Winners of the Hugo Award for Best Novel. Does not include Retro-Hugos.
Hugo Award for Best Novel Public
Created by Phil in SF
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4 stars
Seeking refuge in fantasy novel worlds throughout a youth under the shadow of a dubiously sane half-brother who dabbled in …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2012.
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The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
4 stars
What Happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when said bio-terrorism forces humanity to the …
Phil in SF says: 2010 co-winner
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The City & the City by China Miéville
5 stars
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to …
Phil in SF says: 2010 co-winner
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Blackout by Connie Willis (All Clear, #1)
When a time-travel lab suddenly cancels assignments for no apparent reason and switches around everyone's schedules, time-traveling historians Michael, Merope, …
Phil in SF says: 2011 winner
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The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal (Lady Astronaut, #1)
4 stars
On a cold spring night in 1952, a huge meteorite fell to Earth and obliterated much of the east coast …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2019.
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A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
5 stars
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2020.
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The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Trilogy, #1)
4 stars
Within the context of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a military project sends messages to alien worlds. A nearby alien society …
Phil in SF says: 2015 winner
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Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
4 stars
After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter—has finally …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2023.
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The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #2)
5 stars
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS ... FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of endings grows darker, as civilization …
Phil in SF says: 2017 winner
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The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (Shadow of the Leviathan, #1)
5 stars
An eccentric detective and her long-suffering assistant untangle a web of magic, deceit, and murder in this sparkling fantasy reimagining …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2025
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The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
4 stars
In a world in which the police have telepathic powers, how do you get away with murder?
Ben Reichs heads …
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Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
5 stars
While we live, the enemy shall fear us.
All her life Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2024
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Greta Forzane was a party girl whose job it was to nurse back to health the soldiers who had been …
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A Case of Conscience by James Blish
Father Ruiz-Sanchez — Jesuit member of a four-man scientific team investigating a new alien world—was very happy on Lithia, a …
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It began so quietly... So quietly that nobody except a few frightened scientists even suspected what might be happening ... …
