The 2018 Locus Awards Weekend will be held in Seattle, Washington next weekend (June 22-24). The Locus Award finalists are chosen by a poll of readers. A couple of weeks ago we discussed the finalists for the Short Fiction categories, so this week let’s look at the novels.

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Click the title links below to read our reviews and on the author links to visit our page for the author. I’ve included the cover art for our favorites. We loved many of these novels. The Locus Award list is always fascinating, almost always very different from the Nebula and Hugo lists.

How many of these finalists have you read? Who do you think will win the Locus Award in these categories? Answer below for a chance to win a book from our stacks.

BEST FANTASY NOVEL

BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVELSpoonbenders by Daryl Gregory fantasy book reviewsPersepolis Rising by James S.A. Corey

The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin fantasy book reviewsProvenance by Ann LeckieBorne by Jeff VanderMeer

BEST YOUNG ADULT NOVELShadowhouse Fall by Daniel José Older

BEST FIRST NOVEL

The Bear and the Nightingale: A Novel (Winternight Trilogy) by Katherine ArdenAmberlough by Lara Elena DonnellyThe Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora GossLincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

BEST HORROR NOVEL

How many of these finalists have you read? Who do you think will win the Locus Award in these categories? Answer below for a chance to win a book from our stacks.

Author

  • Marion Deeds

    Marion Deeds, with us since March, 2011, is the author of the fantasy novella ALUMINUM LEAVES. Her short fiction has appeared in the anthologies BEYOND THE STARS, THE WAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE, STRANGE CALIFORNIA, and in Podcastle, The Noyo River Review, Daily Science Fiction and Flash Fiction Online. She’s retired from 35 years in county government, and spends some of her free time volunteering at a second-hand bookstore in her home town.