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Hugo Award Best Novel Nominees and Winners ( 1953 - present )
Spanning generations, this list aims to compile all of the Nominees (and winners) from the inaugural 1953 presentation of The Hugo Award to the present. There are many exceptional books here that deserve just as much attention that are normally given to the winners. Some notable omissions include the "Retro" awards that were held to nominate and award book in years where Hugo awards were not given. Additionally, the entire Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson is omitted as it is not a single book. The entire series was nominated as a single entry in 2014. I only omit it here for the sake of not confusing the individual books not being nominated in their release years (I personally consider it an incredible series and highly recommend reading it in its entirety if you can handle the investment.)
Moreta
Anne McCaffrey, 1983
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
Frederik Pohl, 1980
The Ringworld Engineers
Larry Niven, 1979
The Snow Queen
Joan D. Vinge, 1980
Little, Big
John Crowley, 1981
Project Pope
Clifford D. Simak, 1981
The Many Coloured Land & The Golden Torc
Julian May
The Sword of the Lictor
Gene Wolfe, 1981
2010: Odyssey Two
Arthur C. Clarke, 1982
The Pride of Chanur
C. J. Cherryh, 1981
The Robots of Dawn
Isaac Asimov, 1958
MILLENIUM
John Varley, 1983
TEA WITH THE BLACK DRAGON
R.A. MacAvoy, 1983
Startide Rising
David Brin, 1983
Neuromancer
William Gibson, 1984
Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card, 1986
Job: A Comedy of Justice
Robert A. Heinlein, 1984
The Peace War
Vernor Vinge
The Integral Trees
Larry Niven, 1983
Emergence
David R. Palmer, 1984
Cuckoo's Egg
C. J. Cherryh, 1985
The Ragged Astronauts
Bob Shaw, 1986
Footfall
Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven, 1985
Count Zero
William Gibson, 1986
§ About this list
- Books
- 348
- Published
- 1958–1986
- Average rating (top 24)
- 3.9 / 5 across 3,858 ratings
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Adventure, Classics, Fiction
Most-rated on Hugo Award Best Novel Nominees and Winners ( 1953 - present )
- 1Neuromancer · William Gibson
- 2Speaker for the Dead · Orson Scott Card
- 3Count Zero · William Gibson
Common questions about Hugo Award Best Novel Nominees and Winners ( 1953 - present )
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- Hugo Award Best Novel Nominees and Winners ( 1953 - present ) has 348 books, published between 1958 and 1986.
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- Neuromancer by William Gibson is the most-rated book on the list, with 1,505 ratings and a 3.8 average.
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- Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card has the highest average rating among the list's books with at least 100 ratings: 4.1 out of 5.
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- Start with Neuromancer, Speaker for the Dead and Count Zero: the three most-rated books on the list.
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- The books on this list are tagged Science Fiction, Adventure, Classics and Fiction.
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