2025 Locus Awards Finalists

 

Congratulations to Macmillan’s 2025 Locus Awards Finalists!

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

RAKESFALL by Vajra Chandrasekera
THE BEZZLE by Cory Doctorow
THE IMPOSITION OF UNNECESSARY OBSTACLES by Malka Older
KINNING by Nisi Shawl
ABSOLUTION by Jeff VanderMeer

FANTASY NOVEL

THE DEAD CAT TAIL ASSASSINS by P. Djèlí Clark
ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall
A SORCERESS COMES TO CALL by T. Kingfisher
SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE SEA by TJ Klune
THE CITY IN GLASS by Nghi Vo

HORROR NOVEL

CUCKOO by Gretchen Felker-Martin
MODEL HOME by Rivers Solomon
BURY YOUR GAYS by Chuck Tingle

YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

SLEEP LIKE DEATH by Kalynn Bayron
BLOOD JUSTICE by Terry J. Benton-Walker
REST IN PEACHES by Alex Brown
A TEMPEST OF TEA by Hafsah Faizal

FIRST NOVEL

THE CAUTIOUS TRAVELLER’S GUIDE TO THE WASTELANDS by Sarah Brooks
THE WEST PASSAGE by Jared Pechaček

BEST NOVELLA

NAVIGATIONAL ENTAGLEMENTS by Aliette de Bodard
WHAT FEASTS AT NIGHT by T. Kingfisher
MISLAID IN PARTS HALF-KNOWN by Seanan McGuire
THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST by Premee Mohamed
THE TUSKS OF EXTINCTION by Ray Nayler
HAUNT SWEET HOME by Sarah Pinsker
THE PRACTICE, THE HORIZON, AND THE CHAIN by Sofia Samatar
THE BRIDES OF HIGH HILL by Nghi Vo

BEST NOVELETTE

I’M NOT DISAPPOINTED JUST MAD AKA THE HEAVIEST COUCH IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE by Daryl Gregory
THE RIVER JUDGE by S.L. Huang
REDUCE! REUSE! RECYCLE! by TJ Klune

SHORT STORY

THE WOOD AT MIDWINTER by Susanna Clarke
PARTHENOGENESIS by Stephen Graham Jones
THE V*MPIRE by PH Lee

ANTHOLOGY

THE BLACK GIRL SURVIVES IN THIS ONE by Desiree S. Evans & Saraciea J. Fennell, eds.

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