What the critics gave prizes to
Award winners and shortlists, old and new together.

American Gods
Neil Gaiman2001

The City & the City
China Miéville2009

Piranesi
Susanna Clarke2020

Among Others
Jo Walton2011

Uprooted
Naomi Novik2015

Paladin of Souls
Lois McMaster Bujold2003

The Stone Sky
N. K. Jemisin2017

A Master of Djinn
P. Djèlí Clark2021

The Claw of the Conciliator
Gene Wolfe1981

Towing Jehovah
James Morrow1994

Little, Big
John Crowley1981

The Fifth Season
N. K. Jemisin2015

The Obelisk Gate
N. K. Jemisin2016

The City We Became
N. K. Jemisin2020

Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik2018

Iron Council
China Miéville2004

All the Birds in the Sky
Charlie Jane Anders2016

The Sword of the Lictor
Gene Wolfe1982

The Drowning Girl
Caitlín R. Kiernan2012

The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman2013

Babel
R.F. Kuang2022

Witch King
Martha Wells2023

The Shadow of the Torturer
Gene Wolfe1980

The Scar
China Miéville2002

Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia2020

A Dance with Dragons
George R. R. Martin2011

The Goblin Emperor
Sarah Monette2014

The Reformatory
Tananarive Due2023

The Bone Clocks
David Mitchell2014

The Other Wind
Ursula K. Le Guin2001

The Prestige
Christopher Priest1995

The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow2019

Declare
Tim Powers2000

Brittle Innings
Michael Bishop1994

Last Call
Tim Powers1992

Mythago Wood
Robert Holdstock1984