Most Popular Locus Award Books of the 20th century

A Song of Ice and Fire #1

A Game of Thrones

George R. R. Martin

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Locus Award · TV Series

August 1996

A Song of Ice and Fire #2

A Clash of Kings

George R. R. Martin

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Locus Award · TV Series

November 1998

Harry Potter #3

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

J. K. Rowling

Fantasy · Young Adult · Bram Stoker Award · Harry Potter · Locus Award

1999

Hyperion Cantos #1

Hyperion

Dan Simmons

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1989

Watchmen

Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons

Science Fiction · Graphic Novels · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Comics

1987

Hyperion Cantos #2

The Fall of Hyperion

Dan Simmons

Science Fiction · BSFA Award · Locus Award

1990

The Forever War series #1

The Forever War

Joe Haldeman

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1974

Heechee Saga #1

Gateway

Frederik Pohl

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award · Prix Apollo

1977

The Silmarillion

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Locus Award · Middle-earth

1977

Hainish Cycle

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction · Social Science Fiction · Utopia · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1974

Ender #2

Speaker for the Dead

Orson Scott Card

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1986

The Gods Themselves

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1972

Uplift #2

Startide Rising

David Brin

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1983

Hyperion Cantos #4

The Rise of Endymion

Dan Simmons

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1997

Summer of Night

Dan Simmons

Horror · Locus Award

1991

Avalon #1

The Mists of Avalon

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Fantasy · Arthuriana · Historical Fantasy · Locus Award

January 1983

Doomsday Book

Connie Willis

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1992

The Book of the New Sun #3

The Sword of the Lictor

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award

1982

Rama #1

Rendezvous with Rama

Arthur C. Clarke

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

1973

The Wind's Twelve Quarters

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1975

Skeleton Crew

Stephen King

Horror · Locus Award · Short Stories

1985

Earthsea #4

Tehanu

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1990

Ringworld #1

Ringworld

Larry Niven

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1970

The Lathe of Heaven

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1971

The Book of the New Sun #2

The Claw of the Conciliator

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1981

The Tales of Alvin Maker #1

Seventh Son

Orson Scott Card

Fantasy · Locus Award · Mythopoeic Awards · Alternate History

1987

Bag of Bones

Stephen King

Horror · Bram Stoker Award · British Fantasy Award · Locus Award

1998

Dreamsnake

Vonda N. McIntyre

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1978

Contact

Carl Sagan

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1985

Job: A Comedy of Justice

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1984

Desperation

Stephen King

Horror · Locus Award

1996

The Tales of Alvin Maker #2

Red Prophet

Orson Scott Card

Fantasy · Locus Award · Alternate History

1988

The Tales of Alvin Maker #3

Prentice Alvin

Orson Scott Card

Fantasy · Locus Award · Alternate History

1989

Extended Foundation series #1

Foundation's Edge

Isaac Asimov

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1982

The Tales of Alvin Maker #4

Alvin Journeyman

Orson Scott Card

Fantasy · Locus Award · Alternate History

1995

Fault Lines #3

Earthquake Weather

Tim Powers

Fantasy · Locus Award

1997