Here are the Best SFF and Horror Books of the Year, According to the Locus Awards

Runners up:

Sweep of Stars, Maurice Broaddus (Tor)

The Red Scholar’s Wake, Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz; JABberwocky)

The Spare Man, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor; Solaris UK)

Sea of Tranquility, Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf; Picador; HarperCollins Canada)

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey; Jo Fletcher)

Goliath, Tochi Onyebuchi (Tordotcom)

Eyes of the Void, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US)

Neom, Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon)

Eversion, Alastair Reynolds (Gollancz; Orbit US)

Runners up:

The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison (Tor; Solaris UK)

When Women Were Dragons, Kelly Barnhill (Doubleday; Hot Key)

Spear, Nicola Griffith (Tordotcom)

The World We Make, N.K. Jemisin (Orbit US; Orbit UK)

Nettle & Bone, T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)

Nona the Ninth, Tamsyn Muir (Tordotcom)

The Golden Enclaves, Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK)

Fevered Star, Rebecca Roanhorse (Saga; Solaris UK)

Siren Queen, Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)

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)