genre novels and novellas, 1950–1999

Novels in italics, novellas in 'inverted commas'.

1950
Best of 1950
L. Ron Hubbard, To the Stars / Return to Tomorrow  (ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, FEBRUARY–MARCH 1950)
Theodore Sturgeon, The Dreaming Jewels  (GREENBERG, 1950)
Honourable mentions
Isaac Asimov, I, Robot  (GNOME PRESS 1950)
All books
Isaac Asimov, Pebble in the Sky  (DOUBLEDAY, 1950)
Edward E. Smith, First Lensman  (FANTASY PRESS, 1950)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Edward E. Smith, Galactic Patrol  (FANTASY PRESS, 1950)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1951
Best of 1951
John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids  (DOUBLEDAY, 1951)
Honourable mentions
Arthur C. Clarke, The Sands of Mars  (SIDGWICK & JACKSON, 1951)
All books
Isaac Asimov, Foundation  (GNOME PRESS, 1951)

1952
Best of 1952
Honourable mentions
Bruce Carter (Richard Hough), Into a Strange Lost World / The Perilous Descent  (THE BODLEY HEAD, 1952)
Arthur C. Clarke, Islands in the Sky  (SIDGWICK & JACKSON, 1952)
Jack Vance, Big Planet  (STARTLING STORIES, SEPTEMBER 1952)
All books
Isaac Asimov, Foundation and Empire  (GNOME PRESS, 1952)
Paul French (Isaac Asimov), David Starr, Space Ranger  (DOUBLEDAY, 1952)
Raymond F. Jones, This Island Earth  (SHASTA, 1952)
Vargo Statten (John Russell Fearn), The Eclipse Express  (SCION, 1952)

1953
Best of 1953
Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451  (BALLANTINE, 1953)
Theodore Sturgeon, More Than Human  (FARRAR, STRAUS & YOUNG, 1953)
Honourable mentions
Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel  (GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION, OCTOBER–NOVEMBER 1953)
Arthur C. Clarke, 'Against the Fall of Night'  (GNOME PRESS, 1953)
Philip K. Dick, 'The Variable Man' (SPACE SCIENCE FICTION JULY 1953)
All books
Poul Anderson, Brainwave  (SPACE SCIENCE FICTION, SEPTEMBER 1953)
Isaac Asimov, Second Foundation  (GNOME PRESS, 1953)
Arthur C. Clarke, 'Expedition to Earth'  (GNOME PRESS, 1953)
Paul French (Isaac Asimov), Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids  (DOUBLEDAY, 1953)
J.T. M'Intosh, World Out Of Mind  (DOUBLEDAY, 1953)
Clifford D. Simak, 'Spacebred Generations'  (SCIENCE-FICTION PLUS, AUGUST 1953)  [ review ]

1954
Best of 1954
Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood's End  (BALLANTINE, 1954)
Jack Finney, The Body Snatchers / Invasion of the Body Snatchers  (COLLIERS MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 1954)
Richard Matheson, I Am Legend  (GOLD MEDAL, 1954)
Honourable mentions
All books
Paul French (Isaac Asimov), Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus  (DOUBLEDAY, 1954)

1955
Best of 1955
Isaac Asimov, The End of Eternity  (DOUBLEDAY, 1955)
James Blish, Earthman, Come Home  (PUTNAM, 1955)
Honourable mentions
Arthur C. Clarke, Earthlight  (BALLANTINE, 1955)
All books
Fredric Brown, Martians, Go Home  (E. P. DUTTON, 1955)
Gabriel García Márquez, 'Leaf Storm'  (EDICIONES SLB, 1955)
J. T. M'Intosh, World Out of Mind  (DOUBLEDAY, 1955)
E.C. Tubb, Star Ship / The Space-Born  (NEW WORLDS SCIENCE FICTION, APRIL–JUNE 1955)

1956
Best of 1956
Alfred Bester, Tiger! Tiger! / The Stars My Destination  (SIGNET, 1957)
James Blish, They Shall Have Stars / Year 2018!  (FABER AND FABER, 1956)
John Christopher, The Death of Grass  (MICHAEL JOSEPH, 1956)  [ review ]
Honourable mentions
Robert Heinlein, Double Star  (DOUBLEDAY, 1956; 1956 HUGO AWARD)
All books
Philip K. Dick, The Man Who Japed  (ACE, 1956)
Paul French (Isaac Asimov), Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury  (DOUBLEDAY, 1956)
Richard Matheson, The Shrinking Man  (GOLD MEDAL/FAWCETT, 1956)  [ review ]

1957
Best of 1957
Isaac Asimov, The Naked Sun  (DOUBLEDAY, 1957)
Eric Frank Russell, Wasp  (AVALON, 1957)
Honourable mentions
All books
Fredric Brown, Rogue in Space  (E.P. DUTTON, 1957)
Philip K. Dick, The Cosmic Puppets  (ACE, 1957)
Paul French (Isaac Asimov), Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter  (DOUBLEDAY, 1957)
Robert Randall (Robert Silverberg & Randall Garrett), The Shrouded Planet  (GNOME PRESS, 1957)   READ IN FIRST EDITION  [ review ]

1958
Best of 1958
Brian Aldiss, Non-Stop  (FABER AND FABER, 2000)
James Blish, A Case of Conscience  (BALLANTINE, 1958; 1959 HUGO AWARD)
Theodore Sturgeon, The Cosmic Rape / To Marry Medusa  (DELL, 1958)
Honourable mentions
James Blish, The Triumph of Time / A Clash of Cymbals  (AVON, 1958)
All books
R. Lionel Fanthorpe, The Waiting World  (BADGER, 1958)
Paul French (Isaac Asimov), Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn  (DOUBLEDAY, 1958)

1959
Best of 1959
Walter M. Miller, Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz  (J. B. LIPPINCOTT, 1959)
Eric Frank Russell, Next of Kin  (DENNIS DOBSON, 1959)
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., The Sirens of Titan  (DELL, 1959)
Honourable mentions
Philip K. Dick, Time Out of Joint  (J. B. LIPPINCOTT, 1959)
André Norton, The Beast Master  (HARCOURT, BRACE & COMPANY, 1959)
All books
Poul Anderson, Virgin Planet  (AVALON, 1959)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Robert Randall (Robert Silverberg & Randall Garrett), The Dawning Light  (GNOME PRESS, 1957)   READ IN FIRST EDITION   [ review ]
Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, OCTOBER–NOVEMBER 1959)
R. L. Fanthorpe M.B.I.S., Space-Borne  (BADGER, 1959)
Lionel Roberts (R. L. Fanthorpe), Dawn of the Mutants  (BADGER, 1959)
Lionel Roberts (R. L. Fanthorpe), Time-Echo  (BADGER, 1959)
Robert Silverberg, Collision Course  (ACE, 1959)  [ review ]

1960
Best of 1960
Algys Budrys, Rogue Moon  (FAWCETT GOLD MEDAL, 1960)
Walter M. Miller Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz  (J.B. LIPPINCOTT, 1960; 1961 HUGO AWARD)
Honourable mentions
Chad Oliver, Unearthly Neighbours  (BALLANTINE, 1960)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
All books
Poul Anderson, The High Crusade  (DOUBLEDAY, 1960)
Kenneth Bulmer, The Earth Gods Are Coming  (ACE, 1960)
Philip K. Dick, Dr. Futurity  (ACE, 1960)
Philip K. Dick, Vulcan's Hammer  (ACE, 1960)
Bron Fane (R. Lionel Fanthorpe), Juggernaut  (BADGER, 1960)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
R. Lionel Fanthorpe, Doomed World  (BADGER, 1960)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
R. Lionel Fanthorpe, Satellite  (BADGER, 1960)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Philip José Farmer, Flesh  (BEACON, 1960)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Roy Lewis, What We Did to Father / The Evolution Man  (HUTCHINSON, 1960)  [ review ]

1961
Best of 1961
Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land  (PUTNAM, 1961; 1962 HUGO AWARD, 1987 PROMETHEUS AWARD)
Stanislaw Lem, Solaris  (WARSZAWA: WYDAWNICTWO MON, 1961)
Honourable mentions
Raymond Z. Gallun, The Planet Strappers  (PYRAMID, 1961)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Daniel F. Galouye, Dark Universe  (BANTAM, 1961)
Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat  (PYRAMID, 1961)
All books
J. G. Ballard, The Wind From Nowhere  (BERKLEY MEDALLION, 1961)  [ review ]
James Blish, The Star Dwellers  (PUTNAM, 1961)
Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Door Through Space  (ACE, 1961)
Leo Brett (R. Lionel Fanthorpe), Mind Force  (BADGER, 1961)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Robert Silverberg, Collision Course  (AVALON, 1961)

1962
Best of 1962
James Blish, A Life for the Stars  (PUTNAM, 1962)
Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange  (WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 1962)
Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle  (PUTNAM, 1962; 1963 HUGO AWARD)
Honourable mentions
J. G. Ballard, The Drowned World  (BERKLEY, 1962)
André Norton, Lord of Thunder  (HARCOURT, BRACE & WORLD, 1962)
Robert Sheckley, Journey of Joenes  (SIGNET, 1962)
All books
J. F. Bone, The Lani People  (CORGI, 1962)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Samuel R. Delany, The Jewels of Aptor  (ACE, 1962)
J. Hunter Holly, The Flying Eyes  (MONARCH, 1962)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
J. Hunter Holly, The Dark Planet  (McFADDEN-BARTELL, 1962)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
John E. Muller (R. Lionel Fanthorpe), Orbit One  (BADGER, 1962)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
John E. Muller (R. Lionel Fanthorpe), Return of Zeus  (BADGER, 1962)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1963
Best of 1963
Pierre Boulle, Planet of the Apes  (JULLIARD, 1963)
Robert A. Heinlein, Glory Road  (PUTNAM, 1963)
Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time  (JULLIARD, 1963; 1963 NEWBERY MEDAL)
Clifford D. Simak, Way Station  (DOUBLEDAY, 1963)
Walter Tevis, The Man Who Fell to Earth  (GOLD MEDAL, 1963)
Honourable mentions
Samuel R. Delany, Captives of the Flame (aka. Out of the Dead City)  (ACE, 1963)
Robert A. Heinlein, Orphans of the Sky  (GOLLANCZ, 1963)
All books
Pel Torro (R. Lionel Fanthorpe), Formula 29X  (BADGER, 1963)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Pel Torro (R. Lionel Fanthorpe), Galaxy 666  (BADGER, 1963)

1964
Best of 1964
Honourable mentions
Brian Aldiss, Greybeard  (FABER & FABER, 1964)
Cordwainer Smith (Paul Linebarger), 'The Dead Lady of Clown Town'  (GALAXY MAGAZINE, AUGUST 1964)
Samuel R. Delany, The Towers of Toron  (ACE, 1964)
Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), A State of Denmark  (1964)
All books
Philip K. Dick, Clans of the Alphane Moon  (ACE, 1964)  [ review ]
Philip K. Dick, The Simulacra  (ACE, 1964)
Bron Fane (R. Lionel Fanthorpe), Nemesis  (BADGER, 1964)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1965
Best of 1965
Philip K. Dick, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch  (DOUBLEDAY, 1965; 1966 BSFA AWARD)
Thomas M. Disch, The Genocides  (BERKLEY, 1965)
Frank Herbert, Dune  (CHILTON, 1965)
Roger Zelazny, This Immortal  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 1965; 1966 HUGO AWARD, 1976 SEIUN AWARD)
Honourable mentions
Samuel R. Delany, City of a Thousand Suns  (ACE, 1965)
Philip K. Dick, The Zap Gun  (WORLDS OF TOMORROW, NOVEMBER 1965-JANUARY 1966)
All books
James Blish, Mission to the Heart Stars  (FABER AND FABER, 1965)
Samuel R. Delany, The Ballad of Beta-2  (ACE, 1965)
Gardner F. Fox, The Hunter Out of Time  (ACE, 1965)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Damon Knight, The Rithian Terror  (AWARD, 1965)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Michael Moorcock, The Sundered Worlds  (COMPACT, 1965)
John E. Muller (R. Lionel Fanthorpe), Beyond the Void  (BADGER, 1965)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Bart Somers (Gardner F. Fox), Beyond the Black Enigma  (PAPERBACK LIBRARY, 1965)   READ IN FIRST EDITION   [ review ]

1966
Best of 1966
Poul Anderson, Ensign Flandry  (CHILTON, 1966)
Samuel R. Delany, Babel-17  (ACE, 1966; 1966 NEBULA AWARD, 1995 JAMES TIPTREE JR. AWARD)
Harry Harrison, Make Room! Make Room!  (SF IMPULSE, AUGUST–OCTOBER 1966)  [ review ]
Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon  (HARCOURT, BRACE & WORLD, 1966; 1967 NEBULA AWARD)
Honourable mentions
Jack Vance, The Blue World  (BALLANTINE, 1966)
All books
John Brunner, A Planet of Your Own  (ACE, 1966)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Samuel R. Delany, Empire Star  (ACE, 1966)
Frank Herbert, The Green Brain  (ACE, 1966)
Michael Moorcock, The Ice Schooner  (SF IMPULSE, NOVEMBER 1966–JANUARY 1967)
Larry Niven, The World of Ptavvs  (BALLANTINE, 1966)
Robert Tralins, The Cosmozoids  (BELMONT, 1966)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1967
Best of 1967
Samuel R. Delany, The Einstein Intersection  (ACE, 1967; 1967 NEBULA AWARD)
Thomas M. Disch, Camp Concentration  (NEW WORLDS SPECULATIVE FICTION, JULY–OCTOBER 1967; 1969 DITMAR AWARD)
Honourable mentions
Kate Wilhelm, The Killer Thing  (DOUBLEDAY, 1967)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
All books
Philip K. Dick, The Zap Gun  (PYRAMID, 1967)
Philip José Farmer, 'Riders of the Purple Wage'  (HARLAN ELLISON, ed., DANGEROUS VISIONS, 1967; 1968 HUGO AWARD)
Harry Harrison, Technicolor Time Machine  (DOUBLEDAY, 1967)
Robert Silverberg, The Gate of Worlds  (HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON, 1967)
Bart Somers (Gardner F. Fox), Abandon Galaxy!  (PAPERBACK LIBRARY, 1967)   READ IN FIRST EDITION   [ review ]
E.C. Tubb, The Winds of Gath  (ACE, 1967)
Jack Williamson, Bright New Universe  (ACE, 1967)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1968
Best of 1968
John Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar  (DOUBLEDAY, 1968; 1968 HUGO AWARD, 1970 BSFA AWARD, 1973 FRENCH PRIX APOLLO)
Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey  (HUTCHINSON, 1968)
Samuel R. Delany, Nova  (BANTAM, 1968)
Honourable mentions
Samuel R. Delany, 'Lines of Power' (aka. 'We, In Some Strange Power's Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line')  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, MAY 1968)
Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?  (DOUBLEDAY, 1968)
Ted Hughes, 'The Iron Man'  (FABER AND FABER, 1968)
John Sladek, The Reproductive System  (GOLLANCZ, 1968)
William Tenn, Of Men and Monsters  (BALLANTINE, 1968)  [ review ]
John Wyndham, Chocky  (BALLANTINE, 1968)   READ IN FIRST EDITION   [ review ]
All books
Larry Niven, A Gift from Earth  (BALLANTINE, 1968)
Robert Silverberg, The Man in the Maze  (IF, APRIL–MAY 1968)
E.C. Tubb, Derai  (ACE, 1968)
Ted White, Dave Van Arnam, Sideslip  (PYRAMID, 1968)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1969
Best of 1969
Ursula Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness  (WALKER & CO., 1969; 1969 NEBULA AWARD, 1970 HUGO AWARD, 1995 JAMES TIPTREE JR. AWARD)
Robert Silverberg, Downward to the Earth  (GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION, NOVEMBER 1969–MARCH 1970)
Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five  (DELACORTE, 1969)
Honourable mentions
Michael Crichton, The Andromeda Strain  (ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1969)
Philip K. Dick, Galactic Pot-Healer  (BERKLEY MEDALLION, 1969)  [ review ]
Thomas M. Disch, The Prisoner  (ACE, 1969)  [ review ]
Michael Moorcock, Behold the Man  (ALLISON & BUSBY, 1969)
Robert Silverberg, Up the Line  (AMAZING STORIES, JULY–SEPTEMBER 1969)
All books
Philip K. Dick, Ubik  (DOUBLEDAY, 1969)
Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah  (GALAXY, JULY–NOVEMBER 1969)
A.E. van Vogt, The Silkie  (ACE, 1969)
Roger Zelazny, Damnation Alley  (PUTNAM, 1969)

1970
Best of 1970
Larry Niven, Ringworld  (BALLANTINE, 1970; 1971 HUGO AWARD, NEBULA AWARD & LOCUS AWARD, 1972 DITMAR AWARD)  [ review ]
Jim Theis, 'The Eye of Argon'  (OSFAN #10, AUGUST 1970)
Honourable mentions
Poul Anderson, Tau Zero  (DOUBLEDAY, 1970)
Derek Raymond, A State of Denmark  (HUTCHINSON, 1970)
All books
Jack Bertin, The Interplanetary Adventurers  (LENOX HILL PRESS, 1970)   READ IN FIRST EDITION  [ review ]
Jack Bertin, The Pyramids from Space  (LENOX HILL PRESS, 1970)   READ IN FIRST EDITION  [ review ]
Philip K. Dick, A Maze of Death  (DOUBLEDAY, 1970)
Philip K. Dick, Our Friends from Frolix 8  (ACE, 1970)  [ review ]

1971
Best of 1971
Poul Anderson, 'The Queen of Air and Darkness'  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, APRIL 1971; 1971 NEBULA AWARD, 1972 HUGO AWARD, 1972 LOCUS POLL AWARD)
Ursula Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven  (AMAZING SCIENCE FICTION, MARCH–MAY 1971; 1972 LOCUS POLL AWARD)
Honourable mentions
Arthur C. Clarke, 'A Meeting With Medusa'  (PLAYBOY, DECEMBER 1971; 1972 NEBULA AWARD)
All books

1972
Best of 1972
John Brunner, The Sheep Look Up  (HARPER & ROW, 1972)
Gabriel García Márquez, 'The Incredible and Sad Tale of Innocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother'  (UNKNOWN, 1972)
Bob Shaw, Other Days, Other Eyes  (ACE, 1972)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Honourable mentions
Isaac Asimov, The Gods Themselves  (GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION, MARCH–JUNE 1972; 1973 HUGO AWARD)
Desmond Leslie & Patrick Moore, How Britain Won the Space Race  (MITCHELL BEAZLEY, 1972)   READ IN FIRST EDITION  [ review ]
Philip Roth, 'The Breast'  (HOLT, RINEHART & WINSTON, 1972)
All books
Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree  (ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1972)
Philip K. Dick, We Can Build You  (DAW, 1972)
Thomas M. Disch, '334'  (NEW WORLDS QUARTERLY #4, JUNE 1972)
Christopher Priest, Fugue for a Darkening Island  (FABER AND FABER, 1972)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Keith Roberts, 'The Grain Kings'  (MICHAEL MOORCOCK, ed., NEW WORLDS QUARTERLY 3, 1972)
Kurt Vonnegut, Between Time and Timbuktu or Prometheus-5  (DELACORTE PRESS, 1972)
Gene Wolfe, The Fifth Head of Cerberus  (CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 1972)

1973
Best of 1973
James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon), 'The Girl Who Was Plugged In'  (ROBERT SILVERBERG, ed., NEW DIMENSIONS 3, 1973; 1974 HUGO AWARD)
Honourable mentions
Harry Harrison, Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers  (PUTNAM, 1973)  [ review ]
Ian Watson, The Embedding  (GOLLANCZ, 1973; 1975 PRIX APOLLO)
All books
James Blish, The Quincunx of Time  (DELL, 1973)
Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama  (GOLLANCZ, 1973; 1973 NEBULA AWARD; 1973 BSFA AWARD; 1974 HUGO AWARD; 1974 JUPITER AWARD; 1974 JOHN W. CAMPBELL MEMORIAL AWARD; 1974 LOCUS AWARD; 1980 SEIUN AWARD)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Philip E. High, Sold – For a Spaceship  (ROBERT HALE, 1973)
E.C. Tubb, Galaxy of the Lost  (DAW, 1973)

1974
Best of 1974
M. John Harrison, The Centauri Device  (DOUBLEDAY, 1974)
Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle, The Mote in God's Eye  (POCKET, 1974)
Honourable mentions
Philip K. Dick, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said  (DOUBLEDAY, 1974)
All books
James Herbert, The Rats  (NEW ENGLISH LIBRARY, 1974)
Brian Stableford, Promised Land  (DAW, 1974)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Brian Stableford, The Paradise Game  (DAW, 1974)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Brian Stableford, The Fenris Device  (DAW, 1974)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Louis Trimble, The Bodelan Way  (DAW, 1974)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Kilgore Trout (Philip José Farmer), Venus on the Half-Shell  (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, DECEMBER 1974 – JANUARY 1975)

1975
Best of 1975
Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren  (BANTAM, 1975)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Joe Haldeman, The Forever War  (ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, 1975)  [ review ]
Joanna Russ, The Female Man  (BANTAM, 1975; 1996 JAMES TIPTREE JR. RETROACTIVE AWARD)  [ review ]
Honourable mentions
All books
John Crowley, The Deep  (DOUBLEDAY, 1975)
James Herbert, The Fog  (NEW ENGLISH LIBRARY, 1975)
Guy N. Smith, The Slime Beast  (NEW ENGLISH LIBRARY, 1975)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Brian Stableford, Swan Song  (DAW, 1975)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Aaron Wolfe (Dean Koontz), Invasion  (LASER, 1975)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1976
Best of 1976
M.J. Engh, Arslan / A Wind From Bukhara  (WARNER, 1976)
Terry Pratchett, The Dark Side of the Sun  (COLIN SMYTHE, 1976)
Robert Silverberg, Shadrach in the Furnace  (ANALOG, AUGUST–SEPTEMBER 1976)
Honourable mentions
John Crowley, Beasts  (DOUBLEDAY, 1976)  [ review ]
Samuel R. Delany, Triton  (BANTAM, 1976; 1995 JAMES TIPTREE JR. AWARD)
Joe Haldeman, Mindbridge  (ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, 1976)
Frederik Pohl, Gateway  (GALAXY, NOVEMBER 1976–MARCH 1977; 1978 LOCUS POLL AWARD; 1978 NEBULA AWARD; 1978 JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD; 1978 HUGO AWARD; 1978 PRIX APOLLO)
Joanna Russ, We Who Are About To...  (GALAXY, JANUARY–FEBRUARY 1977)  [ review ]
Bob Shaw, A Wreath of Stars  (GOLLANCZ, 1976)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
All books
James Herbert, The Survivor  (NEW ENGLISH LIBRARY, 1976)
Ann Maxwell, The Singer Enigma  (POPULAR LIBRARY, 1976)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Brian Stableford, The Florians  (DAW, 1976)
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky, Definitely Maybe  (SNANIJE-SILA #9-12, 1976 – #1, 1977)

1977
Best of 1977
Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund, If the Stars are Gods  (BERKLEY, 1977)
Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly  (DOUBLEDAY, 1977; 1978 BSFA AWARD)
Bruce Sterling, Involution Ocean  (JOVE, 1977)
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky, Roadside Picnic  (MACMILLAN, 1977)
Honourable mentions
Gary Kilworth, In Solitary  (FABER & FABER, 1977)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Brian Stableford, Critical Threshold  (DAW, 1977)
All books
Ron Goulart, The Panchronicon Plot  (DAW, 1977)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Mack Reynolds, Space Visitor  (ACE, 1977)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Bob Shaw, Who Goes Here?  (GOLLANCZ, 1977)
Brian Stableford, Wildeblood's Empire  (DAW, 1977)

1978
Best of 1978
Marta Randall, Journey  (POCKET BOOKS, 1978)
Honourable mentions
Ben Bova, Colony  (POCKET BOOKS, 1978)
All books
Brian Aldiss, Enemies of the System  (JONATHAN CAPE, 1978)
Jack L. Chalker, The Web of the Chozen  (BALLANTINE, 1978)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Alan Glasser, The Demon Cosmos  (MAJOR, 1978)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Jonathan Fast, Mortal Gods  (HARPER & ROW, 1978)
Brian Stableford, The City of the Sun  (DAW, 1978)

1979
Best of 1979
Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy  (PAN, 1979)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Robert Anton Wilson, The Universe Next Door  (POCKET, 1979)
Honourable mentions
Michael Bishop, Transfigurations  (BERKLEY/PUTNAM, 1979)
John Crowley, Engine Summer  (DOUBLEDAY, 1979)
Spider Robinson, Jeanne Robinson, Stardance  (THE DIAL PRESS, 1979)
Doris Lessing, Re. Colonised Planet 5: Shikasta  (JONATHAN CAPE, 1979)
All books
Samuel R. Delany, 'The Tale of Gorgik'  (ASIMOV'S SF ADVENTURE MAGAZINE, SUMMER 1979)
Samuel R. Delany, 'The Tale of Old Venn'  (TALES OF NEVÈRŸON, BANTAM, 1979)
Samuel R. Delany, 'The Tale of Potters and Dragons'  (TALES OF NEVÈRŸON, BANTAM, 1979)
William Katz, Death Dreams  (WARNER BOOKS, 1979)
Brian Stableford, Balance of Power  (DAW, 1979)
Brian Stableford, The Paradox of the Sets  (DAW, 1979)

1980
Best of 1980
John Sladek, Roderick  (GRANADA, 1980)
Honourable mentions
Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe  (PAN, 1980)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Jonathan Carroll, The Land of Laughs  (VIKING PRESS, 1980)
All books
Christopher Evans, Capella's Golden Eyes  (FABER & FABER, 1980)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Robert A. Heinlein, The Number of the Beast  (NEL, 1980)
Frank Herbert, 'Direct Descent'  (ACE, 1980)
Doris Lessing, The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five  (JONATHAN CAPE, 1980)
Mack Reynolds, 'Golden Rule'  (ANALOG, MARCH 1980)

1981
Best of 1981
Poul Anderson, 'The Saturn Game'  (ANALOG, FEBRUARY 1981; 1981 NEBULA AWARD, 1982 HUGO AWARD)
Philip K. Dick, VALIS  (BANTAM, 1981)
Ted Mooney, Easy Travel to Other Planets  (FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX, 1981)
Robert Anton Wilson, The Trick Top Hat  (POCKET, 1981)
Robert Anton Wilson, The Homing Pigeons  (POCKET, 1981)
Honourable mentions
Doris Lessing, The Sirian Experiments  (JONATHAN CAPE, 1981)
Christopher Priest, The Affirmation  (FABER & FABER, 1981)
Philip K. Dick, The Divine Invasion  (TIMESCAPE, 1981)
All books
Terry Pratchett, Strata  (COLIN SMYTHE, 1981)
Mike Resnick, The Soul Eater  (SIGNET, 1981)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1982
Best of 1982
Phillip Mann, The Eye of the Queen  (GOLLANCZ, 1982)
Honourable mentions
Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything  (PAN, 1982)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two  (GRANADA, 1982)
Jeremy Leven, Satan  (GRANADA, 1982)
Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Calling All Heroes  (1982)
All books
William Kotzwinkle, E.T. the Extraterrestrial  (BERKLEY, 1982)
Doris Lessing, The Making of the Representative for Planet 8  (JONATHAN CAPE, 1982)

1983
Best of 1983
Doris Lessing, Documents Relating to the Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire  (JONATHAN CAPE, 1983)
John Sladek, Roderick at Random  (GRANADA, 1983)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Honourable mentions
Barrington J. Bayley, The Zen Gun  (DAW, 1983)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
All books
Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic  (COLIN SMYTHE, 1983)

1984
Best of 1984
Samuel R. Delany, Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand  (BANTAM, 1984)
Honourable mentions
Douglas Adams, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish  (PAN, 1984)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Suzette Haden Elgin, Native Tongue  (DAW, 1984)
All books

1985
Best of 1985
Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game  (TOR, 1985; 1986 HUGO, NEBULA & SF CHRONICLE AWARDS)
Greg Bear, Blood Music  (ARBOR HOUSE, 1985; 1986 APOLLO AWARD)
Bruce Sterling, 'Green Days in Brunei'  (CRYSTAL EXPRESS, 1985)
Honourable mentions
Philip K. Dick, Radio Free Albemuth  (ARBOR HOUSE, 1985)
All books
Robert Silverberg, Tom O'Bedlam  (DONALD I. FINE, 1985)
Kurt Vonnegut, Galápagos  (DELACORTE, 1985)

1986
Best of 1986
Orson Scott Card, Speaker for the Dead  (TOR, 1986; 1986 NEBULA AWARD, 1987 HUGO, LOCUS POLL & SF CHRONICLE AWARDS)
Honourable mentions
Arthur C. Clarke, The Songs of Distant Earth  (GRAFTON, 1986)
John Gartland, Orgasmus  (BACHMAN & TURNER, 1986)
All books
Jim Crace, Continent  (WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 1986; 1986 WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD, 1986 GUARDIAN FICTION PRIZE, 1986 DAVID HIGHAM PRIZE FOR FICTION)  [ review ]

1987
Best of 1987
Iain M. Banks,, Consider Phlebas  (MACMILLAN, 1987)
Honourable mentions
Michael Crichton, Sphere  (ALFRED A. KNOPF, 1987)
Russell Hoban, The Medusa Frequency  (ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS, 1987)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
All books
Arthur C. Clarke, 2061: Odyssey Three  (GRANADA, 1987)
Elizabeth Moon, 'A Delicate Adjustment'  (ANALOG, FEBRUARY 1987)

1988
Best of 1988
Honourable mentions
Iain M. Banks,, The Player of Games  (MACMILLAN, 1988)
Stephen King, The Tommyknockers  (PUTNAM, 1987)
Paul McAuley, Four Hundred Billion Stars  (BALLANTINE DEL REY, 1988; 1988 PHILIP K. DICK AWARD)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
All books
Rachel Pollack, Unquenchable Fire  (CENTURY, 1988; 1989 ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD)

1989
Best of 1989
Honourable mentions
All books
Gregory Benford, Paul A. Carter, 'Iceborn'  (TOR, 1989)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1990
Best of 1990
Iain M. Banks,, Use of Weapons  (ORBIT, 1990)
Colin Greenland, Take Back Plenty  (UNWIN, 1990)
Salman Rushdie, Haroun and the Sea of Stories  (GRANTA, 1990; 1992 MYTHOPOEIC AWARD)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Honourable mentions
Gregory Benford, Beyond the Fall of Night  (ACE, 1990)
James Morrow, 'City of Truth'  (LEGEND, 1990)
Ramsey Campbell, Needing Ghosts  (LEGEND, 1990)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
C. S. Friedman, The Madness Season  (DAW, 1990)
James Morrow, 'City of Truth'  (LEGEND, 1990)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Kim Stanley Robinson, 'A Short, Sharp Shock'  (MARK V. ZEISING, 1990)
Charles Sheffield, Summertide  (DEL REY, 1990)
Lucius Shepard, 'Kalimantan'  (LEGEND, 1990)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
All books
Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg,, Nightfall  (GOLLANCZ, 1990)
Frederik Pohl, 'Outnumbering the Dead'  (LEGEND, 1990)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1991
Best of 1991
Gwyneth Jones, White Queen  (GOLLANCZ, 1991; 1991 JAMES TIPTREE JR. AWARD)
Honourable mentions
Charles Sheffield, Divergence  (DEL REY, 1991)
All books

1992
Best of 1992
Honourable mentions
Damon Knight, Why Do Birds  (TOR, 1992)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Charles Sheffield, Transcendence  (GOLLANCZ, 1992)
S.P. Somtow, 'I Wake from a Dream of a Drowned Star City'  (PULPHOUSE/AXOLOTL, 1992)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Robert Westall, Gulf  (METHUEN CHILDREN'S BOOKS, 1992)
All books
Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless  (WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 1992)

1993
Best of 1993
IaIn M. Banks, Against a Dark Background  (ORBIT, 1993)
Honourable mentions
Ted Hughes, 'The Iron Woman'  (FABER AND FABER, 1993)
Charles Sheffield, The Mind Pool  (BAEN, 1993)
All books
John DeChancie, The Kruton Interface  (ACE, 1993)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Samuel R. Delany, They Fly at Çiron  (INCUNABULA, 1993)
Robert L. Forward, Camelot 30K  (TOR, 1993)
Jack C. Haldeman II, Jack Dann, High Steel  (TOR, 1993)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Jack Womack, Random Acts of Senseless Violence  (HARPERCOLLINS, 1993)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1994
Best of 1994
Gwyneth Jones, North Wind  (GOLLANCZ, 1994)
Connie Willis, Uncharted Territory  (BANTAM SPECTRA, 1994)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Honourable mentions
Douglas Coupland, Life After God  (POCKET BOOKS, 1994)
All books
A.A. Attanasio, Solis  (EASTON PRESS, 1994)
Iain M. Banks, Feersum Endjinn  (ORBIT, 1994; 1994 BSFA AWARD)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Dean Koontz, Winter Moon  (BALLANTINE, 1994)

1995
Best of 1995
Ian McDonald, Chaga  (GOLLANCZ, 1995)
Honourable mentions
Gene Brewer, K-PAX  (ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, 1995)
All books
Ben Okri, Astonishing the Gods  (PHOENIX HOUSE, 1995)

1996
Best of 1996
Iain M. Banks, Excession  (ORBIT, 1996)
Stephen Baxter, Voyage  (VOYAGER, 1996)
Ian McDonald, Sacrifice of Fools  (GOLLANCZ, 1996)
Frederik Pohl, The Other End of Time  (TOR, 1996)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Mary Doria Russell, The Sparrow  (VILLARD, 1996; 1996 TIPTREE AWARD, 1997 BSFA AWARD, 1998 ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD, 2001 KURD LASSWITZ PRIZE)
Honourable mentions
Fritz Leiber, 'The Dealings Of Daniel Kesserich'  (OMNI ONLINE, 1996)
George Gaylord Simpson, The Dechronization of Sam Magruder  (ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, 1996)   READ IN FIRST EDITION  [ review ]
All books
K. A. Applegate, 'The Invasion'  (SCHOLASTIC, 1996)
Elizabeth Moon, Remnant Population  (BAEN, 1996)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1997
Best of 1997
Stephen Baxter, Titan  (VOYAGER, 1997)
Gwyneth Jones, Phoenix Café  (GOLLANCZ, 1997)
Honourable mentions
Frederik Pohl, The Siege of Eternity  (TOR, 1997)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone  (BLOOMSBURY, 1997)
Robert J. Sawyer, Illegal Alien  (EASTON PRESS, 1997)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Charles Sheffield, Convergence  (BAEN, 1997)
All books
Terry Bisson, The Fifth Element  (VOYAGER, 1997)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey  (DEL REY, 1997)
Robin Cook, Invasion  (BERKLEY, 1997)
Terry Jones, Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic  (HARMONY, 1997)

1998
Best of 1998
Iain M. Banks, Inversions  (ORBIT, 1998)
Ted Chiang, 'Story of Your Life'  (PATRICK NIELSEN HAYDEN, ed., STARLIGHT 2, 1998; 1999 NEBULA AWARD, 1999 STURGEON AWARD)
Greg Egan, 'Oceanic'  (ASIMOV'S, AUGUST 1998; 1998 ASIMOV'S READERS' POLL AWARD, 1999 LOCUS POLL AWARD, 1999 HUGO AWARD)
Ian McDonald, Kirinya  (GOLLANCZ, 1998)
Honourable mentions
Pat Cadigan, Tea from an Empty Cup  (VOYAGER, 1998)
Ben Jeapes,, His Majesty's Starship  (SCHOLASTIC, 1998)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
China Miéville,, King Rat  (MACMILLAN, 1998)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Frederik Pohl, O Pioneer!  (ANALOG, OCTOBER–DECEMBER 1997)
Mary Doria Russell, Children of God  (VILLARD, 1998)
All books
William Barton, Michael Capobianco, White Light  (AVON EOS, 1998)
Julian May, Perseus Spur  (VOYAGER, 1998)
Melinda Metz, The Outsider  (POCKET PULSE, 1998)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
John Luther Novak (Christopher Priest), eXistenZ  (POCKET, 1998)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
S. D. Perry, Virus  (TOR, 1998)   READ IN FIRST EDITION

1999
Best of 1999
Honourable mentions
Roberto Bolaño, Monsieur Pain  (VOYAGER, 1999)
Jack Chalker, Priam's Lens  (DEL REY, 1999)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Siriworn Kaewkan, 'A Scattered World'  (1999)
Robert Charles Wilson, Bios  (TOR, 1999)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
All books
Julian May, Orion Arm  (VOYAGER, 1999)
Anne McCaffrey, Nimisha's Ship  (BANTAM, 1999)
Frederik Pohl, The Far Shore of Time  (TOR, 1999)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Åsa Sandberg, 'The Storyteller'  (MINERVA PRESS, 1999)   READ IN FIRST EDITION
Dean Wesley Smith, Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth  (POCKET, 1999)   READ IN FIRST EDITION