This is a list of Dragon Award finalists.

Novels

Best Science Fiction Novel   *   Winner(s)

YearWorkAuthor(s)Publisher(s)Ref. 2016 Somewhither: Being the First Part of A Tale of the Unwithering Realm * John C. Wright Castalia House Agent of the Imperium Marc Miller Far Future Enterprises Ancillary Mercy Ann Leckie Orbit Books Aurora Kim Stanley Robinson Orbit Books The Life Engineered J-F. Dubeau Sword & Laser Raising Caine Charles E. Gannon Baen Books 2017 Babylon's Ashes * James S. A. Corey Orbit Books A Closed and Common Orbit Becky Chambers Harper Voyager The Collapsing EmpireM. Glyer, "Scalzi Withdraws from Dragon Awards" , File 770, August 7, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2018. John Scalzi Tor Books Death's End Cixin Liu Tor Books Escaping Infinity Richard Paolinelli Tuscany Bay Books Rise Brian Guthrie self-published The Secret Kings Brian Niemeier self-published Space Tripping Patrick Edwards Inkshares 2018 Artemis * Andy Weir Crown Publishing Group It Takes Death to Reach a Star Gareth Worthington and Stu Jones Vesuvian Books The Mutineer's Daughter Chris Kennedy and Thomas A. Mays Theogony Books Persepolis Rising James S. A. Corey Orbit Books Sins of Her Father Mike Kupari Baen Books Win Vera Nazarian Norilana Books 2019 A Star-Wheeled Sky * Brad R. Torgersen Baen Books Europe at Dawn Dave Hutchinson Solaris Books A Memory Called EmpireArkady MartineTor Books Record of a Spaceborn Few Becky Chambers Harper Voyager Red Moon Kim Stanley Robinson Orbit Books Tiamat's Wrath James S. A. Corey Orbit Books 2020 The Last Emperox * John Scalzi Tor Books The Future of Another Timeline Annalee Newitz Tor Books Gideon the NinthTamsyn MuirTor Books Network EffectMartha WellsTor Books The Rosewater RedemptionTade ThompsonOrbit Books The Ten Thousand Doors of JanuaryAlix E. HarrowRedhook The TestamentsMargaret AtwoodNan A. Talese WanderersChuck WendigDel Rey Books 2021 Project Hail Mary * Andy Weir Ballantine Books Attack Surface Cory Doctorow Tor Books Black SunRebecca RoanhorseSaga Press A Desolation Called PeaceArkady MartineTor Books The Ministry for the FutureKim Stanley RobinsonOrbit Books MachineElizabeth BearSaga Press Ready Player Two Ernest Cline Ballantine Books 2022 Leviathan Falls * James S. A. Corey Orbit Books Goliath Tochi Onyebuchi Tor Books The Kaiju Preservation Society John Scalzi Tor Books Shards of Earth Adrian Tchaikovsky Orbit Books You Sexy Thing Cat Rambo Tor Books 2023The Icarus Plot *Timothy ZahnBaen BooksEversionAlastair ReynoldsOrbit BooksThe Spare ManMary Robinette KowalTor BooksChildren of MemoryAdrian TchaikovskyOrbit BooksTranslation StateAnn LeckieOrbit BooksNeomLavie TidharTachyon PublicationsThe Daughter of MoreauSilvia Moreno-GarciaDel Rey2024Starter Villain *John ScalziTor BooksBeyond the RangesJohn Ringo, James AideeBaen BooksSystem CollapseMartha WellsTor BooksThe Jinn-Bot of ShantiportSamit BasuTor BooksThe Saint of Bright DoorsVajra ChandrasekeraTor BooksTheft of FireDevon Eriksenself-publishedThese Burning StarsBethany JacobsOrbit Books2025This Inevitable Ruin *Matt DinnimanAceNether StationKevin J. AndersonBlackstoneThe Folded SkyElizabeth BearSagaAlliance UnboundC.J. Cherryh & Jane FancherDAWThe Mercy of GodsJames S.A. CoreyOrbitExtremophileIan GreenHead of ZeusAbsolutionJeff VanderMeerPicador2026Operation Bounce House*Matt Dinniman AceGod’s Junk DrawerPeter ClinesBlackstoneThe Faith of BeastsJames S.A. Corey OrbitRadiant StarAnn LeckieOrbit USSlow GodsClaire NorthOrbit US; Orbit UKThe Shattering PeaceJohn ScalziTor; Tor UK

Best Fantasy Novel   *   Winner(s)

YearWorkAuthor(s)Publisher(s)Ref. 2016 Son of the Black Sword * Larry Correia Baen Books The Aeronaut's Windlass Jim Butcher Roc Asteroid Made of Dragons G. Derek Adams Sword & Laser Blood Hound James Osiris Baldwin Gift Horse Productions Changeling's Island Dave Freer Baen Books The Fifth Season N. K. Jemisin Orbit Books Grave Measures R. R. Virdi self-published 2017 Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge * Larry Correia, John Ringo Baen Books Beast Master Shayne Silvers Argento Publishing Blood of the Earth Faith Hunter Roc Books Dangerous Ways R. R. Virdi self-published The Heartstone Thief Pippa DaCosta self-published A Sea of Skulls Vox Day Castalia House Wings of Justice Michael-Scott Earle self-published 2018 Oathbringer * Brandon Sanderson Tor Books The Land: Predators Aleron Kong Tamori Publications Shoot the Messenger Pippa DaCosta Crazy Ace Publishing A Tempered Warrior Jon R. Osborne New Mythology Press The Traitor God Cameron Johnston Angry Robot War Hammer Shayne Silvers Argento Publishing 2019 House of Assassins * Larry Correia Baen Books Deep Roots Ruthanna Emrys Tor.com Foundryside Robert Jackson Bennett Crown Publishing Group Lies Sleeping Ben Aaronovitch Gollancz The Raven Tower Ann Leckie Orbit Books Spinning Silver Naomi Novik Del Rey Books 2020 The Starless Sea * Erin Morgenstern Doubleday The Burning White Brent Weeks Orbit Books Dead Astronauts Jeff VanderMeer MCD Gods of Jade and Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia Del Rey Books Jade War Fonda Lee Orbit Books Ninth House Leigh Bardugo Flatiron Books 2021 Battle Ground * Jim Butcher Ace Books Dead Lies Dreaming Charles Stross Tor Books The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V. E. Schwab Tor Books The Once and Future Witches Alix E. Harrow Redhook Piranesi Susanna Clarke Bloomsbury Publishing Rhythm of War Brandon Sanderson Tor Books 2022Book of Night * Holly Black Tor Books Age of Ash Daniel Abraham Orbit Books Moon Witch, Spider King Marlon James Riverhead Books Light from Uncommon Stars Ryka Aoki Tor Books Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher Tor Books Jade Legacy Fonda Lee Orbit Books 2023The Witch King *Martha WellsOrbit BooksTower of SilenceLarry CorreiaTor BooksBabelR. F. KuangOrbit BooksTress of the Emerald SeaBrandon SandersonTor BooksInto the VortexCharles E. GannonBaen BooksThe Atlas ParadoxOlivie BlakeTor Books2024Iron Flame *Rebecca YarrosHe Who Drowned the WorldShelley Parker-ChanHouse of Open WoundsAdrian TchaikovskyMy Brother's KeeperTim PowersThe Water OutlawsS. L. HuangThree Kinds of LuckyKim Harrison2025The Devils *Joe AbercrombieTorLong Live EvilSarah Rees BrennanOrbitHeart of the MountainLarry CorreiaBaenThe Last ShieldCameron JohnstonAngry RobotShadow of the Smoking MountainHoward Andrew JonesBaenThe Black Bird OracleDeborah HarknessBallantine2026Twelve Months*Jim ButcherAceAcademy of OutcastsLarry CorreiaAethonThe Lost ReliquaryLyndsay ElySagaHell to PaySherrilyn KenyonOliver HeberRed CityMarie LuTorQueen DemonMartha WellsTor

Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel   *   Winner(s)

YearWorkAuthor(s)Publisher(s)Ref. 2016 The Shepherd's Crown * Terry Pratchett Doubleday Calamity Brandon Sanderson Delacorte Press Carry On Rainbow Rowell St. Martin's Griffin Changeling's Island Dave Freer Baen Books Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo Henry Holt Steeplejack A. J. Hartley Tor Teen Trix & the Faerie Queen Alethea Kontis self-published Updraft Fran Wilde Tor Books 2017 The Hammer of Thor * Rick Riordan Disney-Hyperion Books A Court of Wings and Ruin Sarah J. Maas Bloomsbury USA Defy the Stars Claudia Gray Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Firebrand A. J. Hartley Tor Teen It's All Fun and Games Dave Barrett Nerdist / Inkshares Rachel and the Many-Spendored Dreamland L. Jagi Lamplighter Wisecraft Publishing Swan Knight's Son John C. Wright Castalia House 2018 Children of Blood and Bone * Tomi Adeyemi Henry Holt Brightly Burning Alexa Donne Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Cold Bath Street A. J. Hartley UCLan Publishing A Court of Frost and Starlight Sarah J. Maas Bloomsbury Children's Books Warcross Marie Lu G. P. Putnam's Sons When Tinker Met Bell Alethea Kontis Sugar Skull Books 2019 Bloodwitch * Susan Dennard Tor Teen ArchenemiesMarissa MeyerFeiwel and Friends Armageddon GirlsAaron Michael RitcheyShadow Alley Press Imposters Scott Westerfeld Scholastic Press The King's RegretPhilip LigonSilver Empire The PioneerBridget TylerTor Teen Sawkill Girls Claire Legrand Katherine Tegen Books 2020 Finch Merlin and the Fount of Youth * Bella Forrest Nightlight Press Catfishing on CatNet Naomi Kritzer Tor Teen COGGreg van EekhoutHarperCollins Force CollectorKevin ShinickDisney Lucasfilm Press The Grace Year Kim Liggett Wednesday Books The Poison Jungle Tui T. Sutherland Scholastic 2021 A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking * T. Kingfisher Red Wombat Studio A Deadly EducationNaomi NovikDel Rey ElatsoeDarcie Little BadgerLevine Querido A Peculiar PerilJeff VanderMeerFarrar, Straus and Giroux The Scapegracers Hannah Abigail Clarke Erewhon The Tinderbox: Soldier of Indira Lou Diamond Phillips Aethon Books 2022 A Dark and Starless Forest * Sarah Hollowell Clarion Books Gallant V. E. Schwab Greenwillow Books Akata Woman Nnedi Okorafor Viking Books for Young Readers A Snake Falls to Earth Darcie Little Badger Levine Querido Redemptor Jordan Ifueko Abrams Books Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao Penguin Teen 2023The Golden Enclaves *Naomi NovikDel RayThe Scratch DaughtersH. A. ClarkeSelf-PublishedRust in the RootJustina IrelandBalzer + BreyAcademy ArcanistShami StovallCapital Station BooksFoul Lady FortuneChloe GongMargaret K. McElderry BooksBloodmarkedTracy DeonnSimon & Schuster2024Midnight at the Houdini *Delilah S. DawsonDeath Lord ArchanistShami StovallCapital Station BooksHideki Smith, Demon QuellerA.J. Hartley, Hisako Osako, Kuma HartleyHome Coming in BlackJ.M. AnjewierdenSo Let Them BurnKamilah ColeThe Spirit Bares Its TeethAndrew Joseph White2025Sunrise on the Reaping *Suzanne CollinsScholasticRest in PeachesAlex BrownPage Street YAAmong SerpentsMarc J GregsonPeachtree TeenFriends IndeedJane Lindskold & David WeberBaenLabyrinth ArcanistShami StovallCapital StationCompound FractureAndrew Joseph WhitePeachtree Teen2026Ride or Die*Delilah S. DawsonDelacorteMake Me a MonsterKalynn BayronBloomsbury YAThe Executioners ThreeSusan DennardTor TeenHazelthornCG DrewsFeiwel & FriendsSky on FireE.K. JohnstonDutton Books for Young ReadersQueen of FacesPetra LordHarperCollins

Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel   *   Winner(s)   ∞   Nomination declined