| 1953 | The Demolished Man | Alfred Bester |
| 1955 | They'd Rather Be Right | Mark Clifton and Frank Riley |
| 1956 | Double Star | Robert A. Heinlein |
| 1958 | The Big Time | Fritz Leiber |
| 1959 | A Case of Conscence | James Blish |
| 1960 | Starship Troopers | Robert A. Heinlein |
| 1961 | A Canticle for Leibowitz | Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
| 1962 | Stranger in a Strange Land | Robert A. Heinlein |
| 1963 | The Man In the High Castle | Philip K. Dick |
| 1964 | Way Station | Clifford D. Simak |
| 1965 | The Wanderer | Fritz Leiber |
| 1966 | This Immortal | Roger Zelazny |
| 1966 | Dune | Frank Herbert |
| 1967 | The Moon is a Harsh Mistress | Robert A. Heinlein |
| 1968 | Lord of Light | Roger Zelazny |
| 1969 | Stand On Zanzibar | John Brunner |
| 1970 | The Left Hand of Darkness | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| 1971 | Ringworld | Larry Niven |
| 1972 | To Your Scattered Bodies Go | Philip Jose Farmer |
| 1973 | The Gods Themselves | Isaac Asimov |
| 1974 | Rendezvous with Rama | Arthur C. Clarke |
| 1975 | The Dispossessed | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| 1976 | The Forever War | Joe Haldeman |
| 1977 | Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang | Kate Wilhelm |
| 1978 | Gateway | Frederik Pohl |
| 1979 | Dream Snake | Vonda N. McIntyre |
| 1980 | The Fountains of Paradise | Arthur C. Clarke |
| 1981 | The Snow Queen | Joan D. Vinge |
| 1982 | Downbelow Station | C.J. Cherryh |
| 1983 | Foundation's Edge | Isaac Asimov |
| 1984 | Startide Rising | David Brin |
| 1985 | Neuromancer | William Gibson |
| 1986 | Ender's Game | Orson Scott Card |
| 1987 | Speaker for the Dead | Orson Scott Card |
| 1988 | The Uplift War | David Brin |
| 1989 | Cyteen | C.J. Cherryh |
| 1990 | Hyperion | Dan Simmons |
| 1991 | The Vor Game | Lois McMaster Bujold |
| 1992 | Barrayar | Lois McMaster Bujold |
| 1993 | A Fire Upon the Deep | Vernor Vinge |
| 1993 | Doomsday Book | Connie Willis |
| 1994 | Green Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson |
| 1995 | Mirror Dance | Lois McMaster Bujold |
| 1996 | The Diamond Age | Neal Stephenson |
| 1997 | Blue Mars | Kim Stanley Robinson |
| 1998 | Forever Peace | Joe Haldeman |
| 1999 | To Say Nothing of the Dog | Connie Willis |
| 2000 | A Deepness in the Sky | Vernor Vinge |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | J.K. Rowling |
Last updated: October 19, 2001