Most Popular Locus Award Books of the 20th century

Discover popular Locus Award books from the 20th century, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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Gun, with Occasional Music

Jonathan Lethem

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1994

6.8/10 23 ratings

Lives of the Mayfair Witches #1

The Witching Hour

Anne Rice

Fantasy · Horror · Locus Award

1990

6.8/10 4 ratings

The Golden

Lucius Shepard

Horror · Vampires · Locus Award

1993

6.5/10 22 ratings

James Asher Chronicles #1

Those Who Hunt the Night

Barbara Hambly

Horror · Locus Award

1988

6.5/10 4 ratings

Fires of Eden

Dan Simmons

Horror · Locus Award

1994

6.5/10 2 ratings

Children of the Night

Dan Simmons

Horror · Vampires · Locus Award

1992

6.3/10 24 ratings

Carrion Comfort

Dan Simmons

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

1989

6.0/10 3 ratings

Brown Girl in the Ring

Nalo Hopkinson

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award

1998

6.0/10 1 ratings

China Mountain Zhang

Maureen F. McHugh

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1992

6.0/10 1 ratings

Patterns

Pat Cadigan

Horror · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1988

6.0/10 1 ratings

The Hercules Text

Jack McDevitt

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1986

6.0/10 1 ratings

Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card

Orson Scott Card

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1990

5.5/10 2 ratings

Night of the Cooters

Howard Waldrop

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1990

5.0/10 1 ratings

Gaea Trilogy #1

Titan

John Varley

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1979

2.0/10 1 ratings

Mars Trilogy

The Martians

Kim Stanley Robinson

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1999

Phil D'Amato #1

The Silk Code

Paul Levinson

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1999

The Avram Davidson Treasury

Avram Davidson

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1998

The Great Wheel

Ian R. MacLeod

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1997

Slippage: Previously Uncollected, Precariously Poised Stories

Harlan Ellison

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1997

None So Blind

Joe Haldeman

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1996

The Nanotech Succession #1

The Bohr Maker

Linda Nagata

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1995

Brittle Innings

Michael Bishop

Fantasy · Locus Award

1994

The Innkeeper's Song

Peter S. Beagle

Fantasy · Locus Award

1993

The Cipher

Kathe Koja

Horror · Science Fiction · Bram Stoker Award · Locus Award

1991

In the Country of the Blind

Michael Flynn

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1990

Near-Space

Orbital Decay

Allen Steele

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1989

Angry Candy

Harlan Ellison

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories · World Fantasy Award

1988

The Jaguar Hunter

Lucius Shepard

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1987

Blue Champagne

John Varley

Science Fiction · Anthology · Locus Award

1986

Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf

Algis Budrys

Locus Award · Non-fiction

1984

Three Californias #1

The Wild Shore

Kim Stanley Robinson

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1984

The Ghost Light

Fritz Leiber

Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1984

The Engines of the Night: Science Fiction in the Eighties

Barry N. Malzberg

Locus Award · Non-fiction

1982

Courtship Rite

Donald Kingsbury

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1982

Thieves' World (original novels) #3

Shadows of Sanctuary

Robert Asprin

Fantasy · Anthology · Locus Award

1981

Starship & Haiku

Somtow Sucharitkul

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1981