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
11137 The Demolished Man Alfred Bester 1953 American English
14138 They'd Rather Be Right Mark Clifton 1954 American English
7066 Double Star Robert A. Heinlein 1956 American English
14138 The Big Time Fritz Leiber 1958 American English
11797 A Case of Conscience James Blish 1958 American English
5335 Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein 1959 American English
1323 A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller 1960 American English
368 Stranger in a Strange Land Robert A. Heinlein 1961 American English
2133 The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick 1962 American English
11408 Here Gather the Stars Clifford D. Simak 1963 American English
13321 The Wanderer Fritz Leiber 1964 American English
100 Dune Frank Herbert 1965 American English
14138 ...And Call Me Conrad Roger Zelazny 1965 American English
3887 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein 1966 American English
9588 Lord of Light Roger Zelazny 1967 American English
10751 Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner 1968 British English
363 The Left Hand Of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin 1969 American English
2238 Ringworld Larry Niven 1970 American English
9257 To Your Scattered Bodies Go Philip José Farmer 1971 American English
7793 The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov 1972 American English
5938 Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke 1973 British English
553 The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin 1974 American English
2434 The Forever War Joe Haldeman 1974 American English
11414 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm 1976 American English
7152 Gateway Frederik Pohl 1977 American English
7799 Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre 1978 American English
7878 The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke 1979 British English
11798 The Snow Queen Joan D. Vinge 1980 American English
13321 Downbelow Station C. J. Cherryh 1981 American English
11178 Foundation's Edge Isaac Asimov 1982 American English
7685 Startide Rising David Brin 1983 American English
893 Neuromancer William Gibson 1984 American, Canadian English
2606 Ender's Game Orson Scott Card 1985 American English
7580 Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card 1986 American English
11798 The Uplift War David Brin 1987 American English
11798 Cyteen C. J. Cherryh 1988 American English
2471 Hyperion Dan Simmons 1989 American English
10741 The Vor Game Lois McMaster Bujold 1990 American English
11414 Barrayar Lois McMaster Bujold 1991 American English
10434 A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge 1992 American English
6896 Doomsday Book Connie Willis 1992 American English
8217 Green Mars Kim Stanley Robinson 1993 American English
13321 Mirror Dance Lois McMaster Bujold 1994 American English
10282 The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson 1995 American English
8517 Blue Mars Kim Stanley Robinson 1996 American English
7878 Forever Peace Joe Haldeman 1997 American English
8430 To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis 1997 American English
13321 A Deepness in the Sky Vernor Vinge 1999 American English
1842 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling 2000 British English
2193 American Gods Neil Gaiman 2001 British English
14138 Hominids Robert J. Sawyer 2002 Canadian English
8916 Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold 2003 American English
1585 Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke 2004 British English
11414 Spin Robert Charles Wilson 2005 Canadian English
13321 Rainbows End Vernor Vinge 2006 American English
4768 The Yiddish Policemen's Union Michael Chabon 2007 American English
4460 The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 2008 British English
7799 The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi 2009 American English
5031 The City & the City China Miéville 2009 British English
7878 Blackout/All Clear Connie Willis 2010 American English
7685 Among Others Jo Walton 2011 British English
13321 Redshirts John Scalzi 2012 American English
5702 Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2013 American English
2328 The Three-Body Problem Cixin Liu 2006 Chinese Chinese
1117 The Fifth Season N. K. Jemisin 2015 American English
9809 The Obelisk Gate N. K. Jemisin 2016 American English
5276 The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin 2017 American English
6820 The Calculating Stars Mary Robinette Kowal 2018 American English
9906 A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine 2019 American English
7799 Network Effect Martha Wells 2020 American English
10366 A Desolation Called Peace Arkady Martine 2021 American English
1380 The Sword in the Stone T. H. White 1938 British English
9225 Slan A. E. van Vogt 1940 Canadian English
14138 Beyond This Horizon Robert A. Heinlein 1942 American English
1196 Conjure Wife Fritz Leiber 1943 American English
3401 Shadow Over Mars Leigh Brackett 1944 American English
14138 The Mule Isaac Asimov 1945 American English
14138 Farmer in the Sky Robert A. Heinlein 1950 American English
150 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 1953 American English
13321 Nettle & Bone T. Kingfisher 2022 American English
14138 Some Desperate Glory Emily Tesh 2023 Unknown English
13321 The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett 2024 American Unknown