Hugo Award for Best Novel Winners: Complete List by Year

75 winning results from 1953 to 2026, plus 287 recorded shortlist and finalist results. Explore the chronological list and follow the links to authors, available book guides and other winners from the same year.

Country: United States
Founded: 1953
Frequency: Annual
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Science fiction and fantasy's most prestigious award, voted by members of the World Science Fiction Convention.

Winners by year

Year	Book / recipient	Award	Result
2026	The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2025	The Tainted Cup Robert Jackson Bennett	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2024	Some Desperate Glory Emily Tesh	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2023	Nettle & Bone Ursula Vernon	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2022	A Desolation Called Peace Arkady Martine	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2021	Network Effect Martha Wells	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2020	A Memory Called Empire Arkady Martine	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2019	The Calculating Stars Mary Robinette Kowal	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2018	The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2017	The Obelisk Gate N. K. Jemisin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2016	The Fifth Season N. K. Jemisin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2015	The Three-Body Problem Cixin Liu Translated by Ken Liu	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2014	Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2013	Redshirts John Scalzi	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2012	Among Others Jo Walton	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2011	Blackout/All Clear Connie Willis	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2010	The City & the City China Miéville	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2010	The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2009	The Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2008	The Yiddish Policemen's Union Michael Chabon	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2007	Rainbows End Vernor Vinge	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2006	Spin Robert Charles Wilson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2005	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2004	Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2003	Hominids Robert J. Sawyer	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2002	American Gods Neil Gaiman	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2001	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
2000	A Deepness in the Sky Vernor Vinge	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1999	To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1998	Forever Peace Joe Haldeman	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1997	Blue Mars Kim Stanley Robinson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1996	The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1995	Mirror Dance Lois McMaster Bujold	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1994	Green Mars Kim Stanley Robinson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1993	Doomsday Book Connie Willis	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1993	A Fire Upon the Deep Vernor Vinge	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1992	Barrayar Lois McMaster Bujold	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1991	The Vor Game Lois McMaster Bujold	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1990	Hyperion Dan Simmons	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1989	Cyteen C. J. Cherryh	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1988	The Uplift War David Brin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1987	Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1986	Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1985	Neuromancer William Gibson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1984	Startide Rising David Brin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1983	Foundation's Edge Isaac Asimov	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1982	Downbelow Station C. J. Cherryh	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1981	The Snow Queen Joan D. Vinge	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1980	The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1979	Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1978	Gateway Frederik Pohl	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1977	Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang Kate Wilhelm	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1976	The Forever War Joe Haldeman	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1975	The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1974	Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1973	The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1972	To Your Scattered Bodies Go Philip José Farmer	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1971	Ringworld Larry Niven	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1970	The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1969	Stand on Zanzibar John Brunner	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1968	Lord of Light Roger Zelazny	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1967	The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1966	Dune Frank Herbert	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1966	...And Call Me Conrad Roger Zelazny	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1965	The Wanderer Fritz Leiber	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1964	Here Gather the Stars Clifford D. Simak	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1963	The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1962	Stranger in a Strange Land Robert A. Heinlein	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1961	A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller, Jr.	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1960	Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1959	A Case of Conscience James Blish	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1958	The Big Time Fritz Leiber	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1956	Double Star Robert A. Heinlein	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1955	They'd Rather Be Right Mark Clifton & Frank Riley	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource
1953	The Demolished Man Alfred Bester	Hugo Award for Best Novel	winnerSource

Shortlists and finalists

These books reached a shortlist or final round. They are not counted as winners. Coverage depends on the published historical record.

Year	Book / recipient	Award	Result
2026	Shroud Adrian Tchaikovsky	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2026	The Raven Scholar Antonia Hodgson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2026	The Incandescent Emily Tesh	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2026	Death of the Author Nnedi Okorafor	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2026	A Drop of Corruption Robert Jackson Bennett	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2025	Alien Clay Adrian Tchaikovsky	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2025	Service Model Adrian Tchaikovsky	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2025	Someone You Can Build a Nest In John Wiswell	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2025	The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2025	A Sorceress Comes to Call Ursula Vernon	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2024	Translation State Ann Leckie	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2024	Starter Villain John Scalzi	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2024	Witch King Martha Wells	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2024	The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi Shannon Chakraborty	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2024	The Saint of Bright Doors Vajra Chandrasekera	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2023	The Kaiju Preservation Society John Scalzi	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2023	The Spare Man Mary Robinette Kowal	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2023	The Daughter of Doctor Moreau Silvia Moreno-Garcia	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2023	Nona the Ninth Tamsyn Muir	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2023	Legends & Lattes Travis Baldree	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2022	Project Hail Mary Andy Weir	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2022	The Galaxy, and the Ground Within Becky Chambers	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2022	A Master of Djinn P. Djèlí Clark	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2022	Light From Uncommon Stars Ryka Aoki	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2022	She Who Became the Sun Shelley Parker-Chan	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2021	The Relentless Moon Mary Robinette Kowal	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2021	The City We Became N. K. Jemisin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2021	Black Sun Rebecca Roanhorse	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2021	Piranesi Susanna Clarke	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2021	Harrow the Ninth Tamsyn Muir	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2020	The Ten Thousand Doors of January Alix E. Harrow	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2020	The City in the Middle of the Night Charlie Jane Anders	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2020	The Light Brigade Kameron Hurley	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2020	Middlegame Seanan McGuire	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2020	Gideon the Ninth Tamsyn Muir	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2019	Record of a Spaceborn Few Becky Chambers	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2019	Space Opera Catherynne M. Valente	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2019	Spinning Silver Naomi Novik	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2019	Trail of Lightning Rebecca Roanhorse	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2019	Revenant Gun Yoon Ha Lee	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2018	Provenance Ann Leckie	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2018	The Collapsing Empire John Scalzi	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2018	New York 2140 Kim Stanley Robinson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2018	Six Wakes Mur Lafferty	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2018	Raven Stratagem Yoon Ha Lee	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2017	Too Like the Lightning Ada Palmer	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2017	A Closed and Common Orbit Becky Chambers	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2017	All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2017	Death's End Cixin Liu Translated by Ken Liu	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2017	Ninefox Gambit Yoon Ha Lee	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2016	Ancillary Mercy Ann Leckie	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2016	The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut's Windlass Jim Butcher	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2016	Uprooted Naomi Novik	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2016	Seveneves Neal Stephenson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2015	Ancillary Sword Ann Leckie	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2015	Skin Game Jim Butcher	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2015	The Goblin Emperor Katherine Addison	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2015	The Dark Between the Stars Kevin J. Anderson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2014	Neptune's Brood Charles Stross	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2014	Warbound Larry Correia	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2014	Parasite Mira Grant	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2014	The Wheel of Time Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2013	2312 Kim Stanley Robinson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2013	Captain Vorpatril's Alliance Lois McMaster Bujold	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2013	Blackout Mira Grant	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2013	Throne of the Crescent Moon Saladin Ahmed	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2012	Embassytown China Miéville	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2012	A Dance with Dragons George R. R. Martin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2012	Leviathan Wakes James S. A. Corey	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2012	Deadline Mira Grant	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2011	The Dervish House Ian McDonald	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2011	Cryoburn Lois McMaster Bujold	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2011	Feed Mira Grant	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2011	The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms N. K. Jemisin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2010	Palimpsest Catherynne M. Valente	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2010	Boneshaker Cherie Priest	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2010	Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America Robert Charles Wilson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2010	Wake Robert J. Sawyer	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2009	Saturn's Children Charles Stross	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2009	Little Brother Cory Doctorow	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2009	Zoe's Tale John Scalzi	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2009	Anathem Neal Stephenson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2008	Halting State Charles Stross	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2008	Brasyl Ian McDonald	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2008	The Last Colony John Scalzi	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2008	Rollback Robert J. Sawyer	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2007	Glasshouse Charles Stross	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2007	Eifelheim Michael F. Flynn	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2007	His Majesty's Dragon Naomi Novik	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2007	Blindsight Peter Watts	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2006	Accelerando Charles Stross	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2006	A Feast for Crows George R. R. Martin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2006	Old Man's War John Scalzi	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2006	Learning the World Ken MacLeod	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2005	Iron Sunrise Charles Stross	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2005	Iron Council China Miéville	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2005	The Algebraist Iain M. Banks	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2005	River of Gods Ian McDonald	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2004	Singularity Sky Charles Stross	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2004	Ilium Dan Simmons	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2004	Blind Lake Robert Charles Wilson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2004	Humans Robert J. Sawyer	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2003	The Scar China Miéville	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2003	Kiln People David Brin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2003	The Years of Rice and Salt Kim Stanley Robinson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2003	Bones of the Earth Michael Swanwick	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2002	Perdido Street Station China Miéville	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2002	Passage Connie Willis	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2002	Cosmonaut Keep Ken MacLeod	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2002	The Curse of Chalion Lois McMaster Bujold	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2002	The Chronoliths Robert Charles Wilson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2001	A Storm of Swords George R. R. Martin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2001	The Sky Road Ken MacLeod	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2001	Midnight Robber Nalo Hopkinson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2001	Calculating God Robert J. Sawyer	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2000	Darwin's Radio Greg Bear	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2000	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2000	A Civil Campaign Lois McMaster Bujold	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
2000	Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1999	Distraction Bruce Sterling	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1999	Children of God Mary Doria Russell	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1999	Darwinia Robert Charles Wilson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1999	Factoring Humanity Robert J. Sawyer	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1998	The Rise of Endymion Dan Simmons	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1998	Jack Faust Michael Swanwick	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1998	Frameshift Robert J. Sawyer	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1998	City on Fire Walter Jon Williams	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1997	Holy Fire Bruce Sterling	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1997	Remnant Population Elizabeth Moon	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1997	Memory Lois McMaster Bujold	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1997	Starplex Robert J. Sawyer	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1996	Remake Connie Willis	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1996	Brightness Reef David Brin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1996	The Terminal Experiment Robert J. Sawyer	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1996	The Time Ships Stephen Baxter	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1995	Towing Jehovah James K. Morrow	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1995	Mother of Storms John Barnes	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1995	Brittle Innings Michael Bishop	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1995	Beggars and Choosers Nancy Kress	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1994	Glory Season David Brin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1994	Moving Mars Greg Bear	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1994	Beggars in Spain Nancy Kress	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1994	Virtual Light William Gibson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1993	Steel Beach John Varley	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1993	Red Mars Kim Stanley Robinson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1993	China Mountain Zhang Maureen F. McHugh	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1992	All the Weyrs of Pern Anne McCaffrey	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1992	Bone Dance Emma Bull	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1992	The Summer Queen Joan D. Vinge	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1992	Stations of the Tide Michael Swanwick	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1992	Xenocide Orson Scott Card	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1991	The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1991	Earth David Brin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1991	Queen of Angels Greg Bear	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1991	The Quiet Pools Michael P. Kube-McDowell	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1990	A Fire in the Sun George Alec Effinger	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1990	Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1990	The Boat of a Million Years Poul Anderson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1990	Grass Sheri S. Tepper	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1989	Islands in the Net Bruce Sterling	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1989	Falling Free Lois McMaster Bujold	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1989	Red Prophet Orson Scott Card	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1989	Mona Lisa Overdrive William Gibson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1988	The Urth of the New Sun Gene Wolfe	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1988	When Gravity Fails George Alec Effinger	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1988	The Forge of God Greg Bear	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1988	Seventh Son Orson Scott Card	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1987	The Ragged Astronauts Bob Shaw	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1987	Black Genesis L. Ron Hubbard	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1987	Marooned in Realtime Vernor Vinge	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1987	Count Zero William Gibson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1986	Cuckoo's Egg C. J. Cherryh	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1986	The Postman David Brin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1986	Blood Music Greg Bear	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1986	Footfall Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1985	Emergence David R. Palmer	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1985	The Integral Trees Larry Niven	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1985	Job: A Comedy of Justice Robert A. Heinlein	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1985	The Peace War Vernor Vinge	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1984	Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern Anne McCaffrey	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1984	The Robots of Dawn Isaac Asimov	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1984	Millennium John Varley	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1984	Tea with the Black Dragon R. A. MacAvoy	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1983	2010: Odyssey Two Arthur C. Clarke	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1983	The Pride of Chanur C. J. Cherryh	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1983	Courtship Rite Donald Kingsbury	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1983	The Sword of the Lictor Gene Wolfe	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1983	Friday Robert A. Heinlein	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1982	Project Pope Clifford D. Simak	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1982	The Claw of the Conciliator Gene Wolfe	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1982	Little, Big John Crowley	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1982	The Many-Colored Land Julian May	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1981	Beyond the Blue Event Horizon Frederik Pohl	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1981	Wizard John Varley	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1981	The Ringworld Engineers Larry Niven	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1981	Lord Valentine's Castle Robert Silverberg	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1980	Jem Frederik Pohl	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1980	Titan John Varley	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1980	Harpist in the Wind Patricia A. McKillip	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1980	On Wings of Song Thomas M. Disch	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1979	The White Dragon Anne McCaffrey	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1979	The Faded Sun: Kesrith C. J. Cherryh	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1979	Blind Voices Tom Reamy	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1978	Dying of the Light George R. R. Martin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1978	Time Storm Gordon R. Dickson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1978	Lucifer's Hammer Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1978	The Forbidden Tower Marion Zimmer Bradley	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1977	Children of Dune Frank Herbert	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1977	Man Plus Frederik Pohl	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1977	Mindbridge Joe Haldeman	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1977	Shadrach in the Furnace Robert Silverberg	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1976	The Computer Connection Alfred Bester	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1976	Inferno Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1976	The Stochastic Man Robert Silverberg	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1976	Doorways in the Sand Roger Zelazny	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1975	Inverted World Christopher Priest	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1975	The Mote in God's Eye Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1975	Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said Philip K. Dick	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1975	Fire Time Poul Anderson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1974	The Man Who Folded Himself David Gerrold	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1974	Protector Larry Niven	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1974	The People of the Wind Poul Anderson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1974	Time Enough for Love Robert A. Heinlein	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1973	A Choice of Gods Clifford D. Simak	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1973	When HARLIE Was One David Gerrold	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1973	There Will Be Time Poul Anderson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1973	The Book of Skulls Robert Silverberg	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1973	Dying Inside Robert Silverberg	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1972	Dragonquest Anne McCaffrey	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1972	A Time of Changes Robert Silverberg	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1972	Jack of Shadows Roger Zelazny	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1972	The Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. Le Guin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1971	Star Light Hal Clement	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1971	Tau Zero Poul Anderson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1971	Tower of Glass Robert Silverberg	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1971	The Year of the Quiet Sun Wilson Tucker	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1970	Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1970	Bug Jack Barron Norman Spinrad	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1970	Macroscope Piers Anthony	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1970	Up the Line Robert Silverberg	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1969	Rite of Passage Alexei Panshin	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1969	The Goblin Reservation Clifford D. Simak	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1969	Past Master R. A. Lafferty	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1969	Nova Samuel R. Delany	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1968	The Butterfly Kid Chester Anderson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1968	Chthon Piers Anthony	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1968	Thorns Robert Silverberg	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1968	The Einstein Intersection Samuel R. Delany	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1967	Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1967	The Witches of Karres James H. Schmitz	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1967	Too Many Magicians Randall Garrett	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1967	Babel-17 Samuel R. Delany	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1967	Day of the Minotaur Thomas Burnett Swann	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1966	Skylark DuQuesne Edward E. Smith	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1966	The Squares of the City John Brunner	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1966	The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1965	The Planet Buyer Cordwainer Smith	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1965	Davy Edgar Pangborn	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1965	The Whole Man John Brunner	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1964	Witch World Andre Norton	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1964	Dune World Frank Herbert	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1964	Cat's Cradle Kurt Vonnegut	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1964	Glory Road Robert A. Heinlein	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1963	A Fall of Moondust Arthur C. Clarke	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1963	Little Fuzzy H. Beam Piper	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1963	Sylva Jean Bruller Translated by Rita Barisse	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1963	The Sword of Aldones Marion Zimmer Bradley	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1962	The Fisherman Clifford D. Simak	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1962	Dark Universe Daniel F. Galouye	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1962	Planet of the Damned Harry Harrison	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1962	Second Ending James White	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1961	Rogue Moon Algis Budrys	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1961	Deathworld Harry Harrison	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1961	The High Crusade Poul Anderson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1961	Venus Plus X Theodore Sturgeon	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1960	Dorsai! Gordon R. Dickson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1960	The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1960	That Sweet Little Old Lady Mark Phillips	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1960	The Pirates of Ersatz Murray Leinster	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1959	Who? Algis Budrys	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1959	We Have Fed Our Sea Poul Anderson	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1959	Have Space Suit — Will Travel Robert A. Heinlein	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1959	Time Killer Robert Sheckley	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1956	Not This August Cyril M. Kornbluth	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1956	Call Him Dead Eric Frank Russell	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1956	The End of Eternity Isaac Asimov	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource
1956	The Long Tomorrow Leigh Brackett	Hugo Award for Best Novel	finalistSource

Sources and coverage

Records retrieved 2026-09-18. Every winning year in the 1953–2026 coverage period is represented, allowing for the exceptions below. This completeness check covers years, not an independently verified count of every finalist. Each row links to its source.

Years without an award in this category, or outside its award cycle: 1954, 1957.

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