British Science Fiction Association

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

2008 BSFA - Novel WinnerBrasylIan McDonaldThis is rich, epic SF that opens our eyes to the world around us and posits mind-blowing alternative sciences. It is a landmark work in modern SF from one of its most respected practitioners....Amazon2008 BSFA - Novel ShortlistAlice in SunderlandBryan TalbotAmazonBlack ManRichard MorganAmazonThe Execution ChannelKen MacLeodAmazonThe PrefectAlastair ReynoldsAmazonThe Yiddish Policemen's UnionMichael ChabonAmazon

2007 BSFA - Novel WinnerEnd of the World BluesJon Courtenay GrimwoodKit Nouveau didn't escape himself when he flew to Japan. He runs a bar in the Roppongi district of Tokyo and is having an affair with the wife of a High Yakusa ganglord. All things considered being held up at gunpoint isn't a complete shock. The pale girl ...Amazon2007 BSFA - Novel ShortlistDarklandLiz WilliamsAmazonIcarusRoger LevyAmazonNova SwingM. John HarrisonAmazonThe Last WitchfinderJames MorrowAmazon

2006 BSFA - 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 BSFA - Novel Shortlist9Tail FoxJon Courtenay GrimwoodAmazonAccelerandoCharles StrossAmazonLearning the WorldKen MacLeodAmazonLiving Next Door to the God of LoveJustina RobsonAmazon

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

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

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

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

2001 BSFA - Novel WinnerAsh, A Secret History...Amazon2001 BSFA - Novel ShortlistParadoxJohn MeaneyAmazonPerdido Street StationChina MiévilleAmazonredRobeJon Courtenay GrimwoodAmazonRevelation SpaceAlastair ReynoldsAmazon