The Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel is a literary award given annually by Locus Magazine as part of their Locus Awards.

Winners

Year	Novel	Author	Ref
1978	The Silmarillion	J. R. R. Tolkien
1979	Not awarded
1980	Harpist in the Wind	Patricia A. McKillip
1981	Lord Valentine's Castle	Robert Silverberg
1982	The Claw of the Conciliator	Gene Wolfe
1983	The Sword of the Lictor	Gene Wolfe
1984	The Mists of Avalon	Marion Zimmer Bradley
1985	Job: A Comedy of Justice	Robert A. Heinlein
1986	Trumps of Doom	Roger Zelazny
1987	Soldier of the Mist	Gene Wolfe
1988	Seventh Son	Orson Scott Card
1989	Red Prophet	Orson Scott Card
1990	Prentice Alvin	Orson Scott Card
1991	Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea	Ursula K. Le Guin
1992	Beauty	Sheri S. Tepper
1993	Last Call	Tim Powers
1994	The Innkeeper's Song	Peter S. Beagle
1995	Brittle Innings	Michael Bishop
1996	Alvin Journeyman	Orson Scott Card
1997	A Game of Thrones	George R. R. Martin
1998	Earthquake Weather	Tim Powers
1999	A Clash of Kings	George R. R. Martin
2000	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	J. K. Rowling
2001	A Storm of Swords	George R. R. Martin
2002	American Gods	Neil Gaiman
2003	The Scar	China Miéville
2004	Paladin of Souls	Lois McMaster Bujold
2005	Iron Council	China Miéville
2006	Anansi Boys	Neil Gaiman
2007	The Privilege of the Sword	Ellen Kushner
2008	Making Money	Terry Pratchett
2009	Lavinia	Ursula K. Le Guin
2010	The City & the City	China Miéville
2011	Kraken	China Miéville
2012	A Dance with Dragons	George R. R. Martin
2013	The Apocalypse Codex	Charles Stross
2014	The Ocean at the End of the Lane	Neil Gaiman
2015	The Goblin Emperor	Katherine Addison
2016	Uprooted	Naomi Novik
2017	All the Birds in the Sky	Charlie Jane Anders
2018	The Stone Sky	N. K. Jemisin
2019	Spinning Silver	Naomi Novik	^[1]
2020	Middlegame	Seanan McGuire	^[2]
2021	The City We Became	N. K. Jemisin	^[3]
2022	Jade Legacy	Fonda Lee	^[4]
2023	Babel, or the Necessity of Violence	R. F. Kuang

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Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel

Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel
1970s and 1980s	The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien (1978) Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. McKillip (1980) Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg (1981) The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe (1982) The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe (1983) The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (1984) Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein (1985) Trumps of Doom by Roger Zelazny (1986) Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe (1987) Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card (1988) Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card (1989)
1990s	Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card (1990) Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin (1991) Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper (1992) Last Call by Tim Powers (1993) The Innkeeper's Song by Peter S. Beagle (1994) Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop (1995) Alvin Journeyman by Orson Scott Card (1996) A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin (1997) Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers (1998) A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin (1999)
2000s	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling (2000) A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin (2001) American Gods by Neil Gaiman (2002) The Scar by China Miéville (2003) Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (2004) Iron Council by China Miéville (2005) Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (2006) The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner (2007) Making Money by Terry Pratchett (2008) Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin (2009)
2010s	The City & the City by China Miéville (2010) Kraken by China Miéville (2011) A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin (2012) The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross (2013) The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (2014) The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (2015) Uprooted by Naomi Novik (2016) All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (2017) The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (2018) Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (2019)
2020s	Middlegame by Seanan McGuire (2020) The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin (2021) Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee (2022) Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R. F. Kuang (2023)
Best Novel (1971–1981) Best SF Novel (1980–present) Best Fantasy Novel (1978–present) Best First Novel (1981–present) Best Horror Novel (1989–1997, 1999, 2017–present) Best Young Adult Book (2003–present) Best Novella (1973–present) Best Novelette (1975–present) Best Short Story (1971–present)