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2018 Best Novel Awards
Anthony Awards
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
The Force by Don Winslow
Glass Houses by Louise Penny
The Late Show by Michael Connelly
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
The Force by Don Winslow
Glass Houses by Louise Penny
The Late Show by Michael Connelly
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Barry Awards
Exit Strategy by Steve Hamilton
The Force by Don Winslow
The Late Show by Michael Connelly
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne
Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr
Exit Strategy by Steve Hamilton
The Force by Don Winslow
The Late Show by Michael Connelly
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne
Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr
British Fantasy Society
Age of Assassins by RJ Barker
The Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith-Spark
The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams (winner)
Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng
Age of Assassins by RJ Barker
The Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith-Spark
The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams (winner)
Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng
Edgar Awards
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke (winner)
The Dime by Kathleen Kent
Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke (winner)
The Dime by Kathleen Kent
Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah Tinti
John W Campbell Memorial Award
Austral by Paul McAuley
Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
The Genius Plague by David Walton (winner)
The Moon and the Other by John Kessel
New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
The People's Police by Norman Spinrad
The Rift by Nina Allan
The Stargazer's Embassy by Eleanor Lerman
The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley
Tropic of Kansas by Christopher Brown
Austral by Paul McAuley
Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
The Genius Plague by David Walton (winner)
The Moon and the Other by John Kessel
New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
The People's Police by Norman Spinrad
The Rift by Nina Allan
The Stargazer's Embassy by Eleanor Lerman
The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley
Tropic of Kansas by Christopher Brown
Nebula Awards
Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly
Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
Jade City by Fonda Lee
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
The Stone Sky by N K Jemisin (winner)
Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly
Autonomous by Annalee Newitz
Jade City by Fonda Lee
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
The Stone Sky by N K Jemisin (winner)
Newbery Medal
Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly (winner)
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly (winner)
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
The Man Booker Prize
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan
In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne
The Long Take by Robin Robertson
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
Milkman by Anna Burns (winner)
Normal People by Sally Rooney
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Sabrina by Nick Drnaso
Snap by Belinda Bauer
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
From a Low and Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan
In Our Mad and Furious City by Guy Gunaratne
The Long Take by Robin Robertson
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
Milkman by Anna Burns (winner)
Normal People by Sally Rooney
The Overstory by Richard Powers
Sabrina by Nick Drnaso
Snap by Belinda Bauer
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje
Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh
World Fantasy
The Changeling by Victor LaValle
The City of Brass by S A Chakraborty
Jade City by Fonda Lee
Ka by John Crowley
Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss
The Changeling by Victor LaValle
The City of Brass by S A Chakraborty
Jade City by Fonda Lee
Ka by John Crowley
Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss
2018 Best First Novel Awards
Anthony Awards
The Dry by Jane Harper
Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett
The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
The Dry by Jane Harper
Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett
The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka
Barry Awards
The Dry by Jane Harper
The Irregular by H B Lyle
The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal
My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent
A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee
She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper
The Dry by Jane Harper
The Irregular by H B Lyle
The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal
My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent
A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee
She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper
Shamus Awards
August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones
Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman
The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka (winner)
A Negro and an Ofay by Danny Gardner
Under Water by Casey Barrett
August Snow by Stephen Mack Jones
Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman
The Last Place You Look by Kristen Lepionka (winner)
A Negro and an Ofay by Danny Gardner
Under Water by Casey Barrett
2018 Best Novella Awards
Nebula Awards
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (winner)
Barry's Deal by Lawrence M Schoen
The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang
Passing Strange by Ellen Klages
River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
All Systems Red by Martha Wells (winner)
Barry's Deal by Lawrence M Schoen
The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang
Passing Strange by Ellen Klages
River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
World Fantasy
The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang
In Calabria by Peter S Beagle
Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones
Passing Strange by Ellen Klages
The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang
In Calabria by Peter S Beagle
Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones
Passing Strange by Ellen Klages
2018 Best Book Awards
Andre Norton Award
The Art of Starving by Sam J Miller (winner)
Exo by Fonda Lee
Want by Cindy Pon
Weave a Circle Round by Kari Maaren
The Art of Starving by Sam J Miller (winner)
Exo by Fonda Lee
Want by Cindy Pon
Weave a Circle Round by Kari Maaren
Arthur C. Clarke Award
American War by Omar El Akkad
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
Dreams Before the Start of Time by Anne Charnock
Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed
Sea of Rust by C Robert Cargill
Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar
American War by Omar El Akkad
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
Dreams Before the Start of Time by Anne Charnock
Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed
Sea of Rust by C Robert Cargill
Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie (winner)
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
Sight by Jessie Greengrass
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie (winner)
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
Sight by Jessie Greengrass
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy
Carnegie Medal
After the Fire by Will Hill
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Release by Patrick Ness
Rook by Anthony McGowan
Saint Death by Marcus Sedgwick
Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans
Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean
After the Fire by Will Hill
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Release by Patrick Ness
Rook by Anthony McGowan
Saint Death by Marcus Sedgwick
Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans
Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean
Desmond Elliott Prize
The Clocks in This House All Tell Different Times by Xan Brooks
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
How Saints Die by Carmen Marcus
How to Be Human by Paula Cocozza
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
Peculiar Ground by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak
The Clocks in This House All Tell Different Times by Xan Brooks
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
How Saints Die by Carmen Marcus
How to Be Human by Paula Cocozza
The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
Peculiar Ground by Lucy Hughes-Hallett
Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards
Baba Dunja's Last Love by Alina Bronsky
Human Acts by Han Kang
Ladivine by Marie NDiaye
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Solar Bones by Mike McCormack (winner)
Transmigration of Bodies by Yuri Herrera
The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso
Baba Dunja's Last Love by Alina Bronsky
Human Acts by Han Kang
Ladivine by Marie NDiaye
The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Solar Bones by Mike McCormack (winner)
Transmigration of Bodies by Yuri Herrera
The Unseen by Roy Jacobsen
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso
John W. Campbell
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn
Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn
Under the Pendulum Sun by Jeannette Ng
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Man Booker International Prize
Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz
The Dinner Guest by Gabriela Ybarra
Flights by Olga Tokarczuk (winner)
The Flying Mountain by Christoph Ransmayr
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck
The Impostor by Javier Cercas
Like the Fading Shadow by Antonio Muñoz Molina
The Stolen Bicycle by Ming-Yi Wu and Darryl Sterk
Vernon Subutex 1 by Virginie Despentes
The World Goes On by László Krasznahorkai
Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz
The Dinner Guest by Gabriela Ybarra
Flights by Olga Tokarczuk (winner)
The Flying Mountain by Christoph Ransmayr
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck
The Impostor by Javier Cercas
Like the Fading Shadow by Antonio Muñoz Molina
The Stolen Bicycle by Ming-Yi Wu and Darryl Sterk
Vernon Subutex 1 by Virginie Despentes
The World Goes On by László Krasznahorkai
Prometheus Award
Artemis by Andy Weir
Darkship Revenge by Sarah A Hoyt
Emergence by Ken MacLeod
The Powers of the Earth by Travis Corcoran and Travis J I Corcoran (winner)
Artemis by Andy Weir
Darkship Revenge by Sarah A Hoyt
Emergence by Ken MacLeod
The Powers of the Earth by Travis Corcoran and Travis J I Corcoran (winner)
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
In the Distance by Hernan Diaz
Less by Andrew Sean Greer (winner)
The Idiot by Elif Batuman
In the Distance by Hernan Diaz
Less by Andrew Sean Greer (winner)
2018 Best Historical Novel Awards
Walter Scott Prize
Grace by Paul Lynch
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves by Rachel Malik
Sugar Money by Jane Harris
The Wardrobe Mistress by Patrick McGrath
Grace by Paul Lynch
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves by Rachel Malik
Sugar Money by Jane Harris
The Wardrobe Mistress by Patrick McGrath
2018 Best Paperback original Awards
Barry Awards
Blessed Are The Peacemakers by Kristi Belcamino
The Day I Died by Lori Rader-Day
The Deep Dark Descending by Allen Eskens
Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett
Safe From Harm by RJ Bailey
Super Con by James Swain
Blessed Are The Peacemakers by Kristi Belcamino
The Day I Died by Lori Rader-Day
The Deep Dark Descending by Allen Eskens
Hollywood Homicide by Kellye Garrett
Safe From Harm by RJ Bailey
Super Con by James Swain
Edgar Awards
Black Fall by Andrew Mayne
In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen
Penance by Kanae Minato
Ragged Lake by Ron Corbett
The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock Serong
The Unseeing by Anna Mazzola (winner)
Black Fall by Andrew Mayne
In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen
Penance by Kanae Minato
Ragged Lake by Ron Corbett
The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock Serong
The Unseeing by Anna Mazzola (winner)
Shamus Awards
Dames Fight Harder by M Ruth Myers
Lights Out Summer by Rich Zahradnik (winner)
Play a Cold Hand by Terence Faherty
The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star by Vaseem Khan
Dames Fight Harder by M Ruth Myers
Lights Out Summer by Rich Zahradnik (winner)
Play a Cold Hand by Terence Faherty
The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star by Vaseem Khan
2018 Best Hardcover Novel Awards
Shamus Awards
Blood Truth by Matt Coyle
Dark Water by Parker Bilal
Monument Road by Michael Wiley
The Room of White Fire by T Jefferson Parker (winner)
Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton
Blood Truth by Matt Coyle
Dark Water by Parker Bilal
Monument Road by Michael Wiley
The Room of White Fire by T Jefferson Parker (winner)
Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton
2018 Best Thriller Awards
Barry Awards
The Freedom Broker by K J Howe
Gunmetal Gray by Mark Greaney
The Old Man by Thomas Perry
Spook Street by Mick Herron
Trap the Devil by Ben Coes
Unsub by Meg Gardiner
The Freedom Broker by K J Howe
Gunmetal Gray by Mark Greaney
The Old Man by Thomas Perry
Spook Street by Mick Herron
Trap the Devil by Ben Coes
Unsub by Meg Gardiner
2018 Best Young Adult Awards
YA Book Prize
After the Fire by Will Hill
Indigo Donut by Patrice Lawrence
It Only Happens in the Movies by Holly Bourne
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
Moonrise by Sarah Crossan
The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr
Release by Patrick Ness
S.T.A.G.S. by M A Bennett
Straight Outta Crongton by Alex Wheatle
Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls
After the Fire by Will Hill
Indigo Donut by Patrice Lawrence
It Only Happens in the Movies by Holly Bourne
La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman
Moonrise by Sarah Crossan
The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr
Release by Patrick Ness
S.T.A.G.S. by M A Bennett
Straight Outta Crongton by Alex Wheatle
Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls
2018 Best First Book Awards
Betty Trask Award
All the Good Things by Clare Fisher
The City Always Wins by Omar Robert Hamilton (winner)
Mussolini's Island by Sarah Day
Strange Heart Beating by Eli Goldstone
All the Good Things by Clare Fisher
The City Always Wins by Omar Robert Hamilton (winner)
Mussolini's Island by Sarah Day
Strange Heart Beating by Eli Goldstone
Edgar Awards
Dark Chapter by Winnie M Li
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
Lola by Melissa Scrivner Love
She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper (winner)
Tornado Weather by Deborah E Kennedy
Dark Chapter by Winnie M Li
Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
Lola by Melissa Scrivner Love
She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper (winner)
Tornado Weather by Deborah E Kennedy
Rita Awards
Black Bird of the Gallows by Meg Kassel
His Perfect Partner by Priscilla Oliveras
Take the Lead by Alexis Daria (winner)
The Thing with Feathers by McCall Hoyle
Waltzing with the Earl by Catherine Tinley
Black Bird of the Gallows by Meg Kassel
His Perfect Partner by Priscilla Oliveras
Take the Lead by Alexis Daria (winner)
The Thing with Feathers by McCall Hoyle
Waltzing with the Earl by Catherine Tinley
Authors who died in 2018
Evelyn Anthony
Aharon Appelfeld
David Bischoff
Liliana Bodoc
Anthony Bourdain
Eric Clark
Peter Corris
Bill Crider
Renate Dorrestein
Gardner Dozois
Dave Duncan
Harlan Ellison
William H Hallahan
Emma Hannigan
Wilson Harris
Stephen Hawking
Judith Kazantzis
Philip Kerr
Jack Ketchum
Clive King
Vanessa Lafaye
Ursula K Le Guin
Stan Lee
Julius Lester
Patrick F McManus
Peter Mayle
Victor Milán
Val Mulkerns
V S Naipaul
Richard Peck
William Prochnau
Nancy Richler
Michael Scott Rohan
Mary Rosenblum
Philip Roth
Ntozake Shange
Anita Shreve
Clive Sinclair
Christopher Stasheff
Peter Temple
Penny Vincenzi
Tricia Walker
Anne Tolstoi Wallach
Michael White
Kate Wilhelm
Amanda Kyle Williams
Tom Wolfe
Jin Yong
Adam Zameenzad
Aharon Appelfeld
David Bischoff
Liliana Bodoc
Anthony Bourdain
Eric Clark
Peter Corris
Bill Crider
Renate Dorrestein
Gardner Dozois
Dave Duncan
Harlan Ellison
William H Hallahan
Emma Hannigan
Wilson Harris
Stephen Hawking
Judith Kazantzis
Philip Kerr
Jack Ketchum
Clive King
Vanessa Lafaye
Ursula K Le Guin
Stan Lee
Julius Lester
Patrick F McManus
Peter Mayle
Victor Milán
Val Mulkerns
V S Naipaul
Richard Peck
William Prochnau
Nancy Richler
Michael Scott Rohan
Mary Rosenblum
Philip Roth
Ntozake Shange
Anita Shreve
Clive Sinclair
Christopher Stasheff
Peter Temple
Penny Vincenzi
Tricia Walker
Anne Tolstoi Wallach
Michael White
Kate Wilhelm
Amanda Kyle Williams
Tom Wolfe
Jin Yong
Adam Zameenzad
