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

• 2009

  The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

  nominees (2F/4M): The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi; The Love We Share Without Knowing by Christopher Barzak; Flesh and Fire by Laura Anne Gilman; The City & the City by China Miéville; Boneshaker by Cherie Priest; Finch by Jeff VanderMeer

• 2008

  Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin

  nominees (1F/5M): Little Brother by Cory Doctorow; Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin; Cauldron by Jack McDevitt; Brasyl by Ian McDonald; Making Money by Terry Pratchett; Superpowers by David J. Schwartz.

• 2007

  The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

  nominees (1F/4M): The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon; Odyssey by Jack McDevitt; The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman; The New Moon's Arms by Nalo Hopkinson; Ragamuffin by Tobias Buckell

• 2006

  Seeker by Jack McDevitt

  nominees (2F/4M): The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner; Farthing by Jo Walton; Seeker, by Jack McDevitt; 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

• 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 by David Mitchell; Perfect Circle by Sean Stewart; The Knight by Gene Wolfe

• 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 by 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 by Octavia E. Butler

  nominees: 2F/4M: 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: 3F/3M: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:4F/3M: 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: 1F/5M: Mother of Storms by John Barnes; Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress; Celestis by Paul Park; The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer; Metropolitan by Walter Jon Williams;Calde of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe

• 1994

  Moving Mars by Greg Bear

  nominees: 2F/5M 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 by Kim Stanley Robinson; 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 by Kim Stanley Robinson

  nominees:1F/4M: 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: 4F/2M: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 by 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: 3F/3M: 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 by 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 by 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 by 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 by 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 by 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 by William Gibson

  nominees:7M 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 by 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 by 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 by Gene Wolfe

  nominees: 1F/5M 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 by Gregory Benford

  nominees: 1F/5M 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 and 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