Nebula Awards Nominees and Winners: Best Novel

1997

• Bellwether by Connie Willis, published by Bantam Spectra. Nominated for Best Novel in 1997
• City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams, published by HarperPrism. Nominated for Best Novel in 1997
• A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin, published by Bantam Spectra. Nominated for Best Novel in 1997
• King’s Dragon by Kate Elliott, published by DAW. Nominated for Best Novel in 1997
• Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold, published by Baen. Nominated for Best Novel in 1997
• How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove, published by Ballantine Del Rey. Nominated for Best Novel in 1997

1996

• Slow River by Nicola Griffith, published by Ballantine Del Rey. Winner, Best Novel in 1996
• The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson, published by Bantam Spectra. Nominated for Best Novel in 1996
• Expiration Date by Tim Powers, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1996
• The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, published by AvoNova. Nominated for Best Novel in 1996
• Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer, published by Analog and Ace. Nominated for Best Novel in 1996
• Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip, published by Ace. Nominated for Best Novel in 1996

1995

• The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer, published by HarperPrism and Analog. Winner, Best Novel in 1995
• Calde of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1995
• Celestis by Paul Park, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1995
• Metropolitan by Walter Jon Williams, published by HarperPrism. Nominated for Best Novel in 1995
• Mother of Storms by John Barnes, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1995

1994

• Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, published by Bantam Spectra. Nominated for Best Novel in 1994
• Gun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem, published by Harcourt. Nominated for Best Novel in 1994
• A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny, published by Morrow. Nominated for Best Novel in 1994
• Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, published by Four Walls Eight Windows. Nominated for Best Novel in 1994
• Temporary Agency by Rachel Pollack, published by St. Martin’s. Nominated for Best Novel in 1994
• Towing Jehovah by James Morrow, published by Harcourt. Nominated for Best Novel in 1994
• Moving Mars by Greg Bear, published by Tor. Winner, Best Novel in 1994
• Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1994

1993

• Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson, published by Bantam Spectra. Winner, Best Novel in 1993
• Assemblers of Infinity by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason, published by Bantam Spectra and Analog. Nominated for Best Novel in 1993
• Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress, published by Morrow. Nominated for Best Novel in 1993
• Hard Landing by Algis Budrys, published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and Warner Questar. Nominated for Best Novel in 1993
• Nightside the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1993

1992

• Doomsday Book by Connie Willis, published by Bantam Spectra. Winner, Best Novel in 1992
• China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1992
• A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1992
• A Million Open Doors by John Barnes, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1992
• Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler, published by Henry Holt. Nominated for Best Novel in 1992
• Briar Rose by Jane Yolen, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1992

1991

• Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick, published by Asimov’s Magazine and Morrow. Winner, Best Novel in 1991
• Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold, published by Analog and Baen. Nominated for Best Novel in 1991
• Bone Dance by Emma Bull, published by Ace. Nominated for Best Novel in 1991
• The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. Nominated for Best Novel in 1991
• Synners by Pat Cadigan, published by Bantam Spectra. Nominated for Best Novel in 1991
• Orbital Resonance by John Barnes, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1991

1990

• Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Macmillan Atheneum. Winner, Best Novel in 1990
• The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons, published by Doubleday. Nominated for Best Novel in 1990
• Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin, published by Doubleday. Nominated for Best Novel in 1990
• Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow, published by Morrow. Nominated for Best Novel in 1990
• Redshift Rendezvous by John E. Stith, published by Ace. Nominated for Best Novel in 1990
• White Jenna by Jane Yolen, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1990

1989

• The Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1989
• Good News From Outer Space by John Kessel, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1989
• Ivory by Mike Resnick, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1989
• Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1989
• Sister Light, Sister Dark by Jane Yolen, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1989
• The Healer’s War by Elizabeth Anne Scarborough, published by Doubleday. Winner, Best Novel in 1989

1988

• Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold, published by Analog and Baen. Winner, Best Novel in 1988
• Drowning Towers by George Turner, published by Morrow. Nominated for Best Novel in 1988
• Deserted Cities of the Heart by Lewis Shiner, published by Doubleday. Nominated for Best Novel in 1988
• Great Sky River by Gregory Benford, published by Bantam Spectra. Nominated for Best Novel in 1988
• Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson, published by Bantam Spectra. Nominated for Best Novel in 1988
• Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1988
• The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1988

1987

• The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy, published by Tor. Winner, Best Novel in 1987
• The Forge of God by Greg Bear, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1987
• Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe, published by Tor. Nominated for Best Novel in 1987
• The Uplift War by David Brin, published by Bantam Spectra and Phantasia Press Inc.. Nominated for Best Novel in 1987
• Vergil in Averno by Avram Davidson, published by Doubleday. Nominated for Best Novel in 1987
• When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger, published by Arbor House. Nominated for Best Novel in 1987

1986

• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, published by Houghton Mifflin. Nominated for Best Novel in 1986
• Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card, published by Tor. Winner, Best Novel in 1986
• Count Zero by William Gibson, published by Asimov’s Magazine and Arbor House. Nominated for Best Novel in 1986
• Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe, published by Tor and Mark V. Ziesing. Nominated for Best Novel in 1986
• The Journal of Nicholas the American by Leigh Kennedy, published by Atlantic Monthly Press. Nominated for Best Novel in 1986
• This Is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow, published by Henry Holt. Nominated for Best Novel in 1986

1985

• Dinner at Deviant’s Palace by Tim Powers, published by Ace. Nominated for Best Novel in 1985
• Helliconia Winter by Brian W. Aldiss, published by Atheneum. Nominated for Best Novel in 1985
• The Postman by David Brin, published by Bantam Spectra. Nominated for Best Novel in 1985
• The Remaking of Sigmund Freud by Barry N. Malzberg, published by Ballantine Del Rey. Nominated for Best Novel in 1985
• Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling, published by Arbor House. Nominated for Best Novel in 1985
• Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, published by Tor. Winner, Best Novel in 1985
• Blood Music by Greg Bear, published by Arbor House. Nominated for Best Novel in 1985

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