Runner-up, Best Novel, 2002
The Curse of Chalion
Lois McMaster Bujold (opens in a new tab)
A broken former soldier who wants only a quiet post as tutor to a princess is drawn into a curse on her royal family, and into the business of gods.
The ballot
- American GodsNeil GaimanMorrow, 2001Winner
- PassageConnie WillisBantam, 2001
- Perdido Street StationChina MiévilleMacmillan, 2000; Del Rey, 2001; Fleuve noir, 2003
- The ChronolithsRobert Charles WilsonTor, 2001
- Cosmonaut KeepKen MacLeodOrbit, 2000; Tor, 2001