2019 Dragon Awards Winners
Winners of the 2019 Dragon Awards were announced at Dragon Con on September 1, 2019 in Atlanta GA.
Best Science Fiction Novel
- WINNER: A Star-Wheeled Sky, Brad R. Torgersen (Baen)
- Record of a Spaceborn Few, Becky Chambers (Harper Voyager)
- Tiamat’s Wrath, James S.A. Corey (Orbit)
- Europe at Dawn, Dave Hutchinson (Solaris)
- A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine (Tor)
- Red Moon, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit)
Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)
- WINNER: House of Assassins, Larry Correia (Baen)
- Lies Sleeping, Ben Aaronovitch (DAW)
- Foundryside, Robert Jackson Bennett (Crown)
- Deep Roots, Ruthanna Emrys (Tor.com Publishing)
- The Raven Tower, Ann Leckie (Orbit)
- Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (Del Rey)
Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel
- WINNER: Bloodwitch, Susan Dennard (Tor Teen)
- Sawkill Girls, Claire Legrand (Katherine Tegen)
- The King’s Regret, Philip Ligon (Silver Empire)
- Archenemies, Marissa Meyer (Feiwel and Friends)
- Armageddon Girls, Aaron Michael Ritchey (Shadow Alley)
- The Pioneer, Bridget Tyler (HarperTeen)
- Imposters, Scott Westerfeld (Scholastic)
Best Military Science Fiction or Fantasy Novel
- WINNER: Uncompromising Honor, David Weber (Baen)
- Order of the Centurion, Jason Anspach & Nick Cole (Galaxy’s Edge)
- Sons of the Lion, Jason Cordova (Seventh Seal)
- Marine, Joshua Dalzelle (self-published)
- The Light Brigade, Kameron Hurley (Saga)
- A Pale Dawn, Chris Kennedy & Mark Wandrey (Seventh Seal)
Best Alternate History Novel
- WINNER: Black Chamber, S.M. Stirling (Ace)
- The World Asunder, Kacey Ezell (Theogony)
- The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal (Tor)
- The Iron Codex, David Mack (Tor)
- Machines Like Me, Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese)
- Unholy Land, Lavie Tidhar (Tachyon)
Best Media Tie-In Novel
- WINNER: Star Wars: Thrawn: Alliances, Timothy Zahn (Del Rey)
- Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town, Adam Christopher (Del Rey)
- Star Wars: Master & Apprentice, Claudia Gray (Del Rey)
- The Replicant War, Chris Kennedy (Anticipation)
- Firefly: Big Damn Hero, James Lovegrove & Nancy Holder (Titan)
- Star Trek: Discovery: The Way to the Stars, Una McCormack (Pocket)
Best Horror Novel
- WINNER: Little Darlings, Melanie Golding (Crooked Lane)
- Zombie Airman, David Guenther (self-published)
- We Sold Our Souls, Grady Hendrix (Quirk)
- Riddance, Shelley Jackson (Black Balloon)
- 100 Fathoms Below, Steven L. Kent & Nicholas Kaufmann (Blackstone)
- Cardinal Black, Robert McCammon (Cemetery Dance)
Best Comic Book
- WINNER: Saga, Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples (Image)
- Batman, Tom King & Tony S. Daniel (DC)
- Mister Miracle, Tom King & Tony Daniel (DC)
- Black Hammer, Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston & Dave Stewart (DC)
- The Batman Who Laughs, Scott Snyder & Jock (DC)
- Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Chip Zdarsky & Adam Kubert (Marvel)
Best Graphic Novel
- WINNER: X-Men: Grand Design: Second Genesis, Ed Piskor (Marvel)
- I Am Young, M. Dean (Fantagraphics)
- Hey, Kiddo, Jarret J. Krosoczka (Graphix)
- Monstress Vol. 3, Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda (Image)
- Berlin, Jason Lutes (Drawn and Quarterly)
- On a Sunbeam, Tillie Walden (First Second)
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy TV Series
- WINNER: Good Omens
- Game of Thrones
- Lucifer
- The Orville
- Star Trek: Discovery
- The Umbrella Academy
Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Movie
- WINNER: Avengers: Endgame
- Alita: Battle Angel
- Aquaman
- Captain Marvel
- Spider-Man: Far From Home
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse
Winners in various gaming-related categories were also announced. For more information, visit the Dragon Awards website.
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All the lists I know anything about had a lot of very strong contenders. The AH one certainly did; UNHOLY LAND is interestingly weird, and — a personal note — I’ve lived in the are where it’s set. THE CALCULATING STARS was boffo. I didn’t like MACHINES LIKE ME as much, because the robots weren’t as non- or -unhuman as I think they should be, but it’s the one I expected to win. I haven’t read THE IRON CODEX or THE WORLD ASUNDER yet, but I intend to.
Not that I didn’t deserve it, you understand… 8-). BLACK CHAMBER and its sequels are the best straight-up alternate history I’ve done.
But I wouldn’t have felt it was a travesty if any of the others had won. After ‘moi’, my votes would have been a split decision for the Tidhar and the Kowal, with McEwan in third.