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This article describes the Arthur C. Clarke Award. For the awards that recognise British space achievement, see Sir Arthur Clarke Award.The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year. The award was established with a grant from Arthur C. Clarke and the first prize was awarded in 1987. The book is chosen by a panel of judges from the British Science Fiction Association, the Science Fiction Foundation and the Science Museum of London. It is now administrated by the Serendip Foundation.

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Learning The World by Ken MacLeod

Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds

Accelerando by Charles Stross

Banner Of Souls by Liz Williams

1987: ''The Handmaid's Tale'' by Margaret Atwood

1988: ''The Sea and Summer'' by George Turner

1989: ''Unquenchable Fire'' by Rachel Pollack

1990: ''The Child Garden'' by Geoff Ryman

1991: ''Take Back Plenty'' by Colin Greenland

1992: ''Synners'' by Pat Cadigan

1993: ''Body of Glass'' by Marge Piercy (published as He, She and It in the U.S.)

1994: ''Vurt'' by Jeff Noon

1995: ''Fools'' by Pat Cadigan

1996: ''Fairyland'' by Paul McAuley

1997: ''The Calcutta Chromosome'' by Amitav Ghosh

1998: ''The Sparrow'' by Mary Doria Russell

1999: ''Dreaming in Smoke'' by Tricia Sullivan

2000: ''Distraction'' by Bruce Sterling

2001: ''Perdido Street Station'' by China Miéville

2002: ''Bold As Love'' by Gwyneth Jones

2003: The Separation by Christopher Priest

2004: ''Quicksilver'' by Neal Stephenson

2005: Iron Council by China Miéville