Most Popular BSFA Award Books

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Hyperion Cantos #2

The Fall of Hyperion

Dan Simmons

Science Fiction · BSFA Award · Locus Award

1990

Revelation Space

Chasm City

Alastair Reynolds

Science Fiction · Cyberpunk · Space Opera · BSFA Award

2001

A Scanner Darkly

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

1977

The Helliconia Trilogy #1

Helliconia Spring

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

1982

Discworld #7

Pyramids

Terry Pratchett

Fantasy · BSFA Award

1989

The Helliconia Trilogy #3

Helliconia Winter

Brian Aldiss

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

1985

The Inverted World

Christopher Priest

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

1974

Rama #1

Rendezvous with Rama

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction · Hard Science Fiction · BSFA Award · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1973

Mythago Cycle #1

Mythago Wood

Robert Holdstock

Fantasy · BSFA Award · World Fantasy Award

1984

Mythago Cycle #2

Lavondyss

Robert Holdstock

Fantasy · BSFA Award

1988

The Book of the New Sun #1

The Shadow of the Torturer

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Science Fiction · BSFA Award · World Fantasy Award

1980

Coraline

Neil Gaiman

Horror · Childrens · Bram Stoker Award · BSFA Award · Hugo Award

2002

The City & the City

China Miéville

Fantasy · Arthur C. Clarke Award · BSFA Award · Hugo Award · Locus Award

April 29, 2009

TTA Novellas #2

Spin

Nina Allan

Fantasy · Science Fiction · BSFA Award

March 2013

Magic For Beginners

Kelly Link

Fantasy · BSFA Award · Locus Award · Short Stories

2005

The Culture #4

Excession

Iain M. Banks

Science Fiction · Space Opera · BSFA Award

1996

Club of Rome Quartet

Stand on Zanzibar

John Brunner

Science Fiction · BSFA Award · Hugo Award · Prix Apollo

1968

Dream Archipelago

The Islanders

Christopher Priest

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

September 17, 2011

The First History

Ash: A Secret History

Mary Gentle

Fantasy · Science Fiction · BSFA Award · Alternate History

2000

Jack Glass

Adam Roberts

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

July 22, 2012

The Sparrow #1

The Sparrow

Mary Doria Russell

Science Fiction · Arthur C. Clarke Award · BSFA Award

1996

Tabitha Jute #1

Take Back Plenty

Colin Greenland

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Arthur C. Clarke Award · BSFA Award

1990

River of Gods

Ian McDonald

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

2004

Arabesk #3

Felaheen

Jon Courtenay Grimwood

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

2003

The Fall Revolution #4

The Sky Road

Ken MacLeod

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

1999

The Time Ships

Stephen Baxter

Science Fiction · BSFA Award · Philip K. Dick Award

1995

Imperial Radch #1

Ancillary Justice

Ann Leckie

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Arthur C. Clarke Award · BSFA Award · Hugo Award

September 30, 2013

Feersum Endjinn

Iain M. Banks

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

1994

Adrift on the Sea of Rains

Ian Sales

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

2012

The Dervish House

Ian McDonald

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

June 13, 2010

Brasyl

Ian McDonald

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

May 2007

Tik-Tok

John Sladek

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

1983

The Wolves in the Walls

Neil Gaiman, Dave McKean

Horror · Childrens · BSFA Award

2003

Mars Trilogy #1

Red Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson

Science Fiction · BSFA Award · Nebula Award

1992

The Orbitsville Trilogy #1

Orbitsville

Bob Shaw

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

1975

The Night Sessions

Ken MacLeod

Science Fiction · BSFA Award

August 2, 2008