Reviews of Locus SF Award Winners

This is a list of Locus Award winners for best science fiction novel, including ratings for those books that I've read and links to reviews where I've written one. This award is voted on by the readers of Locus and was originally intended to provide recommendations and suggestions for Hugo voting, but now often draws a larger total number of voters.

Prior to 1980, there was just one Locus Award for best novel. After that, the award was split into science fiction and fantasy awards.

2022	Arkady Martine	A Desolation Called Peace	8 out of 10
2021	Martha Wells	Network Effect	9 out of 10
2020	Charlie Jane Anders	The City in the Middle of the Night	4 out of 10
2019	Mary Robinette Kowal	The Calculating Stars	9 out of 10
2018	John Scalzi	The Collapsing Empire	7 out of 10
2017	Cixin Liu & Ken Liu	Death's End
2016	Ann Leckie	Ancillary Mercy	10 out of 10
2015	Ann Leckie	Ancillary Sword	9 out of 10
2014	James S.A. Corey	Abaddon's Gate	6 out of 10
2013	John Scalzi	Redshirts	7 out of 10
2012	China Miéville	Embassytown	9 out of 10
2011	Connie Willis	Blackout	5 out of 10
2011	Connie Willis	All Clear	5 out of 10
2010	Cherie Priest	Boneshaker	8 out of 10
2009	Neal Stephenson	Anathem	9 out of 10
2008	Michael Chabon	The Yiddish Policemen's Union	10 out of 10
2007	Vernor Vinge	Rainbows End	6 out of 10
2006	Charles Stross	Accelerando	8 out of 10
2005	Neal Stephenson	The Confusion	6 out of 10
2005	Neal Stephenson	The System of the World	5 out of 10
2004	Dan Simmons	Ilium	7 out of 10
2003	Kim Stanley Robinson	The Years of Rice and Salt	6 out of 10
2002	Connie Willis	Passage	8 out of 10
2001	Ursula K. Le Guin	The Telling	6 out of 10
2000	Neal Stephenson	Cryptonomicon	9 out of 10
1999	Connie Willis	To Say Nothing of the Dog	7 out of 10
1998	Dan Simmons	The Rise of Endymion	9 out of 10
1997	Kim Stanley Robinson	Blue Mars	5 out of 10
1996	Neal Stephenson	The Diamond Age	7 out of 10
1995	Lois McMaster Bujold	Mirror Dance	8 out of 10
1994	Kim Stanley Robinson	Green Mars	6 out of 10
1993	Connie Willis	Doomsday Book	8 out of 10
1992	Lois McMaster Bujold	Barrayar	6 out of 10
1991	Dan Simmons	The Fall of Hyperion	8 out of 10
1990	Dan Simmons	Hyperion	10 out of 10
1989	C.J. Cherryh	Cyteen	10 out of 10
1988	David Brin	The Uplift War	8 out of 10
1987	Orson Scott Card	Speaker for the Dead	10 out of 10
1986	David Brin	The Postman	4 out of 10
1985	Larry Niven	The Integral Trees	6 out of 10
1984	David Brin	Startide Rising	7 out of 10
1983	Isaac Asimov	Foundation's Edge	6 out of 10
1982	Julian May	The Many-Colored Land	7 out of 10
1981	Joan D. Vinge	The Snow Queen	6 out of 10
1980	John Varley	Titan	4 out of 10

1979	Vonda N. McIntyre	Dreamsnake	7 out of 10
1978	Frederik Pohl	Gateway	7 out of 10
1977	Kate Wilhelm	Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang	5 out of 10
1976	Joe Haldeman	The Forever War	7 out of 10
1975	Ursula K. Le Guin	The Dispossessed	8 out of 10
1974	Arthur C. Clarke	Rendezvous with Rama	3 out of 10
1973	Isaac Asimov	The Gods Themselves	7 out of 10
1972	Ursula K. Le Guin	The Lathe of Heaven	7 out of 10
1971	Larry Niven	Ringworld	7 out of 10

Ratings for books that don't have a review are based on my memory of the book. The rating may well change if I get a chance to read the book again.

Last modified and spun 2022-06-29