Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Dragon Con (fan-voted award presented at Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia)
An annual fan-voted literary award presented at Dragon Con recognizing the best science fiction novel published during the eligibility period, part of the broader Dragon Awards established in 2016 to celebrate excellence across speculative fiction genres.
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2025
- This Inevitable RuinWon
Matt Dinniman
- AbsolutionShortlisted
Jeff VanderMeer
- Alliance UnboundShortlisted
C.J. Cherryh & Jane Fancher
- ExtremophileShortlisted
Ian Green
- Nether StationShortlisted
Kevin J. Anderson
- The Folded SkyShortlisted
Elizabeth Bear
- The Mercy of GodsShortlisted
James S.A. Corey
2024
- Starter VillainWon
John Scalzi
- Beyond the RangesShortlisted
John Ringo, James Aidee
- System CollapseShortlisted
Martha Wells
- The Jinn-Bot of ShantiportShortlisted
Samit Basu
- The Saint of Bright DoorsShortlisted
Vajra Chandrasekera
- Theft of FireShortlisted
Devon Eriksen
- These Burning StarsShortlisted
Bethany Jacobs
2023
- The Icarus PlotWon
Timothy Zahn
- Children of MemoryShortlisted
Adrian Tchaikovsky
- EversionShortlisted
Alastair Reynolds
- NeomShortlisted
Lavie Tidhar
- The Daughter of MoreauShortlisted
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- The Spare ManShortlisted
Mary Robinette Kowal
- Translation StateShortlisted
Ann Leckie
2022
- Leviathan FallsWon
James S. A. Corey
- GoliathShortlisted
Tochi Onyebuchi
- Shards of EarthShortlisted
Adrian Tchaikovsky
- The Kaiju Preservation SocietyShortlisted
John Scalzi
- You Sexy ThingShortlisted
Cat Rambo
2021
- Project Hail MaryWon
Andy Weir
- A Desolation Called PeaceShortlisted
Arkady Martine
- Attack SurfaceShortlisted
Cory Doctorow
- Black SunShortlisted
Rebecca Roanhorse
- MachineShortlisted
Elizabeth Bear
- Ready Player TwoShortlisted
Ernest Cline
- The Ministry for the FutureShortlisted
Kim Stanley Robinson
2020
- The Last EmperoxWon
John Scalzi
- Gideon the NinthShortlisted
Tamsyn Muir
- Network EffectShortlisted
Martha Wells
- The Future of Another TimelineShortlisted
Annalee Newitz
- The Rosewater RedemptionShortlisted
Tade Thompson
- The Ten Thousand Doors of JanuaryShortlisted
Alix E. Harrow
- The TestamentsShortlisted
Margaret Atwood
- WanderersShortlisted
Chuck Wendig
2019
- A Star-Wheeled SkyWon
Brad R. Torgersen
- A Memory Called EmpireShortlisted
Arkady Martine
- Europe at DawnShortlisted
Dave Hutchinson
- Record of a Spaceborn FewShortlisted
Becky Chambers
- Red MoonShortlisted
Kim Stanley Robinson
- Tiamat's WrathShortlisted
James S. A. Corey
2018
- ArtemisWon
Andy Weir
- It Takes Death to Reach a StarShortlisted
Gareth Worthington and Stu Jones
- Persepolis RisingShortlisted
James S. A. Corey
- Sins of Her FatherShortlisted
Mike Kupari
- Shortlisted
The Mutineer's Daughter
Chris Kennedy and Thomas A. Mays
- WinShortlisted
Vera Nazarian
2017
- Babylon's AshesWon
James S. A. Corey
- A Closed and Common OrbitShortlisted
Becky Chambers
- Death's EndShortlisted
Cixin Liu
- Escaping InfinityShortlisted
Richard Paolinelli
- RiseShortlisted
Brian Guthrie
- Space TrippingShortlisted
Patrick Edwards
- The Collapsing EmpireShortlisted
John Scalzi
- The Secret KingsShortlisted
Brian Niemeier
2016
- Won
- Agent of the ImperiumShortlisted
Marc Miller
- Ancillary MercyShortlisted
Ann Leckie
- AuroraShortlisted
Kim Stanley Robinson
- Raising CaineShortlisted
Charles E. Gannon
- The Life EngineeredShortlisted
J-F. Dubeau