Three big fantasy imprints (Gollancz, Harper Voyager & Tor.com) alongside six popular & respected blogs (Fantasy Faction, Fantasy Book Review, Fantasy Book Critic, Parmenion, Grim Tidings & Kitty G) nominated some books for each category, creating the Longlist. Now, with your help, we will expand this list with 4 books for the first category, 2 for the second, and 4 for the third, making the numbers even in the process. At the end of each list, you will find a contact form where you must write the title of the book and the name of the author you want to nominate. The books with the most votes by the morning of 7th October 2017 will be added to the longlist, and then we will open the voting for the Shortlist. Be careful: Only fantasy novels published between October 2016 to September 2017 qualify for this year's awards. Please nominate books that are *not* already in the longlist.
And now to the nominations:
BEST TRADITIONALLY PUBLISHED NOVEL
| A Gathering of Ravens by Scott Oden |
| A Plague of Swords by Miles Cameron |
| Age of Assassins by RJ Barker |
| Age of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan |
| An Echo of Things To Come by James Islington |
| Assassin's Fate by Robin Hobb |
| Bane and Shadow by Jon Skovron |
| Blackwing by Ed McDonald |
| Breath of Fire by Amanda Bouchet |
| Darien by C.F. Iggulden |
| Dead Man's Steel by Luke Scull |
| Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire |
| False Idols by Jon Hollins |
| Fireborn by David Dalglish |
| First Watch by Dale Lucas |
| Gilded Cage by Vic James |
| Godblind by Anna Stephens |
| Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff |
| Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames |
| Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey |
| Princess of Blood by Tom Lloyd |
| Red Sister by Mark Lawrence |
| Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore |
| Scorn by Paul Hoffman |
| Sins of Empire by Brian McClellan |
| Skullsworn by Brian Staveley |
| Swarm and Steel by Michael R. Fletcher |
| The Bear and the Serpent by Adrian Tchaikovsky |
| The Blood Mirror by Brent Weeks |
| The Core by Peter V. Brett |
| The Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith Spark |
| The Dragon’s Legacy by Deborah A. Wolf |
| The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard |
| The Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski |
| The Legion of Flame by Anthony Ryan |
| The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams |
| The Queen of Swords by R.S. Belcher |
| The Seven by Peter Newman |
| The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin |
| The Unholy Consult by R. Scott Bakker |
| The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu |
| The Witchwood Crown by Tad Williams |
| Tyrant's Throne by Sebastien de Castell |
| With Blood Upon the Sand by Bradley P. Beaulieu |
| Wrath by John Gwynne |
BEST SELF PUBLISHED NOVEL
| A Dragon of A Different Color by Rachel Aaron |
| A Keeper's Tale by J.A. Andrews |
| Akiri: Dragonbane by Brian D. Anderson |
| Darklands by M.L. Spencer |
| Dark Territory by A.C. Cobble |
| Double Or Nothing by Craig Schaefer |
| Endless Flight by A.C. Cobble |
| Faithless by Graham Austin King |
| Legion of the Undead: Rise and Fall by Michael Whitehead |
| On the Wheel by Timandra Whitecastle |
| Revenant Winds by Mitchell Hogan |
| Rosewaters by Tade Thompson |
| Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe |
| The Crimson Queen by Alec Hutson |
| The Exercise of Vital Powers by Ian Gregoire |
| The Fifth Empire of Man by Rob J. Hayes |
| The Heart of Stone by Ben Galley |
| The Mirror's Truth by Michael R. Fletcher |
| The White Tower by Michael Wisehart |
| Veiled Intentions by Michael R. Miller |
| Where Loyalties Lie by Rob J. Hayes |
| Where the Waters Turn Black by Benedict Patrick |
BEST DEBUT NOVEL
| Age of Assassins by RJ Barker |
| Blackwing by Ed McDonald |
| Dreadnought by April Daniels |
| Frostblood by Elly Blake |
| Gilded Cage by Vic James |
| Godblind by Anna Stephens |
| Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames |
| River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey |
| Rotherweird by Andrew Caldecott |
| Soul of the World by David Mealing |
| The Bear And The Nightingale by Katherine Arden |
| The Black Tides of Heaven by JY Yang |
| The Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith Spark |
| The Crimson Queen by Alec Hutson |
| The Shadow Crucible by T.M. Lakomy |
| The White Tower by Michael Wisehart |
You can read all about the 2017 BookNest Fantasy Awards HERE
