Hugo Award - Best Novel

Winners and shortlisted books, by year

• The Demolished Man — Alfred Bester (1953) · winner
• They'd Rather Be Right — Frank Riley, Mark Clifton (1955) · winner
• Double Star — Robert A. Heinlein (1956) · winner
• The Big Time — Fritz Leiber (1958) · winner
• A Case of Conscience — James Blish (1959) · winner
• Dorsai! — Gordon R. Dickson (1960)
• Starship Troopers — Robert A. Heinlein (1960) · winner
• A Canticle for Leibowitz — Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1961) · winner
• Stranger in a Strange Land — Robert A. Heinlein (1962) · winner
• The Man in the High Castle — Philip K. Dick (1963) · winner
• Cat's Cradle — Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1964)
• Dune World — Frank Herbert (1964)
• Glory Road — Robert A. Heinlein (1964)
• Way Station — Clifford D. Simak (1964) · winner
• Witch World — Andre Norton (1964)
• Davy — Edgar Pangborn (1965)
• The Planet Buyer — Cordwainer Smith (1965)
• The Wanderer — Fritz Leiber (1965) · winner
• The Whole Man — John Brunner (1965)
• Dune — Frank Herbert (1966) · winner
• This Immortal — Roger Zelazny (1966) · winner
• The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress — Robert A. Heinlein (1967) · winner
• Chthon — Piers Anthony (1968)
• Lord of Light — Roger Zelazny (1968) · winner
• The Einstein Intersection — Samuel R. Delany (1968)
• Rite of Passage — Alexei Panshin (1969)
• Stand on Zanzibar — John Brunner (1969) · winner
• Bug Jack Barron — Norman Spinrad (1970)
• Macroscope — Piers Anthony (1970)
• Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death — Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1970)
• The Left Hand of Darkness — Ursula K. Le Guin (1970) · winner
• Up the Line — Robert Silverberg (1970)
• Ringworld — Larry Niven (1971) · winner
• Star Light — Hal Clement (1971)
• Tau Zero — Poul Anderson (1971)
• The Year of the Quiet Sun — Wilson Tucker (1971)
• Tower of Glass — Robert Silverberg (1971)
• A Time of Changes — Robert Silverberg (1972)
• Dragonquest — Anne McCaffrey (1972)
• Jack of Shadows — Roger Zelazny (1972)
• The Lathe of Heaven — Ursula K. Le Guin (1972)
• To Your Scattered Bodies Go — Philip José Farmer (1972) · winner
• The Gods Themselves — Isaac Asimov (1973) · winner
• There Will Be Time — Poul Anderson (1973)
• When Harlie Was One — David Gerrold (1973)
• Protector — Larry Niven (1974)
• Rendezvous with Rama — Arthur C. Clarke (1974) · winner
• Time Enough for Love — Robert A. Heinlein (1974)
• The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia — Ursula K. Le Guin (1975) · winner
• Doorways in the Sand — Roger Zelazny (1976)
• Inferno — Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven (1976)
• The Computer Connection — Alfred Bester (1976)
• The Forever War — Joe Haldeman (1976) · winner
• The Stochastic Man — Robert Silverberg (1976)
• Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang — Kate Wilhelm (1977) · winner
• Gateway — Frederik Pohl (1978) · winner
• Lucifer's Hammer — Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven (1978)
• The Forbidden Tower — Marion Zimmer Bradley (1978)
• Dreamsnake — Vonda N. McIntyre (1979) · winner
• The Faded Sun: Kesrith — C. J. Cherryh (1979)
• The White Dragon — Anne McCaffrey (1979)
• Harpist in the Wind — Patricia A. McKillip (1980)
• Jem — Frederik Pohl (1980)
• On Wings of Song — Thomas M. Disch (1980)
• The Fountains of Paradise — Arthur C. Clarke (1980) · winner
• Titan — John Varley (1980)
• Beyond the Blue Event Horizon — Frederik Pohl (1981)
• Lord Valentine's Castle — Robert Silverberg (1981)
• The Ringworld Engineers — Larry Niven (1981)
• The Snow Queen — Joan D. Vinge (1981) · winner
• Wizard — John Varley (1981)
• Downbelow Station — C. J. Cherryh (1982) · winner
• Little, Big — John Crowley (1982)
• Project Pope — Clifford D. Simak (1982)
• The Claw of the Conciliator — Gene Wolfe (1982)
• The Many-Colored Land — Julian May (1982)
• 2010: Odyssey Two — Arthur C. Clarke (1983)
• Courtship Rite — Donald Kingsbury (1983)
• Foundation's Edge — Isaac Asimov (1983) · winner
• Friday — Robert A. Heinlein (1983)
• The Pride of Chanur — C. J. Cherryh (1983)
• The Sword of the Lictor — Gene Wolfe (1983)
• Millennium — John Varley (1984)
• Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern — Anne McCaffrey (1984)
• Startide Rising — David Brin (1984) · winner
• Tea with the Black Dragon — R. A. MacAvoy (1984)
• The Robots of Dawn — Isaac Asimov (1984)
• Emergence — David R. Palmer (1985)
• Job: A Comedy of Justice — Robert A. Heinlein (1985)
• Neuromancer — William Gibson (1985) · winner
• The Integral Trees — Larry Niven (1985)
• The Peace War — Vernor Vinge (1985)
• Blood Music — Greg Bear (1986)
• Cuckoo's Egg — C. J. Cherryh (1986)
• Ender's Game — Orson Scott Card (1986) · winner
• Footfall — Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven (1986)
• The Postman — David Brin (1986)
• Black Genesis — L. Ron Hubbard (1987)
• Count Zero — William Gibson (1987)
• Marooned in Realtime — Vernor Vinge (1987)
• Speaker for the Dead — Orson Scott Card (1987) · winner
• The Ragged Astronauts — Bob Shaw (1987)
• Seventh Son — Orson Scott Card (1988)
• The Forge of God — Greg Bear (1988)
• The Uplift War — David Brin (1988) · winner
• The Urth of the New Sun — Gene Wolfe (1988)
• When Gravity Fails — George Alec Effinger (1988)
• Cyteen — C. J. Cherryh (1989) · winner
• Falling Free — Lois McMaster Bujold (1989)
• Islands in the Net — Bruce Sterling (1989)
• Mona Lisa Overdrive — William Gibson (1989)
• Red Prophet — Orson Scott Card (1989)
• A Fire in the Sun — George Alec Effinger (1990)
• Grass — Sheri S. Tepper (1990)
• Hyperion — Dan Simmons (1990) · winner
• Prentice Alvin — Orson Scott Card (1990)
• The Boat of a Million Years — Poul Anderson (1990)
• Earth — David Brin (1991)
• Queen of Angels — Greg Bear (1991)
• The Fall of Hyperion — Dan Simmons (1991)
• The Quiet Pools — Michael P. Kube-McDowell (1991)
• The Vor Game — Lois McMaster Bujold (1991) · winner
• All the Weyrs of Pern — Anne McCaffrey (1992)
• Barrayar — Lois McMaster Bujold (1992) · winner
• Bone Dance — Emma Bull (1992)
• Stations of the Tide — Michael Swanwick (1992)
• The Summer Queen — Joan D. Vinge (1992)
• Xenocide — Orson Scott Card (1992)
• A Fire Upon the Deep — Vernor Vinge (1993) · winner
• China Mountain Zhang — Maureen F. McHugh (1993)
• Doomsday Book — Connie Willis (1993) · winner
• Red Mars — Kim Stanley Robinson (1993)
• Steel Beach — John Varley (1993)
• Beggars in Spain — Nancy Kress (1994)
• Glory Season — David Brin (1994)
• Green Mars — Kim Stanley Robinson (1994) · winner
• Moving Mars — Greg Bear (1994)
• Virtual Light — William Gibson (1994)
• Beggars & Choosers — Nancy Kress (1995)
• Brittle Innings — Michael Bishop (1995)
• Mirror Dance — Lois McMaster Bujold (1995) · winner
• Mother of Storms — John Barnes (1995)
• Towing Jehovah — James Morrow (1995)
• Brightness Reef — David Brin (1996)
• Remake — Connie Willis (1996)
• The Diamond Age — Neal Stephenson (1996) · winner
• The Terminal Experiment — Robert J. Sawyer (1996)
• The Time Ships — Stephen Baxter (1996)
• Blue Mars — Kim Stanley Robinson (1997) · winner
• Holy Fire — Bruce Sterling (1997)
• Memory — Lois McMaster Bujold (1997)
• Remnant Population — Elizabeth Moon (1997)
• Starplex — Robert J. Sawyer (1997)
• City on Fire — Walter Jon Williams (1998)
• Forever Peace — Joe Haldeman (1998) · winner
• Frameshift — Robert J. Sawyer (1998)
• Jack Faust — Michael Swanwick (1998)
• The Rise of Endymion — Dan Simmons (1998)
• Children of God — Mary Doria Russell (1999)
• Darwinia — Robert Charles Wilson (1999)
• Distraction — Bruce Sterling (1999)
• Factoring Humanity — Robert J. Sawyer (1999)
• To Say Nothing of the Dog, or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last — Connie Willis (1999) · winner
• A Civil Campaign — Lois McMaster Bujold (2000)
• A Deepness in the Sky — Vernor Vinge (2000) · winner
• Cryptonomicon — Neal Stephenson (2000)
• Darwin's Radio — Greg Bear (2000)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban — J. K. Rowling (2000)
• A Storm of Swords — George R. R. Martin (2001)
• Calculating God — Robert J. Sawyer (2001)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — J. K. Rowling (2001) · winner
• Midnight Robber — Nalo Hopkinson (2001)
• The Sky Road — Ken MacLeod (2001)
• American Gods — Neil Gaiman (2002) · winner
• Cosmonaut Keep — Ken MacLeod (2002)
• Passage — Connie Willis (2002)
• Perdido Street Station — China Miéville (2002)
• The Chronoliths — Robert Charles Wilson (2002)
• The Curse of Chalion — Lois McMaster Bujold (2002)
• Bones of the Earth — Michael Swanwick (2003)
• Hominids — Robert J. Sawyer (2003) · winner
• Kiln People — David Brin (2003)
• The Scar — China Miéville (2003)
• The Years of Rice and Salt — Kim Stanley Robinson (2003)
• Blind Lake — Robert Charles Wilson (2004)
• Humans — Robert J. Sawyer (2004)
• Ilium — Dan Simmons (2004)
• Paladin of Souls — Lois McMaster Bujold (2004) · winner
• Singularity Sky — Charles Stross (2004)
• Iron Council — China Miéville (2005)
• Iron Sunrise — Charles Stross (2005)
• Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell — Susanna Clarke (2005) · winner
• River of Gods — Ian McDonald (2005)
• The Algebraist — Iain M. Banks (2005)
• A Feast for Crows — George R. R. Martin (2006)
• Accelerando — Charles Stross (2006)
• Learning the World — Ken MacLeod (2006)
• Old Man's War — John Scalzi (2006)
• Spin — Robert Charles Wilson (2006) · winner
• Blindsight — Peter Watts (2007)
• Eifelheim — Michael F. Flynn (2007)
• Glasshouse — Charles Stross (2007)
• Rainbows End — Vernor Vinge (2007) · winner
• Temeraire — Naomi Novik (2007)
• Brasyl — Ian McDonald (2008)
• Halting State — Charles Stross (2008)
• Rollback — Robert J. Sawyer (2008)
• The Last Colony — John Scalzi (2008)
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union — Michael Chabon (2008) · winner
• Anathem — Neal Stephenson (2009)
• Little Brother — Cory Doctorow (2009)
• Saturn's Children — Charles Stross (2009)
• The Graveyard Book — Neil Gaiman (2009) · winner
• Zoe's Tale — John Scalzi (2009)
• Boneshaker — Cherie Priest (2010)
• Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America — Robert Charles Wilson (2010)
• Palimpsest — Catherynne M. Valente (2010)
• The City & the City — China Miéville (2010) · winner
• The Windup Girl — Paolo Bacigalupi (2010) · winner
• Wake — Robert J. Sawyer (2010)
• All Clear — Connie Willis (2011) · winner
• Blackout — Connie Willis (2011) · winner
• Cryoburn — Lois McMaster Bujold (2011)
• Feed — Seanan McGuire (2011)
• The Dervish House — Ian McDonald (2011)
• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms — N. K. Jemisin (2011)
• A Dance with Dragons — George R. R. Martin (2012)
• Among Others — Jo Walton (2012) · winner
• Deadline — Seanan McGuire (2012)
• Embassytown — China Miéville (2012)
• Leviathan Wakes — Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck (2012)
• 2312 — Kim Stanley Robinson (2013)
• Blackout — Seanan McGuire (2013)
• Captain Vorpatril's Alliance — Lois McMaster Bujold (2013)
• Redshirts — John Scalzi (2013) · winner
• Throne of the Crescent Moon — Saladin Ahmed (2013)
• Ancillary Justice — Ann Leckie (2014) · winner
• Neptune's Brood — Charles Stross (2014)
• Parasite — Seanan McGuire (2014)
• Warbound — Larry Correia (2014)
• Ancillary Sword — Ann Leckie (2015)
• Skin Game — Jim Butcher (2015)
• The Dark Between the Stars — Kevin J. Anderson (2015)
• The Goblin Emperor — Sarah Monette (2015)
• 三体 — Cixin Liu (2015) · winner
• Ancillary Mercy — Ann Leckie (2016)
• Seveneves — Neal Stephenson (2016)
• The Aeronaut's Windlass — Jim Butcher (2016)
• The Fifth Season — N. K. Jemisin (2016) · winner
• Uprooted — Naomi Novik (2016)
• A Closed and Common Orbit — Becky Chambers (2017)
• All the Birds in the Sky — Charlie Jane Anders (2017)
• Ninefox Gambit — Yoon Ha Lee (2017)
• The Obelisk Gate — N. K. Jemisin (2017) · winner
• Too Like the Lightning — Ada Palmer (2017)
• 死神永生 — Cixin Liu (2017)
• New York 2140 — Kim Stanley Robinson (2018)
• Provenance — Ann Leckie (2018)
• Raven Stratagem — Yoon Ha Lee (2018)
• Six Wakes — Mur Lafferty (2018)
• The Collapsing Empire — John Scalzi (2018)
• The Stone Sky — N. K. Jemisin (2018) · winner
• Record of a Spaceborn Few — Becky Chambers (2019)
• Revenant Gun — Yoon Ha Lee (2019)
• Space Opera — Catherynne M. Valente (2019)
• Spinning Silver — Naomi Novik (2019)
• The Calculating Stars — Mary Robinette Kowal (2019) · winner
• Trail of Lightning — Rebecca Roanhorse (2019)
• A Memory Called Empire — Arkady Martine (2020) · winner
• Gideon the Ninth — Tamsyn Muir (2020)
• Middlegame — Seanan McGuire (2020)
• The City in the Middle of the Night — Charlie Jane Anders (2020)
• The Light Brigade — Kameron Hurley (2020)
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January — Alix E. Harrow (2020)
• Black Sun — Rebecca Roanhorse (2021)
• Harrow the Ninth — Tamsyn Muir (2021)
• Network Effect — Martha Wells (2021) · winner
• Piranesi — Susanna Clarke (2021)
• The City We Became — N. K. Jemisin (2021)
• The Relentless Moon — Mary Robinette Kowal (2021)
• A Desolation Called Peace — Arkady Martine (2022) · winner
• A Master of Djinn — P. Djèlí Clark (2022)
• Light from Uncommon Stars — Ryka Aoki (2022)
• Project Hail Mary — Andy Weir (2022)
• She Who Became the Sun — Shelley Parker-Chan (2022)
• The Galaxy, and the Ground Within — Becky Chambers (2022)
• Legends & Lattes: A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes — Travis Baldree (2023)
• Nettle & Bone — Ursula Vernon (2023) · winner
• Nona the Ninth — Tamsyn Muir (2023)
• The Daughter of Doctor Moreau — Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2023)
• The Kaiju Preservation Society — John Scalzi (2023)
• The Spare Man — Mary Robinette Kowal (2023)
• Some Desperate Glory — Emily Tesh (2024) · winner
• Starter Villain — John Scalzi (2024)
• The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi — S. A. Chakraborty (2024)
• The Saint of Bright Doors — Vajra Chandrasekera (2024)
• Translation State — Ann Leckie (2024)
• Witch King — Martha Wells (2024)
• A Sorceress Comes to Call — Ursula Vernon (2025)
• Alien Clay — Adrian Tchaikovsky (2025)
• Service Model — Adrian Tchaikovsky (2025)
• Someone You Can Build a Nest in — John Wiswell (2025)
• The Ministry of Time — Kaliane Bradley (2025)
• The Tainted Cup — Robert Jackson Bennett (2025) · winner
• A Drop of Corruption — Robert Jackson Bennett (2026)
• Death of the Author — Nnedi Okorafor (2026)
• Shroud — Adrian Tchaikovsky (2026)
• The Everlasting — Alix E. Harrow (2026) · winner
• The Incandescent — Emily Tesh (2026)
• The Raven Scholar — Antonia Hodgson (2026)