The Locus Science Fiction Basis has introduced the winners for the 2025 Locus Awards, through the Locus Awards Weekend. The winners within the novel classes are:

Locus Science Fiction Novel:

• WINNER: The Man Who Noticed Seconds by Alexander Boldizar (Conflict)
• Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom; Solaris)
• The Mercy of Gods by James S. A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow (Tor; Advert Astra UK)
• The Imposition of Pointless Obstacles by Malka Older (Tordotcom)
• Kinning by Nisi Scarf (Tor)
• Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US)
• Service Mannequin by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tordotcom; Tor UK)
• House Oddity by Catherynne M. Valente (Saga; Corsair UK)
• Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer (MCD; Fourth Property UK)

Locus Fantasy Novel:

• WINNER: A Sorceress Involves Name by T. Kingfisher (Tor; Titan UK)
• I’m Afraid You’ve Bought Dragons by Peter S. Beagle (Saga)
• The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape UK)
• The Lifeless Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom)
• The Brilliant Sword by Lev Grossman (Viking; Del Rey UK)
• Asunder by Kerstin Corridor (Tordotcom)
• Someplace Past the Sea by TJ Klune (Tor; Tor UK)
• The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohamed (Solaris UK)
• Lengthy Dwell Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• The Metropolis in Glass by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)

Locus Horror Novel:

• WINNER: Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle (Nightfire; Titan UK)
• Cuckoo by Gretchen Felker-Martin (Nightfire; Titan UK)
• Home of Bone and Rain by Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland; Titan UK)
• The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga; Titan UK)
• Incidents Across the Home by Josh Malerman (Del Rey)
• The Wilding by Ian McDonald (Gollancz)
• Forgotten Sisters by Cynthia Pelayo (Thomas & Mercer)
• Mannequin Dwelling by Rivers Solomon (MCD; Merky UK)
• Horror Film by Paul Tremblay (Morrow; Titan UK)
• The Underhistory by Kaaron Warren (Viper UK)

Locus First Novel:

• WINNER: Somebody You Can Construct a Nest In by John Wiswell (DAW; Arcadia UK)
• The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (Avid Reader; Sceptre UK)
• The Cautious Traveller’s Information to the Wastelands by Sarah Brooks (Flatiron; Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
• Sargassa by Sophie Burnham (DAW)
• Girl Eve’s Final Con by Rebecca Fraimow (Solaris UK)
• The E book of Love by Kelly Hyperlink (Random Home; Advert Astra UK)
• The West Passage by Jared Pechacek (Tordotcom)
• The Spice Gate by Prashanth Srivatsa (Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)
• Womb Metropolis by Tlotlo Tsamaase (Erewhon)
• Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto (Gollancz; Harper Voyager US 2025)

Locus Younger Grownup E book:

• WINNER: Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee (Delacorte; Solaris UK)
• Sleep Like Loss of life by Kalynn Bayron (Bloomsbury US; Bloomsbury UK)
• Blood Justice by Terry J. Benton-Walker (Tor Teen; Hodderscape UK)
• Relaxation in Peaches by Alex Brown (Web page Avenue YA)
• Fall of the Iron Gods by Olivia Chadha (Erewhon)
• The Feast Makers by H. A. Clarke (Erewhon)
• A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal (Farrar, Straus, Giroux)
• The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko (Amulet; Sizzling Key UK)
• Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger (Levine Querido)
• Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White (Peachtree Teen; Daphne Press UK)

For the entire record of winners in all classes try the official press launch from Locus. Our congratulations to all of the winners and nominees!

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