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Nebula Award for Best Novel

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA)

An annual award presented by SFWA to recognize the best science fiction or fantasy novel published in English during the preceding year, as voted on by SFWA members; one of the most prestigious honors in speculative fiction.

Latest winner · 2025

Next · expected March 2027

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2025

  1. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

    Stephen Graham Jones

    Won 4 more awards · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Death of the Author

    Nnedi Okorafor

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Katabasis

    R. F. Kuang

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. Sour Cherry

    Natalia Theodoridou

    Shortlisted
  5. The Incandescent

    Emily Tesh

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. Wearing the Lion

    John Wiswell

    Shortlisted
  7. When We Were Real

    Daryl Gregory

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2024

  1. Someone You Can Build a Nest In

    John Wiswell

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. A Sorceress Comes to Call

    T. Kingfisher

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Asunder

    Kerstin Hall

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. Rakesfall

    Vajra Chandrasekera

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory

    Yaroslav Barsukov

    Shortlisted
  6. The Book of Love

    Kelly Link

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2023

  1. The Saint of Bright Doors

    Vajra Chandrasekera

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon

    Wole Talabi

    Nominated for 4 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. The Terraformers

    Annalee Newitz

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. The Water Outlaws

    S. L. Huang

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. Translation State

    Ann Leckie

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. Witch King

    Martha Wells

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted

2022

  1. Babel

    R. F. Kuang

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Won
  2. Legends & Lattes

    Travis Baldree

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Nettle & Bone

    T. Kingfisher

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. Nona the Ninth

    Tamsyn Muir

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. Spear

    Nicola Griffith

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. The Mountain in the Sea

    Ray Nayler

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted

2021

  1. A Master of Djinn

    P. Djèlí Clark

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Won
  2. A Desolation Called Peace

    Arkady Martine

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Machinehood

    S. B. Divya

    Shortlisted
  4. Plague Birds

    Jason Sanford

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. The Unbroken

    C. L. Clark

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted

2020

  1. Network Effect

    Martha Wells

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Black Sun

    Rebecca Roanhorse

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Mexican Gothic

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 4 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. Piranesi

    Susanna Clarke

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 7 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. The City We Became

    N. K. Jemisin

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 4 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. The Midnight Bargain

    C. L. Polk

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted

2019

  1. A Song for a New Day

    Sarah Pinsker

    Won
  2. A Memory Called Empire

    Arkady Martine

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Gideon the Ninth

    Tamsyn Muir

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. Gods of Jade and Shadow

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. Marque of Caine

    Charles E. Gannon

    Shortlisted
  6. The Ten Thousand Doors of January

    Alix E. Harrow

    Nominated for 5 more awards

    Shortlisted

2018

  1. The Calculating Stars

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Won 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Blackfish City

    Sam J. Miller

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Spinning Silver

    Naomi Novik

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. The Poppy War

    R. F. Kuang

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Trail of Lightning

    Rebecca Roanhorse

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. Witchmark

    C. L. Polk

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2017

  1. The Stone Sky

    N. K. Jemisin

    Won 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Amberlough

    Lara Elena Donnelly

    Shortlisted
  3. Autonomous

    Annalee Newitz

    Shortlisted
  4. Jade City

    Fonda Lee

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Six Wakes

    Mur Lafferty

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. Spoonbenders

    Daryl Gregory

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  7. The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

    Theodora Goss

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2016

  1. All the Birds in the Sky

    Charlie Jane Anders

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Borderline

    Mishell Baker

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Everfair

    Nisi Shawl

    Shortlisted
  4. Ninefox Gambit

    Yoon Ha Lee

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. The Obelisk Gate

    N. K. Jemisin

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted

2015

  1. Uprooted

    Naomi Novik

    Won 3 more awards · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Ancillary Mercy

    Ann Leckie

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard

    Lawrence M. Schoen

    Shortlisted
  4. Raising Caine

    Charles E. Gannon

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. The Fifth Season

    N. K. Jemisin

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. The Grace of Kings

    Ken Liu

    Shortlisted
  7. Updraft

    Fran Wilde

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2014

  1. Annihilation

    Jeff VanderMeer

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Ancillary Sword

    Ann Leckie

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Coming Home

    Jack McDevitt

    Shortlisted
  4. The Goblin Emperor

    Katherine Addison

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. The Three-Body Problem

    Cixin Liu (Chinese), Ken Liu (translator)

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. Trial by Fire

    Charles E. Gannon

    Shortlisted

2013

  1. Ancillary Justice

    Ann Leckie

    Won 3 more awards · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. A Stranger in Olondria

    Sofia Samatar

    Won 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Fire with Fire

    Charles E. Gannon

    Shortlisted
  4. Hild

    Nicola Griffith

    Shortlisted
  5. The Golem and the Jinni

    Helene Wecker

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. The Ocean at the End of the Lane

    Neil Gaiman

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  7. The Red: First Light

    Linda Nagata

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  8. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

    Karen Joy Fowler

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2012

  1. 2312

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Nominated for 4 more awards

    Won
  2. Glamour in Glass

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Ironskin

    Tina Connolly

    Shortlisted
  4. The Drowning Girl

    Caitlin R. Kiernan

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 5 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. The Killing Moon

    N. K. Jemisin

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. Throne of the Crescent Moon

    Saladin Ahmed

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2011

  1. Among Others

    Jo Walton

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Won
  2. Embassytown

    China Miéville

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Firebird

    Jack McDevitt

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. God's War

    Kameron Hurley

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. Mechanique: a Tale of the Circus Tresaulti

    Genevieve Valentine

    Shortlisted
  6. The Kingdom of Gods

    N. K. Jemisin

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2010

  1. Blackout/All Clear

    Connie Willis

    Won 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Echo

    Jack McDevitt

    Shortlisted
  3. Shades of Milk and Honey

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Shortlisted
  4. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

    N. K. Jemisin

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. The Native Star

    M. K. Hobson

    Shortlisted
  6. Who Fears Death

    Nnedi Okorafor

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2009

  1. The Windup Girl

    Paolo Bacigalupi

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Boneshaker

    Cherie Priest

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Finch

    Jeff VanderMeer

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. Flesh and Fire

    Laura Anne Gilman

    Shortlisted
  5. The City & the City

    China Miéville

    Won 5 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. The Love We Share Without Knowing

    Christopher Barzak

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2008

  1. Powers

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Won
  2. Brasyl

    Ian McDonald

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Cauldron

    Jack McDevitt

    Shortlisted
  4. Little Brother

    Cory Doctorow

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. Making Money

    Terry Pratchett

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. Superpowers

    David J. Schwartz

    Shortlisted

2007

  1. The Yiddish Policemen's Union

    Michael Chabon

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Odyssey

    Jack McDevitt

    Shortlisted
  3. Ragamuffin

    Tobias S. Buckell

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. The Accidental Time Machine

    Joe Haldeman

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. The New Moon's Arms

    Nalo Hopkinson

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted

2006

  1. Seeker

    Jack McDevitt

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Farthing

    Jo Walton

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. From the Files of the Time Rangers

    Richard Bowes

    Shortlisted
  4. The Girl in the Glass

    Jeffrey Ford

    Shortlisted
  5. The Privilege of the Sword

    Ellen Kushner

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. To Crush the Moon

    Wil McCarthy

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted

2005

  1. Camouflage

    Joe Haldeman

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Air

    Geoff Ryman

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Going Postal

    Terry Pratchett

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

    Susanna Clarke

    Won 3 more awards · Nominated for 4 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. Orphans of Chaos

    John C. Wright

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. Polaris

    Jack McDevitt

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2004

  1. Paladin of Souls

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Cloud Atlas

    David Mitchell

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

    Cory Doctorow

    Shortlisted
  4. Omega

    Jack McDevitt

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Perfect Circle

    Sean Stewart

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. The Knight

    Gene Wolfe

    Shortlisted

2003

  1. The Speed of Dark

    Elizabeth Moon

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Chindi

    Jack McDevitt

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Diplomatic Immunity

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. Light Music

    Kathleen Ann Goonan

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. The Mount

    Carol Emshwiller

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. The Salt Roads

    Nalo Hopkinson

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2002

  1. American Gods

    Neil Gaiman

    Won 3 more awards · Nominated for 4 more awards

    Won
  2. Bones of the Earth

    Michael Swanwick

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Perdido Street Station

    China Miéville

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 4 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. Picoverse

    Robert A. Metzger

    Shortlisted
  5. Solitaire

    Kelley Eskridge

    Shortlisted
  6. The Other Wind

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted

2001

  1. The Quantum Rose

    Catherine Asaro

    Won
  2. A Storm of Swords

    George R. R. Martin

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Declare

    Tim Powers

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. Eternity's End

    Jeffrey Carver

    Shortlisted
  5. Mars Crossing

    Geoffrey A. Landis

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. Passage

    Connie Willis

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  7. The Collapsium

    Wil McCarthy

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  8. The Tower at Stony Wood

    Patricia A. McKillip

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

2000

  1. Darwin's Radio

    Greg Bear

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. A Civil Campaign

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Crescent City Rhapsody

    Kathleen Ann Goonan

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. Forests of the Heart

    Charles de Lint

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. Infinity Beach

    Jack McDevitt

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. Midnight Robber

    Nalo Hopkinson

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted

1999

  1. Parable of the Talents

    Octavia E. Butler

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. A Clash of Kings

    George R. R. Martin

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. A Deepness in the Sky

    Vernor Vinge

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. Mission Child

    Maureen F. McHugh

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Mockingbird

    Sean Stewart

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. The Cassini Division

    Ken MacLeod

    Nominated for 5 more awards

    Shortlisted

1998

  1. Forever Peace

    Joe Haldeman

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. How Few Remain

    Harry Turtledove

    Shortlisted
  3. Moonfall

    Jack McDevitt

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. The Death of the Necromancer

    Martha Wells

    Shortlisted
  5. The Last Hawk

    Catherine Asaro

    Shortlisted
  6. To Say Nothing of the Dog

    Connie Willis

    Won 2 more awards

    Shortlisted

1997

  1. The Moon and the Sun

    Vonda N. McIntyre

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. A Game of Thrones

    George R. R. Martin

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Ancient Shores

    Jack McDevitt

    Shortlisted
  4. Bellwether

    Connie Willis

    Shortlisted
  5. City on Fire

    Walter Jon Williams

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. King's Dragon

    Kate Elliott

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  7. Memory

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted

1996

  1. Slow River

    Nicola Griffith

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Expiration Date

    Tim Powers

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Starplex

    Robert J. Sawyer

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. The Diamond Age

    Neal Stephenson

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. The Silent Strength of Stones

    Nina Kiriki Hoffman

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. Winter Rose

    Patricia A. McKillip

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted

1995

  1. The Terminal Experiment

    Robert J. Sawyer

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Beggars and Choosers

    Nancy Kress

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Caldé of the Long Sun

    Gene Wolfe

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. Celestis

    Paul Park

    Shortlisted
  5. Metropolitan

    Walter Jon Williams

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. Mother of Storms

    John Barnes

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted

1994

  1. Moving Mars

    Greg Bear

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. A Night in the Lonesome October

    Roger Zelazny

    Shortlisted
  3. Green Mars

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. Gun, with Occasional Music

    Jonathan Lethem

    Shortlisted
  5. Parable of the Sower

    Octavia E. Butler

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. Temporary Agency

    Rachel Pollack

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  7. Towing Jehovah

    James K. Morrow

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted

1993

  1. Red Mars

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Won
  2. Assemblers of Infinity

    Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Beggars in Spain

    Nancy Kress

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. Hard Landing

    Algis Budrys

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Nightside the Long Sun

    Gene Wolfe

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1992

  1. Doomsday Book

    Connie Willis

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Won
  2. A Fire Upon the Deep

    Vernor Vinge

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. A Million Open Doors

    John Barnes

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. Briar Rose

    Jane Yolen

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. China Mountain Zhang

    Maureen F. McHugh

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. Sarah Canary

    Karen Joy Fowler

    Shortlisted

1991

  1. Stations of the Tide

    Michael Swanwick

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Won
  2. Barrayar

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Won 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Bone Dance

    Emma Bull

    Nominated for 4 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. Orbital Resonance

    John Barnes

    Shortlisted
  5. Synners

    Pat Cadigan

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. The Difference Engine

    William Gibson & Bruce Sterling

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted

1990

  1. Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Mary Reilly

    Valerie Martin

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Only Begotten Daughter

    James Morrow

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. Redshift Rendezvous

    John E. Stith

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. The Fall of Hyperion

    Dan Simmons

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. White Jenna

    Jane Yolen

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1989

  1. The Healer's War

    Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Good News from Outer Space

    John Kessel

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Ivory

    Mike Resnick

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. Prentice Alvin

    Orson Scott Card

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. Sister Light, Sister Dark

    Jane Yolen

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. The Boat of a Million Years

    Poul Anderson

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted

1988

  1. Falling Free

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Won
  2. Deserted Cities of the Heart

    Lewis Shiner

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Drowning Towers

    George Turner

    Shortlisted
  4. Great Sky River

    Gregory Benford

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Mona Lisa Overdrive

    William Gibson

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. Red Prophet

    Orson Scott Card

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  7. The Urth of the New Sun

    Gene Wolfe

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted

1987

  1. The Falling Woman

    Pat Murphy

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Won
  2. Soldier of the Mist

    Gene Wolfe

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. The Forge of God

    Greg Bear

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. The Uplift War

    David Brin

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Vergil in Averno

    Avram Davidson

    Shortlisted
  6. When Gravity Fails

    George Alec Effinger

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted

1986

  1. Speaker for the Dead

    Orson Scott Card

    Won 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Count Zero

    William Gibson

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Free Live Free

    Gene Wolfe

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. The Handmaid's Tale

    Margaret Atwood

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. The Journal of Nicholas the American

    Leigh Kennedy

    Shortlisted
  6. This Is the Way the World Ends

    James Morrow

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1985

  1. Ender's Game

    Orson Scott Card

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Blood Music

    Greg Bear

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Dinner at Deviant's Palace

    Tim Powers

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. Helliconia Winter

    Brian W. Aldiss

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Schismatrix

    Bruce Sterling

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. The Postman

    David Brin

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  7. The Remaking of Sigmund Freud

    Barry N. Malzberg

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted

1984

  1. Neuromancer

    William Gibson

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Frontera

    Lewis Shiner

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Job: A Comedy of Justice

    Robert A. Heinlein

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. The Integral Trees

    Larry Niven

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. The Man Who Melted

    Jack Dann

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. The Wild Shore

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted

1983

  1. Startide Rising

    David Brin

    Won 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Against Infinity

    Gregory Benford

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Lyonesse

    Jack Vance

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. Tea with the Black Dragon

    R. A. MacAvoy

    Nominated for 4 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. The Citadel of the Autarch

    Gene Wolfe

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. The Void Captain's Tale

    Norman Spinrad

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1982

  1. No Enemy But Time

    Michael Bishop

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Foundation's Edge

    Isaac Asimov

    Won 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Friday

    Robert A. Heinlein

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  4. Helliconia Spring

    Brian W. Aldiss

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. The Sword of the Lictor

    Gene Wolfe

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. The Transmigration of Timothy Archer

    Philip K. Dick

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1981

  1. The Claw of the Conciliator

    Gene Wolfe

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Won
  2. Little, Big

    John Crowley

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Radix

    A. A. Attanasio

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. Riddley Walker

    Russell Hoban

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. The Many-Colored Land

    Julian May

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. The Vampire Tapestry

    Suzy McKee Charnas

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1980

  1. Timescape

    Gregory Benford

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Beyond the Blue Event Horizon

    Frederik Pohl

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Mockingbird

    Walter S. Tevis

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. The Orphan

    Robert Stallman

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. The Shadow of the Torturer

    Gene Wolfe

    Won 2 more awards · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. The Snow Queen

    Joan D. Vinge

    Won 2 more awards

    Shortlisted

1979

  1. The Fountains of Paradise

    Arthur C. Clarke

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Jem

    Frederik Pohl

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Juniper Time

    Kate Wilhelm

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

  4. On Wings of Song

    Thomas M. Disch

    Nominated for 3 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. The Road to Corlay

    Richard Cowper

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  6. Titan

    John Varley

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1978

  1. Dreamsnake

    Vonda N. McIntyre

    Won 1 more award

    Won
  2. Blind Voices

    Tom Reamy

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  3. Kalki

    Gore Vidal

    Shortlisted
  4. Strangers

    Gardner Dozois

    Shortlisted
  5. The Faded Sun: Kesrith

    C. J. Cherryh

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1977

  1. Gateway

    Frederik Pohl

    Won 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Cirque

    Terry Carr

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. In the Ocean of Night

    Gregory Benford

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. Moonstar Odyssey

    David Gerrold

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Sword of the Demon

    Richard A. Lupoff

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1976

  1. Man Plus

    Frederik Pohl

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Inferno

    Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Islands

    Marta Randall

    Shortlisted
  4. Shadrach in the Furnace

    Robert Silverberg

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Triton

    Samuel R. Delany

    Shortlisted
  6. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

    Kate Wilhelm

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1975

  1. The Forever War

    Joe Haldeman

    Won 1 more award

    Won
  2. A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire

    Michael Bishop

    Shortlisted
  3. A Midsummer Tempest

    Poul Anderson

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. Autumn Angels

    Arthur Byron Cover

    Shortlisted
  5. Dhalgren

    Samuel R. Delany

    Shortlisted
  6. Doorways in the Sand

    Roger Zelazny

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  7. Guernica Night

    Barry N. Malzberg

    Shortlisted
  8. Invisible Cities

    Italo Calvino

    Shortlisted
  9. Missing Man

    Katherine MacLean

    Shortlisted
  10. Ragtime

    E. L. Doctorow

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  11. The Birthgrave

    Tanith Lee

    Shortlisted
  12. The Computer Connection

    Alfred Bester

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  13. The Embedding

    Ian Watson

    Shortlisted
  14. The Exile Waiting

    Vonda N. McIntyre

    Shortlisted
  15. The Female Man

    Joanna Russ

    Shortlisted
  16. The Heritage of Hastur

    Marion Zimmer Bradley

    Shortlisted
  17. The Mote in God's Eye

    Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  18. The Stochastic Man

    Robert Silverberg

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1974

  1. The Dispossessed

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Won 1 more award

    Won
  2. 334

    Thomas M. Disch

    Shortlisted
  3. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

    Philip K. Dick

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. The Godwhale

    T. J. Bass

    Shortlisted

1973

  1. Rendezvous with Rama

    Arthur C. Clarke

    Won 2 more awards

    Won
  2. Gravity's Rainbow

    Thomas Pynchon

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. The Man Who Folded Himself

    David Gerrold

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. The People of the Wind

    Poul Anderson

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Time Enough for Love

    Robert A. Heinlein

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1972

  1. The Gods Themselves

    Isaac Asimov

    Won 1 more award

    Won
  2. Dying Inside

    Robert Silverberg

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. The Book of Skulls

    Robert Silverberg

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. The Iron Dream

    Norman Spinrad

    Shortlisted
  5. The Sheep Look Up

    John Brunner

    Shortlisted
  6. What Entropy Means to Me

    George Alec Effinger

    Shortlisted
  7. When HARLIE Was One

    David Gerrold

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1971

  1. A Time of Changes

    Robert Silverberg

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Half Past Human

    T. J. Bass

    Shortlisted
  3. Margaret and I

    Kate Wilhelm

    Shortlisted
  4. The Byworlder

    Poul Anderson

    Shortlisted
  5. The Devil is Dead

    R. A. Lafferty

    Shortlisted
  6. The Lathe of Heaven

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1970

  1. Ringworld

    Larry Niven

    Won 1 more award

    Won
  2. And Chaos Died

    Joanna Russ

    Shortlisted
  3. Fourth Mansions

    R. A. Lafferty

    Shortlisted

  4. The Steel Crocodile

    David G. Compton

    Shortlisted
  5. The Year of the Quiet Sun

    Wilson Tucker

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. Tower of Glass

    Robert Silverberg

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1969

  1. The Left Hand of Darkness

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Won 1 more award

    Won
  2. Bug Jack Barron

    Norman Spinrad

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Isle of the Dead

    Roger Zelazny

    Shortlisted
  4. Slaughterhouse-Five

    Kurt Vonnegut

    Nominated for 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  5. The Jagged Orbit

    John Brunner

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  6. Up the Line

    Robert Silverberg

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1968

  1. Rite of Passage

    Alexei Panshin

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Black Easter

    James Blish

    Shortlisted
  3. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

    Philip K. Dick

    Shortlisted
  4. Past Master

    R. A. Lafferty

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  5. Picnic on Paradise

    Joanna Russ

    Shortlisted
  6. Stand on Zanzibar

    John Brunner

    Won 2 more awards

    Shortlisted
  7. The Masks of Time

    Robert Silverberg

    Shortlisted

1967

  1. The Einstein Intersection

    Samuel R. Delany

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Chthon

    Piers Anthony

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  3. Lord of Light

    Roger Zelazny

    Won 1 more award

    Shortlisted
  4. The Eskimo Invasion

    Hayden Howard

    Shortlisted
  5. Thorns

    Robert Silverberg

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

1966

  1. Babel-17

    Samuel R. Delany

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  2. Flowers for Algernon

    Daniel Keyes

    Nominated for 1 more award

    Won
  3. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

    Robert A. Heinlein

    Won 1 more award · Nominated for 1 more award

    Shortlisted

Frequently asked questions

Who won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2025?
“The Buffalo Hunter Hunter” by Stephen Graham Jones won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2025.
Who are the most recent Nebula Award for Best Novel winners?
2025: “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter” by Stephen Graham Jones; 2024: “Someone You Can Build a Nest In” by John Wiswell; 2023: “The Saint of Bright Doors” by Vajra Chandrasekera; 2022: “Babel” by R. F. Kuang; 2021: “A Master of Djinn” by P. Djèlí Clark.
Has anyone won the Nebula Award for Best Novel more than once?
Yes - 11 authors have: Ursula K. Le Guin (1969, 1974, 1990, 2008); Joe Haldeman (1975, 1998, 2005); Samuel R. Delany (1966, 1967); Arthur C. Clarke (1973, 1979); Frederik Pohl (1976, 1977); Vonda N. McIntyre (1978, 1997); Orson Scott Card (1985, 1986); Lois McMaster Bujold (1988, 2004); Connie Willis (1992, 2010); Kim Stanley Robinson (1993, 2012); Greg Bear (1994, 2000).