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Friday, May 10, 2024

Using Awards Lists As a RA Tool: Locus Awards

This is part of my ongoing series on using Awards Lists as a RA tool. Click here for all posts in the series in reverse chronological order. Click here for the first post which outlines the details how to use awards lists as a RA tool. 

Every year I celebrate the Locus Magazine Recommended Reading List as the best resource for you to understand the best of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror for the widest audience.  Click here for my post about the 2023 titles (published in Feb 2024) and my 4 specific ways to use the list.

That longer list is used as the "long" list to create the 10 finalists in each category for the Locus Awards.  That list just came out here.

If you were overwhelmed by the longer Recommended Reading List, this one is way more manageable. 

But the advice I give on using the longer list as a resource works even better for these top 10 lists in each category. From that post:

First, take the list itself, and check your collections. Do you own these books? You should. These are some of the best titles in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror from 2023-- I personally review quite a few of them.

Second, use it to help readers who want books in these genres, but also, to help readers who want to give these genres a try-- especially the stories and novellas. These are proven winners, titles you  can suggest with ease as they were vetted by a group of experts. [see below for a list of those experts]

Third, especially in the collections, anthology, and all of the shorter fiction categories, pay attention to the authors producing these stories. Many will become the novelists whose books you will be clamoring to get soon. I know this because...

Fourth, they make this list every single year, so there is a great BACKLIST! You know I love the backlist. Seriously though, you need to assess your collection, you want a suggestion that is on the shelf, you want to discover a newer voices in the genres, you want to make a display? For all of these things and more, you need to look back more than just one year. Don't worry. I made it easy on you.

Okay now to the current list. You can click on the image or here to see all of the categories, but I have reposted the most relevant to you and have added the link to my review where appropriate. 

Click here for the full list

The Locus Science Fiction Foundation has announced the top ten finalists in each category of the 2024 Locus Awards. These results are from the February 1 to April 15 voting, done by readers on an open public ballot. Congratulations to all of the finalists!

The Locus Awards winners will be announced June 22, 2024, during the in-person Locus Awards Ceremony, held in the historic Nile Hall at Preservation Park in downtown Oakland, California. Join MC Henry Lien and special guest Connie Willis for an entertaining presentation of the awards, plus program items and a catered reception. Additional virtual events include author readings, panels with leading authors, and more. Buy your ticket today!

The top ten finalists in each category are:

SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL

FANTASY NOVEL

HORROR NOVEL

FIRST NOVEL

NOVELLA

ANTHOLOGY

COLLECTION

NON-FICTION

Click here for all of the categories (including YA and Nonfiction) and check your collections. These are books you should be adding to your collections.

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