Locus Award for Best First Novel Public

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The award for Best First Novel was first presented in 1981. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year.

  1. Reclamation by 

    3 stars

    Heretic priest turned data pirate, Eric Born has run from his past for years. Then his steady clients - a …

    Phil in SF says:

    1997 co-winner

  2. Whiteout by 

    No rating

    404 pages ; 18 cm

    Phil in SF says:

    1997 co-winner

  3. Phil in SF says:

    1998 winner

  4. Brown Girl in the Ring by 

    5 stars

    The rich and privileged have fled the city, barricaded it behind roadblocks, and left it to crumble. The inner city …

    Phil in SF says:

    1999 winner

  5. The Silk Code by  (Dr Phil D'Amato, #1)

    No rating

    Phil in SF says:

    2000 winner

  6. Mars Crossing by 

    No rating

    By the middle of the twenty-first century, after decades of setbacks, humanity has finally achieved a manned landing on Mars-only …

    Phil in SF says:

    2001 winner

  7. Kushiel's Dart by  (Kushiels' Legacy, #1)

    1 star

    Phil in SF says:

    2002 winner

  8. Phil in SF says:

    2003 winner

  9. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by 

    No rating

    Bursting with cutting-edge speculation and human insight, Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom is a coming-of-age romantic …

    Phil in SF says:

    2004 winner

  10. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by 

    2 stars

    Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Its …

    Phil in SF says:

    2005 winner

  11. Hammered by  (Jenny Casey, #1)

    No rating

    Once Jenny Casey was somebody's daughter. Once she was somebody's enemy. Now the former Canadian special forces warrior lives on …

    Phil in SF says:

    2006 co-winner

  12. Scardown by  (Jenny Casey, #2)

    No rating

    The year is 2062, and after years on the run, Jenny Casey is back in the Canadian armed forces. Those …

    Phil in SF says:

    2006 co-winner

  13. Worldwired by  (Jenny Casey, #3)

    No rating

    Give Canada's Master Warrant Officer Jenny Casey an inch and she'll take a galaxy. That's just the kind of person …

    Phil in SF says:

    2006 co-winner

  14. His Majesty's Dragon by  (Temeraire, #1)

    No rating

    In the first novel of the New York Times bestselling Temeraire series, a rare bond is formed between a young …

    Phil in SF says:

    2007 co-winner

  15. Throne of Jade by  (Temeraire, #2)

    No rating

    When Britain intercepted a French ship and its precious cargo-an unhatched dragon's egg-Capt. Will Laurence of HMS Reliant unexpectedly became …

    Phil in SF says:

    2007 co-winner

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