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Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1971 to 2024)

The Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel is an annual award presented by Locus, a science fiction and fantasy magazine. The award for Sci-Fi novels was first presented in 1980. However previous to that, from 1971 they award a more generic "Best Novel" award, which coincidentally was only awarded to sci-fi books, so I have also included those books here.

#1

Ringworld

#1 of 5 in Ringworld

1970 • 714 Readers • 288 pages • 3.6

#2

The Lathe of Heaven

1971 • 615 Readers • 6h 48m • 4

#3

The Gods Themselves

1972 • 330 Readers • 288 pages • 3.9

#4

Rendezvous with Rama

#1 of 4 in Rama

1973 • 889 Readers • 214 pages • 3.9

#5

The Dispossessed

#6 of 18 in Hainish Cycle

1974 • 1,158 Readers • 400 pages • 4.2

#6

The Forever War

#1 of 2 in The Forever War

1974 • 994 Readers • 203 pages • 4

#7

Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang

1976 • 88 Readers • 256 pages • 3.5

#8

Gateway

#1 of 6 in Heechee Saga

1975 • 332 Readers • 294 pages • 3.9

#9

Dreamsnake

1978 • 96 Readers • 288 pages • 3.2

#10

Titan

#1 of 1 in Gaea Trilogy

1979 • 68 Readers • 324 pages • 3.7

#11

The Snow Queen

#1 of 4 in Tiamat

1980 • 127 Readers • 536 pages • 3.4

#12

The Many-Colored Land

#1 of 6 in Saga of the Pliocene Exile

1981 • 23 Readers • 433 pages • 3.9

#13

Foundation's edge

#4 of 8 in Foundation (Publication Order)

1951 • 496 Readers • 450 pages • 4

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#14

Startide Rising

#2 of 7 in The Uplift Saga

1983 • 138 Readers • 498 pages • 3.9

#15

The Integral Trees

#2 of 3 in The State

1983 • 38 Readers • 240 pages • 3.6

#16

The Postman

1985 • 187 Readers • 296 pages • 3.5

#17

Speaker for the Dead

#2 of 6 in Ender's Saga

1986 • 954 Readers • 382 pages • 4.1

#18

The Uplift War

#3 of 7 in The Uplift Saga

1987 • 97 Readers • 638 pages • 3.9

#19

Cyteen

#1 of 3 in Cyteen

1988 • 92 Readers • 885 pages • 3.5

#20

Hyperion

#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

1989 • 2,170 Readers • 492 pages • 4.3

#21

The Fall of Hyperion

#2 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

1990 • 704 Readers • 595 pages • 4.2

#22

Barrayar

#7 of 16 in Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order)

1991 • 175 Readers • 402 pages • 4.1

#23

Doomsday Book

#1 of 4 in Oxford Time Travel

1992 • 513 Readers • 593 pages • 3.8

#24

Green Mars

#2 of 3 in Mars Trilogy

1992 • 261 Readers • 3.8

#25

Mirror Dance

#8 of 16 in Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order)

1994 • 109 Readers • 613 pages • 4.1

#26

The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

1995 • 601 Readers • 536 pages • 4.1

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#27

Blue Mars

#3 of 3 in Mars Trilogy

1996 • 222 Readers • 612 pages • 3.8

#28

The Rise of Endymion

#4 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

1997 • 356 Readers • 29h 47m • 4

#29

To Say Nothing of the Dog

#2 of 4 in Oxford Time Travel

1990 • 323 Readers • 514 pages • 4.2

#30

Cryptonomicon

1999 • 902 Readers • 1,152 pages • 4.2

#31

The Telling

#8 of 18 in Hainish Cycle

2000 • 85 Readers • 264 pages • 3.9

#32

Passage

2001 • 52 Readers • 608 pages • 3.6

#33

The Years of Rice and Salt

2002 • 170 Readers • 3.6

#34

Ilium

#1 of 2 in Ilium

2003 • 269 Readers • 752 pages • 3.8

#35

The Confusion

#2 of 1 in The Baroque Cycle

2004 • 167 Readers • 848 pages • 4.1

#36

The System of the World

#3 of 1 in The Baroque Cycle

2001 • 164 Readers • 912 pages • 4.2

#37

Accelerando

1900 • 262 Readers • 415 pages • 3.5

#38

Rainbows End

2006 • 153 Readers • 364 pages • 3.3

#39

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

2006 • 324 Readers • 414 pages • 3.7

#40

Anathem

2008 • 747 Readers • 1,092 pages • 4.1

#41

Boneshaker

#1 of 6 in The Clockwork Century

2009 • 290 Readers • 416 pages • 3.3

#42

Blackout

#3 of 4 in Oxford Time Travel

2010 • 170 Readers • 505 pages • 3.6

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#43

All Clear

#2 of 2 in All Clear

2010 • 101 Readers • 800 pages • 3.9

#44

Embassytown

2011 • 354 Readers • 440 pages • 3.8

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#45

Redshirts

2012 • 862 Readers • 318 pages • 3.8

#46

Abaddon's Gate

#3 of 10 in The Expanse

2013 • 1,055 Readers • 539 pages • 4.2

#47

Ancillary Sword

#2 of 5 in Imperial Radch

2014 • 488 Readers • 359 pages • 4

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#48

Ancillary Mercy

#3 of 5 in Imperial Radch

2015 • 392 Readers • 432 pages • 4.1

#49

Death's End

#3 of 4 in The Three-Body Problem

2010 • 1,112 Readers • 604 pages • 4.4

#50

The Collapsing Empire

#1 of 3 in The Interdependency

2017 • 707 Readers • 336 pages • 4.1

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#51

The Calculating Stars

#1 of 4 in Lady Astronaut Universe

2018 • 656 Readers • 384 pages • 4.1

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#52

The City in the Middle of the Night

2 The City in the Middle of the Night

2018 • 300 Readers • 366 pages • 3.2

#53

Network Effect

#5 of 7 in The Murderbot Diaries

2020 • 1,175 Readers • 352 pages • 4.4

#54

A Desolation Called Peace

#2 of 2 in Teixcalaan

2021 • 491 Readers • 496 pages • 4.2

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#55

The Kaiju Preservation Society

2022 • 921 Readers • 272 pages • 3.9

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#56

System Collapse

#7 of 7 in The Murderbot Diaries

2023 • 863 Readers • 197 pages • 4.1