Author record · 2006 to 2025

Kelly Link: Awards and Best-of Lists

Kelly Link has won 5 awards, including the Locus Awards (2006) for The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection, with 10 shortlist or finalist places, 7 longlist or nominee places, and 23 year-end list picks in our archive.

Also credited with Gavin J. Grant, Ellen Datlow, Shaun Tan

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025The Book of LoveLocus Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · First Novel
2025The Book of LoveNebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Novel
2024White Cat, Black DogLocus Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Collection
2024The Book of Love: A NovelLos Angeles Times Book Prizes source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction
2024The Book of LoveThe Center for Fiction First Novel Prize source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · First Novel
2024White Cat, Black DogWorld Fantasy Award (Novel, Collection and Anthology) source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Collection
2024The Book of LoveTIME Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · 100 Must-Read
2024The Book of LoveThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Also Recommended
2024The Book of LoveEsquire Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2024The Book of LoveVulture / New York Magazine Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2024The Book of LoveNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2024The Book of LoveTIME Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2024The Book of LoveNew York Times 100 Notable Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction & Poetry
2024The Book of Love: A NovelChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Must-Read Books: Fantasy, Horror & Sci-Fi
2024The Book of LovePublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Top 10
2023White Cat, Black DogKirkus Prize source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Fiction
2023White Cat, Black DogThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Also Recommended
2023White Cat, Black Dog: StoriesNew York Public Library Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books for Adults
2023White Cat, Black DogThe Globe and Mail Globe 100 source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2023White Cat, Black DogKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2023White Cat, Black Dog: StoriesChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Must-Read Books: Fantasy, Horror & Sci-Fi
2023White Cat, Black Dog: StoriesChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Our Favorite Books
2016Get in Trouble: StoriesPulitzer Prize for Fiction source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Fiction
2016Get in TroubleWorld Fantasy Award (Novel, Collection and Anthology) source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Collection
2015Monstrous AffectionsWorld Fantasy Award (Novel, Collection and Anthology) source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Anthology
2015Get In TroubleShirley Jackson Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Single-Author Collection
2015Get in TroubleSlate Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2015Get in TroubleBookPage Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2015Get In Trouble: StoriesNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2015Get in TroubleKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2015Get in TroubleTIME Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2015Get in Trouble: StoriesWashington Post Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Notable Fiction
2012Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange StoriesLocus Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Anthology
2009The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: Twenty-first Annual CollectionLocus Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Anthology
2009Pretty MonstersLocus Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Collection
2009The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: Twenty-First Annual CollectionWorld Fantasy Award (Novel, Collection and Anthology) source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Anthology
2009Pretty MonstersWorld Fantasy Award (Novel, Collection and Anthology) source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Collection
2009Pretty MonstersThe Guardian Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2008The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2007: Twentieth Annual CollectionLocus Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Anthology
2008The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud WristletLocus Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Anthology
2008Pretty MonstersBooklist Editors' Choice source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books for Youth: Older Readers
2007The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006: Nineteenth Annual CollectionLocus Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Anthology
2006The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual CollectionLocus Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Anthology
2006Magic for BeginnersLocus Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Collection
2006Magic for BeginnersWorld Fantasy Award (Novel, Collection and Anthology) source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · Collection

Books

  1. The Book of Love12 sources · 2024 to 2025
  2. Get in Trouble: Stories9 sources · 2015 to 2016
  3. White Cat, Black Dog8 sources · 2023 to 2024
  4. Pretty Monsters4 sources · 2008 to 2009
  5. Magic for Beginners2 sources · 2006
  6. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: Twenty-first Annual Collection2 sources · 2009
  7. Monstrous Affections1 source · 2015
  8. Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories1 source · 2012
  9. The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet1 source · 2008
  10. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2006: Nineteenth Annual Collection1 source · 2007
  11. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2007: Twentieth Annual Collection1 source · 2008
  12. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection1 source · 2006