Hugo Award for Best Novel (Hugo Awards)

Hugo Awards

The Hugo Award for Best Novel is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in English or translated into 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 Award for Best Novel has been awarded annually since 1953, except in 1954 and 1957. In addition to the regular Hugo awards, beginning in 1996 Retrospective Hugo Awards, or "Retro Hugos", have been available to be awarded for 50, 75, or 100 years prior. Retro Hugos may only be awarded for years in which a World Science Fiction Convention, or Worldcon, was hosted, but no awards were originally given. To date, Retro Hugo awards have been given for novels for 1946, 1951, and 1954. Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by supporting or attending members of the annual Worldcon, and the presentation evening constitutes its central event. The selection process is defined in the World Science Fiction Society Constitution as instant-runoff voting with five nominees, except in the case of a tie.

Date Established : 1953

Check all the winners of Hugo Award for Best Novel presented under Hugo Awards since 1953 .

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Ann Leckie

Honored for : Ancillary Justice

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Ann Leckie	Ancillary Justice
Charles Stross	Neptune\u2019s Brood
Seanan McGuire	Parasite
Larry Correia	Warbound
Robert Jordan	The Wheel of Time
Brandon Sanderson	The Wheel of Time

John Scalzi

Honored for : Redshirts

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
John Scalzi	Redshirts
Kim Stanley Robinson	2312
Seanan McGuire	Blackout
Lois McMaster Bujold	Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
Saladin Ahmed	Throne of the Crescent Moon

Jo Walton

Honored for : Among Others

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Jo Walton	Among Others
George R. R. Martin	A Dance with Dragons
Seanan McGuire	Deadline
China Miéville	Embassytown
James S. A. Corey	Leviathan Wakes

Connie Willis

Honored for : Blackout/All Clear

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Connie Willis	Blackout/All Clear
Lois McMaster Bujold	Cryoburn
Ian McDonald	The Dervish House
Seanan McGuire	Feed
N. K. Jemisin	The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

China Miéville

Honored for : The City & the City

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
China Miéville	The City & the City
Paolo Bacigalupi	The Windup Girl
Cherie Priest	Boneshaker
Robert Charles Wilson	Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America
Robert J. Sawyer	Wake
Catherynne M. Valente	Palimpsest

Paolo Bacigalupi

Honored for : The Windup Girl

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
China Miéville	The City & the City
Paolo Bacigalupi	The Windup Girl
Cherie Priest	Boneshaker
Robert Charles Wilson	Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America
Robert J. Sawyer	Wake
Catherynne M. Valente	Palimpsest

Neil Gaiman

Honored for : The Graveyard Book

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Neal Stephenson	Anathem
Neil Gaiman	The Graveyard Book
Cory Doctorow	Little Brother
John Scalzi	Zoe's Tale
Charles Stross	Saturn's Children

Michael Chabon

Honored for : The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Ian McDonald	Brasyl
Charles Stross	Halting State
John Scalzi	The Last Colony
Michael Chabon	The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Robert J. Sawyer	Rollback

Vernor Vinge

Honored for : Rainbows End

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Vernor Vinge	Rainbows End
Charles Stross	Glasshouse
Peter Watts	Blindsight
Michael F. Flynn	Eifelheim
Naomi Novik	His Majesty's Dragon

Robert Charles Wilson

Honored for : Spin

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Charles Stross	Accelerando
George R. R. Martin	A Feast for Crows
Ken MacLeod	Learning the World
John Scalzi	Old Man's War
Robert Charles Wilson	Spin

Susanna Clarke

Honored for : Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Charles Stross	Iron Sunrise
China Miéville	Iron Council
Susanna Clarke	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Ian McDonald	River of Gods
Iain Banks	The Algebraist

Lois McMaster Bujold

Honored for : Paladin of Souls

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Charles Stross	Singularity Sky
Robert Charles Wilson	Blind Lake
Dan Simmons	Ilium
Lois McMaster Bujold	Paladin of Souls
Robert J. Sawyer	Humans

Robert J. Sawyer

Honored for : Hominids

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Michael Swanwick	Bones of the Earth
Robert J. Sawyer	Hominids
David Brin	Kiln People
China Miéville	The Scar
Kim Stanley Robinson	The Years of Rice and Salt

Neil Gaiman

Honored for : American Gods

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
China Miéville	Perdido Street Station
Neil Gaiman	American Gods
Ken MacLeod	Cosmonaut Keep
Robert Charles Wilson	The Chronoliths
Lois McMaster Bujold	The Curse of Chalion
Connie Willis	Passage

J. K. Rowling

Honored for : Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
George R. R. Martin	A Storm of Swords
Robert J. Sawyer	Calculating God
J. K. Rowling	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Nalo Hopkinson	Midnight Robber
Ken MacLeod	The Sky Road

Vernor Vinge

Honored for : A Deepness in the Sky

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Vernor Vinge	A Deepness in the Sky
Neal Stephenson	Cryptonomicon
Greg Bear	Darwin's Radio
J. K. Rowling	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Lois McMaster Bujold	A Civil Campaign

Connie Willis

Honored for : To Say Nothing of the Dog

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Robert J. Sawyer	Factoring humanity
Connie Willis	To Say Nothing of the Dog
Robert Charles Wilson	Darwinia
Mary Doria Russell	Children of God
Bruce Sterling	Distraction

Joe Haldeman

Honored for : Forever Peace

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Dan Simmons	The Rise of Endymion
Joe Haldeman	Forever Peace
Michael Swanwick	Jack Faust
Robert J. Sawyer	Frameshift
Walter Jon Williams	City on Fire

Kim Stanley Robinson

Honored for : Blue Mars

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kim Stanley Robinson	Blue Mars
Elizabeth Moon	Remnant Population
Robert J. Sawyer	Starplex
Bruce Sterling	Holy Fire
Lois McMaster Bujold	Memory

Neal Stephenson

Honored for : The Diamond Age

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
David Brin	Brightness Reef
Neal Stephenson	The Diamond Age
Robert J. Sawyer	The Terminal Experiment
Stephen Baxter	The Time Ships
Connie Willis	Remake

Lois McMaster Bujold

Honored for : Mirror Dance

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Nancy Kress	Beggars and Choosers
Michael Bishop	Brittle Innings
Lois McMaster Bujold	Mirror Dance
James K. Morrow	Towing Jehovah
John Barnes	Mother of Storms

Kim Stanley Robinson

Honored for : Green Mars

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Nancy Kress	Beggars in Spain
David Brin	Glory Season
Kim Stanley Robinson	Green Mars
Greg Bear	Moving Mars
William Gibson	Virtual Light

Vernor Vinge

Honored for : A Fire Upon the Deep

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Vernor Vinge	A Fire Upon the Deep
Maureen F. McHugh	China Mountain Zhang
Connie Willis	Doomsday Book
Kim Stanley Robinson	Red Mars
John Varley	Steel Beach

Connie Willis

Honored for : Doomsday Book

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Vernor Vinge	A Fire Upon the Deep
Maureen F. McHugh	China Mountain Zhang
Connie Willis	Doomsday Book
Kim Stanley Robinson	Red Mars
John Varley	Steel Beach

Lois McMaster Bujold

Honored for : Barrayar

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Anne McCaffrey	All the Weyrs of Pern
Emma Bull	Bone Dance
Michael Swanwick	Stations of the Tide
Orson Scott Card	Xenocide
Lois McMaster Bujold	Barrayar
Joan D. Vinge	The Summer Queen

Lois McMaster Bujold

Honored for : The Vor Game

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Dan Simmons	The Fall of Hyperion
David Brin	Earth
Greg Bear	Queen of Angels
Lois McMaster Bujold	The Vor Game
Michael P. Kube-McDowell	The Quiet Pools

Dan Simmons

Honored for : Hyperion

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
George Alec Effinger	A Fire in the Sun
Orson Scott Card	Prentice Alvin
Poul Anderson	The Boat of a Million Years
Dan Simmons	Hyperion
Sheri S. Tepper	Grass

C. J. Cherryh

Honored for : Cyteen

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
C. J. Cherryh	Cyteen
Bruce Sterling	Islands in the Net
William Gibson	Mona Lisa Overdrive
Orson Scott Card	Red Prophet
Lois McMaster Bujold	Falling Free

David Brin

Honored for : The Uplift War

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Orson Scott Card	Seventh Son
Greg Bear	The Forge of God
David Brin	The Uplift War
Gene Wolfe	The Urth of the New Sun
George Alec Effinger	When Gravity Fails

Orson Scott Card

Honored for : Speaker for the Dead

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
William Gibson	Count Zero
Vernor Vinge	Marooned in Realtime
Orson Scott Card	Speaker for the Dead
L. Ron Hubbard	Black Genesis
Bob Shaw	The Ragged Astronauts

Orson Scott Card

Honored for : Ender's Game

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Greg Bear	Blood Music
C. J. Cherryh	Cuckoo's Egg
Orson Scott Card	Ender's Game
Larry Niven	Footfall
Jerry Pournelle	Footfall
David Brin	The Postman

William Gibson

Honored for : Neuromancer

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Robert A. Heinlein	Job: A Comedy of Justice
William Gibson	Neuromancer
Larry Niven	The Integral Trees
Vernor Vinge	The Peace War
David R. Palmer	Emergence

David Brin

Honored for : Startide Rising

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Anne McCaffrey	Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
David Brin	Startide Rising
R. A. MacAvoy	Tea with the Black Dragon
Isaac Asimov	The Robots of Dawn
John Varley	Millennium

Isaac Asimov

Honored for : Foundation's Edge

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Arthur C. Clarke	2010: Odyssey Two
Donald Kingsbury	Courtship Rite
Isaac Asimov	Foundation's Edge
Gene Wolfe	The Sword of the Lictor
Robert A. Heinlein	Friday
C. J. Cherryh	The Pride of Chanur

C. J. Cherryh

Honored for : Downbelow Station

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
C. J. Cherryh	Downbelow Station
Gene Wolfe	The Claw of the Conciliator
John Crowley	Little, Big
Julian May	The Many-Colored Land
Clifford D. Simak	Project Pope

Joan D. Vinge

Honored for : The Snow Queen

Nominations 1981 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Larry Niven	The Ringworld Engineers
Joan D. Vinge	The Snow Queen
John Varley	Wizard
Frederik Pohl	Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
Robert Silverberg	Lord Valentine's Castle

Arthur C. Clarke

Honored for : The Fountains of Paradise

Nominations 1980 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Thomas M. Disch	On Wings of Song
Arthur C. Clarke	The Fountains of Paradise
Patricia A. McKillip	Harpist in the Wind
John Varley	Titan
Frederik Pohl	Jem

Vonda N. McIntyre

Honored for : Dreamsnake

Nominations 1979 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Vonda N. McIntyre	Dreamsnake
C. J. Cherryh	The Faded Sun: Kesrith
Anne McCaffrey	The White Dragon
Tom Reamy	Blind Voices

Frederik Pohl

Honored for : Gateway

Nominations 1978 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
George R. R. Martin	Dying of the Light
Larry Niven	Lucifer's Hammer
Jerry Pournelle	Lucifer's Hammer
Marion Zimmer Bradley	The Forbidden Tower
Frederik Pohl	Gateway
Gordon R. Dickson	Time Storm

Kate Wilhelm

Honored for : Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

Nominations 1977 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Frank Herbert	Children of Dune
Frederik Pohl	Man Plus
Kate Wilhelm	Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Robert Silverberg	Shadrach in the Furnace
Joe Haldeman	Mindbridge

Joe Haldeman

Honored for : The Forever War

Nominations 1976 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Roger Zelazny	Doorways in the Sand
Alfred Bester	The Computer Connection
Joe Haldeman	The Forever War
Larry Niven	Inferno
Jerry Pournelle	Inferno
Robert Silverberg	The Stochastic Man

Ursula K. Le Guin

Honored for : The Dispossessed

Nominations 1975 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Poul Anderson	Fire Time
Philip K. Dick	Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Ursula K. Le Guin	The Dispossessed
Larry Niven	The Mote in God's Eye
Jerry Pournelle	The Mote in God's Eye
Christopher Priest	The Inverted World

Arthur C. Clarke

Honored for : Rendezvous with Rama

Nominations 1974 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Arthur C. Clarke	Rendezvous with Rama
David Gerrold	The Man Who Folded Himself
Robert A. Heinlein	Time Enough for Love
Larry Niven	Protector
Poul Anderson	The People of the Wind

Isaac Asimov

Honored for : The Gods Themselves

Nominations 1973 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Robert Silverberg	Dying Inside
David Gerrold	When Harlie Was One
Robert Silverberg	The Book of Skulls
Isaac Asimov	The Gods Themselves
Clifford D. Simak	A Choice of Gods
Poul Anderson	There Will Be Time

Philip José Farmer

Honored for : To Your Scattered Bodies Go

Nominations 1972 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Robert Silverberg	A Time of Changes
Roger Zelazny	Jack of Shadows
Ursula K. Le Guin	The Lathe of Heaven
Philip José Farmer	To Your Scattered Bodies Go
Anne McCaffrey	Dragonquest

Larry Niven

Honored for : Ringworld

Nominations 1971 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Larry Niven	Ringworld
Poul Anderson	Tau Zero
Wilson Tucker	The Year of the Quiet Sun
Robert Silverberg	Tower of Glass
Hal Clement	Star Light

Ursula K. Le Guin

Honored for : The Left Hand of Darkness

Nominations 1970 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Piers Anthony	Macroscope
Kurt Vonnegut	Slaughterhouse-Five
Ursula K. Le Guin	The Left Hand of Darkness
Robert Silverberg	Up the Line
Norman Spinrad	Bug Jack Barron

John Brunner

Honored for : Stand on Zanzibar

Nominations 1969 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
R. A. Lafferty	Past Master
John Brunner	Stand on Zanzibar
Alexei Panshin	Rite of Passage
Samuel R. Delany	Nova
Clifford D. Simak	The Goblin Reservation

Roger Zelazny

Honored for : Lord of Light

Nominations 1968 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Roger Zelazny	Lord of Light
Chester Anderson	The Butterfly Kid
Samuel R. Delany	The Einstein Intersection
Piers Anthony	Chthon
Robert Silverberg	Thorns

Robert A. Heinlein

Honored for : The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

Nominations 1967 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Samuel R. Delany	Babel-17
Daniel Keyes	Flowers for Algernon
Robert A. Heinlein	The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
James H. Schmitz	The Witches of Karres
Randall Garrett	Too Many Magicians
Thomas Burnett Swann	Day of the Minotaur

Frank Herbert

Honored for : Dune

Nominations 1966 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Roger Zelazny	This Immortal
E. E. Smith	Skylark DuQuesne
Robert A. Heinlein	The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
John Brunner	The Squares of the City
Frank Herbert	Dune

Roger Zelazny

Honored for : This Immortal

Nominations 1966 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Roger Zelazny	This Immortal
E. E. Smith	Skylark DuQuesne
Robert A. Heinlein	The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
John Brunner	The Squares of the City
Frank Herbert	Dune

Fritz Leiber

Honored for : The Wanderer

Nominations 1965 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
John Brunner	The Whole Man
Fritz Leiber	The Wanderer
Edgar Pangborn	Davy
Cordwainer Smith	The Planet Buyer

Clifford D. Simak

Honored for : Way Station

Nominations 1964 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kurt Vonnegut	Cat's Cradle
Robert A. Heinlein	Glory Road
Clifford D. Simak	Way Station
Frank Herbert	Dune
Andre Norton	Witch World

Philip K. Dick

Honored for : The Man in the High Castle

Nominations 1963 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Philip K. Dick	The Man in the High Castle
Arthur C. Clarke	A Fall of Moondust
H. Beam Piper	Little Fuzzy
Marion Zimmer Bradley	The Sword of Aldones
Jean Bruller	Sylva

Robert A. Heinlein

Honored for : Stranger in a Strange Land

Nominations 1962 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Robert A. Heinlein	Stranger in a Strange Land
Daniel F. Galouye	Dark Universe
James White	Second Ending
Harry Harrison	A Sense of Obligation
Clifford D. Simak	Time is the Simplest Thing

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

Honored for : A Canticle for Leibowitz

Nominations 1961 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Walter M. Miller, Jr.	A Canticle for Leibowitz
Algis Budrys	Rogue Moon
Poul Anderson	The High Crusade
Theodore Sturgeon	Venus Plus X
Harry Harrison	Deathworld

Robert A. Heinlein

Honored for : Starship Troopers

Nominations 1960 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Gordon R. Dickson	Dorsai!
Robert A. Heinlein	Starship Troopers
Kurt Vonnegut	The Sirens of Titan
Murray Leinster	The Pirates of Zan
Randall Garrett	That Sweet Little Old Lady
Laurence Janifer	That Sweet Little Old Lady

James Blish

Honored for : A Case of Conscience

Nominations 1959 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
James Blish	A Case of Conscience
Robert A. Heinlein	Have Space Suit\u2014Will Travel
Robert Sheckley	Immortality, Inc.
Algis Budrys	Who?
Poul Anderson	The Enemy Stars

Robert A. Heinlein

Honored for : Double Star

Nominations 1956 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Robert A. Heinlein	Double Star

Mark Clifton, Frank Riley

Honored for : They'd Rather Be Right

Nominations 1955 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Frank Riley	They'd Rather Be Right
Mark Clifton	They'd Rather Be Right

Alfred Bester

Honored for : The Demolished Man

Nominations 1953 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Alfred Bester	The Demolished Man