Most Popular Locus Award Books of the 20th century

Fault Lines #2

Expiration Date

Tim Powers

Fantasy · Locus Award

1995

Desolation Road

Ian McDonald

Science Fiction · Magical Realism · Locus Award

1988

The Compass Rose

Ursula K. Le Guin

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1982

Fault Lines #1

Last Call

Tim Powers

Fantasy · Locus Award · World Fantasy Award

1992

Vorkosigan

Barrayar

Lois McMaster Bujold

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award · Locus Award

October 1991

A Song for Lya and Other Stories

George R. R. Martin

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1976

Cyteen #1

Cyteen

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1988

War for the Oaks

Emma Bull

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Locus Award

1987

Riddle-Master #3

Harpist in the Wind

Patricia A. McKillip

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Locus Award

1979

Vorkosigan

Mirror Dance

Lois McMaster Bujold

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award · Locus Award

March 1994

Uplift #3

The Uplift War

David Brin

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1987

Cryptonomicon

Neal Stephenson

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1999

Beauty

Sheri S. Tepper

Fantasy · Locus Award

1991

The Diamond Age

Neal Stephenson

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1995

The Chronicles of Amber #6

Trumps of Doom

Roger Zelazny

Fantasy · Locus Award

1985

Legends

Robert Silverberg

Fantasy · Anthology · Locus Award

1998

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

Kate Wilhelm

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1976

The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World

Thomas M. Disch

Hugo Award · Locus Award · Non-fiction

1998

Reclamation

Sarah Zettel

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1996

Unicorn Variations

Roger Zelazny

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories · Non-fiction

1983

To Say Nothing of the Dog

Connie Willis

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

January 1998

The Postman

David Brin

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1985

The Saga of Pliocene Exile #1

The Many-Colored Land

Julian May

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1981

Mars Trilogy #2

Green Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1993

Soldier Series #1

Soldier of the Mist

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Locus Award · Historical Fiction

1986

The State #2

The Integral Trees

Larry Niven

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1984

Mars Trilogy #3

Blue Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1996

Black Dragon #1

Tea With the Black Dragon

R. A. MacAvoy

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Locus Award

1983

Hainish Cycle

Four Ways to Forgiveness

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction · Anthropological SF · Locus Award · Short Stories

1995

Impossible Things

Connie Willis

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1993

Sandkings

George R. R. Martin

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1981

Lord Valentine Trilogy (Majipoor) #1

Lord Valentine's Castle

Robert Silverberg

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award

1980

The Snow Queen Cycle #1

The Snow Queen

Joan D. Vinge

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1980

Otherness

David Brin

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1994

Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction

Brian Aldiss, David Wingrove

Hugo Award · Locus Award · Non-fiction

1988

Dragon's Egg #1

Dragon's Egg

Robert L. Forward

Science Fiction · Hard Science Fiction · Locus Award

1980