Most Popular Locus Award Books of the 1980s

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

Ender #2

Speaker for the Dead

Orson Scott Card

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award

1986

Uplift #2

Startide Rising

David Brin

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

1983

Avalon #1

The Mists of Avalon

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Fantasy · Arthuriana · Historical Fantasy · Locus Award

January 1983

The Book of the New Sun #3

The Sword of the Lictor

Gene Wolfe

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award

1982

Skeleton Crew

Stephen King

Horror · Locus Award · Short Stories

1985

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

Contact

Carl Sagan

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1985

Job: A Comedy of Justice

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1984

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

Dragon's Egg #1

Dragon's Egg

Robert L. Forward

Science Fiction · Hard Science Fiction · Locus Award

1980

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

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

Uplift #3

The Uplift War

David Brin

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1987

The Chronicles of Amber #6

Trumps of Doom

Roger Zelazny

Fantasy · Locus Award

1985

Unicorn Variations

Roger Zelazny

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

1983

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

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

Black Dragon #1

Tea With the Black Dragon

R. A. MacAvoy

Fantasy · Urban Fantasy · Locus Award

1983

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

Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction

Brian Aldiss, David Wingrove

Hugo Award · Locus Award · Non-fiction

1988

James Asher Chronicles #1

Those Who Hunt the Night

Barbara Hambly

Horror · Locus Award

1988

Carrion Comfort

Dan Simmons

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

1989

Patterns

Pat Cadigan

Horror · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

1988

The Hercules Text

Jack McDevitt

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1986

Near-Space

Orbital Decay

Allen Steele

Science Fiction · Locus Award

1989