World Fantasy Awards The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy. World Fantasy Award Winners – 2019 Novels: DB World Fantasy Award Nominees – 2019 Novels: DB 92191 The Poppy War: The Poppy War, Book 1 by R.F. Kuang DB 92199 Witchmark: The Kingston Cycle, Book 1 by C.L. Polk DB 92041 Trail of Lightning: The Sixth World, Book 1 by Rebecca Roanhorse World Fantasy Award Winners – 2018 Novels: DB 88330 The Changeling by Victor LaValle DB 89582 Jade City: The Green Bone Saga, Book 1 by Fonda Lee World Fantasy Award Nominees – 2018 Novels: DB 89895 The City of Brass: The Daevabad Trilogy, Book 1 by S.A. Chakraborty DB 90362 Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr by John Crowley DB 89164 The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter: The Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club, Book 1 by Theodora Goss DB 88359 Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory World Fantasy Award Winners – 2017 Novels: DB 84497 The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North World Fantasy Award Nominees – 2017 Novels: DB 84772 Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff DB 85323 The Obelisk Gate: The Broken Earth Trilogy, Book 2 by N.K. Jemisin DB 84795 Borderline: The Arcadia Project, Book 1 by Mishell Baker World Fantasy Award Winners – 2016 Novels: DB 81693 Uprooted by Naomi Novik World Fantasy Award Nominees – 2016 Novels: DB 80886 The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro DB 82240 The Fifth Season: The Broken Earth Trilogy, Book 1 by N.K. Jemisin DB 85600 The Chimes by Anna Smaill DB 82566 A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay World Fantasy Award Winners – 2015 Novels: DB 79793 The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell World Fantasy Award Nominees – 2015 Novellas: DB 81251 We Are All Completely Fine by Daryl Gregory Novels: DB 79198 The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison DB 80801 City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett DB 79512 My Real Children by Jo Walton The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer (DB 78378, 79406, 80085) Anthologies: DB 79085 Rogues edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois World Fantasy Award Winners – 2014 Anthologies: DB 78144 Dangerous Women edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois World Fantasy Award Nominees – 2014 Novels: DB 78261 A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent, Book 1 by Marie Brennan DB 77198 The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman DB 76801 The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker World Fantasy Award Winners – 2013 Novels: DB 74853 Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson World Fantasy Award Nominees – 2013 Novels: DB 74684 The Killing Moon: The Dreamblood Duet, Book 1 by N.K. Jemisin DB 76134 The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan DB 74853 Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson World Fantasy Award Winners – 2012 Novels: DB 75999 Osama by Lavie Tidhar Anthologies: DB 74786 The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer World Fantasy Award Nominees – 2012 Novels: DB 73931 11/22/63 by Stephen King DB 73556 A Dance with Dragons: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5 by George R.R. Martin DB 74897 Among Others by Jo Walton World Fantasy Award Winners – 2011 Novels: DB 73989 Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor World Fantasy Award Nominees – 2011 Novels: DB 73927 Zoo City by Lauren Beukes DB 71347 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms: Inheritance Trilogy, Book 1 by N.K. Jemisin DB 73644 Under Heaven: Under Heaven, Book 1 by Guy Gavriel Kay Collections: DB 73192 The Third Bear by Jeff Vandermeer World Fantasy Award Winners – 2010 Novels: DB 72153 The City and the City by China Mieville Anthologies: DB 71371 American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now edited by Peter Straub DB 71350 American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps edited by Ellen Datlow World Fantasy Award Nominees – 2010 Novels: DB 71450 The Red Tree by Caitlin R. Kiernan DB 71366 In Great Waters by Kit Whitfield World Fantasy Award Winners – 2009 Novels: DB 70870 Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan World Fantasy Award Nominees – 2009 Novels: DB 71918 The House of the Stag by Kage Baker DB 68027 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman DB 71235 Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory Anthologies: DB 71914 Living Dead edited by John Joseph Adams DB 67816 The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: Twenty-First Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow and others DB 68444 Steampunk edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer .