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The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America gives awards for good Science Fiction writing. Each year they give the Nebula Award for Best Novel. In this list, the year means the year that the book was published; awards are given the next year.

Winners and other nominees

Year Winner Other authors and books that were named as very good
1965 Dune
by Frank Herbert1
1966 (tie)
1967 The Einstein Intersection
by Samuel R. Delany
1968 Rite of Passage
by Alexei Panshin
  • Black Easter by James Blish
  • Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
  • The Masks of Time by Robert Silverberg
  • Past Master by R. A. Lafferty
  • Picnic on Paradise by Joanna Russ
  • Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner1
1969 The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin1
  • Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad
  • Isle of the Dead by Roger Zelazny
  • The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner
  • Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
  • Up the Line by Robert Silverberg
1970 Ringworld
by Larry Niven1
  • And Chaos Died by Joanna Russ
  • Fourth Mansions by R. A. Lafferty
  • The Steel Crocodile by D. G. Compton
  • Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg
  • The Year of the Quiet Sun by Wilson Tucker
1971 A Time of Changes
by Robert Silverberg
1972 The Gods Themselves
by Isaac Asimov1
  • The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg
  • Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg
  • The Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad
  • The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner
  • What Entropy Means to Me by George Alec Effinger
  • When Harlie Was One by David Gerrold
1973 Rendezvous with Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke1
1974 The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin1
  • 334 by Thomas M. Disch
  • Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
  • The Godwhale by T. J. Bass
1975 The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman1
1976 Man Plus
by Frederik Pohl
1977 Gateway
by Frederik Pohl1
  • Cirque by Terry Carr
  • In the Ocean of Night by Gregory Benford
  • Moonstar Odyssey by David Gerrold
  • Sword of Demon by Richard A. Lupoff
1978 Dreamsnake
by Vonda McIntyre1
1979 The Fountains of Paradise
by Arthur C. Clarke1
  • Jem by Frederik Pohl
  • Juniper Time by Kate Wilhelm
  • On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch
  • The Road to Corlay by Richard Cowper
  • Titan by John Varley
1980 Timescape
by Gregory Benford
  • Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl
  • Mockingbird by Walter Tevis
  • The Orphan by Robert Stallman
  • The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe
  • The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge 1
1981 The Claw of the Conciliator
by Gene Wolfe
  • Little, Big by John Crowley
  • The Many-Colored Land by Julian May
  • Radix by A. A. Attanasio
  • Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
  • The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
1982 No Enemy But Time
by Michael Bishop
1983 Startide Rising
by David Brin1
  • Against Infinity by Gregory Benford
  • The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe
  • Lyonesse by Jack Vance
  • Tea with the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy
  • The Void Captain's Tale by Norman Spinrad
1984 Neuromancer
by William Gibson1
  • Frontera by Lewis Shiner
  • The Integral Trees by Larry Niven
  • ' by Robert A. Heinlein
  • The Man Who Melted by Jack Dann
  • The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson
1985 Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card1
  • Blood Music by Greg Bear
  • Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers
  • Helliconia Winter by Brian Aldiss
  • The Postman by David Brin
  • The Remaking of Sigmund Freud by Barry N. Malzberg
  • Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling
1986 Speaker for the Dead
by Orson Scott Card1
  • Count Zero by William Gibson
  • Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe
  • The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
  • The Journal of Nicholas the American by Leigh Kennedy
  • This is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow
1987 The Falling Woman
by Pat Murphy
  • The Forge of God by Greg Bear
  • Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe
  • The Uplift War by David Brin1
  • Vergil in Averno by Avram Davidson
  • When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
1988 Falling Free
by Lois McMaster Bujold
1989 The Healer's War
by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
1990 Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1991 Stations of the Tide
by Michael Swanwick
  • Orbital Resonance by John Barnes
  • Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold 1
  • Bone Dance by Emma Bull
  • Synners by Pat Cadigan
  • The Difference Engine by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson
1992 Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis1
  • A Million Open Doors by John Barnes
  • Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler
  • China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh
  • A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge1
  • Briar Rose by Jane Yolen
1993 Red Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Assemblers of Infinity by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason
  • Hard Landing by Algis Budrys
  • Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
  • Nightside the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
1994 Moving Mars
by Greg Bear
  • Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
  • Gun, with Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem
  • Towing Jehovah by James Morrow
  • Temporary Agency by Rachel Pollack
  • Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson1
  • A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
1995 The Terminal Experiment
by Robert J. Sawyer
  • Mother of Storms by John Barnes
  • Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress
  • Celestis by Paul Park
  • Metropolitan by Walter Jon Williams
  • Calde of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe
1996 Slow River
by Nicola Griffith
  • The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
  • Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip
  • Expiration Date by Tim Powers
  • Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer
  • The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson 1
1997 The Moon and the Sun
by Vonda McIntyre
  • Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • King's Dragon by Kate Elliott
  • A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
  • Ancient Shores by Jack McDevitt
  • City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams
  • Bellwether by Connie Willis
1998 Forever Peace
by Joe Haldeman1
  • The Last Hawk by Catherine Asaro
  • Moonfall by Jack McDevitt
  • How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove
  • Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells
  • To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis 1
1999 Parable of the Talents
by Octavia E. Butler
2000 Darwin's Radio
by Greg Bear
  • A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • Crescent City Rhapsody by Kathleen Ann Goonan
  • Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
  • Infinity Beach by Jack McDevitt
  • Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint
2001 The Quantum Rose
by Catherine Asaro
  • Eternity's End by Jeffrey A. Carver
  • Mars Crossing by Geoffrey A. Landis
  • A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin
  • The Collapsium by Wil McCarthy
  • The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip
  • Declare by Tim Powers
  • Passage by Connie Willis

Although Declare appeared on the final ballot, it was afterwards determined to be ineligible.

2002 American Gods
by Neil Gaiman1
2003 The Speed of Dark
by Elizabeth Moon
2004 Paladin of Souls
by Lois McMaster Bujold 1
2005 Camouflage
by Joe Haldeman
  • Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke 1
  • Polaris by Jack McDevitt
  • Going Postal by Terry Pratchett
  • Air by Geoff Ryman
  • Orphans of Chaos by John C. Wright
2006 Seeker
by Jack McDevitt
  • The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner
  • The Girl in the Glass by Jeffrey Ford
  • Farthing by Jo Walton
  • From the Files of the Time Rangers by Richard Bowes
  • To Crush the Moon by Wil McCarthy
2007 The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon 1
  • Odyssey by Jack McDevitt
  • The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman
  • The New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson
  • Ragamuffin by Tobias Buckell
2008 Powers
by Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow
  • Cauldron by Jack McDevitt
  • Brasyl by Ian McDonald
  • Making Money by Terry Pratchett
  • Superpowers by David J. Schwartz
2009 The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi 1
  • The Love We Share Without Knowing by Christopher Barzak
  • Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman
  • The City & the City by China Miéville 1
  • Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
  • Finch by Jeff VanderMeer

1 Also a winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel.

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