Book Awards By Year

2006 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel WinnerAirGeoff RymanChung Mae is the only connection her small farming village has to culture of a wider world beyond the fields and simple houses of her village. A new communications technology is sweeping the world and promises to connect everyone, everywhere without power ...Amazon2006 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel ShortlistAccelerandoCharles StrossAmazonBanner of SoulsLiz WilliamsAmazonLearning the WorldKen MacLeodAmazonNever Let Me GoKazuo IshiguroAmazonPushing IceAlastair ReynoldsAmazon

2005 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel WinnerIron CouncilChina MiévilleRebellion and war race to take control of New Crobuzon in the award-winning Iron Council by China Miéville. It is a time of revolts and revolutions, conflict and intrigue. New Crobuzon is being ripped apart from without and within. War with the shadowy cit...Amazon2005 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel ShortlistCloud AtlasDavid MitchellAmazonMarket ForcesRichard MorganAmazonRiver of GodsIan McDonaldAmazonThe System of the WorldNeal StephensonAmazonThe Time Traveler's WifeAudrey NiffeneggerAmazon

2004 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel WinnerQuicksilverNeal StephensonAs extraordinary an achievement as Cryptonomicon, Quicksilver is Neal Stephenson's first novel in his acclaimed Baroque Cycle. Neal Stephenson follows his international bestseller, the WWII thriller Cryptonomicon, with a novel set in the 16th and 17th cent...Amazon2004 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel ShortlistCoalescentStephen BaxterAmazonDarwin's ChildrenGreg BearAmazonMaulTricia SullivanAmazonMidnight LampGwyneth JonesAmazonPattern RecognitionWilliam GibsonAmazon

2003 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel WinnerThe SeparationChristopher PriestDuring World War II, identical twins, Jack and Joe, one a fighter pilot and the other a conscientous objector, are divided both by their love for the same woman and their attitudes towards the war. But as the brothers' story emerges from books, letters, an...Amazon2003 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel ShortlistKil'n PeopleDavid BrinAmazonLightM. John HarrisonAmazonSpeed of DarkElizabeth MoonAmazonThe ScarChina MiévilleAmazonThe Years of Rice and SaltKim Stanley RobinsonAmazon

2002 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel WinnerBold as LoveGwyneth JonesThree extraordinary people in some most extraordinary times: It's Dissolution Summer and as the United Kingdom prepares to break up into separate nations, the Counterculturals have gathered for a festival where everything's allowed. Among them is a talente...Amazon2002 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel ShortlistFallen DragonPeter F. HamiltonAmazonMappa MundiJustina RobsonAmazonPashazade: The First ArabeskJon Courtenay GrimwoodAmazonPassageConnie WillisAmazonThe Secret of LifePaul McAuleyAmazon

2001 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel WinnerPerdido Street StationChina MiévilleWinner of the August Derleth award, Perdido Street Station is an imaginative fantasy thriller, and the first of China Miéville's novels set in the world of Bas-Lag. The metropolis of New Crobuzon sprawls at the centre of its own bewildering world. Humans a...Amazon2001 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel ShortlistAsh: A Secret HistoryMary GentleAmazonCosmonaut KeepKen MacLeodAmazonParable of the TalentsOctavia E. ButlerAmazonRevelation SpaceAlastair ReynoldsAmazonSaltAdam RobertsAmazon

2000 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel WinnerDistractionBruce SterlingIt's November 2044, an election year, and the state of the Union is a farce. The government is broke, the cities are privately owned, and the military is shaking down citizens in the streets. Washington has become a circus and no one knows that better than...Amazon2000 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel ShortlistA Deepness in the SkyVernor VingeAmazonCryptonomiconNeal StephensonAmazonSilver ScreenJustina RobsonAmazonThe Bones of TimeKathleen Ann GoonanAmazonTime: Manifold 1Stephen BaxterAmazon

1999 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel WinnerDreaming in SmokeTricia SullivanKalypso Deed is a shotgun, riding the interface between the AI Ganesh and human scientists who solve problems through cyberassisted Dreams....Amazon1999 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel ShortlistCavalcadeAlison SinclairAmazonEarth Made of GlassJohn BarnesAmazonThe Cassini DivisionKen MacLeodAmazonThe ExtremesChristopher PriestAmazonTime on My Hands: A Novel with PhotographsPeter DelacorteAmazon

1998 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel WinnerThe SparrowMary Doria RussellThe Sparrow is one of my favourite science fiction novels and it destroyed me in the best way when I read it. It is so beautifully written and the construction of the narrative is masterful.' Emma Newman, acclaimed author of Planetfall Set in the 21st cen...Amazon1998 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel ShortlistDaysJames LovegroveAmazonGlimmeringElizabeth HandAmazonNymphomationJeff NoonAmazonThe Family TreeSheri S. TepperAmazonTitanStephen BaxterAmazon

1997 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel WinnerThe Calcutta ChromosomeAmitav GhoshFrom Victorian lndia to near-future New York, The Calcutta Chromosome takes readers on a wondrous journey through time as a computer programmer trapped in a mind-numbing job hits upon a curious item that will forever change his life. When Antar discovers t...Amazon1997 Arthur C. Clarke - Novel ShortlistBlue MarsKim Stanley RobinsonAmazonGibbon's Decline and FallSheri S. TepperAmazonLooking for the MahdiN. Lee WoodAmazonThe Engines of GodJack McDevittAmazonVoyageStephen BaxterAmazon