David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy
Presented by: Online voters
For: Works of fantasy
| Winner | Assassin's Fate | Robin Hobb |
| Nominee | The Fall of Dragons | Miles Cameron |
| Nominee | Red Sister | Mark Lawrence |
| Nominee | Scorched Shadows | Steve McHugh |
| Nominee | Oathbringer | Brandon Sanderson |
| Nominee | Mageborn | Stephen Aryan |
| Nominee | The Unholy Consult | R. Scott Bakker |
| Nominee | The Stone in the Skull | Elizabeth Bear |
| Nominee | With Blood Upon the Sand | Bradley P. Beaulieu |
| Nominee | City of Miracles | Robert Jackson Bennett |
| Nominee | The Core | Peter V. Brett |
| Nominee | Firebrand | Kristen Britain |
| Nominee | The Black Elfstone | Terry Brooks |
| Nominee | Successor's Promise | Trudi Canavan |
| Nominee | Coldmaker | Daniel A. Cohen |
| Nominee | Shadowborn | David Dalglish |
| Nominee | The Amber Arrow | Tony Daniel |
| Nominee | The House of Binding Thorns | Aliette de Bodard |
| Nominee | Tyrant's Throne | Sebastien de Castell |
| Nominee | Among the Fallen | N. S. Dolkart |
| Nominee | Seventh Decimate | Stephen Donaldson |
| Nominee | Death's Mistress: Sister of Darkness | Terry Goodkind |
| Nominee | Empress of the Fall | David Hair |
| Nominee | A Plague of Giants | Kevin Hearne |
| Nominee | The Gates of Tagmeth | P. C. Hodgell |
| Nominee | False Idols | Jon Hollins |
| Nominee | Heartland | Lucy Hounsom |
| Nominee | Firestorm | Lucy Hounsom |
| Nominee | Dark Immolation | Christopher Husberg |
| Nominee | The Fatal Gate | Ian Irvine |
| Nominee | An Echo of Things to Come | James Islington |
| Nominee | Infernal Machines | John Hornor Jacobs |
| Nominee | The Stone Sky | N. K. Jemisin |
| Nominee | Throne of the Bastards | Brian Keene+Steven L. Shrewsbury |
| Nominee | Godsgrave | Jay Kristoff |
| Nominee | Princess of Blood | Tom Lloyd |
| Nominee | A War in Crimson Embers | Alex Marshall |
| Nominee | Scourge | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | The Fallen Kingdom | Elizabeth May |
| Nominee | Sins of Empire | Brian McClellan |
| Nominee | The Last Sacrifice | James A. Moore |
| Nominee | The Seven | Peter Newman |
| Nominee | A Gathering of Ravens | Scott Oden |
| Nominee | The Two of Swords: Volume One | K. J. Parker |
| Nominee | Lightbringers: The Age of Myths and Legends | David Price |
| Nominee | The Spear of Shadows | Josh Reynolds |
| Nominee | The Legion of Flame | Anthony Ryan |
| Nominee | The Lady of the Lake | Andrzej Sapkowski |
| Nominee | Bane and Shadow | Jon Skovron |
| Nominee | Skullsworn | Brian Staveley |
| Nominee | God's Last Breath | Sam Sykes |
| Nominee | Strange the Dreamer | Laini Taylor |
| Nominee | The Bear and the Serpent | Adrian Tchaikovsky |
| Nominee | You Die When You Die | Angus Watson |
| Nominee | Overlords of the Iron Dragon | C. L. Werner |
| Nominee | The Ninth Rain | Jen Williams |
| Nominee | The Witchwood Crown | Tad Williams |
| Nominee | Destiny's Conflict | Janny Wurts |
| Winner | Kings of the Wyld | Nicholas Eames |
| Nominee | Age of Assassins | R. J. Barker |
| Nominee | The Tethered Mage | Melissa Caruso |
| Nominee | Blackwing | Ed McDonald |
| Nominee | The Court of Broken Knives | Anna Smith Spark |
| Nominee | The Waking Land | Callie Bates |
| Nominee | Witchy Eye | D. J. Butler |
| Nominee | Rotherweird | Andrew Caldecott |
| Nominee | The Last Namsara | Kristen Ciccarelli |
| Nominee | Darien | C. F. Iggulden |
| Nominee | The Last Myon | Rudi Jennings |
| Nominee | The Bloodprint | Ausma Zehanat Khan |
| Nominee | One Cog Turning | Anthony Laken |
| Nominee | Jade City | Fonda Lee |
| Nominee | First Watch | Dale Lucas |
| Nominee | Soul of the World | David Mealing |
| Nominee | Under the Pendulum Sun | Jeannette Ng |
| Nominee | Cold Counsel | Chris Sharp |
| Nominee | Godblind | Anna Stephens |
| Nominee | The Dragon's Legacy | Deborah A. Wolf |
| Winner | Kings of the Wyld | Richard Anderson |
| Nominee | The Fall of Dragons | Kerem Beyit |
| Nominee | Oathbringer | Sam Green |
| Nominee | Assassin's Fate | Jackie Morris |
| Nominee | Godsgrave | Kerby Rosanes |
| Nominee | The Bloodprint | Shutterstock |
| Nominee | Strange the Dreamer | Jantine Zandbergen |
| Nominee | First Watch | Sammy Yuen |
| Nominee | Destiny's Conflict | Janny Wurts |
| Nominee | The Gates of Tagmeth | Eric Williams (artist) |
| Nominee | The Witchwood Crown | Michael Whelan |
| Nominee | The Two of Swords: Volume One | Trevillion Images |
| Nominee | Sins of Empire | Thom Tenery |
| Nominee | False Idols | Crystal Sully |
| Nominee | Successor's Promise | Shutterstock+Duncan Spilling |
| Nominee | Blackwing | Shutterstock |
| Nominee | The Bear and the Serpent | Shutterstock |
| Nominee | Godblind | Shutterstock |
| Nominee | Skullsworn | Shutterstock |
| Nominee | The Court of Broken Knives | Shutterstock |
| Nominee | Age of Assassins | Tom Sanderson |
| Nominee | The Fatal Gate | Shutterstock |
| Nominee | Heartland | Shutterstock |
| Nominee | Firestorm | Shutterstock |
| Nominee | Death's Mistress | Shutterstock |
| Nominee | The House of Binding Thorns | Shutterstock |
| Nominee | The Unholy Consult | Kiselev Andrey Valerevich |
| Nominee | Firebrand | April Schumacher |
| Nominee | An Echo of Things to Come | Dominick Saponaro |
| Nominee | The Amber Arrow | Daniel Dos Santos |
| Nominee | Witchy Eye | Daniel Dos Santos+Rhys Davies |
| Nominee | The Core | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | You Die When You Die | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | Red Sister | plainpicture |
| Nominee | The Stone in the Skull | Richard Anderson |
| Nominee | The Tethered Mage | Crystal Ben |
| Nominee | The Stone Sky | Lauren Panepinto+Arcangel Images |
| Nominee | Soul of the World | Arcangel Images |
| Nominee | God's Last Breath | Arcangel Images |
| Nominee | Mageborn | Arcangel Images+Shutterstock |
| Nominee | Shadowborn | Tommy Arnold |
| Nominee | The Legion of Flame | Christian Bravery |
| Nominee | The Black Elfstone | Mike Bryan |
| Nominee | Tyrant's Throne | www.buerosued.de |
| Nominee | The Last Sacrifice | Alejandro Colucci |
| Nominee | The Lady of the Lake | Alejandro Colucci |
| Nominee | Under the Pendulum Sun | John Coulthart |
| Nominee | The Last Namsara | Das Illustrat+Ervin Usman+Dan Smith |
| Nominee | Bane and Shadow | Bastien Lecouffe Deharme |
| Nominee | The Witch of Torinia | Adam Doyle |
| Nominee | The Waking Land | Terrence Drysdale+Joana Kruse |
| Nominee | Jade City | Getty Images+Shutterstock |
| Nominee | Overlords of the Iron Dragon | Johan Grenier |
| Nominee | Darien | Larry Rostant+Gill Heeley |
| Nominee | The Seven | Jaime Jones |
| Nominee | City of Miracles | Rory Kee |
| Nominee | Empress of the Fall | Rory Kee |
| Nominee | Infernal Machines | Patrick Knowles |
| Nominee | Princess of Blood | Jon McCoy |
| Nominee | A Plague of Giants | David G. Stevenson+Gene Mollica |
| Nominee | The Fallen Kingdom | Gene Mollica |
| Nominee | Coldmaker | Stephen Mulcahey |
| Nominee | Seventh Decimate | Nekro |
| Nominee | Rotherweird | Leo Nickols |
| Nominee | Cold Counsel | David Palumbo |
| Nominee | A War in Crimson Embers | Lauren Panepinto |
| Winner | Warbeast | Gav Thorpe |
| Nominee | Wrath | John Gwynne |
| Nominee | Nevernight | Jay Kristoff |
| Nominee | The Wheel of Osheim | Mark Lawrence |
| Nominee | The Bands of Mourning | Brandon Sanderson |
| Nominee | A Plague of Swords | Miles Cameron |
| Nominee | The Sorcerer's Daughter | Terry Brooks |
| Nominee | City of Blades | Robert Jackson Bennett |
| Nominee | The Great Ordeal | R. Scott Bakker |
| Nominee | The Guns of Ivrea | Clifford Beal |
| Nominee | Bloodmage | Stephen Aryan |
| Nominee | The Pagan Night | Tim Akers |
| Nominee | The Spider's War | Daniel Abraham |
| Nominee | The Sky Slayer | Joel Cornah |
| Nominee | The Watcher of Dead Time | Edward Cox |
| Nominee | Fireborn | David Dalglish |
| Nominee | Saint's Blood | Sebastien de Castell |
| Nominee | The Path of the Hawk | Ian Graham |
| Nominee | The Summer Goddess | Joanne Hall |
| Nominee | Fool's Gold | Jon Hollins |
| Nominee | The Stealers' War | Stephen Hunt |
| Nominee | The Summon Stone | Ian Irvine |
| Nominee | Children of Earth and Sky | Guy Gavriel Kay |
| Nominee | The Obelisk Gate | N. K. Jemisin |
| Nominee | Gods of Nabban | K. V. Johansen |
| Nominee | Assassin Queen | Anna Kashina |
| Nominee | The Fall of the Dagger | Glenda Larke |
| Nominee | Stranger of Tempest | Tom Lloyd |
| Nominee | The Seer | Sonia Orin Lyris |
| Nominee | Daughter of Blood | Helen Lowe |
| Nominee | A Blade of Black Steel | Alex Marshall |
| Nominee | Shadow and Flame | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | An Accident of Stars | Foz Meadows |
| Nominee | The Silent Army | James A. Moore |
| Nominee | Forgotten Hero | Brian G. Murray |
| Nominee | The Malice | Peter Newman |
| Nominee | Break the Chains | Megan E. O'Keefe |
| Nominee | The Obsidian Throne | J. D. Oswald |
| Nominee | The Girl on the Liar's Throne | Den Patrick |
| Nominee | Leviathan's Blood | Ben Peek |
| Nominee | Those Below | Daniel Polansky |
| Nominee | The High King's Vengeance | Steven Poore |
| Nominee | Twilight of the Dragons | Andy Remic |
| Nominee | The Waking Fire | Anthony Ryan |
| Nominee | Chains of the Heretic | Jeff Salyards |
| Nominee | Calamity | Brandon Sanderson |
| Nominee | The Tower of the Swallow | Andrzej Sapkowski |
| Nominee | Dead Man's Steel | Luke Scull |
| Nominee | The World Raven | A. J. Smith |
| Nominee | Phoenix Ascendant | Ryk E. Spoor |
| Nominee | The Last Mortal Bond | Brian Staveley |
| Nominee | Age of Myth | Michael J. Sullivan |
| Nominee | Fair Rebel | Steph Swainston |
| Nominee | The Mortal Tally | Sam Sykes |
| Nominee | The Tiger and the Wolf | Adrian Tchaikovsky |
| Nominee | Dragon Hunters | Marc Turner |
| Nominee | Red Tide | Marc Turner |
| Nominee | The Blood Mirror | Brent Weeks |
| Nominee | The Silver Tide | Jen Williams |
| Winner | Steal the Sky | Megan E. O'Keefe |
| Nominee | Infernal | Mark de Jager |
| Nominee | Duskfall | Christopher Husberg |
| Nominee | Snakewood | Adrian Selby |
| Nominee | Hope and Red | Jon Skovron |
| Nominee | Silent Hall | N. S. Dolkart |
| Nominee | The Cracked Amulet | R. B. Watkinson |
| Winner | The Black Rift | Alessandro Baldasseroni |
| Nominee | The Wheel of Osheim | Jason Chan |
| Nominee | The Bands of Mourning | Sam Green |
| Nominee | Nevernight | Kerby Rosanes |
| Nominee | Wrath | Paul Young |
| Nominee | Children of Earth and Sky | Joseph Martin |
| Nominee | The Last Mortal Bond | Maggie Hurwich+Mohammad Itani+Arcangel |
| Nominee | The Obelisk Gate | Lauren Panepinto+Arcangel |
| Nominee | Fireborn | Tommy Arnold |
| Nominee | Forgotten Hero | L. Bachman |
| Nominee | Dragon Hunters | Ihar Balakain+Dusan Kostic |
| Nominee | The Spider's War | Kirk Benshoff |
| Nominee | A Plague of Swords | Kerem Beyit |
| Nominee | The Stealers' War | Blacksheep |
| Nominee | Saint's Blood | Buerosued |
| Nominee | Leviathan's Blood | Neil Lang+Stephen Mulcahey+Shutterstock |
| Nominee | Shadow and Flame | CollaborationJS |
| Nominee | The Pagan Night | Alejandro Colucci |
| Nominee | The Tower of the Swallow | Alejandro Colucci |
| Nominee | The Girl on the Liar's Throne | Alejandro Colucci |
| Nominee | The Silent Army | Alejandro Colucci |
| Nominee | The Summer Goddess | Jason Deem |
| Nominee | Hope and Red | Bastien Lecouffe Deharme |
| Nominee | The Sorcerer's Daughter | Bastien Lecouffe Deharme |
| Nominee | The Sky Slayer | Evelinn Enoksen |
| Nominee | Calamity | Sam Green |
| Nominee | Infernal | Head Design |
| Nominee | The Waking Fire | Jamie Jones |
| Nominee | The Malice | Jaime Jones |
| Nominee | The Watcher of Dead Time | Jet Design Ltd. |
| Nominee | The World Raven | Nik Keevil |
| Nominee | The Seer | Sam Kennedy |
| Nominee | The Mortal Tally | Patrick Knowles |
| Nominee | The Shadowed Path | Michael Komarck |
| Nominee | The Tiger and the Wolf | Neil Lang+Shutterstock |
| Nominee | City of Blades | KS Agency |
| Nominee | Duskfall | Julia Lloyd |
| Nominee | Phoenix Ascendant | Todd Lockwood |
| Nominee | Daughter of Blood | Silas Manhood |
| Nominee | The Blood Mirror | Silas Manhood |
| Nominee | Stranger of Tempest | Jon McCoy |
| Nominee | Snakewood | David Palumbo |
| Nominee | Chains of the Heretic | Ryan Pancoast |
| Nominee | A Blade of Black Steel | Lauren Panepinto |
| Nominee | Those Below | Rhett Podersoo |
| Nominee | Silent Hall | Andreas Rocha |
| Nominee | Dead Man's Steel | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | The Great Ordeal | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | The Silver Tide | Shutterstock |
| Nominee | The Dragon Lords: Fool's Gold | Karl Simon |
| Nominee | Age of Myth | Marc Simonetti |
| Nominee | The Summon Stone | Shutterstock+Jack Smyth |
| Nominee | The Fall of the Dagger | Steve Stone |
| Nominee | Bloodmage | Steve Stone |
| Nominee | Chaosmage | Steve Stone |
| Nominee | Gods of Nabban | Raymond Swanland |
| Nominee | The High King's Vengeance | Jorge Luis Torres |
| Nominee | Fair Rebel | Jamie Carr |
| Winner | The Liar's Key | Mark Lawrence |
| Nominee | The Dread Wyrm | Miles Cameron |
| Nominee | Son of the Black Sword | Larry Correia |
| Nominee | Slayer: Book II of the Doom of Gotrek Gurnisson | David Guymer |
| Nominee | Ruin | John Gwynne |
| Nominee | Half a King | Joe Abercrombie |
| Nominee | Twelve Kings | Bradley Beaulieu |
| Nominee | The Skull Throne | Peter V. Brett |
| Nominee | The Darkling Child | Terry Brooks |
| Nominee | The Aeronaut's Windlass | Jim Butcher |
| Nominee | Angel of Storms | Trudi Canavan |
| Nominee | The Cathedral of Known Things | Edward Cox |
| Nominee | Skyborn | David Dalglish |
| Nominee | The Silver Kings | Stephen Deas |
| Nominee | The House of Shattered Wings | Aliette de Bodard |
| Nominee | Knight's Shadow | Sebastien de Castell |
| Nominee | Black Wolves | Kate Elliott |
| Nominee | Ascendant's Rite | David Hair |
| Nominee | Spark and Carousel | Joanne Hall |
| Nominee | Devastating Hate | Markus Heitz |
| Nominee | Fool's Quest | Robin Hobb |
| Nominee | Foreign Devils | John Hornor Jacobs |
| Nominee | The Fifth Season | N. K. Jemisin |
| Nominee | Chaos Unleashed | Drew Karpyshyn |
| Nominee | Swords and Scoundrels | Julia Knight |
| Nominee | Path of Gods | Snorri Kristjansson |
| Nominee | Valkyrie's Song | M. D. Lachlan |
| Nominee | The Dagger's Path | Glenda Larke |
| Nominee | The Hunter's Kind | Rebecca Levene |
| Nominee | Old Man's Ghosts | Tom Lloyd |
| Nominee | A Crown for Cold Silver | Jesse Bullington |
| Nominee | War of Shadows | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | The Autumn Republic | Brian McClellan |
| Nominee | Uprooted | Naomi Novik |
| Nominee | The Boy Who Wept Blood | Den Patrick |
| Nominee | Those Above | Daniel Polansky |
| Nominee | The Heir to the North | Steven Poore |
| Nominee | Queen of Fire | Anthony Ryan |
| Nominee | Archaon: Lord of Chaos | Rob Sanders |
| Nominee | Shadows of Self | Brandon Sanderson |
| Nominee | Spinning Thorns | Anna Sheehan |
| Nominee | The Providence of Fire | Brian Staveley |
| Nominee | Guns of the Dawn | Adrian Tchaikovsky |
| Nominee | The Mechanical | Ian Tregillis |
| Nominee | Reign of Iron | Angus Watson |
| Nominee | The Sword of the South | David Weber |
| Nominee | The Price of Valour | Django Wexler |
| Nominee | The Iron Ghost | Jen Williams |
| Winner | The Vagrant | Peter Newman |
| Nominee | Battlemage | Stephen Aryan |
| Nominee | The Traitor Baru Cormorant | Seth Dickinson |
| Nominee | The Fire Sermon | Francesca Haig |
| Nominee | Starborn | Lucy Hounsom |
| Nominee | An Ember in the Ashes | Sabaa Tahir |
| Winner | The Liar's Key | Jason Chan |
| Nominee | The Dread Wyrm | Kerem Beyit |
| Nominee | Son of the Black Sword | Larry Elmore+Carol Russo Design |
| Nominee | Archaon: Lord of Chaos | Raymond Swanland |
| Nominee | Ruin | Paul Young |
| Nominee | Uprooted | James Annal |
| Nominee | Skyborn | Tommy Arnold |
| Nominee | Twelve Kings | Andrew Unangst |
| Nominee | Swords and Scoundrels | Wendy Chan |
| Nominee | The Boy Who Wept Blood | Alejandro Colucci |
| Nominee | The Darkling Child | Bastien Lecouffe Deharme |
| Nominee | Old Man's Ghosts | Krzysztof Domaradzki |
| Nominee | The Flotsam Trilogy | Mark Ferrari |
| Nominee | The Cathedral of Known Things | Christopher Gibbs |
| Nominee | Shadows of Self | Sam Green |
| Nominee | Knight's Shadow | Manuela Hackl |
| Nominee | An Ember in the Ashes | Mohamad Hani+Arcangel Images |
| Nominee | The House of Shattered Wings | Shadoweddancer+Teddy Eduardo Iglesias |
| Nominee | The Iron Ghost | Patrick Insole |
| Nominee | Foreign Devils | Patrick Knowles |
| Nominee | Spinning Thorns | Laura B |
| Nominee | The Hunter's Kind | Tim McDonough |
| Nominee | The Aeronaut's Windlass | Chris McGrath |
| Nominee | Fool's Quest | Jackie Morris |
| Nominee | The Fifth Season | Lauren Panepinto |
| Nominee | The Autumn Republic | Gene Mollica+Michael Frost+Lauren Panepinto |
| Nominee | Those Above | Rhett Podersoo |
| Nominee | The Skull Throne | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | War of Shadows | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | Black Wolves | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | Reign of Iron | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | Angel of Storms | Duncan Spilling |
| Nominee | Battlemage | Steve Stone |
| Nominee | The Dagger's Path | Steve Stone |
| Nominee | The Silver Kings | Stephen Youll |
| Nominee | Ascendant's Rite | Paul Young |
| Nominee | Valkyrie's Song | Paul Young |
| Winner | Words of Radiance | Brandon Sanderson |
| Nominee | Half a King | Joe Abercrombie |
| Nominee | Valour | John Gwynne |
| Nominee | Prince of Fools | Mark Lawrence |
| Nominee | The Broken Eye | Brent Weeks |
| Nominee | The Widow's House | Daniel Abraham |
| Nominee | Son of the Morning | Mark Alder |
| Nominee | The Oath of the Vayuputras | Amish |
| Nominee | City of Stairs | Robert Jackson Bennett |
| Nominee | A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent | Marie Brennan |
| Nominee | The High Druid's Blade | Terry Brooks |
| Nominee | Thief's Magic | Trudi Canavan |
| Nominee | Traitor's Blade | Sebastien de Castell |
| Nominee | The Relic Guild | Edward Cox |
| Nominee | A Dance of Ghosts | David Dalglish |
| Nominee | Assail | Ian C. Esslemont |
| Nominee | Gleam | Tom Fletcher |
| Nominee | Unholy War | David Hair |
| Nominee | The Gospel of Loki | Joanne Harris |
| Nominee | Spira Mirabilis | Aidan Harte |
| Nominee | Righteous Fury | Markus Heitz |
| Nominee | Fool's Assassin | Robin Hobb |
| Nominee | Sworn in Steel | Douglas Hulick |
| Nominee | In Dark Service | Stephen Hunt |
| Nominee | Justice | Ian Irvine |
| Nominee | The Incorruptibles | John Hornor Jacobs |
| Nominee | The Fourth Gwenevere | John Matthews+Caitlín Matthews+John James |
| Nominee | Blood Will Follow | Snorri Kristjansson |
| Nominee | The Lascar's Dagger | Glenda Larke |
| Nominee | Smiler's Fair | Rebecca Levene |
| Nominee | The Crimson Campaign | Brian McClellan |
| Nominee | Reign of Ash | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | The Falcon Throne | Karen Miller |
| Nominee | Crown of Renewal | Elizabeth Moon |
| Nominee | The Blasted Lands | James A. Moore |
| Nominee | Arcanum | Simon Morden |
| Nominee | The Dark Defiles | Richard Morgan |
| Nominee | Retribution | Mark Charan Newton |
| Nominee | Lagoon | Nnedi Okorafor |
| Nominee | The Boy with the Porcelain Blade | Den Patrick |
| Nominee | The Free | Brian Ruckley |
| Nominee | Tower Lord | Anthony Ryan |
| Nominee | Baptism of Fire | Andrzej Sapkowski |
| Nominee | Seal of the Worm | Adrian Tchaikovsky |
| Winner | The Emperor's Blades | Brian Staveley |
| Nominee | The Godless | Ben Peek |
| Nominee | Traitor's Blade | Sebastien de Castell |
| Nominee | The Mirror Empire | Kameron Hurley |
| Nominee | Age of Iron | Angus Watson |
| Nominee | The Relic Guild | Edward Cox |
| Nominee | Unwrapped Sky | Rjurik Davidson |
| Nominee | The Incorruptibles | John Hornor Jacobs |
| Nominee | The Queen of the Tearling | Erika Johansen |
| Nominee | The Boy with the Porcelain Blade | Den Patrick |
| Winner | Words of Radiance | Sam Green |
| Nominee | The Slow Regard of Silent Things | Laura Brett |
| Nominee | Half a King | Mike Bryan |
| Nominee | Fool's Assassin | Jackie Morris+Stephen Raw |
| Nominee | Prince of Fools | Jason Chan |
| Nominee | The High Druid's Blade | Bastien Lecouffe Deharme |
| Nominee | The Mirror Empire | Richard Anderson |
| Nominee | The Widow's House | Kirk Benshoff |
| Nominee | A Dance of Ghosts | Michael Frost+Gene Mollica+Kirk Benshoff |
| Nominee | The Falcon Throne | Raphael Lacoste+Kirk Benshoff |
| Nominee | The Incorruptibles | Edward Bettison |
| Nominee | Blood Will Follow | Blacksheep |
| Nominee | In Dark Service | Blacksheep |
| Nominee | Traitor's Blade | bürosüd |
| Nominee | Tower Lord | Nik Keevil+Nick Castle |
| Nominee | Justice | Wendy Chan+Shutterstock |
| Nominee | Baptism of Fire | Alejandro Colucci |
| Nominee | The Boy with the Porcelain Blade | Alejandro Colucci |
| Nominee | The Blasted Lands | Alejandro Colucci |
| Nominee | The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and The Game of Thrones | Jordi González Escamilla |
| Nominee | The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and The Game of Thrones | Chase Stone |
| Nominee | Gleam | Ghost |
| Nominee | Thief's Magic | Lee Gibbons+Duncan Spilling |
| Nominee | City of Stairs | KS Agency |
| Nominee | Retribution | Neil Lang |
| Nominee | Sworn in Steel | Neil Lang |
| Nominee | Sworn in Steel | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | The Crimson Campaign | Gene Mollica+Michael Frost+Lauren Panepinto |
| Nominee | The Free | Larry Rostant+Lauren Panepinto |
| Nominee | The Broken Eye | Silas Manhood+Shirley Green+Lauren Panepinto |
| Nominee | The Gospel of Loki | Andreas Preis |
| Nominee | Age of Iron | Larry Rostant+Ceara Elliot |
| Nominee | Reign of Ash | Larry Rostant+Sean Garrehy |
| Nominee | The Ice Dragon | Luis Royo |
| Nominee | Mirror Sight | April Schumacher |
| Nominee | Arcanum | Duncan Spilling |
| Nominee | The Lascar's Dagger | Steve Stone |
| Nominee | Sleeping Late on Judgement Day | Ben Summers |
| Nominee | Crown of Renewal | Paul Young |
| Nominee | Unholy War | Paul Young |
| Winner | Emperor of Thorns | Mark Lawrence |
| Nominee | War Master's Gate | Adrian Tchaikovsky |
| Nominee | The Republic of Thieves | Scott Lynch |
| Nominee | A Memory of Light | Robert Jordan+Brandon Sanderson |
| Nominee | The Daylight War | Peter V. Brett |
| Nominee | Dreaming of Zhou Gong | Traci Harding |
| Nominee | Written In Red | Anne Bishop |
| Nominee | The Shadowed Throne | K. J. Taylor |
| Nominee | Shattered Pillars | Elizabeth Bear |
| Nominee | Drakenfeld | Mark Charan Newton |
| Nominee | Kinless | Stephen Godden |
| Nominee | Moon's Artifice | Tom Lloyd |
| Nominee | Valley of Shields | Duncan Lay |
| Nominee | Imager's Battalion | L. E. Modesitt, Jr. |
| Nominee | Allegiance | Beth Bernobich |
| Nominee | Skarsnik | Guy Haley |
| Nominee | Time of Contempt | Andrzej Sapkowski |
| Nominee | The Crimson Shield | Nathan Hawke |
| Nominee | The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince | Robin Hobb |
| Nominee | Master of Dragons | Chris Wraight |
| Nominee | Esrever Doom | Piers Anthony |
| Nominee | Kinslayer | Jay Kristoff |
| Nominee | Two Serpents Rise | Max Gladstone |
| Nominee | Children of Fire | Drew Karpyshyn |
| Nominee | Herald of the Storm | Richard Ford |
| Nominee | The Ace of Skulls | Chris Wooding |
| Nominee | Fade to Black | Francis Knight |
| Nominee | The Palace Job | Patrick Weekes |
| Nominee | Promise of Blood | Brian McClellan |
| Nominee | Ice Forged | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | The Thousand Names | Django Wexler |
| Nominee | Blood of Dragons | Robin Hobb |
| Nominee | The Raven's Shadow | Elspeth Cooper |
| Nominee | Antiagon Fire | L. E. Modesitt, Jr. |
| Nominee | She Who Waits | Daniel Polansky |
| Nominee | Magician's End | Raymond E. Feist |
| Nominee | The Last Dark | Stephen R. Donaldson |
| Nominee | Reunion | Jennifer Fallon |
| Nominee | The Crown Tower | Michael J. Sullivan |
| Nominee | Black Sun Light My Way | Jo Spurrier |
| Nominee | The Garden of Stones | Mark T. Barnes |
| Winner | Promise of Blood | Brian McClellan |
| Nominee | The Path of Anger | Antoine Rouaud |
| Nominee | Headtaker | David Guymer |
| Nominee | The Grim Company | Luke Scull |
| Nominee | The Garden of Stones | Mark T. Barnes |
| Nominee | The Palace Job | Patrick Weekes |
| Nominee | Fade to Black | Francis Knight |
| Winner | Emperor of Thorns | Jason Chan |
| Nominee | The Republic of Thieves | Benjamin Carré |
| Nominee | Skarsnik | Cheoljoo Lee |
| Nominee | Promise of Blood | Michael Frost+Gene Mollica |
| Nominee | She Who Waits | Rhett Podersoo |
| Nominee | Black Sun Light My Way | Gordon Wiltsie+Shutterstock+Darren Holt |
| Nominee | Children of Fire | Clint Langley |
| Nominee | Ice Forged | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | Moon's Artifice | Larry Rostant+Craig Frazer |
| Nominee | Assassin's Apprentice | Clare Skeats |
| Nominee | Silverthorn | |
| Nominee | She Who Waits | Rhett Podersoo |
| Nominee | The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince | Jackie Morris |
| Nominee | A Game of Thrones | |
| Nominee | The Crown Tower | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | Drakenfeld | Neil Lang |
| Nominee | The Garden of Stones | Stephan Martiniere |
| Nominee | A Darkness at Sethanon | |
| Nominee | The Crimson Shield | Alejandro Colucci+Jamie Tanner |
| Nominee | The Last Dark | Sidonie Beresford-Browne |
| Nominee | Kinslayer | Neil Lang+Colin Thomas |
| Nominee | The Thousand Names | Steve Stone |
| Nominee | Fade to Black | Tim Byrne |
| Nominee | The Palace Job | Lili Ibrahim |
| Nominee | The Raven's Shadow | Dominic Harman |
| Nominee | The Daylight War | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | The Once and Future King | Joe McLaren |
| Nominee | Ace of Skulls | Nick May+Stephen Youll |
| Nominee | Time of Contempt | Alejandro Colucci+Abi Hartshorne |
| Nominee | Magician | |
| Nominee | Blood of Dragons | Jackie Morris |
| Nominee | The Path of Anger | Larry Rostant+Keith Baker |
| Nominee | Magician's End | Harper Collins Design Team |
| Nominee | The Black Guard | Nik Keevil |
| Nominee | The Grim Company | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | Beyond the Mists of Katura | Marc Simonetti |
| Nominee | Magician | Clare Skeats |
| Nominee | Dragon Queen | Stephen Youll |
| Winner | The Blinding Knife | Brent Weeks |
| Nominee | Stormdancer | Jay Kristoff |
| Nominee | Red Country | Joe Abercrombie |
| Nominee | King of Thorns | Mark Lawrence |
| Nominee | The Gathering of the Lost | Helen Lowe |
| Nominee | Bard's Oath | Joanne Bertin |
| Nominee | Queen's Hunt | Beth Bernobich |
| Nominee | Orion and King Arthur | Ben Bova |
| Nominee | The King's Blood | Daniel Abraham |
| Nominee | Throne of the Crescent Moon | Saladin Ahmed |
| Nominee | Luck of the Draw | Piers Anthony |
| Nominee | Range of Ghosts | Elizabeth Bear |
| Nominee | Wards of Faerie | Terry Brooks |
| Nominee | The Traitor Queen | Trudi Canavan |
| Nominee | The Devil's Looking Glass | Mark Chadbourn |
| Nominee | Trinity Rising | Elspeth Cooper |
| Nominee | Besieged | Rowena Cory Daniells |
| Nominee | Exile | Rowena Cory Daniells |
| Nominee | Sanctuary | Rowena Cory Daniells |
| Nominee | Empire of the Saviours | A. J. Dalton |
| Nominee | The Black Mausoleum | Stephen Deas |
| Nominee | Forge of Darkness | Steven Erikson |
| Nominee | Orb Sceptre Throne | Ian C. Esslemont |
| Nominee | The Dark Divide | Jennifer Fallon |
| Nominee | Seven Princes | John R. Fultz |
| Nominee | Three Parts Dead | Max Gladstone |
| Nominee | Malice | John Gwynne |
| Nominee | Mage's Blood | David Hair |
| Nominee | Irenicon | Aidan Harte |
| Nominee | The Fate of the Dwarves | Markus Heitz |
| Nominee | City of Dragons | Robin Hobb |
| Nominee | The Silvered | Tanya Huff |
| Nominee | Black Bottle | Anthony Huso |
| Nominee | Kings of Morning | Paul Kearney |
| Nominee | Lord of Slaughter | M. D. Lachlan |
| Nominee | Crown of Vengeance | James Mallory+Mercedes Lackey |
| Nominee | Bridge of Swords | Duncan Lay |
| Nominee | The Dusk Watchman | Tom Lloyd |
| Nominee | Darkening Skies | Juliet E. McKenna |
| Nominee | Defiant Peaks | Juliet E. McKenna |
| Nominee | The Scrivener's Tale | Fiona McIntosh |
| Nominee | Greatshadow | James Maxey |
| Nominee | Hush | James Maxey |
| Nominee | Princeps | L. E. Modesitt, Jr. |
| Nominee | Shadow Blizzard | Alexey Pehov |
| Nominee | Touchstone | Melanie Rawn |
| Nominee | Babylon Steel | Gaie Sebold |
| Nominee | Winter Be My Shield | Jo Spurrier |
| Nominee | Rage of the Dragon | Tracy Hickman+Margaret Weis |
| Nominee | Knife Sworn | Mazarkis Williams |
| Winner | Malice | John Gwynne |
| Nominee | Throne of the Crescent Moon | Saladin Ahmed |
| Nominee | Stormdancer | Jay Kristoff |
| Nominee | The Red Knight | Miles Cameron |
| Nominee | Irenicon | Aidan Harte |
| Nominee | Seven Princes | John R. Fultz |
| Nominee | Three Parts Dead | Max Gladstone |
| Nominee | Babylon Steel | Gaie Sebold |
| Nominee | Winter Be My Shield | Jo Spurrier |
| Winner | Red Country | Didier Graffet+Dave Senior |
| Nominee | The Legion of Shadow | Dominic Harman |
| Nominee | Besieged | Clint Langley |
| Nominee | The Blinding Knife | Silas Manhood |
| Nominee | Stormdancer | Trevillion Images+Shutterstock+Colin Thomas |
| Nominee | The Black Mausoleum | Stephen Youll |
| Nominee | Seven Princes | Richard Anderson |
| Nominee | The King's Blood | Kirk Benshoff |
| Nominee | The Red Knight | Kerem Beyit |
| Nominee | Throne of the Crescent Moon | Jason Chan |
| Nominee | Luck of the Draw | Julie Dillon |
| Nominee | Bard's Oath | Bob Eggleton |
| Nominee | Range of Ghosts | Donato Giancola |
| Nominee | Princeps | Donato Giancola |
| Nominee | Queen's Hunt | Scott Grimando |
| Nominee | Trinity Rising | Dominic Harman |
| Nominee | The Heart of Fire | Dominic Harman |
| Nominee | Bridge of Swords | Darren Holt+Shutterstock.com |
| Nominee | The Scrivener's Tale | Darren Holt |
| Nominee | Winter Be My Shield | Shutterstock+Darren Holt |
| Nominee | Throne of the Crescent Moon | Patrick Knowles |
| Nominee | Rage of the Dragon | Michael Komarck |
| Nominee | Shadow Blizzard | Kekai Kotaki |
| Nominee | Exile | Clint Langley |
| Nominee | Sanctuary | Clint Langley |
| Nominee | The Fate Of The Dwarves | Bob Lea |
| Nominee | Crown of Vengeance | Todd Lockwood |
| Nominee | Three Parts Dead | Chris McGrath |
| Nominee | The Gathering of the Lost | Silas Manhood |
| Nominee | The Silvered | Cliff Nielsen |
| Nominee | Babylon Steel | Marek Okon |
| Nominee | Black Bottle | James Paick |
| Nominee | Empire of the Saviours | Andreas Rocha |
| Nominee | Heir of Novron | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | The Dusk Watchman | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | Orion and King Arthur | John Stanko |
| Nominee | Touchstone | Matt Stawicki |
| Nominee | Forge of Darkness | Steve Stone |
| Nominee | Orb Sceptre Throne | Steve Stone |
| Nominee | The Traitor Queen | Steve Stone |
| Nominee | Wards of Faerie | Stephen Youll |
| Nominee | Malice | Paul Young |
| Nominee | Lord of Slaughter | Paul Young |
| Winner | The Wise Man's Fear | Patrick Rothfuss |
| Nominee | Blood of Aenarion | William King |
| Nominee | The Heroes | Joe Abercrombie |
| Nominee | Blackveil | Kristen Britain |
| Nominee | The Alloy of Law | Brandon Sanderson |
| Nominee | Shadows at Stonewylde | Kit Berry |
| Nominee | Naamah's Blessing | Jacqueline Carey |
| Nominee | Fire and Thorns | Rae Carson |
| Nominee | Songs of the Earth | Elspeth Cooper |
| Nominee | The Order of the Scales | Stephen Deas |
| Nominee | The Warlock's Shadow | Stephen Deas |
| Nominee | Dark Mist Rising | Anna Kendall |
| Nominee | Fenrir | M. D. Lachlan |
| Nominee | The Cold Commands | Richard Morgan |
| Nominee | The Dragon Arcana | Pierre Pevel |
| Nominee | The River of Shadows | Robert V. S. Redick |
| Nominee | The Traitor's Gate | Sarah Silverwood |
| Nominee | Shadow's Lure | Jon Sprunk |
| Nominee | Black Halo | Sam Sykes |
| Nominee | The Waters Rising | Sheri S. Tepper |
| Nominee | Road to the Soul | Kim Falconer |
| Nominee | The Devil's Diadem | Sara Douglass |
| Nominee | Shadow | Will Elliott |
| Nominee | World's End | Will Elliott |
| Nominee | Journey by Night | Kim Falconer |
| Nominee | Eona | Alison Goodman |
| Nominee | Stormlord's Exile | Glenda Larke |
| Nominee | Exile | Rebecca Lim |
| Nominee | Revenant | Bevan McGuiness |
| Nominee | Scarred Man | Bevan McGuiness |
| Nominee | A Blight of Mages | Karen Miller |
| Nominee | Silvermay | James Moloney |
| Nominee | Oracle's Fire | Mary Victoria |
| Nominee | Samiha's Song | Mary Victoria |
| Nominee | A Kingdom Besieged | Raymond E. Feist |
| Nominee | A Dance with Dragons | George R. R. Martin |
| Nominee | The Emperor's Knife | Mazarkis Williams |
| Nominee | Never Knew Another | J. M. McDermott |
| Nominee | The Dragon's Path | Daniel Abraham |
| Nominee | The Key to Creation | Kevin J. Anderson |
| Nominee | The Measure of the Magic | Terry Brooks |
| Nominee | The Rogue | Trudi Canavan |
| Nominee | Cold Fire | Kate Elliott |
| Nominee | The Fallen Blade | Jon Courtenay Grimwood |
| Nominee | The Revenge of the Dwarves | Markus Heitz |
| Nominee | The Kingdom of Gods | N. K. Jemisin |
| Nominee | Echo City | Tim Lebbon |
| Nominee | The Heir of Night | Helen Lowe |
| Nominee | The Sworn | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | The Hammer | K. J. Parker |
| Nominee | Dangerous Waters | Juliet E. McKenna |
| Nominee | Stands a Shadow | Col Buchanan |
| Nominee | The Sea Watch | Adrian Tchaikovsky |
| Nominee | The Book of Transformations | Mark Charan Newton |
| Nominee | Heirs of the Blade | Adrian Tchaikovsky |
| Nominee | The Tempering of Men | Elizabeth Bear+Sarah Monette |
| Nominee | The Sea Thy Mistress | Elizabeth Bear |
| Nominee | The Lost Gate | Orson Scott Card |
| Nominee | Spellbound | Blake Charlton |
| Nominee | Out of the Waters | David Drake |
| Nominee | When the Saints | Dave Duncan |
| Nominee | The Crippled God | Steven Erikson |
| Nominee | The Omen Machine | Terry Goodkind |
| Nominee | Endurance | Jay Lake |
| Nominee | Prospero Regained | L. Jagi Lamplighter |
| Nominee | Scholar | L. E. Modesitt, Jr. |
| Nominee | Lady-Protector | L. E. Modesitt, Jr. |
| Nominee | Shadow Chaser | Alexey Pehov |
| Nominee | The Necklace of the Gods | Alison Goodman |
| Nominee | Snuff | Terry Pratchett |
| Winner | The Heir of Night | Helen Lowe |
| Nominee | The Unremembered | Peter Orullian |
| Nominee | Songs of the Earth | Elspeth Cooper |
| Nominee | Prince of Thorns | Mark Lawrence |
| Nominee | Among Thieves | Douglas Hulick |
| Nominee | Fire and Thorns | Rae Carson |
| Nominee | The Emperor's Knife | Mazarkis Williams |
| Nominee | The Winds of Khalakovo | Bradley P. Beaulieu |
| Nominee | The Whitefire Crossing | Courtney Schafer |
| Winner | Blood of Aenarion | Raymond Swanland |
| Nominee | The Heroes | Didier Graffet+David Senior |
| Nominee | Oracle's Fire | Frank Victoria |
| Nominee | Among Thieves | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | Journey by Night | Aaron Briggs |
| Nominee | Conan's Brethren | Les Edwards |
| Nominee | Eldritch Tales: A Miscellany of the Macabre | Les Edwards |
| Nominee | The Warlock's Shadow | Les Edwards |
| Nominee | The Alloy of Law | Sam Green |
| Nominee | The Order of the Scales | Dominic Harman |
| Nominee | Inferno | Kropserkel |
| Nominee | Shadow's Lure | Chris McGrath |
| Nominee | The River of Shadows | Edward Miller |
| Nominee | The Traitor's Gate | Eamon O'Donoghue |
| Nominee | The Waters Rising | Steve Rawlings |
| Nominee | Shadows at Stonewylde | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | Blackveil | April Schumacher |
| Nominee | The Cold Commands | Jon Sullivan |
| Nominee | The Dragon Arcana | Jon Sullivan |
| Nominee | Black Halo | Paul Young |
| Nominee | Fenrir | Paul Young |
| Nominee | The Wise Man's Fear | Laura Brett |
| Nominee | Dark Mist Rising | Kate Logutova+Jamie Tanner |
| Nominee | Songs of the Earth | Collaboration JS |
| Nominee | Naamah's Blessing | Patrick Knowles |
| Nominee | The Braided Path | Larry Rostant+Orion Art department |
| Nominee | Fire and Thorns | Collaboration JS |
| Nominee | World's End | Gregory Bridges |
| Nominee | Road to the Soul | Aaron Briggs |
| Nominee | Samiha's Song | Frank Victoria |
| Nominee | The Hammer | |
| Nominee | The Dragon's Path | Lauren Panepinto |
| Nominee | Echo City | Lee Gibbons |
| Nominee | The Key to Creation | Lee Gibbons |
| Nominee | The Revenge of the Dwarves | Bob Lea |
| Nominee | The Heir of Night | Silas Manhood |
| Nominee | The Kingdom of Gods | Cliff Nielsen |
| Nominee | The Measure of the Magic | Steve Stone |
| Nominee | A Blight of Mages | David Wyatt |
| Nominee | The Griffin Mage Trilogy | Lauren Panepinto |
| Nominee | Among Thieves | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | Kraken: An Anatomy | Carl Rush |
| Winner | The Way of Kings | Brandon Sanderson |
| Nominee | The War of the Dwarves | Markus Heitz |
| Nominee | Towers of Midnight | Robert Jordan+Brandon Sanderson |
| Nominee | The Desert Spear | Peter V. Brett |
| Nominee | The Black Prism | Brent Weeks |
| Nominee | The Alchemist in the Shadows | Pierre Pevel |
| Nominee | The Infinity Gate | Sara Douglass |
| Nominee | Pilgrims | Will Elliott |
| Nominee | Stormlord Rising | Glenda Larke |
| Nominee | The Radiant Child | Duncan Lay |
| Nominee | The Risen Queen | Duncan Lay |
| Nominee | Slave of Sondelle | Bevan McGuiness |
| Nominee | King's Wrath | Fiona McIntosh |
| Nominee | The Reluctant Mage | Karen Miller |
| Nominee | Power and Majesty | Tansy Rayner Roberts |
| Nominee | The Wolf Age | James Enge |
| Nominee | The Ragged Man | Tom Lloyd |
| Nominee | Tome of the Undergates | Sam Sykes |
| Nominee | The King's Bastard | Rowena Cory Daniells |
| Nominee | Corvus | Paul Kearney |
| Nominee | Farlander | Col Buchanan |
| Nominee | City of Ruin | Mark Charan Newton |
| Nominee | The Scarab Path | Adrian Tchaikovsky |
| Nominee | Passion Play | Beth Bernobich |
| Nominee | Iorich | Steven Brust |
| Nominee | Spellwright | Blake Charlton |
| Nominee | Surrender to the Will of the Night | Glen Cook |
| Nominee | Secret of the Dragon | Margaret Weis+Tracy Hickman |
| Nominee | The Last Page | Anthony Huso |
| Nominee | Watcher of the Dead | J. V. Jones |
| Nominee | The Questing Road | Lyn McConchie |
| Nominee | Arms-Commander | L. E. Modesitt, Jr. |
| Nominee | Shadow Prowler | Alexey Pehov |
| Nominee | The Bear | R. A. Salvatore |
| Nominee | Antiphon | Ken Scholes |
| Nominee | Above His Proper Station | Lawrence Watt-Evans |
| Nominee | Stonewielder | Ian C. Esslemont |
| Nominee | Bearers of the Black Staff | Terry Brooks |
| Nominee | Oath of Fealty | Elizabeth Moon |
| Nominee | The Ambassador's Mission | Trudi Canavan |
| Nominee | The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms | N. K. Jemisin |
| Nominee | Once Walked with Gods | James Barclay |
| Nominee | The King of the Crags | Stephen Deas |
| Nominee | The Thief-Taker's Apprentice | Stephen Deas |
| Nominee | Against All Things Ending | Stephen Donaldson |
| Nominee | Crossing Over | Anna Kendall |
| Nominee | Wolfsangel | M. D. Lachlan |
| Nominee | The Conqueror's Shadow | Ari Marmell |
| Nominee | The Double-Edged Sword | Sarah Silverwood |
| Nominee | Shadow's Son | Jon Sprunk |
| Nominee | Destiny's Star | Beth Vaughan |
| Nominee | Shadow King | Gav Thorpe |
| Nominee | At the Gates of Darkness | Raymond E. Feist |
| Nominee | Dragon Haven | Robin Hobb |
| Nominee | Firebrand | Gillian Philip |
| Nominee | Destiny's Star | Nik Keevil |
| Nominee | Against All Things Ending | Sidonie Beresford-Browne |
| Winner | Warrior Priest | Darius Hinks |
| Nominee | Tymon's Flight | Mary Victoria |
| Nominee | Spellwright | Blake Charlton |
| Nominee | Shadow Prowler | Alexey Pehov |
| Nominee | The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms | N. K. Jemisin |
| Nominee | The Call of Kerberos | Jonathan Oliver |
| Nominee | Tome of the Undergates | Sam Sykes |
| Nominee | Farlander | Col Buchanan |
| Nominee | Passion Play | Beth Bernobich |
| Nominee | The Last Page | Anthony Huso |
| Nominee | The Spirit Thief | Rachel Aaron |
| Nominee | Lord of the Changing Winds | Rachel Neumeier |
| Nominee | The Double-Edged Sword | Sarah Silverwood |
| Nominee | Shadow's Son | Jon Sprunk |
| Winner | Power and Majesty | Ólöf Erla Einarsdóttir |
| Nominee | Tymon's Flight | Frank Victoria |
| Nominee | The Ragged Man | Todd Lockwood |
| Nominee | The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms | Cliff Nielsen |
| Nominee | Shadow King | Jon Sullivan |
| Nominee | The Reluctant Mage | Greg Bridges |
| Nominee | The Infinity Gate | Greg Bridges |
| Nominee | The Wolf Age | Dominic Harman |
| Nominee | The King's Bastard | Clint Langley |
| Nominee | The Scarab Path | Jon Sullivan |
| Nominee | The Questing Road | Daniel Dos Santos |
| Nominee | Secret of the Dragon | Michael Komarck |
| Nominee | The Map of All Things | Lee Gibbons |
| Nominee | The War of the Dwarves | Bob Lea |
| Nominee | The Ambassador's Mission | Steve Stone |
| Nominee | The Black Prism | Richard Jones |
| Nominee | The Bone Palace | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | The Conqueror's Shadow | Fred Gambino |
| Nominee | The Way of Kings | Sam Green |
| Nominee | Before They Are Hanged | Chris McGrath |
| Nominee | Last Argument of Kings | Chris McGrath |
| Nominee | Shadow's Son | Chris McGrath |
| Nominee | The Black Lung Captain | Stephan Martiniere |
| Nominee | The Ragged Man | Larry Rostant |
| Nominee | The Alchemist in the Shadows | Jon Sullivan |
| Nominee | Tome of the Undergates | Paul Young |
| Nominee | Wolfsangel | Paul Young |
| Nominee | Naamah's Kiss | Patrick Knowles |
| Nominee | Naamah's Curse | Patrick Knowles |
| Nominee | Once Walked With Gods | Dave Rapoza |
| Nominee | The Thief-Taker's Apprentice | Paul Young |
| Winner | Empire | Graham McNeill |
| Nominee | Best Served Cold | Joe Abercrombie |
| Nominee | The Cardinal's Blades | Pierre Pevel |
| Nominee | The Gathering Storm | Robert Jordan+Brandon Sanderson |
| Nominee | Warbreaker | Brandon Sanderson |
| Nominee | The Dragon Keeper | Robin Hobb |
| Nominee | The Silver Mage | Katharine Kerr |
| Nominee | The Rise of the Iron Moon | Stephen Hunt |
| Nominee | Tyrant's Blood | Fiona McIntosh |
| Nominee | Night's Haunting | Matthew Sprange |
| Nominee | The Crucible of the Dragon God | Mike Wild |
| Nominee | Lord of Silence | Mark Chadbourn |
| Nominee | The Laurentine Spy | Emily Gee |
| Nominee | Arch Wizard | Ed Greenwood |
| Nominee | Dark Haven | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | Dragonseed | James Maxey |
| Nominee | Irons in the Fire | Juliet E. McKenna |
| Nominee | Shamanslayer | Nathan Long |
| Nominee | Reiksguard | Richard Williams |
| Nominee | Heritage of the Xandim | Maggie Furey |
| Nominee | White Star | Beth Vaughan |
| Nominee | The Adamantine Palace | Stephen Deas |
| Nominee | Retribution Falls | Chris Wooding |
| Nominee | Destroyer of Worlds | Mark Chadbourn |
| Nominee | Fire | Kristin Cashore |
| Nominee | The Rats and the Ruling Sea | Robert V. S. Redick |
| Nominee | The Island | Tim Lebbon |
| Nominee | Shadow Magic | Jaida Jones+Danielle Bennett |
| Nominee | The Pretender's Crown | C. E. Murphy |
| Nominee | Kings and Assassins | Lane Robins |
| Nominee | Nights of Villjamur | Mark Charan Newton |
| Nominee | Blood of the Mantis | Adrian Tchaikovsky |
| Nominee | God of Clocks | Alan Campbell |
| Nominee | Heart's Blood | Juliet Marillier |
| Nominee | Bones of the Dragon | Margaret Weis+Tracy Hickman |
| Nominee | Lamentation | Ken Scholes |
| Nominee | Canticle | Ken Scholes |
| Nominee | Imager | L. E. Modesitt, Jr. |
| Nominee | Imager's Challenge | L. E. Modesitt, Jr. |
| Nominee | The Dame | R. A. Salvatore |
| Nominee | Green | Jay Lake |
| Nominee | The Phoenix Transformed | James Mallory+Mercedes Lackey |
| Nominee | Chaosbound | David Farland |
| Nominee | Servant of a Dark God | John Brown |
| Nominee | By the Mountain Bound | Elizabeth Bear |
| Nominee | The Other Lands | David Anthony Durham |
| Nominee | Dust of Dreams | Steven Erikson |
| Nominee | The Judging Eye | R. Scott Bakker |
| Nominee | The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart | Jesse Bullington |
| Nominee | The Magician's Apprentice | Trudi Canavan |
| Nominee | The Prodigal Mage | Karen Miller |
| Nominee | The Drowning City | Amanda Downum |
| Nominee | The Edge of the World | Kevin J. Anderson |
| Nominee | The Dwarves | Markus Heitz |
| Nominee | Naamah's Kiss | Jacqueline Carey |
| Nominee | Blood of Ambrose | James Enge |
| Nominee | Midwinter | Matthew Sturges |
| Nominee | Kell's Legend | Andy Remic |
| Nominee | Rides a Dread Legion | Raymond E. Feist |
| Winner | The Cardinal's Blades | Pierre Pevel |
| Nominee | The Adamantine Palace | Stephen Deas |
| Nominee | Lamentation | Ken Scholes |
| Nominee | The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart | Jesse Bullington |
| Nominee | The Drowning City | Amanda Downum |
| Nominee | Blood of Ambrose | James Enge |
| Nominee | Midwinter | Matthew Sturges |
| Nominee | Servant of a Dark God | John Brown |
| Nominee | The Dwarves | Markus Heitz |
| Winner | Best Served Cold | Dave Senior+Didier Graffet |
| Nominee | Dragon Keeper | Jackie Morris+Dominic Forbes |
| Nominee | Fire | Larry Rostant+Loulou Clarke |
| Nominee | The Cardinal's Blades | Jon Sullivan+Sue Michniewicz |
| Nominee | Empire | Jon Sullivan |
| Nominee | Midwinter | Chris McGrath |
| Nominee | The Twilight Herald | Todd Lockwood |
| Nominee | Blood of Ambrose | Dominic Harman |
| Winner | Blood of Elves | Andrzej Sapkowski |
| Nominee | Heir to Sevenwaters | Juliet Marillier |
| Nominee | The Hero of Ages | Brandon Sanderson |
| Nominee | Last Argument of Kings | Joe Abercrombie |
| Nominee | The Way of Shadows | Brent Weeks |
| Nominee | The Margarets | Sheri S. Tepper |
| Nominee | The Red Wolf Conspiracy | Robert V. S. Redick |
| Nominee | The Burning Man | Mark Chadbourn |
| Nominee | The Steel Remains | Richard Morgan |
| Nominee | Red Gloves | Beth Vaughan |
| Nominee | Ravensoul | James Barclay |
| Nominee | Weapons of Magical Destruction | Stan Nicholls |
| Nominee | The Grave Thief | Tom Lloyd |
| Nominee | Graceling | Kristin Cashore |
| Nominee | Dragonforge | James Maxey |
| Nominee | The Blood King | Gail Z. Martin |
| Nominee | The Ten Thousand | Paul Kearney |
| Nominee | Gladiatrix | Russell Whitfield |
| Nominee | Going Under | Justina Robson |
| Nominee | Bloodheir | Brian Ruckley |
| Nominee | The Company | K. J. Parker |
| Nominee | Shadow Gate | Kate Elliott |
| Nominee | Wolfblade | Jennifer Fallon |
| Nominee | The Riven Kingdom | Karen Miller |
| Nominee | Path of Revenge | Russell Kirkpatrick |
| Nominee | The Painted Man | Peter V. Brett |
| Nominee | Royal Exile | Fiona McIntosh |
| Nominee | The Kingdom Beyond the Waves | Stephen Hunt |
| Nominee | Wrath of a Mad God | Raymond E. Feist |
| Nominee | The Twisted Citadel | Sara Douglass |
| Nominee | The Divine Talisman | Eldon Thompson |
| Nominee | Shadowmage | Matthew Sprange |
| Nominee | The Clockwork King of Orl | Mike Wild |
| Nominee | Heldenhammer | Graham McNeill |
| Nominee | Nagash the Sorcerer | Mike Lee |
| Nominee | Elfslayer | Nathan Long |
| Nominee | Empire in Black and Gold | Adrian Tchaikovsky |
| Nominee | The Dog of the North | Tim Stretton |
| Nominee | Winterstrike | Liz Williams |
| Nominee | King of Ithaca | Glyn Iliffe |
| Nominee | A Darkness Forged in Fire | Chris Evans |
| Nominee | Return of the Crimson Guard | Ian C. Esslemont |
| Nominee | Toll the Hounds | Steven Erikson |
| Nominee | The Two Pearls of Wisdom | Alison Goodman |
| Nominee | Havemercy | Jaida Jones+Danielle Bennett |
| Nominee | Iron Angel | Alan Campbell |
| Nominee | Fallen | Tim Lebbon |
| Nominee | Tracing the Shadow | Sarah Ash |
| Nominee | The Final Sacrifice | Patricia Bray |
| Nominee | Shadows Return | Lynn Flewelling |
| Nominee | The Vacant Throne | Joshua Palmatier |
| Nominee | A Magic of Twilight | S. L. Farrell |
| Nominee | The Hidden City | Michelle West |
| Nominee | Goblin War | Jim C. Hines |
| Nominee | The Shadow Isle | Katharine Kerr |
| Nominee | The Dark Ferryman | Jenna Rhodes |
| Nominee | King's Shield | Sherwood Smith |
| Nominee | The Soldier King | Violette Malan |
| Nominee | Foundation | Mercedes Lackey |
| Nominee | The Golden Tower | Fiona Patton |
| Nominee | The Dragons of Babel | Michael Swanwick |
| Nominee | In A Time of Treason | David Keck |
| Nominee | Steward of Song | Adam Stemple |
| Nominee | The Ancient | R. A. Salvatore |
| Nominee | Mage-Guard of Hamor | L. E. Modesitt, Jr. |
| Nominee | Ill Met in the Arena | Dave Duncan |
| Nominee | The Phoenix Endangered | Mercedes Lackey+James Mallory |
| Nominee | The Gods Return | David Drake |
| Nominee | Thirteen Orphans | Jane Lindskold |
| Nominee | City of Jade | Dennis L. McKiernan |
| Nominee | Magic Burns | Ilona Andrews |
| Nominee | Dragon Strike | E. E. Knight |
| Nominee | The Queen's Bastard | C. E. Murphy |
| Nominee | Shadowbridge | Gregory Frost |
| Nominee | Victory of Eagles | Naomi Novik |
| Nominee | The Engine's Child | Holly Phillips |
| Nominee | A Woman Worth Ten Coppers | Morgan Howell |