Hugo Award for Best Novel

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Hugo Awards, 82 Books

The Hugo Award for Best Novel is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in, or translated to, English during the previous calendar year. The novel award is available for works of fiction of 40,000 words or more; awards are also given out in the short story, novelette, and novella categories. The Hugo Awards have been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction", and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing".

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The public. On average there are 2,000 voters

This list is a yearly book award, and was added to this site over 3 years ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
11104 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 1953 American English
14074 They'd Rather Be Right Mark Clifton 1954 American English
7053 Double Star Robert A. Heinlein 1956 American English
14074 The Big Time Fritz Leiber 1958 American English
11771 A Case of Conscience James Blish 1958 American English
5324 Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein 1959 American English
1321 A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller 1960 American English
368 Stranger in a Strange Land Robert A. Heinlein 1961 American English
2228 The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick 1962 American English
11376 Here Gather the Stars Clifford D. Simak 1963 American English
13287 The Wanderer Fritz Leiber 1964 American English
100 Dune Frank Herbert 1965 American English
14074 ...And Call Me Conrad Roger Zelazny 1965 American English
3881 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein 1966 American English
9564 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 American English
10720 Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner 1968 British English
361 The Left Hand Of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin 1969 American English
2226 Ringworld Larry Niven 1970 American English
9235 To Your Scattered Bodies Go Philip José Farmer 1971 American English
7776 The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov 1972 American English
5926 Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke 1973 British English
561 The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin 1974 American English
2427 The Forever War Joe Haldeman 1974 American English
11382 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm 1976 American English
7137 Gateway Frederik Pohl 1977 American English
7782 Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre 1978 American English
7862 The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke 1979 British English
11772 The Snow Queen Joan D. Vinge 1980 American English
13287 Downbelow Station C. J. Cherryh 1981 American English
11146 Foundation's Edge Isaac Asimov 1982 American English
7669 Startide Rising David Brin 1983 American English
892 Neuromancer William Gibson 1984 American, Canadian English
2603 Ender's Game Orson Scott Card 1985 American English
7563 Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card 1986 American English
11772 The Uplift War David Brin 1987 American English
11772 Cyteen C. J. Cherryh 1988 American English
2465 Hyperion Dan Simmons 1989 American English
10710 The Vor Game Lois McMaster Bujold 1990 American English
11382 Barrayar Lois McMaster Bujold 1991 American English
10405 A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge 1992 American English
6885 Doomsday Book Connie Willis 1992 American English
8200 Green Mars Kim Stanley Robinson 1993 American English
13287 Mirror Dance Lois McMaster Bujold 1994 American English
10256 The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson 1995 American English
8498 Blue Mars Kim Stanley Robinson 1996 American English
7862 Forever Peace Joe Haldeman 1997 American English
8411 To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis 1997 American English
13287 A Deepness in the Sky Vernor Vinge 1999 American English
1841 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling 2000 British English
2181 American Gods Neil Gaiman 2001 British English
14074 Hominids Robert J. Sawyer 2002 Canadian English
8896 Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold 2003 American English
1621 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke 2004 British English
11382 Spin Robert Charles Wilson 2005 Canadian English
13287 Rainbows End Vernor Vinge 2006 American English
4758 The Yiddish Policemen's Union Michael Chabon 2007 American English
4454 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 2008 British English
7782 The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi 2009 American English
5019 The City & the City China Miéville 2009 British English
7862 Blackout/All Clear Connie Willis 2010 American English
7669 Among Others Jo Walton 2011 British English
13287 Redshirts John Scalzi 2012 American English
5691 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2013 American English
2320 The Three-Body Problem Cixin Liu 2006 Chinese Chinese
1115 The Fifth Season N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
9787 The Obelisk Gate N. K. Jemisin 2016 American English
5266 The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin 2017 American English
6809 The Calculating Stars Mary Robinette Kowal 2018 American English
9883 A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine 2019 American English
7782 Network Effect Martha Wells 2020 American English
10339 A Desolation Called Peace Arkady Martine 2021 American English
1379 The Sword in the Stone T. H. White 1938 British English
9203 Slan A. E. van Vogt 1940 Canadian English
14074 Beyond This Horizon Robert A. Heinlein 1942 American English
1194 Conjure Wife Fritz Leiber 1943 American English
3396 Shadow Over Mars Leigh Brackett 1944 American English
14074 The Mule Isaac Asimov 1945 American English
14074 Farmer in the Sky Robert A. Heinlein 1950 American English
150 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 1953 American English
13287 Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher 2022 American English
14074 Some Desperate Glory Emily Tesh 2023 Unknown English
13287 The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett 2024 American Unknown