| Year
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Winner
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Other nominees
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| 2005
|
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
|
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| 2004
|
Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
|
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| 2003
|
Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
|
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| 2002
|
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
|
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| 2001
|
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
|
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| 2000
|
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
|
|
| 1999
|
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
|
|
| 1998
|
Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
|
|
| 1997
|
Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
|
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| 1996
|
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
|
|
| 1995
|
Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
|
|
| 1994
|
Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
|
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| 1993
|
(tie)
|
|
| 1992
|
Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
|
|
| 1991
|
The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
|
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| 1990
|
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
|
|
| 1989
|
Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh
|
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| 1988
|
The Uplift War by David Brin
|
|
| 1987
|
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
|
|
| 1986
|
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
|
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| 1985
|
Neuromancer by William Gibson
|
|
| 1984
|
Startide Rising by David Brin
|
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| 1983
|
Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
|
|
| 1982
|
Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh
|
|
| 1981
|
The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
|
|
| 1980
|
The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
|
|
| 1979
|
Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
|
|
| 1978
|
Gateway by Frederik Pohl
|
|
| 1977
|
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
|
|
| 1976
|
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
|
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| 1975
|
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
|
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| 1974
|
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
|
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| 1973
|
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
|
|
| 1972
|
To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
|
|
| 1971
|
Ringworld by Larry Niven
|
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| 1970
|
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
|
|
| 1969
|
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
|
|
| 1968
|
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
|
|
| 1967
|
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
|
|
| 1966
|
(tie)
|
|
| 1965
|
The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
|
|
| 1964
|
Here Gather the Stars (book title: Way Station) by Clifford D. Simak
|
|
| 1963
|
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
|
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| 1962
|
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
|
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| 1961
|
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller
|
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| 1960
|
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
|
|
| 1959
|
A Case of Conscience by James Blish
|
|
| 1958
|
The Big Time by Fritz Leiber
|
| 1956
|
Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein
|
| 1955
|
They'd Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley
|
| 1953
|
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
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