British Science Fiction Association

2005 BSFA - Novel WinnerRiver of GodsIan McDonaldA superpower of two billion people, a dozen new nations from Kerela to the Himalayas, artificial intelligences, climate-change induced drought, water wars, strange new genders, genetically improved children that age at half the rate of baseline humanity, a...Amazon2005 BSFA - Novel ShortlistCentury RainAlastair ReynoldsAmazonForty Signs of RainKim Stanley RobinsonAmazonJonathan Strange & Mr NorrellSusanna ClarkeAmazonNewton's WakeKen MacLeodAmazonStamping ButterfliesJon Courtenay GrimwoodAmazon

1989 BSFA - Novel WinnerLavondyssRobert HoldstockAt the heart of the wildwood lies a place of mystery and legend, from which few return and none emerged unchanged: Lavondyss . . . the ultimate realm, the source of all myth. When Harry Keeton disappeared into Ryhope Wood, his sister Tallis was just an inf...Amazon

2004 BSFA - Novel WinnerFelaheen, Jon Courtenay GrimwoodThe Third ArabeskNo longer El Iskandryia's Chief of Detectives Ashraf Bey is taking stock of his life, but now a revolt is breaking out across North Africa and Raf comes out of retirement to investigate an assassination attempt on his Excellency. Going underground in the d...Amazon2004 BSFA - Novel ShortlistAbsolution GapAlastair ReynoldsAmazonMaulTricia SullivanAmazonMidnight LampGwyneth JonesAmazonNatural HistoryJustina RobsonAmazonPattern RecognitionWilliam GibsonAmazon

1988 BSFA - Novel WinnerGráinneKeith RobertsWinner of the BSFA Award for best novel, 1987 Meet Gráinne: blue-stocking seductress, darling of the media, painfully human yet mysterious as her great namesake, the proud girl-goddess who plunged all Ireland into war and shadow......Amazon

2019 BSFA - Novel WinnerEmbers of WarGareth L. PowellFrom BSFA Award winning author Gareth L. Powell comes the first in a new epic sci-fi trilogy exploring the legacies of war The sentient warship Trouble Dog was built for violence, yet following a brutal war, she is disgusted by her role in a genocide. Stri...Amazon2019 BSFA - Novel ShortlistBefore MarsEmma NewmanAmazonEurope at DawnDave HutchinsonAmazonRevenant GunYoon Ha LeeAmazonRosewaterTade ThompsonAmazon

2003 BSFA - 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 BSFA - Novel ShortlistCastles Made of SandGwyneth JonesAmazonEffendi: The Second ArabeskJon Courtenay GrimwoodAmazonLightM. John HarrisonAmazonThe ScarChina MiévilleAmazonThe Years of Rice and SaltKim Stanley RobinsonAmazon

1987 BSFA - Novel WinnerThe Ragged AstronautsBob ShawLand and Overland - twin worlds a few thousand miles apart. On Land, humanity faces a threat to its very survival - an airborne species, the ptertha, has declared war on humankind, and is actively hunting for victims. The only hope lies in migration. Throu...Amazon1987 BSFA - Novel ShortlistBlood MusicGreg BearAmazonCount ZeroWilliam GibsonAmazonQueen of the StatesJosephine SaxtonAmazonSchismatrixBruce SterlingAmazon

2018 BSFA - Novel WinnerThe RiftNina AllanSelena and Julie are sisters. As children they were closest companions, but as they grow towards maturity, a rift develops between them. There are greater rifts, however. Julie goes missing at the age of seventeen. It will be twenty years before Selena see...Amazon2018 BSFA - Novel ShortlistDreams Before the Start of TimeAnne CharnockAmazonExit WestMohsin HamidAmazonProvenanceAnn LeckieAmazon

2002 BSFA - Novel WinnerChasm CityAlastair ReynoldsCome to Chasm City and embark on a mind-bending ride through the universe of Revelation Space Tanner Mirabel was a security specialist who never made a mistake - until the day a woman in his care was blown away by Argent Reivich, a vengeful young postmorta...Amazon2002 BSFA - Novel ShortlistAmerican GodsNeil GaimanAmazonBold as LoveGwyneth JonesAmazonLustGeoff RymanAmazonPashazade: The First ArabeskJon Courtenay GrimwoodAmazonThe Secret of LifePaul McAuleyAmazon

1986 BSFA - Novel WinnerHelliconia WinterBrian W. AldissFrom a Science Fiction Grand Master: The sweeping epic of a planet veering from one extreme atmosphere to another—and the humans trying to survive on it. Helliconia Spring introduces us to a tumultuous world that follows an eccentric orbit around a double-...Amazon1986 BSFA - Novel ShortlistFree Live FreeGene WolfeAmazonKiteworldKeith RobertsAmazonThe Anubis GatesTim PowersAmazonThe Warrior Who Carried LifeGeoff RymanAmazon