Runner-up, Best Novel, 2016
Uprooted
Naomi Novik (opens in a new tab)
A village girl taken to serve the wizard who guards her valley discovers her own magic, and turns it on the corrupted Wood that swallows anyone who enters.
The ballot
- The Fifth SeasonN.K. JemisinOrbitWinner
- Ancillary MercyAnn LeckieOrbit
- Seveneves: A NovelNeal StephensonWilliam Morrow
- The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut’s WindlassJim ButcherRoc