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Longlist

Every work which was nominated at least twice appears on the longlist. For those who are curious how their favorite work stacked up against what was nominated.

Best Novel

122 valid ballots nominated at least 1 work in the Best Novel category. A total of 68 unique works received at least 1 nomination.

1. The Martian by Andy Weir (27)
2. Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (20)
3. Lock In by John Scalzi (13)
3. The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (13)
3. Station Eleven by Emily St. John-Mandel (13)
4. Area X by Jeff Vandermeer (2, total 12)
– Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer (8)
– Acceptance by Jeff Vandermeer (1)
– Authority by Jeff Vandermeer (1)
5. Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie (11)
6. City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett (5)
6. The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey (5)
6. The Emperor’s Blades by Brian Stavely (5)
7. The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley (4)
7. The Magician’s Land by Lev Grossman (4)
7. Manifold Dreams by Carlos de Soto (4)
8. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (3)
8. The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness (3)
8. The Sea-Stone Sword by Joel Cornah (3)
8. Prince of Fools by Mark Lawrence (3)
9. Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop (2)
9. The Race by Nina Allan (2)
9. Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett (2)
9. My Real Children by Jo Walton (2)
9. The Bees by Laline Paull (2)
9. The Broken Eye by Brent Weeks (2)
9. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (2)
9. Cibola Burn by James S. A. Corey (2)
9. Fool’s Assassin by Robin Hobb (2)
9. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (2)
9. Europe in Autumn by Dave Hutchison (2)
9. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell (2)
9. The Peripheral by William Gibson (2)
9. Echopraxia by Peter Watts (2)

Best Young Adult Novel

86 valid ballots nominated at least 1 work in the Best Young Adult Novel category. A total of 61 unique works received at least 1 nomination.

1. Half a King by Joe Abercrombie (14)
1. Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas (14)
2. Cress by Marissa Meyer (10)
3. The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski (7)
4. City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare (6)
5. Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Lanney Tailor (5)
5. Red Rising by Pierce Brown (5)
6. The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen (4)
7. The Kiss of Deception by Mary E Pearson (3)
7. Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins (3)
7. Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi (3)
7. The Young Elites by Marie Lu (3)
8. The Whispering Skull by Jonathan Stroud (2)
8. Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes (2)
8. In the Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken (2)
8. Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch (2)
8. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs (2)
8. Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater (2)
8. Stolen Songbird by Danielle L Jensen (2)
8. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton (2)
8. Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger (2)

Best Graphic Work

74 valid ballots nominated at least 1 work in the Best Graphic Work category. A total of 37 unique works received at least 1 nomination.

1. Rat Queens, volume 1: Sass and Sorcery by Kurtis J Wiebe and Roc Upchurch (19)
2. Saga, volume 4 by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples (14)
3. Saga, volume 3 by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples (12)
4. Ms. Marvel, volume 1: No Normal by G Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona (7)
4. The Wicked + The Divine, volume 1: The Faust Act by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson, and Clayton Cowles (7)
5. Through the Woods by Emily Carroll (5)
6. “Saga” (4)
6. Lumberjanes, volume 1 by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Brooke A Allen, and Shannon Watters (4)
6. The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell (4)
7. Alex + Ada, volume 1 by Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn (3)
7. Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley (3)
7. Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët (3)
7. Locke & Key, volume 6: Alpha and Omega by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez (3)
8. Deadly Class, volume 1: Reagan Youth by Rick Remender, Wesley Craig, Lee Loughridge (2)
8. The Return of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke (2)
8. Rocket Girl, volume 1: Times Squared by Brandon Montclare and Amy Reeder (2)
8. Sex Criminals, volume 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky (2)

Best Short Work

44 valid ballots nominated at least 1 work in the Best Short Work category. A total of 48 unique works received at least 1 nomination.

1. The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss (8)
2. Sixth of the Dusk by Brandon Sanderson (5)
3. The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami (4)
3. “The Meeker and the All-Seeing Eye” by Matthew Kressel (4)
4. Unlocked by John Scalzi (2)
4. “Jackalope Wives” by Ursula Vernon (2)

Jackalope Wives is missing it's title, and the link doesn't work. (It has an extra > in the address.)

Also, I didn't nominate Through the Woods, because I thought it would count as horror (Locke & Key would also be horror). I would've otherwise, but the rules stated that all books should fall into the science fiction or fantasy genres. I know it wouldn't have made much of a difference anyway, and I should have asked about eligibility. But the horror question is perhaps something you could think about elaborating in the rules next year if the awards are organized again. :)

Maija wrote: "Jackalope Wives is missing it's title, and the link doesn't work. (It has an extra > in the address.)"

My bad, I had an error in the html. It should work now. Thanks for letting me know.

Maija wrote: "Also, I didn't nominate Through the Woods, because I thought it would count as horror (Locke & Key would also be horror). I would've otherwise, but the rules stated that all books should fall into the science fiction or fantasy genres. I know it wouldn't have made much of a difference anyway, and I should have asked about eligibility. But the horror question is perhaps something you could think about elaborating in the rules next year if the awards are organized again. :)"

If a work is listed on Goodreads, Amazon, Waterstones, etc in more than one genre and at least one of them is science fiction or fantasy, it was/will be acceptable for nominations. Through the Woods, for example, is classed on Amazon under horror and under fantasy>fairy tale retellings.

Thanks for the clarification! Fantasy > Fairytales is a fitting category for the work, for sure.

I see that "Saga" is listed as #6 in the best graphic work category. I assume this means that people nominated Saga without specifying a volume. Hypothetically speaking, what would have happened if a general "Saga" had made it to the top 3 in the category?

Joss wrote: "I see that "Saga" is listed as #6 in the best graphic work category. I assume this means that people nominated Saga without specifying a volume. Hypothetically speaking, what would have happened if..."

Yes, four people nominated Saga, but didn't specify which work. Fortunately, we didn't have to decide what to do with those 4 votes as they did not affect the outcome. Most likely, we would have divided the votes equally between volumes 3 and 4 if it would have affected the outcome in anyway.