Author record · 2007 to 2025
Adam Roberts: Awards and Best-of Lists
Adam Roberts has won 4 awards, including the BSFA Awards (2012) for Jack Glass, with 15 shortlist or finalist places, 1 longlist or nominee place, and 1 year-end list pick in our archive.
Every recognition
| Year | Book | Source | Result | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Fantasy: A Short History | BSFA Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Best Long Non-Fiction | |
| 2022 | The This | BSFA Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Best Novel | |
| 2021 | Purgatory Mount | BSFA Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Best Novel | |
| 2020 | It's the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of? | BSFA Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Best Non-Fiction | |
| 2019 | HG Wells: A Literary Life | BSFA Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Best Non-Fiction | |
| 2018 | Publishing the Science Fiction Canon: The Case of Scientific Romance | BSFA Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Best Non-Fiction | |
| 2016 | The Thing Itself | John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Best Science Fiction Novel | |
| 2015 | Rave and Let Die: The SF and Fantasy of 2014 | BSFA Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Best Non-Fiction | |
| 2015 | Bête | John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Best Science Fiction Novel | |
| 2015 | The Thing Itself | The Kitschies source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Red Tentacle (Novel) | |
| 2014 | Bête | Financial Times Best Books of the Year source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Selection · Science Fiction | |
| 2013 | Jack Glass: The Story of a Murderer | John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Best Science Fiction Novel | |
| 2012 | Jack Glass | BSFA Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Winner · Best Novel | |
| 2012 | Jack Glass | The Kitschies source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Red Tentacle (Novel) | |
| 2011 | New Model Army | John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Best Science Fiction Novel | |
| 2011 | By Light Alone | BSFA Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Best Novel | |
| 2010 | Yellow Blue Tibia | John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Finalist · Best Science Fiction Novel | |
| 2010 | Yellow Blue Tibia | Arthur C. Clarke Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Novel | |
| 2009 | Yellow Blue Tibia | BSFA Awards source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Best Novel | |
| 2008 | Gradisil | Philip K. Dick Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Nominee · Paperback Original | |
| 2007 | Gradisil | Arthur C. Clarke Award source ↗ (opens in a new tab) | Shortlist · Novel |
Books
- Jack Glass: The Story of a Murderer3 sources · 2012 to 2013
- Yellow Blue Tibia3 sources · 2009 to 2010
- Bête2 sources · 2014 to 2015
- Gradisil2 sources · 2007 to 2008
- The Thing Itself2 sources · 2015 to 2016
- By Light Alone1 source · 2011
- Fantasy: A Short History1 source · 2025
- HG Wells: A Literary Life1 source · 2019
- It's the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of?1 source · 2020
- New Model Army1 source · 2011
- Publishing the Science Fiction Canon: The Case of Scientific Romance1 source · 2018
- Purgatory Mount1 source · 2021
- Rave and Let Die: The SF and Fantasy of 20141 source · 2015
- The This1 source · 2022