Finalist, Best Novel, 2000

Darwin’s Radio

Greg Bear (opens in a new tab)

Paperback, 440 pages

An ancient virus hidden in human DNA wakes up and starts making pregnant women give birth to a new kind of child.

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The ballot

A Deepness in the SkyVernor VingeTor, 1999Winner
A Civil CampaignLois McMaster BujoldBaen, 1999Runner-up
CryptonomiconNeal StephensonAvon, 1999
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanJ. K. RowlingBloomsbury, 1999; Scholastic, 1999