| 1989 | | My Rating |
| A Child Across the Sky | Jonathan Carroll |
| Cyteen | C. J. Cherryh |  | | | | |
| Pyramids | Terry Pratchett | | | | |
| The Gold Coast | Kim Stanley Robinson |
| The Child Garden | Geoff Ryman |
| 1988 |
| The Player of Games | Iain M Banks |
| Mona Lisa Overdrive | William Gibson |
| Lavondyss | Robert Holdstock |
| Kairos | Gwyneth Jones |
| The Wooden Spaceships | Bob Shaw |
| Life During Wartime | Lucius Shepard |
| 1987 |
| Consider Phlebas | Iain M Banks |
| Aegypt | John Crowley |
| Grainne | Keith Roberts |
| The Urth of the New Sun | Gene Wolfe |
| 1986 |
| Blood Music | Greg Bear |
| Count Zero | William Gibson | | | | |
| Queen of the States | Josephine Saxton |
| The Ragged Astronauts | Bob Shaw |
| Schismatrix | Bruce Sterling |
| 1985 |
| Helliconia Winter | Brian W. Aldiss |
| The Anubis Gates | Tim Powers |
| Kiteworld | Keith Roberts |
| The Warrior Who Carried Life | Geoff Ryman |
| Free Live Free | Gene Wolfe |
| 1984 |
| Empire of the Sun | J. G. Ballard |
| Nights at the Circus | Angela Carter |
| Neuromancer | William Gibson | | | |
| Mythago Wood | Robert Holdstock |
| The Glamour | Christopher Priest |
| 1983 |
| Helliconia Summer | Brian W. Aldiss |
| Cat Karina | Michael G. Coney |
| Golden Witchbreed | Mary Gentle |
| Tik-Tok | John Sladek |
| The Citadel of the Autarch | Gene Wolfe | | | | |
| 1982 |
| Helliconia Spring | Brian W. Aldiss |
| No Enemy But Time | Michael Bishop |
| Little, Big | John Crowley |
| The Divine Invasion | Philip K. Dick |
| The Sword of the Lictor | Gene Wolfe | | | | |
| 1981 |
| Hello America | J. G. Ballard |
| Where Time Winds Blow | Robert Holdstock |
| The Affirmation | Christopher Priest |
| The Shadow of the Torturer | Gene Wolfe | | | | |
| 1980 |
| Timescape | Gregory Benford | | | | | |
| Transfigurations | Michael Bishop |
| Engine Summer | John Crowley |
| Beyond the Blue Event Horizon | Frederik Pohl |
| Molly Zero | Keith Roberts |
| A World Between | Norman Spinrad |