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

Updated 7 days ago
56 Books
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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.

Position	Details	Rating	Readers Count
#1	Ringworld Larry Niven	3.62	397 reads
#2	The Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. Le Guin	4.05	310 reads
#3	The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov	3.86	163 reads
#4	Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke	3.94	556 reads
#5	The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin	4.2	471 reads
#6	The Forever War Joe Haldeman	3.96	561 reads
#7	Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm	3.48	31 reads
#8	Gateway Frederik Pohl	3.89	184 reads
#9	Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre	3.23	33 reads
#10	Titan John Varley	3.67	32 reads
#11	The Snow Queen Joan D. Vinge	3.36	55 reads
#12	The Many-Colored Land Julian May	3.88	9 reads
#13	Foundation's edge Isaac Asimov	3.98	340 reads
#14	Startide Rising David Brin	3.98	84 reads
#15	The Integral Trees Larry Niven	3.63	24 reads
#16	The Postman David Brin	3.54	94 reads
#17	Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card	4.14	752 reads
#18	The Uplift War David Brin	3.87	71 reads
#19	Cyteen C. J. Cherryh	3.52	32 reads
#20	Hyperion Dan Simmons	4.26	970 reads
#21	The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons	4.16	509 reads
#22	Barrayar Lois McMaster Bujold	4.07	144 reads
#23	Doomsday Book Connie Willis Rafael Marín Trechera (Translator)	3.82	247 reads
#24	Green Mars Kim Stanley Robinson	3.77	157 reads
#25	Mirror Dance Lois McMaster Bujold	4.04	83 reads
#26	The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer Neal Stephenson	4.06	317 reads
#27	Blue Mars Kim Stanley Robinson	3.82	119 reads
#28	The Rise of Endymion Dan Simmons	4.04	228 reads
#29	To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis	4.18	154 reads
#30	Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson	4.24	458 reads
#31	The Telling Ursula K. Le Guin	3.86	23 reads
#32	Passage Connie Willis	3.59	21 reads
#33	The Years of Rice and Salt Kim Stanley Robinson	3.57	59 reads
#34	Ilium Dan Simmons	3.82	125 reads
#35	The Confusion Neal Stephenson	4.1	101 reads
#36	The System of the World Neal Stephenson	4.21	96 reads
#37	Accelerando Charles Stross	3.53	110 reads
#38	Rainbows End Vernor Vinge	3.34	74 reads
#39	The Yiddish Policemen's Union Michael Chabon	3.66	166 reads
#40	Anathem Neal Stephenson	4.14	324 reads
#41	Boneshaker Cherie Priest	3.33	168 reads
#42	Blackout Connie Willis	3.63	73 reads
#43	All Clear Connie Willis	3.9	60 reads
#44	Embassytown China Miéville	3.8	157 reads
#45	Redshirts John Scalzi	3.82	605 reads
#46	Abaddon's Gate James S. A. Corey	4.19	850 reads
#47	Ancillary Sword Ann Leckie	3.99	371 reads
#48	Ancillary Mercy Ann Leckie	4.1	294 reads
#49	Death's End Cixin Liu Ken Liu (Translator)	4.35	713 reads
#50	The Collapsing Empire John Scalzi	4.06	406 reads
#51	The Calculating Stars Mary Robinette Kowal	4.06	306 reads
#52	The City in the Middle of the Night Charlie Jane Anders	3.23	95 reads
#53	Network Effect Martha Wells	4.4	836 reads
#54	A Desolation Called Peace Arkady Martine	4.2	293 reads
#55	The Kaiju Preservation Society John Scalzi	3.93	517 reads
#56	System Collapse Martha Wells	4.14	503 reads