I like the World Fantasy Award. To me, it offers a good mix of well-known and established names in the genre as well as newcomers and books that may easily have been overlooked. I still have a lot of reading to do if I want to catch up on the winners but so far, it feels like an inclusive award that highlights diverse voices.
The books I’ve read are printed bold and if I’ve written a review, you can find it behind the link.
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Tasha Suri – The Jasmine Throne |
| 2021 | Alaya Dawn Johnson – Trouble the Saints |
| 2020 | Kacen Callender – Queen of the Conquered |
| 2019 | C. L. Polk – Witchmark |
| 2018 | Fonda Lee – Jade City |
| (tie) | Victor LaValle – The Changeling |
| 2017 | Claire North – The Sudden Appearance of Hope |
| 2016 | Anna Smaill – The Chimes |
| 2015 | David Mitchell – The Bone Clocks |
| 2014 | Sofia Samatar – A Stranger in Olondria |
| 2013 | G. Willow Wilson – Alif the Unseen |
| 2012 | Lavie Tidhar – Osama |
| 2011 | Nnedi Okorafor – Who Fears Death |
| 2010 | China Miéville – The City & The City |
| 2009 | Jeffrey Ford – The Shadow Year |
| (tie) | Margo Lanagan – Tender Morsels |
| 2008 | Guy Gavriel Kay – Ysabel |
| 2007 | Gene Wolfe – Soldier of Sidon |
| 2006 | Haruki Murakami – Kafka on the Shore |
| 2005 | Susanna Clarke – Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell |
| 2004 | Jo Walton – Tooth and Claw |
| 2003 | Graham Joyce – The Facts of Life |
| (tie) | Patrica A. McKillip – Ombria in Shadow |
| 2002 | Ursula K. Le Guin – The Other Wind |
| 2001 | Tim Powers – Declare |
| (tie) | Sean Stewart – Galveston |
| 2000 | Martin Scott – Thraxas |
| 1999 | Louise Erdrich – The Antelope Wife |
| 1998 | Jeffrey Ford – The Physiognomy |
| 1997 | Rachel Pollack – Godmother Night |
| 1996 | Christopher Priest – The Prestige |
| 1995 | James Morrow – Towing Jehovah |
| 1994 | Lewis Shiner – Glimpses |
| 1993 | Tim Powers – Last Call |
| 1992 | Robert R. McCammon – Boy’s Life |
| 1991 | James Morrow – Only Begotten Daughter |
| (tie) | Ellen Kushner – Thomas the Rhymer |
| 1990 | Jack Vance – Lyonesse III: Madouc |
| 1989 | Peter Straub – Koko |
| 1988 | Ken Grimwood – Replay |
| 1987 | Patrick Süskind – Perfume |
| 1986 | Dan Simmons – Song of Kali |
| 1985 | Barry Hughart – Bridge of Birds: A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was |
| (tie) | Robert Holdstock – Mythago Wood |
| 1984 | John M. Ford – The Dragon Waiting: A Masque of History |
| 1983 | Michael Shea – Nifft the Lean |
| 1982 | John Crowley – Little, Big |
| 1981 | Gene Wolfe – The Shadow of the Torturer |
| 1980 | Elizabeth A. Lynn – Watchtower |
| 1979 | Michael Moorcock – Gloriana |
| 1978 | Fritz Leiber – Our Lady of Darkness |
| 1977 | William Kotzwinkle – Dr. Rat |
| 1976 | Richard Matheson – Bid Time Return |
| 1975 | Patricia A. McKillip – The Forgotten Beasts of Eld |
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