Best Novel, 2005

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Hardcover, 800 pages · First published by Bloomsbury

In an England where magic is real but long dead, two very different men bring it back during the Napoleonic wars, and something much older comes with it.

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Also on the ballot

River of GodsIan McDonaldSimon & Schuster UK, 2004Runner-up
The AlgebraistIain M. BanksOrbit, 2004
Iron SunriseCharles StrossAce, 2004
Iron CouncilChina MiévilleDel Rey, 2004; Macmillan UK, 2004