Here are the Best SFF and Horror Books of the Year, According to the Locus Awards
The Locus Awards, first started in 1971, are given out annually in several sci-fi, fantasy, and horror categories. The winners are determined by votes from the readers of Locus Magazine. This year, the awards ceremony was MCed by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, author of the YA SFF books The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea and Squad, among others.
Here are this year’s winners!
Fantasy Novel
Babel, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
Horror Novel
What Moves the Dead, T. Kingfisher (Nightfire; Titan UK)
Runners up:
Saturnalia, Stephanie Feldman (Unnamed)
Just Like Home, Sarah Gailey (Tor; Hodder & Stoughton)
Road of Bones, Christopher Golden (St. Martin’s; Titan UK)
The Devil Takes You Home, Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland; Wildfire)
The Fervor, Alma Katsu (Putnam; Titan UK)
Gwendy’s Final Task, Stephen King & Richard Chizmar (Cemetery Dance; Hodder & Stoughton)
Echo, Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Nightfire; Hodder & Stoughton)
No Gods for Drowning, Hailey Piper (Agora)
The Pallbearers Club, Paul Tremblay (Morrow; Titan UK)
Sundial, Catriona Ward (Nightfire; Viper)
Other Locus Award Winners
- Young Adult Novel: Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak, Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen; Titan UK)
- First Novel: The Mountain in the Sea, Ray Nayler (MCD; Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
- Novella: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, Becky Chambers (Tordotcom)
- Anthology: Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, Sheree Renée Thomas & Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Zelda Knight, eds. (Tor)
- Collection: Boys, Beasts & Men, Sam J. Miller (Tachyon)
- Nonfiction: Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes: The Official Biography, Rob Wilkins (Doubleday UK)
- Illustrated and Art Book: Chivalry, Neil Gaiman, art by Colleen Doran (Dark Horse)
Check out the full list of winners and runners up at Locus.
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