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Awards List

2024

Gothikana
(*)
RuNyx

The Coven
(*)
Harper L. Woods

Spark of the Everflame
(*)
Penn Cole

The Stars are Dying
(*)
Chloe C. Penaranda

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
(*)
Heather Fawcett

Faebound
(*)
Saara El-Arifi

When the Moon Hatched
(*)
Sarah A. Parker

A Fate Inked in Blood
(*)
Danielle L. Jensen

The Familiar
(*)
Leigh Bardugo

Dreadful
(*)
Caitlin Rozakis

The Spellshop
(*)
Sarah Beth Durst

The Mercy of Gods
(*)
James S.A. Corey

Exodus
(*)
Peter F. Hamilton

The Games Gods Play
(*)
Abigail Owen

Long Live Evil
(*)
Sarah Rees Brennan

Phantasma
(*)
Kaylie Smith

Somewhere Beyond the Sea
(*)
T.J. Klune

Vilest Things
(*)
Chloe Gong

Absolution
(*)
Jeff VanderMeer

Bloodguard
(*)
Cecy Robson

The Songbird and the Heart of Stone
(*)
Carissa Broadbent

Throne of Secrets
(*)
Kerri Maniscalco

A Monsoon Rising
(*)
Thea Guanzon

Wind and Truth
(*)
Brandon Sanderson

2022

A Broken Blade
(*)
Melissa Blair

House of Sky and Breath
(*)
Sarah J. Maas

Legends & Lattes
(*)
Travis Baldree

Book of Night
(*)
Holly Black

Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence
(*)
R.F. Kuang

Nona the Ninth
(*)
Tamsyn Muir

The Atlas Paradox
(*)
Olivie Blake

The Fall of Numenor
(*)
J.R.R. Tolkien

Heart of the Sun Warrior
(*)
Sue Lynn Tan

The World We Make
(*)
N.K. Jemisin

2021

Empire of the Vampire
(*)
Jay Kristoff

Under the Whispering Door
(*)
T.J. Klune

Child of Light
(*)
Terry Brooks

The Last Graduate
(*)
Naomi Novik

Light From Uncommon Stars
(*)
Ryka Aoki

Lesser Evil
(*)
Timothy Zahn

Leviathan Falls
(*)
James S.A. Corey

Lore Olympus: Volume One
(*)
Rachel Smythe

A Marvellous Light
(*)
Freya Marske

V. E. Schwab's ExtraOrdinary
(*)
V.E. Schwab

2020

The City We Became
(*)
N.K. Jemisin

House of Earth and Blood
(*)
Sarah J. Maas

Piranesi
(*)
Susanna Clarke

To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
(*)
Christopher Paolini

A Deadly Education
(*)
Naomi Novik

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
(*)
V.E. Schwab

The Last Druid
(*)
Terry Brooks

The Once and Future Witches
(*)
Alix E. Harrow

Ready Player Two
(*)
Ernest Cline

Rhythm of War
(*)
Brandon Sanderson

2019

The Priory of the Orange Tree
(*)
Samantha Shannon

The Rage of Dragons
(*)
Evan Winter

Gods of Jade and Shadow
(*)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Dark Age
(*)
Pierce Brown

A Little Hatred
(*)
Joe Abercrombie

The Burning White
(*)
Brent Weeks

2018

Oathbringer
(*)
Brandon Sanderson

Iron Gold
(*)
Pierce Brown

Burn Bright
(*)
Patricia Briggs

The Poppy War
(*)
R.F. Kuang

Brief Cases
(*)
Jim Butcher

Kill the Farm Boy
(*)
Kevin Hearne; Delilah S. Dawson

Spinning Silver
(*)
Naomi Novik

Serpentine
(*)
Laurell K. Hamilton

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
(*)
Hank Green

Vengeful
(*)
V.E. Schwab

Alice Isn't Dead
(*)
Joseph Fink; Jeffrey Cranor

Red Moon
(*)
Kim Stanley Robinson

Fire and Blood: 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones
(*)
George R.R. Martin

How Long 'til Black Future Month?: Stories
(*)
N.K. Jemisin

The Fall of Gondolin
(*)
J.R.R. Tolkien

Award Categories

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Picture Books

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Young Adult Books

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Award Years

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017