In two days I’ll be flying to New York, to visit friends and family and take part in the Future of Web Design conference. If you’re an English speaker and avid reader living in Germany, one of the first things you think about after booking a flight to America is cheap books. And if you’re a sci-fi and fantasy fan (if you’re not, feel free to change channels now) you get excited about a visit to a huge, well-stocked shop in New York dedicated to your favourite books.

To help alleviate me of my guilt at having anything at all in my wallet, I compiled a list of all the winners of the big sci-fi/fantasy awards in the last 10 years. Could be something that’d be interesting and useful for readers like myself, so here it is. Those books I’ve already consumed are crossed out.

World Fantasy Award

• 2006: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
• 2005: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• 2004: Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton
• 2003: The Facts of Life by Graham Joyce
• 2002: The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 2001: Declare by Tim Powers
• 2000: Thraxas by Martin Scott
• 1999: The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich
• 1998: The Physiognomy by Jeffrey Ford
• 1997: Godmother Night by Rachel Pollack

All winners…

Nebula Winners

• 2006: Seeker, by Jack McDevitt
• 2005: Camouflage by Joe Haldeman
• 2004: Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
• 2003: The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
• 2002: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
• 2001: The Quantum Rose by Catherine Asaro
• 2000: Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear
• 1999: Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
• 1998: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
• 1997: The Moon and the Sun by Vonda McIntyre

All winners…

Hugo Winners

• 2007: Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
• 2006: Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
• 2005: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
• 2004: Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
• 2003: Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
• 2002: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
• 2001: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
• 2000: A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
• 1999: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
• 1998: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
• 1997: Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

All winners…

British Fantasy: The August Derleth Award

• 2006: Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
• 2005: Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King
• 2004: Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler
• 2003: The Scar by China Miéville
• 2002: The Night of the Triffids by Simon Clark
• 2001: Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
• 2000: Indigo by Graham Joyce
• 1999: Bag of Bones by Stephen King
• 1998: Light Errant by Chaz Brenchley
• 1997: The Tooth Fairy by Graham Joyce

All winners…