List of Nebula Award winning novels

This is a list of novels that have won the Nebula Award for best novel, along with nominees. Typically there are six nominees and one winner. All nominees are listed, with a gender breakdown, and books by women are bolded in the nominee list.

2000s

• 2006

  Seeker by Jack McDevitt

  nominees: 2F/4M: The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner; Farthing by Jo Walton;Seeker, by Jack McDevit; The Girl in the Glass, by Jeffrey Ford; From the Files of the Time Rangers, by Richard Bowes; To Crush the Moon, by Wil McCarthy

  2005

  Camouflage by Joe Haldeman

  nominees: 1F/5M: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke Camouflage by Joe Haldeman; Polaris by Jack McDevitt; Going Postal by Terry Pratchett; Air by Geoff Ryman;Orphans of Chaos by John C. Wright (Tor, Nov05)

  2004

  Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold

  nominees: 1F/5M: Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold; Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow; Omega by Jack McDevitt; Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell; Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart; The Knight by Gene Wolfe (Tor, Jan 2004)

  2003

  The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon

  nominees: 5F/1M: Diplomatic Immunity, by Lois McMaster Bujold; The Mount by Carol Emshwiller; Light Music by Kathleen Ann Goonan; The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson; Chindi by Jack McDevitt; The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon

  2002

  American Gods, Neil Gaiman

  nominees:3F/3M: Solitaire by Kelley Eskridge; American Gods by Neil Gaiman; The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin; Picoverse by Robert A. Metzger; Perdido Street Station by China Miéville; Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick

  2001

  The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro

  nominees:3F/5M:The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro, Eternity's End by Jeffrey A. Carver; Mars Crossing by Geoffrey A. Landis; A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin; The Collapsium by Wil McCarthy; The Tower at Stony Wood by Patricia A. McKillip, Declare by Tim Powers, Passage by Connie Willis

  2000

  Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear

  nominees:3F/3M: Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear, A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold, Crescent City Rhapsody by Kathleen Ann Goonan, Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson, Infinity Beach by Jack McDevitt; Forests of the Heart by Charles de Lint

1990s

• 1999

  Parable of the Talents, Octavia E. Butler

  nominees: Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler;

The Cassini Division by Ken MacLeod; A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin; Mission Child by Maureen F. McHugh; Mockingbird by Sean Stewart; A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge

• 1998

  Forever Peace, Joe Haldeman

  nominees:The Last Hawk by Catherine Asaro;

Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman; Moonfall by Jack McDevitt; How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove; Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells; To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis

• 1997

  The Moon and the Sun, Vonda N. McIntyre

  nominees:Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold];

King's Dragon by Kate Elliott; A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin; Ancient Shores by Jack McDevitt; The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre; City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams; Bellwether by Connie Willis

• 1996

  Slow River, Nicola Griffith

  nominees:Slow River by Nicola Griffith;

The Silent Strength of Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman; Winter Rose by Patricia McKillip; Expiration Date by Tim Powers; Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson

• 1995

  The Terminal Experiment (mg title "Hobson's Choice"), Robert J. Sawyer

  nominees: Mother of Storms Iby John Barnes;

Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress; Celestis by Paul Park; The Terminal Experimentby Robert J. Sawyer; Metropolitan by Walter Jon Williams Calde of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe

• 1994

  Moving Mars, Greg Bear

  nominees:Moving Mars by Greg Bear;

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler; Gun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan Lethem; Towing Jehovah by James Morrow; Temporary Agency by Rachel Pollack; Green Mars I by Kim Stanley; A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny, Illustrations by Gahan Wilson Note: there are seven works because of a three-way tie for fourth in the voting

• 1993 Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson

  nominees: Assemblers of Infinity by Kevin J Anderson & Doug Beason;

Hard Landing by A. J. Budrys; Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress; Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson; Nightside the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe

• 1992

  Doomsday Book, Connie Willis

  nominees:A Million Open Doors by John Barnes;

Sarah Canary by Karen Joy Fowler; China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHugh; A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge; Doomsday Book by Connie Willis; Briar Rose by Jane Yolen;

• 1991

  Stations of the Tide, Michael Swanwick

  nominees:Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold

Bone Dance by Emma Bull Synners by Pat Cadigan The Difference Engine by Bruce Sterling & Bill Gibson Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick

• 1990

  Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin

  nominees: Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin Only Begotten Daughter by James Morrow The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons Redshift Rendevous by John E. Stith White Jenna by Jane Yolen

1980s

• 1989

  The Healer's War, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

  nominees:Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson; Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card; Good News From Outer Space by John Kessel; Ivory: A Legend of Past and Future by Mike Resnick; The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough; Sister Light, Sister Dark by Jane Yolen

  1988

  Falling Free, Lois McMaster Bujold

  nominees:Deserted Cities of the Heart by Lewis Shiner; Drowning Towers by George Turner; Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold; Great Sky River by Greg Benford; Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson; Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card; The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe

  1987

  The Falling Woman, Pat Murphy

  nominees: The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy; The Forge of God by Greg Bear; Soldier of the Mist by Gene Wolfe; The Uplift War by David Brin; Vergil in Averno by Avram Davidson; When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger

  1986

  Speaker for the Dead, Orson Scott Card

  nominees: Count Zero by William Gibson; Free Live Free by Gene Wolfe; The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood; The Journal of Nicholas the American by Leigh Kennedy; Speaker For The Dead by Orson Scott Card; This is the Way the World Ends by James Marrow

  1985

  Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card

  nominees:Blood Music by Greg Bear; Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers; Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card; Helliconia Winter by Brian Aldiss; The Postman by David Brin; The Remaking of Sigmund Freud by Barry Malzberg; Schmatrix by Bruce Sterling

  1984

  Neuromancer, William Gibson

  nominees:Frontera by Lewis Shiner; The Integral Trees by Larry Niven; Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein; The Man Who Melted by Jack Dann; Neuromancer by William Gibson; The Wild Shore by Kim Stanley Robinson

  1983

  Startide Rising, David Brin

  nominees:Against Infinity by Gregory Benford; The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe;Lyonesse by Jack Vance; Startide Rising by David Brin; Tea With the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy;The Void Captain's Tale by Norman Spinrad

  1982

  No Enemy But Time, Michael Bishop

  nominees:Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov; Friday by Robert A. Heinlein; Helliconia Spring by Brian Aldiss; No Enemy But Time by Michael Bishop; The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe; The Transmigration of Timothy Archer by Philip K. Dick

  1981

  The Claw of the Conciliator, Gene Wolfe

  nominees:The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe; Little, Big by John Crowley; The Many-Colored Land by Julian May; Radix by A. A. Attanasio; Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban; The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas

  1980

  Timescape, Gregory Benford

  nominees: Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl; Mockingbird by Walter Tevis; The Orphan by Robert Stallman; The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe; The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge; Timescape by Gregory Benford

1970s

• 1979

  The Fountains of Paradise, Arthur C. Clarke

nominees: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke; Jem by Frederik Pohl; Juniper Time by Kate Wilhelm; On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch; The Road to Corlay by Richard Cowper; Titan by John Varley

• 1978

  Dreamsnake, Vonda N. McIntyre

  nominees: Blind Voices by Tom Reamy; Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre; The Faded Sun by C. J. Cherryh; Kalki by Gore Vidal; Strangers by Gardner Dozois

  1977 Gateway, Frederik Pohl

  nominees: Cirque by Terry Carr; Gateway by Fred Pohl; In the Ocean of Night by Greg Benford; Moonstart Odyssey by David Gerrold; Sword of Demon by Richard Lupoff

  1976

  Man Plus, Frederik Pohl

  nominees: Inferno by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle; Islands by Marta Randall; Man Plus by Frederik Pohl; Shadrach in the Furnace by Robert Silverberg; Triton by Samuel R. Delany; Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm

  1975

  The Forever War, Joe Haldeman

  nominees: Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron; The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee; The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester (also titled: The Indian Giver); Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany; Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny; The Embedding by Ian Watson; The Exile Waiting by Vonda N. McIntyre; The Female Man by Joanna Russ; The Forever War by Joe Haldeman; A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire by Michael Bishop; Guernica Night by Barry N. Malzberg; The Heritage of Hastur by Marion Zimmer Bradley; Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino; A Midsummer Tempest by Poul Anderson; The Missing Man by Katherine MacLean; The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle; Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow; The Stochastic Man by Robert Silverberg

  1974

  The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin

  nominees: 334 by Thomas M Disch; The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin; Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick; The Godwhale by T. J. Bass

  1973

  Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke

  nominees: Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon; The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold; The People of the Wind by Poul Anderson; Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke; Time Enough For Love by Robert A. Heinlein

  1972

  The Gods Themselves, Isaac Asimov

  nominees: The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg; Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg; The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov; The Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad; The Sheep Look Up by John Brunner; What Entropy Means to Me by George Alec Effinger; When Harlie Was One by David Gerrold

  1971

  A Time of Changes, Robert Silverberg

  nominees: The Byworlder by Poul Anderson; The Devil is Dead by R. A. Lafferty; Half Past Human by T. J. Bass; The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin; Margaret and I by Kate Wilhelm; A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg

  1970

  Ringworld, Larry Niven

  nominees:And Chaos Died by Joanna Russ; Fourth Mansions by R. A. Lafferty; Ringworld by Larry Niven; The Steel Crocodile by D. G. Compton; The Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg; The Year of the Quiet Sun by Wilson (Bob) Tucker

1960s

• 1969

  The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

  nominees:1F/5F: The Jagged Orbit by John Brunner; The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin; Up the Line by Robert Silverberg; Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad; Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut; 'Isle of the Dead by Roger Zelazny

  1968

  Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin

  nominees:1F/6M: Black Easter by James Blish; Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner; Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick; Past Master by R. A. Lafferty; Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin; Picnic on Paradise by Joanna Russ; The Masks of Time by Robert Silverberg

  1967

  The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany

  nominees: 5M: Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany; The Eskimo Invasion by Hayden Howard; Thorns by Robert Silverberg; Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny; Chthon by Piers Anthony

  1966

  (tie) Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany

• nominees: 3M: Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany; The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein; Flowers For Algernon' by Daniel Keyes

  1965

  Dune, Frank Herbert

  nominees: 1F/12M: The Star Fox by Poul Anderson; Nova Express by William Burroughs; Rogue Dragon by Avram Davidson; Dr. Bloodmoney by Philip K. Dick; The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch by Philip K. Dick; The Genocides by Thomas M. Disch; The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream by G. C. Edmonson; Dune by Frank Herbert; A Plague of Demons by Keith Laumer; All Flesh is Grass by Clifford D. Simak; The Escape Orbit by James White;The Clone by Theodore Thomas & Kate Wilhelm