plague Birds by Jason Sanford, published by Apex. Nominated for Best Novel in 2021

2020

• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, published by Bloomsbury US and Bloomsbury UK. Nominated for Best Novel in 2020
• The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin, published by Orbit US and Orbit UK. Nominated for Best Novel in 2020
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, published by Del Rey and Jo Fletcher. Nominated for Best Novel in 2020
• The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk, published by Erewhon. Nominated for Best Novel in 2020
• Network Effect by Martha Wells, published by Tordotcom. Winner, Best Novel in 2020
• Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse, published by Saga and Solaris. Nominated for Best Novel in 2020

2019

• Marque of Caine by Charles E. Gannon, published by Baen. Nominated for Best Novel in 2019
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow, published by Redhook. Nominated for Best Novel in 2019
• A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 2019
• Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, published by Del Rey. Nominated for Best Novel in 2019
• Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, published by Tor.com. Nominated for Best Novel in 2019
• A Song for a New Day by Sarah Pinsker, published by Berkley. Winner, Best Novel in 2019

2018

• The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal, published by Tor. Winner, Best Novel in 2018
• The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang, published by Harper Voyager. Nominated for Best Novel in 2018
• Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller, published by Ecco. Nominated for Best Novel in 2018
• Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, published by Del Rey. Nominated for Best Novel in 2018
• Witchmark by C. L. Polk, published by Tor.com. Nominated for Best Novel in 2018
• Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse, published by Saga Press. Nominated for Best Novel in 2018

2017

• Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 2017
• The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss, published by Saga Press. Nominated for Best Novel in 2017
• Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory, published by Knopf. Nominated for Best Novel in 2017
• The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin, published by Orbit US. Winner, Best Novel in 2017
• Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty, published by Orbit US. Nominated for Best Novel in 2017
• Jade City by Fonda Lee, published by Orbit US. Nominated for Best Novel in 2017
• Autonomous by Annalee Newitz, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 2017

2016

• All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders, published by Tor. Winner, Best Novel in 2016
• Borderline by Mishell Baker, published by Saga Press. Nominated for Best Novel in 2016
• The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin, published by Orbit US. Nominated for Best Novel in 2016
• Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee, published by Solaris US. Nominated for Best Novel in 2016
• Everfair by Nisi Shawl, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 2016

2015

• Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie, published by Orbit US and Orbit UK. Nominated for Best Novel in 2015
• Barsk: The Elephants’ Graveyard by Lawrence M. Schoen, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 2015
• The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, published by Orbit US and Orbit UK. Nominated for Best Novel in 2015
• The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu, published by Saga Press. Nominated for Best Novel in 2015
• Raising Caine by Charles E. Gannon, published by Baen. Nominated for Best Novel in 2015
• Updraft by Fran Wilde, published by Tor. Nominated for Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction, Best Novel in 2015. Winner, Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
• Uprooted by Naomi Novik, published by Del Rey. Winner, Best Novel in 2015

2014

• The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 2014
• Trial By Fire by Charles E. Gannon, published by Baen. Nominated for Best Novel in 2014
• Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie, published by Orbit US. Nominated for Best Novel in 2014
• The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 2014
• Coming Home by Jack McDevitt, published by Ace. Nominated for Best Novel in 2014
• Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Winner, Best Novel in 2014

2013

• We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler, published by Marian Wood. Nominated for Best Novel in 2013
• The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, published by Morrow and Headline Review. Nominated for Best Novel in 2013
• Fire With Fire by Charles E. Gannon, published by Baen. Nominated for Best Novel in 2013
• Hild by Nicola Griffith, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Nominated for Best Novel in 2013
• Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie, published by Orbit US and Orbit UK. Winner, Best Novel in 2013
• The Red: First Light by Linda Nagata, published by Mythic Island Press LLC. Nominated for Best Novel in 2013
• A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar, published by Small Beer. Nominated for Best Novel in 2013

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