| Year | Author(s) | Novel |
| 1953 | Alfred Bester | The Demolished Man – (Expectations…) |
| 1955 | Mark Clifton and Frank Riley | They’d Rather Be Right (also known as The Forever Machine) |
| 1956 | Robert A. Heinlein | Double Star |
| 1958 | Fritz Leiber | The Big Time |
| 1959 | James Blish | A Case of Conscience |
| 1960 | Robert A. Heinlein | Starship Troopers |
| 1961 | Walter M. Miller, Jr. | A Canticle for Leibowitz |
| 1962 | Robert A. Heinlein | Stranger in a Strange Land |
| 1963 | Philip K. Dick | The Man in the High Castle |
| 1964 | Clifford D. Simak | Here Gather the Stars (also known as Way Station) |
| 1965 | Fritz Leiber | The Wanderer |
| 1966 | Frank Herbert (tie) | Dune |
| 1966 | Roger Zelazny (tie) | …And Call Me Conrad (also known as This Immortal) |
| 1967 | Robert A. Heinlein | The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress |
| 1968 | Roger Zelazny | Lord of Light |
| 1969 | John Brunner | Stand on Zanzibar |
| 1970 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Left Hand of Darkness |
| 1971 | Larry Niven | Ringworld |
| 1972 | Philip José Farmer | To Your Scattered Bodies Go |
| 1973 | Isaac Asimov* | The Gods Themselves |
| 1974 | Arthur C. Clarke* | Rendezvous with Rama |
| 1975 | Ursula K. Le Guin* | The Dispossessed |
| 1976 | Joe Haldeman | The Forever War |
| 1977 | Kate Wilhelm | Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang |
| 1978 | Frederik Pohl | Gateway |
| 1979 | Vonda N. McIntyre | Dreamsnake |
| 1980 | Arthur C. Clarke | The Fountains of Paradise |
| 1981 | Joan D. Vinge | The Snow Queen |
| 1982 | C. J. Cherryh | Downbelow Station |
| 1983 | Isaac Asimov | Foundation’s Edge |
| 1984 | David Brin | Startide Rising |
| 1985 | William Gibson | Neuromancer |
| 1986 | Orson Scott Card | Ender’s Game |
| 1987 | Orson Scott Card | Speaker for the Dead |
| 1988 | David Brin | The Uplift War |
| 1989 | C. J. Cherryh | Cyteen |
| 1990 | Dan Simmons | Hyperion |
| 1991 | Lois McMaster Bujold | The Vor Game |
| 1992 | Lois McMaster Bujold | Barrayar |
| 1993 | Vernor Vinge (tie) | A Fire Upon the Deep |
| 1993 | Connie Willis (tie) | Doomsday Book |
| 1994 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Green Mars – (How to Murder Time – Red Mars) |
| 1995 | Lois McMaster Bujold | Mirror Dance |
| 1996 | Neal Stephenson | The Diamond Age |
| 1997 | Kim Stanley Robinson | Blue Mars – (How to Murder Time – Red Mars) |
| 1998 | Joe Haldeman | Forever Peace |
| 1999 | Connie Willis | To Say Nothing of the Dog |
| 2000 | Vernor Vinge | A Deepness in the Sky |
| 2001 | J. K. Rowling | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
| 2002 | Neil Gaiman | American Gods |
| 2003 | Robert J. Sawyer | Hominids |
| 2004 | Lois McMaster Bujold | Paladin of Souls |
| 2005 | Susanna Clarke | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell |
| 2006 | Robert Charles Wilson | Spin |
| 2007 | Vernor Vinge | Rainbows End |
| 2008 | Michael Chabon | The Yiddish Policemen’s Union |
| 2009 | Neil Gaiman | The Graveyard Book |
| 2010 | Paolo Bacigalupi (tie) | The Windup Girl |
| 2010 | China Miéville (tie) | The City & the City |
| 2011 | Connie Willis | Blackout/All Clear |
| 2012 | TBA! |
Years marked in bold are ones I’ve read. So many novels, so little time!
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