Arthur C. Clarke Award

Book · Science fiction · Tier 3: Genre and Specialist Trade Awards · Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror

A leading British prize for a science-fiction novel published in the UK.

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2026

1 books

When There Are Wolves Again

When There Are Wolves Again

2025

6 books

Caragh M. O'Brien · 2025

Julia Armfield · 2025

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2025

The Ministry of Time

The Ministry of Time

Kaliane Bradley · 2025

Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock

Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock

2024

6 books

Martin MacInnes · 2024

Analog/Virtual and Other Simulations of Your Future

Analog/Virtual and Other Simulations of Your Future

Lavanya Lakshminarayan · 2024

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Chain-Gang All-Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah · 2024

Corey Fah Does Social Mobility

Corey Fah Does Social Mobility

Isabel Waidner · 2024

La Gloire à tout prix

La Gloire à tout prix

Emily Tesh · 2024

The Mountain in the Sea

The Mountain in the Sea

Ray Nayler · 2024

2023

6 books

Venomous Lumpsucker

Venomous Lumpsucker

Ned Beauman · 2023

Lucy Kissick · 2023

Hervé Le Tellier · 2023

The Coral Bones

The Coral Bones

The Red Scholar's Wake

The Red Scholar's Wake

Aliette de Bodard · 2023

2022

6 books

Deep Wheel Orcadia

Deep Wheel Orcadia

Harry Josephine Giles · 2022

A Desolation Called Peace

A Desolation Called Peace

Arkady Martine · 2022

A River Called Time

A River Called Time

Courttia Newland · 2022

Klara and the Sun

Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2022

Wergen: The Alien Love War

Wergen: The Alien Love War

2021

6 books

The Animals in That Country

The Animals in That Country

Laura Jean McKay · 2021

Chilling Effect

Chilling Effect

Valerie Valdes · 2021

Patience Agbabi · 2021

The Vanished Birds

The Vanished Birds

Simon Jimenez · 2021

Hao Jingfang · 2021

2020

6 books

Namwali Serpell · 2020

A Memory Called Empire

A Memory Called Empire

Arkady Martine · 2020

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2020

The City in the Middle of the Night

The City in the Middle of the Night

Charlie Jane Anders · 2020

The Last Astronaut

The Last Astronaut

David Wellington · 2020

The Light Brigade

The Light Brigade

Kameron Hurley · 2020

2019

6 books

Tade Thompson · 2019

Frankenstein in Baghdad

Frankenstein in Baghdad

Ahmed Saadawi · 2019

Yoon Ha Lee · 2019

Sue Burke · 2019

The Electric State

The Electric State

Simon Stålenhag · 2019

The Loosening Skin

The Loosening Skin

2018

6 books

Dreams Before the Start of Time

Dreams Before the Start of Time

Anne Charnock · 2018

Omar El Akkad · 2018

Jeff VanderMeer · 2018

Gather the Daughters

Gather the Daughters

Jennie Melamed · 2018

Spaceman of Bohemia

Spaceman of Bohemia

Jaroslav Kalfař · 2018

Un océan de rouille

Un océan de rouille

C. Robert Cargill · 2018

2017

6 books

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad

Colson Whitehead · 2017

A Closed and Common Orbit

A Closed and Common Orbit

Becky Chambers · 2017

Emma Newman · 2017

Central Station

Central Station

Lavie Tidhar · 2017

Yoon Ha Lee · 2017

Tricia Sullivan · 2017

2016

6 books

Children of Time

Children of Time

Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2016

Iain Pears · 2016

Europe at Midnight

Europe at Midnight

Dave Hutchinson · 2016

The Book of Phoenix

The Book of Phoenix

Nnedi Okorafor · 2016

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Becky Chambers · 2016

James Smythe · 2016

2015

6 books

Emily St. John Mandel · 2015

Europe in Autumn

Europe in Autumn

Dave Hutchinson · 2015

Memory of Water

Memory of Water

Emmi Itäranta · 2015

The Book of Strange New Things

The Book of Strange New Things

Michel Faber · 2015

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

Catherine Webb · 2015

The Girl with All the Gifts

The Girl with All the Gifts

Mike Carey · 2015

2014

6 books

Ancillary Justice

Ancillary Justice

Ann Leckie · 2014

Kameron Hurley · 2014

Ramez Naam · 2014

Christopher Priest · 2014

The Disestablishment of Paradise

The Disestablishment of Paradise

Phillip Mann · 2014

James Smythe · 2014

2013

6 books

Chris Beckett · 2013

Kim Stanley Robinson · 2013

Nick Harkaway · 2013

Ken MacLeod · 2013

Adrian Barnes · 2013

Peter Heller · 2013

2012

6 books

The Testament of Jessie Lamb

The Testament of Jessie Lamb

Jane Rogers · 2012

Hull Zero Three

Hull Zero Three

Greg Bear · 2012

China Miéville · 2012

Charles Stross · 2012

Drew Magary · 2012

The Waters Rising

The Waters Rising

Sheri S. Tepper · 2012

2011

6 books

Lauren Beukes · 2011

Tim Powers · 2011

Generosity: An Enhancement

Generosity: An Enhancement

Richard Powers · 2011

Tricia Sullivan · 2011

Monsters of Men

Monsters of Men

Patrick Ness · 2011

The Dervish House

The Dervish House

Ian McDonald · 2011

2010

6 books

The City & the City

The City & the City

China Miéville · 2010

Marcel Theroux · 2010

Galileo's Dream

Galileo's Dream

Kim Stanley Robinson · 2010

Retribution Falls

Retribution Falls

Chris Wooding · 2010

Spirit or The Princess of Bois Dormant

Spirit or The Princess of Bois Dormant

Gwyneth Jones · 2010

Yellow Blue Tibia

Yellow Blue Tibia

Adam Roberts · 2010

2009

6 books

Ian R. MacLeod · 2009

Neal Stephenson · 2009

Alastair Reynolds · 2009

Martin Martin's on the Other Side

Martin Martin's on the Other Side

Sheri S. Tepper · 2009

Paul J. McAuley · 2009

2008

6 books

The Carhullan Army

The Carhullan Army

Sarah Hall · 2008

The Execution Channel

The Execution Channel

Ken MacLeod · 2008

The H-Bomb Girl

The H-Bomb Girl

Stephen Baxter · 2008

The Raw Shark Texts

The Raw Shark Texts

Steven Hall · 2008

Matthew De Abaitua · 2008

2007

6 books

M. John Harrison · 2007

End of the World Blues

End of the World Blues

Jon Courtenay Grimwood · 2007

Adam Roberts · 2007

Jan Morris · 2007

Oh Pure and Radiant Heart

Oh Pure and Radiant Heart

Lydia Millet · 2007

Brian Stableford · 2007

2006

6 books

Geoff Ryman · 2006

Charles Stross · 2006

Banner of Souls

Banner of Souls

Liz Williams · 2006

Alastair Reynolds · 2006

Learning the World

Learning the World

Ken MacLeod · 2006

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro · 2006

2005

6 books

China Miéville · 2005

David Mitchell · 2005

Ian McDonald · 2005

The System of the World

The System of the World

Neal Stephenson · 2005

The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife

Audrey Niffenegger · 2005

2004

6 books

Neal Stephenson · 2004

Stephen Baxter · 2004

Darwin's Children

Darwin's Children

Greg Bear · 2004

Tricia Sullivan · 2004

Gwyneth Jones · 2004

Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition

William Gibson · 2004

2003

6 books

Christopher Priest · 2003

David Brin · 2003

M. John Harrison · 2003

China Miéville · 2003

The Speed of Dark

The Speed of Dark

Elizabeth Moon · 2003

The Years of Rice and Salt

The Years of Rice and Salt

Kim Stanley Robinson · 2003

2002

6 books

Gwyneth Jones · 2002

Peter F. Hamilton · 2002

Justina Robson · 2002

Jon Courtenay Grimwood · 2002

Connie Willis · 2002

The Secret of Life

The Secret of Life

Paul J. McAuley · 2002

2001

6 books

Perdido Street Station

Perdido Street Station

China Miéville · 2001

Ken MacLeod · 2001

La Guerrière oubliée

La Guerrière oubliée

Mary Gentle · 2001

Parable of the Talents

Parable of the Talents

Octavia E. Butler · 2001

Revelation Space

Revelation Space

Alastair Reynolds · 2001

Adam Roberts · 2001

2000

6 books

Bruce Sterling · 2000

A Deepness in the Sky

A Deepness in the Sky

Vernor Vinge · 2000

Neal Stephenson · 2000

Justina Robson · 2000

The Bones of Time

The Bones of Time

Kathleen Ann Goonan · 2000

Stephen Baxter · 2000

1999

6 books

Dreaming in Smoke

Dreaming in Smoke

Tricia Sullivan · 1999

Alison Sinclair · 1999

Earth Made of Glass

Earth Made of Glass

John Barnes · 1999

The Cassini Division

The Cassini Division

Ken MacLeod · 1999

Christopher Priest · 1999

Time on My Hands: A Novel with Photographs

Time on My Hands: A Novel with Photographs

1998

6 books

Mary Doria Russell · 1998

James Lovegrove · 1998

Elizabeth Hand · 1998

Jeff Noon · 1998

The Family Tree

The Family Tree

Sheri S. Tepper · 1998

Stephen Baxter · 1998

1997

6 books

The Calcutta Chromosome

The Calcutta Chromosome

Amitav Ghosh · 1997

Kim Stanley Robinson · 1997

Gibbon's Decline and Fall

Gibbon's Decline and Fall

Sheri S. Tepper · 1997

Looking for the Mahdi

Looking for the Mahdi

N. Lee Wood · 1997

The Engines of God

The Engines of God

Jack McDevitt · 1997

Stephen Baxter · 1997

1996

6 books

Paul J. McAuley · 1996

Happy Policeman

Happy Policeman

Patricia Anthony · 1996

The Diamond Age

The Diamond Age

Neal Stephenson · 1996

Christopher Priest · 1996

The Star Fraction

The Star Fraction

Ken MacLeod · 1996

Stephen Baxter · 1996

1995

6 books

Pat Cadigan · 1995

Alien Influences

Alien Influences

Kristine Kathryn Rusch · 1995

Mother of Storms

Mother of Storms

John Barnes · 1995

Gwyneth Jones · 1995

Pasquale's Angel

Pasquale's Angel

Paul J. McAuley · 1995

James Morrow · 1995

1994

6 books

Jeff Noon · 1994

A Million Open Doors

A Million Open Doors

John Barnes · 1994

Nicola Griffith · 1994

Neal Stephenson · 1994

David Zindell · 1994

The Iron Dragon's Daughter

The Iron Dragon's Daughter

Michael Swanwick · 1994

1993

8 books

Marge Piercy · 1993

Sue Thomas · 1993

Destroying Angel

Destroying Angel

Richard Paul Russo · 1993

Connie Willis · 1993

Hearts, Hands and Voices

Hearts, Hands and Voices

Ian McDonald · 1993

Lisa Tuttle · 1993

Kim Stanley Robinson · 1993

Stations of the Tide

Stations of the Tide

Michael Swanwick · 1993

1992

7 books

Pat Cadigan · 1992

Paul J. McAuley · 1992

Dan Simmons · 1992

Stephen Baxter · 1992

Subterranean Gallery

Subterranean Gallery

Richard Paul Russo · 1992

The Fall of Hyperion

The Fall of Hyperion

Dan Simmons · 1992

Gwyneth Jones · 1992

1991

6 books

Take Back Plenty

Take Back Plenty

Colin Greenland · 1991

Farewell Horizontal

Farewell Horizontal

K. W. Jeter · 1991

Rats and Gargoyles

Rats and Gargoyles

Mary Gentle · 1991

Red Spider White Web

Red Spider White Web

The City, Not Long After

The City, Not Long After

Pat Murphy · 1991

Iain Banks · 1991

1990

7 books

The Child Garden

The Child Garden

Geoff Ryman · 1990

A Child Across the Sky

A Child Across the Sky

Jonathan Carroll · 1990

A Mask for the General

A Mask for the General

Lisa Goldstein · 1990

Desolation Road

Desolation Road

Ian McDonald · 1990

Mike Resnick · 1990

David Zindell · 1990

Soldiers of Paradise

Soldiers of Paradise

Paul Park · 1990

1989

7 books

Unquenchable Fire

Unquenchable Fire

Rachel Pollack · 1989

Gwyneth Jones · 1989

Life During Wartime

Life During Wartime

Lucius Shepard · 1989

Philip K. Dick Is Dead, Alas

Philip K. Dick Is Dead, Alas

Michael Bishop · 1989

Rumors of Spring

Rumors of Spring

Richard Grant · 1989

The Empire of Fear

The Empire of Fear

Brian Stableford · 1989

Whores of Babylon

Whores of Babylon

Ian Watson · 1989

1988

7 books

The Sea and Summer

The Sea and Summer

George Turner · 1988

Ancient of Days

Ancient of Days

Michael Bishop · 1988

Stanisław Lem · 1988

Keith Roberts · 1988

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

H. F. Saint · 1988

Ken Grimwood · 1988

John Crowley · 1988

1987

8 books

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood · 1987

Greg Bear · 1987

Gwyneth Jones · 1987

Lucius Shepard · 1987

Queen of the States

Queen of the States

Josephine Saxton · 1987

Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand

Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand

Samuel R. Delany · 1987

The Memory of Whiteness

The Memory of Whiteness

Kim Stanley Robinson · 1987

The Ragged Astronauts

The Ragged Astronauts

Bob Shaw · 1987