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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.)
Brightness Reef
David Brin, 1995
The Sky Road
Ken MacLeod, 1999
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, 1969
The Urth of the New Sun
Gene Wolfe, 1987
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, 2019
Skin Game
Jim Butcher, 2014
Barrayar
Lois McMaster Bujold, 1991
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes, 1959
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman, 2008
Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut, 1963
Memory
Lois McMaster Bujold, 1988
A Civil Campaign
Lois McMaster Bujold, 1999
Mirror Dance
Lois McMaster Bujold, 1994
Uprooted
Naomi Novik, 2015
Cryoburn
Lois McMaster Bujold, 2010
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
Lois McMaster Bujold, 2012
Seveneves
Neal Stephenson, 2015
Cryptonomicon
Neal Stephenson, 1999
Redshirts
John Scalzi, 2012
Starship Troopers
Robert A. Heinlein, 1959
Moreta
Anne McCaffrey, 1983
Starter Villain
John Scalzi, 2023
The Kaiju Preservation Society
John Scalzi, 2022
Nettle & Bone
T. Kingfisher, 2022
§ About this list
- Books
- 348
- Published
- 1959–2023
- Average rating (top 24)
- 4.1 / 5 across 14,193 ratings
- Genres
- Fantasy, Adventure, Classics, Space
Most-rated on Hugo Award Best Novel Nominees and Winners ( 1953 - present )
- 1Slaughterhouse-Five · Kurt Vonnegut
- 2Piranesi · Susanna Clarke
- 3Flowers for Algernon · Daniel Keyes
Common questions about Hugo Award Best Novel Nominees and Winners ( 1953 - present )
- How many books are on Hugo Award Best Novel Nominees and Winners ( 1953 - present )?
- Hugo Award Best Novel Nominees and Winners ( 1953 - present ) has 348 books, published between 1959 and 2023.
- Which book on Hugo Award Best Novel Nominees and Winners ( 1953 - present ) is the most popular?
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut is the most-rated book on the list, with 2,326 ratings and a 4.1 average.
- What is the highest-rated book on Hugo Award Best Novel Nominees and Winners ( 1953 - present )?
- Skin Game by Jim Butcher has the highest average rating among the list's books with at least 100 ratings: 4.5 out of 5.
- Where should I start with Hugo Award Best Novel Nominees and Winners ( 1953 - present )?
- Start with Slaughterhouse-Five, Piranesi and Flowers for Algernon: the three most-rated books on the list.
- What genres are on Hugo Award Best Novel Nominees and Winners ( 1953 - present )?
- The books on this list are tagged Fantasy, Adventure, Classics and Space.