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title: "World Fantasy Awards Novel Books"
description: "Browse World Fantasy Awards novel winners, nominees, and finalists in the local fantasy awards database."
canonical: "https://sffawards.com/awards/world-fantasy/"
---

# World Fantasy Awards Novel Books

The World Fantasy Awards are associated with the World Fantasy Convention. This site tracks the Novel category, keeping the page focused on book-length works that can be compared with other long-form fantasy and SF/F award lists. The route summarizes local counts, winners, year coverage, and selected recognized books, then links back to the interactive browser for sorting and filtering. Official award context is linked separately from the local recommendation data, and the static copy avoids current convention-specific details or annual updates.

- **matching books:** 281
- **recognitions:** 281
- **winner records:** 57
- **award years:** 1975-2026
- **updated:** Aug 28, 2026

[Open World Fantasy Awards in the interactive browser](/?awards=world-fantasy-novel)

## Official Award Link

[Visit the official World Fantasy Awards website](https://worldfantasy.org/awards/)

## Recent Winners

- **The Tainted Cup** by Robert Jackson Bennett, 2025 winner
- **The Reformatory** by Tananarive Due, 2024 winner
- **Saint Death's Daughter** by C\.S\.E\. Cooney, 2023 winner
- **The Jasmine Throne** by Tasha Suri, 2022 winner
- **Trouble the Saints** by Alaya Dawn Johnson, 2021 winner
- **Queen of the Conquered** by Kacen Callender, 2020 winner

## Related Links

- [Browse all award pages](/awards/)
- [British Fantasy Awards books](/awards/british-fantasy/)
- [Nebula Awards books](/awards/nebula/)
- [Hugo Awards books](/awards/hugo/)
- [Read the browser guide](/guide/)
- [Browse science fiction and fantasy subgenres](/subgenres/)