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Max Gladstone: Awards and Best-of Lists

Max Gladstone has won 3 awards, including the Nebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) (2020) for This Is How You Lose the Time War, with 8 shortlist or finalist places, 1 longlist or nominee place, and 5 year-end list picks in our archive.

Also credited with Amal El-Mohtar

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025Dead Hand RuleLibrary Journal Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · SF/Fantasy
2024Dead CountryLocus Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Fantasy Novel
2020This Is How You Lose the Time WarHugo Award (book categories) source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Novella
2020This Is How You Lose the Time WarIgnyte Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Novella
2020This Is How You Lose the Time WarNebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Novella
2020Empress of ForeverLocus Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · SF Novel
2019This Is How You Lose the Time WarLos Angeles Times Book Prizes source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction
2019This Is How You Lose the Time WarThe Kitschies source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Red Tentacle (Novel)
2019This Is How You Lose the Time WarShirley Jackson Awards source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Novella
2019This Is How You Lose the Time WarBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Adult Books: Genre Fiction
2019This Is How You Lose The Time WarNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2019This Is How You Lose the Time WarPaste Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2019This Is How You Lose the Time WarThe Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Science fiction and fantasy
2018BookburnersLocus Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Anthology
2018The Ruin of AngelsLocus Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Fantasy Novel
2015Full Fathom FiveLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
2014Three Parts DeadMythopoeic Fantasy Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Adult Literature

Books

  1. This Is How You Lose the Time War10 sources · 2019 to 2020
  2. Bookburners1 source · 2018
  3. Dead Country1 source · 2024
  4. Dead Hand Rule1 source · 2025
  5. Empress of Forever1 source · 2020
  6. Full Fathom Five1 source · 2015
  7. The Ruin of Angels1 source · 2018
  8. Three Parts Dead1 source · 2014