Locus Award for Best Novel

Winners of the Locus Award for Best Novel, one of several discontinued Locus Awards, awarded by Locus magazine. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year.

The award for Best Novel was presented from 1971 (when the awards began) to 1979. Since 1980, awards have been presented for Best Science Fiction Novel and Best Fantasy Novel.

Winners

Year	Nominated Work	Author	Ref.
1971	Ringworld	Larry Niven	[1]
1972	The Lathe of Heaven	Ursula K. Le Guin	[2]
1973	The Gods Themselves	Isaac Asimov	[3]
1974	Rendezvous with Rama	Arthur C. Clarke	[4]
1975	The Dispossessed	Ursula K. Le Guin	[5]
1976	The Forever War	Joe Haldeman	[6]
1977	Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang	Kate Wilhelm	[7]
1978	Gateway	Frederik Pohl	[8]
1979	Dreamsnake	Vonda N. McIntyre	[9]