Most Popular Locus Award Books of the 2000s

Discover popular Locus Award books from the 2000s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

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The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Michael Chabon

Hugo Award · Locus Award · Nebula Award · Alternate History · Mainstream

May 2007

8.0/10 1 ratings

The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories: A Connie Willis Compendium

Connie Willis

Science Fiction · Collection · Locus Award · Short Stories

September 25, 2007

8.0/10 1 ratings

Rainbows End

Vernor Vinge

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

2006

8.0/10 1 ratings

Stories of Your Life and Others

Ted Chiang

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

2002

8.0/10 1 ratings

Changing Planes

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

2003

7.7/10 6 ratings

Kushiel's Legacy #1

Kushiel's Dart

Jacqueline Carey

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Locus Award · Romance

2001

7.9/10 17 ratings

Bas-Lag

Iron Council

China Miéville

Fantasy · New Weird · Arthur C. Clarke Award · Locus Award

2004

7.1/10 12 ratings

Accelerando

Charles Stross

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

2005

7.0/10 3 ratings

The Clockwork Century #1

Boneshaker

Cherie Priest

Science Fiction · Steampunk · Locus Award

September 27, 2009

6.9/10 7 ratings

Temeraire #3

Black Powder War

Naomi Novik

Fantasy · Dragons · Locus Award · Alternate History

May 2006

6.7/10 19 ratings

Passage

Connie Willis

Science Fiction · Locus Award

2001

6.0/10 2 ratings

The Years of Rice and Salt

Kim Stanley Robinson

Locus Award · Alternate History

2002

5.5/10 2 ratings

The Jenny Casey Trilogy #1

Hammered

Elizabeth Bear

Science Fiction · Locus Award

2004

4.0/10 1 ratings

Cheek by Jowl

Ursula K. Le Guin

Locus Award · Non-fiction

April 30, 2009

Breakfast in the Ruins

Barry N. Malzberg

Locus Award · Non-fiction

2007

Rock'n' Roll Fairy Tales

Pay the Piper

Jane Yolen, Adam Stemple

Fantasy · Young Adult · Locus Award

2005

The Jenny Casey Trilogy #3

Worldwired

Elizabeth Bear

Science Fiction · Locus Award

2005

The Jenny Casey Trilogy #2

Scardown

Elizabeth Bear

Science Fiction · Locus Award

2005

The John Varley Reader: Thirty Years of Short Fiction

John Varley

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

2004

The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagin

Ursula K. Le Guin

Locus Award · Non-fiction

2004

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

Cory Doctorow

Science Fiction · Locus Award

2003

A Scattering of Jades

Alexander C. Irvine

Fantasy · Locus Award · Alternate History

2002

Being Gardner Dozois

Michael Swanwick

Locus Award · Non-fiction

2001

Mars Crossing

Geoffrey A. Landis

Science Fiction · Locus Award

2000

Tales of Old Earth

Michael Swanwick

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Locus Award · Short Stories

2000