British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel

British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel
Awarded forWorks over 40,000 words
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBritish Fantasy Society
First award2012 (2012)
Most recent winnerMasquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi
Websitebritishfantasysociety.org
RelatedBritish Fantasy Award for Best Novel
British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel

The British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel, also known as the Robert Holdstock Award, is a literary award given annually as part of the British Fantasy Awards. The award is named after British author Robert Holdstock. The British Fantasy Society originally awarded only one Best Novel award annually. After the awards were reorganized in 2012, the best novel category was divided into fantasy and horror categories.

Winners and shortlist

  *   Winners

Year Author Work Publisher Ref.
2012 Jo Walton* Among Others Tor Books [1]
2013 Graham Joyce* Some Kind of Fairy Tale Gollancz [2]
Joe Abercrombie Red Country Gollancz [2]
Margo Lanagan The Brides of Rollrock Island David Fickling Books [2]
China Miéville Railsea Macmillan Publishers [2]
Lou Morgan Blood and Feathers Solaris Books [2]
2014 Sofia Samatar* A Stranger in Olondria Small Beer Press [3]
Neil Gaiman The Ocean at the End of the Lane Headline Publishing Group [3]
Lou Morgan Blood and Feathers: Rebellion Solaris Books [3]
Emma Newman Between Two Thorns Angry Robot [3]
Tom Pollock The Glass Republic Jo Fletcher [3]
2015 Frances Hardinge* Cuckoo Song Macmillan Children's [4]
Robert Jackson Bennett City of Stairs Jo Fletcher [4]
Edward Cox The Relic Guild Gollancz [4]
K. T. Davies Breed Fox Spirit [4]
Lavie Tidhar A Man Lies Dreaming Hodder & Stoughton [4]
Neil Williamson The Moon King NewCon [4]
2016 Naomi Novik* Uprooted Macmillan Publishers [5]
Joe Abercrombie Half a War Harper Voyager [5]
Zen Cho Sorcerer to the Crown Macmillan Publishers [5]
Silvia Moreno-Garcia Signal to Noise Solaris Books [5]
Adrian Tchaikovsky Guns of the Dawn Tor Books [5]
Jen Williams The Iron Ghost Headline Publishing Group [5]
2017 Adrian Tchaikovsky* The Tiger and the Wolf Pan Books [6]
Steven Poore The High King's Vengeance Kristell Ink / Grimbold Books [6]
Jen Williams The Silver Tide Headline Publishing Group [6]
Joanne Hall The Summer Goddess Kristell Ink / Grimbold Books [6]
2018 Jen Williams* The Ninth Rain Headline Publishing Group [7]
R. J. Barker Age of Assassins Orbit Books [7]
Anna Smith Spark The Court of Broken Knives Harper Voyager [7]
Jeannette Ng Under the Pendulum Sun Angry Robot [7]
2019 Jen Williams* The Bitter Twins Headline Publishing Group [8]
Tasha Suri Empire of Sand Orbit Books [8]
Robert Jackson Bennett Foundryside Jo Fletcher [8]
Juliet E. McKenna The Green Man's Heir Wizard's Tower Press [8]
Aliya Whiteley The Loosening Skin Unsung Stories [8]
Peter McLean Priest of Bones Jo Fletcher [8]
2020 R. J. Barker* The Bone Ships Orbit Books [9]
Helen Marshall The Migration Titan Books [9]
Jen Williams The Poison Song Headline Publishing Group [9]
Alix E. Harrow The Ten Thousand Doors of January Orbit Books [9]
2021 Alix E. Harrow* The Once and Future Witches Redhook Books [10]
Andrea Stewart The Bone Shard Daughter Orbit Books [10]
Lavie Tidhar By Force Alone Tor Books [10]
N. K. Jemisin The City We Became Orbit Books [10]
Rym Kechacha Dark River Unsung Stories [10]
Tiffani Angus Threading the Labyrinth Unsung Stories [10]
2022 Shelley Parker-Chan* She Who Became the Sun Tor Books [11]
Mike Brooks The Black Coast Orbit Books [11]
Tasha Suri The Jasmine Throne Orbit Books [11]
Lucy Holland Sistersong Tor Books [11]
Lorraine Wilson This is Our Undoing Luna Press [11]
C. L. Clark The Unbroken Orbit Books [11]
2023 Simon Jimenez* The Spear Cuts Through Water Del Rey Books [12]
Sara A. Mueller The Bone Orchard Tor Books [12]
Cat Hellisen Cast Long Shadows Luna Press [12]
Oliver K. Langmead Glitterati Titan Books [12]
Tasha Suri The Oleander Sword Orbit Books [12]
David Green Path of War Eerie River Publishing [12]
2024 Jen Williams* Talonsister Titan Books [13]
Samantha Shannon A Day of Fallen Night Bloomsbury Publishing [13]
David Green At Eternity’s Gates Eerie River Publishing [13]
David Green Beyond Sundered Seas Eerie River Publishing [13]
Wole Talabi Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon DAW Books [13]
2025 O. O. Sangoyomi* Masquerade Forge Books [14]
Juliet E. McKenna The Green Man's War Wizard's Tower Press [14]
Eliza Chan Fathomfolk Orbit Books [14]
Sarah Rees Brennan Long Live Evil Orbit Books [14]
David Green A Shadow Over Haven Eerie River Publishing [14]

References

  1. ^ "2012 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e "2013 British Fantasy Awards". Locus. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d e "2014 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "2015 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "2016 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  6. ^ a b c d "Announcing the 2017 British Fantasy Award Winners". Reactor. 1 October 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
  7. ^ a b c d "Announcing the 2018 British Fantasy Award Winners". Reactor. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "2019 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  9. ^ a b c d Andrew Liptak (22 February 2021). "Here Are the Winners of the 2020 British Fantasy Awards". Tor.com. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  10. ^ a b c d e f "2021 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  11. ^ a b c d e f "2022 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 19 September 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  12. ^ a b c d e f "2023 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  13. ^ a b c d e "2024 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  14. ^ a b c d e "2025 British Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus. 3 November 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2026.
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