2018 BookNest Fantasy Awards Shortlist

Best Traditionally Published Novel

• Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt)
• The Girl In The Tower, Katherine Arden (Del Rey)
• Iron Gold, Pierce Brown (Del Rey)
• Bloody Rose, Nicholas Eames (Orbit)
• A Time of Dread, John Gwynne (Pan)
• Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
• Master Assassins, Robert V.S. Redick (Talos)
• Oathbringer, Brandon Sanderson (Tor)
• Age of War, Michael J. Sullivan (Del Rey)
• The Fall of Gondolin, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Best Self-Published Novel

• Last Dragon Standing, Rachel Aaron (self-published)
• The Vale: Behind the Vale, Brian D. Anderson (Longfire)
  
• Pursuit of Shadows, JA Andrews (self-published)
• Paternus: Wrath of Gods, Dyrk Ashton (Paternus)
• Hero Forged, Josh Erikson (self-published)
• City of Kings, Rob J. Hayes (self-published)
• We Ride the Storm, Devin Madson (Cloudburst)
• As Iron Falls, Bryce O’Connor (self-published)
• Those Brave, Foolish Souls from the City of Swords, Benedict Patrick (One More Page)
• Death March, Phil Tucker (self-published)

Best Debut Novel

• The Tethered Mage, Melissa Caruso (Orbit)
• The City of Brass, S.A. Chakraborty (Harper Voyager)
• The Last Namsara, Kristen Ciccarelli (HarperTeen)
• City of Lies, Sam Hawke (Tor)
• The Poppy War, R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager)
• Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance, Ruth Emmie Lang (St. Martin’s)
• Jade City, Fonda Lee (Orbit)
• Empire of Silence, Christopher Ruocchio (DAW)
• The Book of M, Peng Shepherd (William Morrow)
• Sky in the Deep, Adrienne Young (Wednesday)

Best Imprint

• Del Rey
• Gollancz
• Harper Voyager
• Orbit
• Tor