Book prize

Hugo Award for Best Novel winners

71 winners and 195 nominees we hold, newest first. A prize can lift demand for a book's first printing, so each entry links to its first edition and the points that identify it.

All prizes

The Hugo Award for Best Novel has 71 winners we hold, from 1953 to 2026, and 195 nominees. The most recent winner here is Some Desperate Glory (2024), first published by Little, Brown in 2022. Each entry links to the first edition and the points that identify it.

Won

Winners

  1. 2024 Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh First edition: Little, Brown 2022
  2. 2023 Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher First edition: Doherty Associates, Tom 2022
  3. 2022 A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine First edition not yet identified
  4. 2021 Network Effect by Martha Wells First edition: Tor 2020
  5. 2020 A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine First edition: Tor 2019
  6. 2019 The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal First edition: Doherty Associates, Tom 2018
  7. 2018 The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin First edition: Orbit 2017
  8. 2017 The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin First edition: Orbit 2016
  9. 2016 The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin First edition: Orbit 2015
  10. 2015 The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin First edition: Chongqing Publishing House 2008
  11. 2014 Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie First edition: Orbit 2013
  12. 2013 Redshirts by John Scalzi First edition: Tor 2012
  13. 2012 Among Others by Jo Walton First edition: Tor 2011
  14. 2011 All Clear by Connie Willis First edition: Allen & Unwin 2010
  15. 2011 Blackout by Connie Willis First edition: Spectra 2010
  16. 2010 The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi First edition: Night Shade Books 2009
  17. 2009 The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman First edition: HarperCollins 2008
  18. 2008 The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon First edition: HarperCollins 2007
  19. 2007 Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge First edition: Tor/Tom Doherty Associates 2006
  20. 2006 Spin by Robert Charles Wilson First edition: Tor 2005
  21. 2005 Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke First edition: Bloomsbury USA 2004
  22. 2004 Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold First edition: Eos 2003
  23. 2003 Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer First edition: Tor 2002
  24. 2002 American Gods by Neil Gaiman First edition: Headline Publishing Group 2001
  25. 2001 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling First edition: Bloomsbury 2000
  26. 2000 A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge First edition: Tor 1999
  27. 1999 To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis First edition: Bantam Books 1997
  28. 1998 Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman First edition: Ace Books 1997
  29. 1997 Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson First edition: HarperCollins 1996
  30. 1996 The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson First edition: Bantam Books 1995
  31. 1995 Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold First edition: Baen Books 1994
  32. 1994 Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson First edition: HarperCollins 1993
  33. 1993 A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge First edition: Tor 1992
  34. 1993 Doomsday Book by Connie Willis First edition: Bantam Spectra 1992
  35. 1992 Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold First edition: Baen Books 1991
  36. 1991 The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold First edition: Baen Books 1990
  37. 1990 Hyperion by Dan Simmons First edition: Doubleday 1989
  38. 1989 Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh First edition: Warner Books 1988
  39. 1988 The Uplift War by David Brin First edition: Phantasia Press 1987
  40. 1986 Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card First edition: Tor Books 1985
  41. 1985 Neuromancer by William Gibson First edition: Ace Books 1984
  42. 1984 Startide Rising by David Brin First edition: Bantam Books 1983
  43. 1983 Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov First edition: Doubleday 1982
  44. 1982 Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh First edition: DAW Books 1981
  45. 1981 The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge First edition not yet identified
  46. 1980 The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke First edition: Victor Gollancz 1979
  47. 1979 Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre First edition not yet identified
  48. 1978 Gateway by Frederik Pohl First edition: St. Martin's Press 1977
  49. 1977 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm First edition: Harper & Row 1976
  50. 1976 The Forever War by Joe Haldeman First edition: St. Martin's Press 1974
  51. 1975 The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin First edition: Harper & Row 1974
  52. 1974 Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke First edition: Gollancz 1973
  53. 1973 The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov First edition: Doubleday 1972
  54. 1972 To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer First edition: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1971
  55. 1971 Ringworld by Larry Niven First edition: Ballantine Books 1970
  56. 1970 The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin First edition: Ace Books 1969
  57. 1969 Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner First edition: Doubleday 1968
  58. 1968 Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny First edition: Doubleday 1967
  59. 1966 Dune by Frank Herbert First edition: Chilton Book Co 1965
  60. 1966 This Immortal by Roger Zelazny First edition: Ace Books 1966
  61. 1965 The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber First edition: Tom Doherty Associates, c1964 1964
  62. 1964 Way Station by Clifford D. Simak First edition: Doubleday 1963
  63. 1963 The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick First edition: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1962
  64. 1962 Great Sf Heinlein Bxs by Robert A. Heinlein First edition not yet identified
  65. 1961 A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller First edition: Lippincott 1959
  66. 1960 Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein First edition: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1959
  67. 1959 A Case of Conscience by James Blish First edition: Ballantine Books 1958
  68. 1958 The Big Time by Fritz Leiber First edition not yet identified
  69. 1956 Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein First edition: Doubleday 1956
  70. 1955 They'd Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton First edition not yet identified
  71. 1953 The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester First edition: Shasta Publishers 1953
Shortlisted and nominated

Also in the running

  1. 2026 Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor First edition: Orion Publishing Group 2025
  2. 2024 Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera First edition: Tor 2023
  3. 2024 Starter Villain by John Scalzi First edition not yet identified
  4. 2024 Translation State by Ann Leckie First edition: Orbit 2023
  5. 2024 Witch King by Martha Wells First edition: Doherty Associates, Tom 2023
  6. 2023 Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree First edition: Cryptid Press 2022
  7. 2023 Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir First edition: Recorded Books 2022
  8. 2023 Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal First edition: Doherty Associates, Tom 2022
  9. 2023 The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi First edition not yet identified
  10. 2022 Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki First edition: Tor 2021
  11. 2022 Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir First edition: Ballantine Books 2021 £67 to £79
  12. 2022 She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan First edition: Tor 2021
  13. 2022 The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers First edition not yet identified
  14. 2021 Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir First edition: Tor.com 2020
  15. 2021 Piranesi by Susanna Clarke First edition: Bloomsbury Publishing 2020
  16. 2021 The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin First edition: Orbit 2020
  17. 2021 The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal First edition not yet identified
  18. 2020 Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir First edition: Tordotcom 2019
  19. 2020 The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley First edition: Saga Press 2019
  20. 2019 Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers First edition not yet identified
  21. 2019 Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee First edition: Solaris 2018
  22. 2019 Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente First edition: Gallery / Saga Press 2018
  23. 2019 Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik First edition: Pan Macmillan 2018
  24. 2018 New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson First edition: Orbit 2017
  25. 2018 Provenance by Ann Leckie First edition: Orbit 2017
  26. 2018 Raven Stratagem (Machineries of Empire) by Yoon Ha Lee First edition: Solaris 2017
  27. 2017 A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers First edition: Hodder & Stoughton 2016
  28. 2017 All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders First edition: Tor 2016
  29. 2017 Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer First edition: Tor 2016
  30. 2016 Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie First edition not yet identified
  31. 2016 Seveneves by Neal Stephenson First edition: HarperCollins 2015
  32. 2016 The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher First edition: Little, Brown 2015
  33. 2016 Uprooted by Naomi Novik First edition: Del Rey 2015
  34. 2015 Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie First edition: Orbit 2014
  35. 2015 Skin Game by Jim Butcher First edition: Roc 2014
  36. 2015 The Goblin Emperor by Sarah Monette First edition: Tor 2014
  37. 2014 Neptunes Brood by Charles Stross First edition: Little, Brown 2013
  38. 2014 Parasite by Seanan McGuire First edition: Orbit 2013
  39. 2013 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson First edition: Orbit 2012
  40. 2013 Blackout by Seanan McGuire First edition: Orbit 2012
  41. 2013 Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold First edition: Baen Books 2012
  42. 2013 Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed First edition: DAW Books 2012
  43. 2012 A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin First edition: Bantam Books 2011
  44. 2012 Embassytown by China Miéville First edition: Brand: Macmillan 2011
  45. 2012 Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey First edition: Orbit 2011
  46. 2011 Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold First edition: Baen Books 2010
  47. 2011 The Dervish House by Ian McDonald First edition: Gollancz 2010
  48. 2011 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin First edition: Orbit 2010
  49. 2010 Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente First edition: Bantam Spectra 2009
  50. 2010 WWW by Robert J. Sawyer First edition not yet identified
  51. 2009 Anathem by Neal Stephenson First edition: William Morrow 2008
  52. 2009 Little Brother by Cory Doctorow First edition: Doherty Associates, Tom 2008
  53. 2009 Saturn's Children by Charles Stross First edition not yet identified
  54. 2009 Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi First edition: Tor 2008
  55. 2008 Brasyl by Ian McDonald First edition: Gollancz 2007
  56. 2008 Halting State by Charles Stross First edition: Ace Books 2007
  57. 2008 Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer First edition: Tor 2007
  58. 2008 The Last Colony by John Scalzi First edition: Tor 2007
  59. 2007 Blindsight by Peter Watts First edition: Tor 2006
  60. 2007 Eifelheim by Michael F. Flynn First edition: Tor 2006
  61. 2007 Glasshouse by Charles Stross First edition: Orbit 2006
  62. 2007 Temeraire by Naomi Novik First edition: Voyager 2006
  63. 2006 A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin First edition: Bantam Books 2005
  64. 2006 Accelerando by Charles Stross First edition not yet identified
  65. 2006 Learning the World by Ken MacLeod First edition: Orbit 2005
  66. 2006 Old Man’s War by John Scalzi First edition: Doherty Associates, Tom 2005
  67. 2005 Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross First edition not yet identified
  68. 2005 The Algebraist by Iain Banks First edition: Orbit 2004
  69. 2004 Blind Lake by Robert Charles Wilson First edition: Tor 2003
  70. 2004 Singularity Sky by Charles Stross First edition not yet identified
  71. 2003 Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick First edition: EOS/HarperCollins 2002
  72. 2003 Kiln People by David Brin First edition: Tor 2002
  73. 2003 The Scar by China Miéville First edition: Macmillan 2002
  74. 2003 The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson First edition not yet identified
  75. 2002 Cosmonaut Keep by Ken MacLeod First edition: Orbit 2000
  76. 2002 Passage by Connie Willis First edition: Bantam Books 2001
  77. 2002 Perdido Street Station by China Miéville First edition: Macmillan 2000
  78. 2002 The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson First edition: Tor 2001
  79. 2002 The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold First edition: HarperCollins 2001
  80. 2001 A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin First edition: Voyager 2000
  81. 2001 Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer First edition: Tor 2000
  82. 2000 A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold First edition: Baen Books 1999
  83. 2000 Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson First edition: Avon Books 1999
  84. 2000 Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear First edition not yet identified
  85. 2000 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling First edition: Bloomsbury 1999 £385 to £650
  86. 1999 Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson First edition: Tor 1998
  87. 1999 Factoring Humanity by Robert J. Sawyer First edition: Tor 1998
  88. 1998 City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams First edition: HarperPrism 1997
  89. 1998 Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick First edition: Avon Books 1997
  90. 1998 The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons First edition: Bantam Books 1997
  91. 1997 Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold First edition: Baen Books 1996
  92. 1997 Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon First edition: Baen Books 1996
  93. 1997 Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer First edition: Ace Books 1996
  94. 1996 Brightness Reef by David Brin First edition: Bantam Books 1995
  95. 1996 Remake by Connie Willis First edition: M.V. Ziesing 1994
  96. 1996 The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer First edition: HarperPrism 1995
  97. 1996 The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter First edition: HarperCollins 1995
  98. 1995 Beggars & Choosers by Nancy Kress First edition: Tor 1994
  99. 1995 Mother of Storms by John Barnes First edition not yet identified
  100. 1995 Towing Jehovah by James Morrow First edition: Arrow Books 1994
  101. 1994 Glory Season by David Brin First edition: Bantam Books 1993
  102. 1994 Moving Mars by Greg Bear First edition not yet identified
  103. 1994 Virtual Light by William Gibson First edition: Bantam Books 1993
  104. 1993 Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson First edition: HarperCollins 1992
  105. 1992 Bone Dance by Emma Bull First edition: Ace Books 1991
  106. 1992 Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick First edition: Morrow 1991
  107. 1992 The Summer Queen by Joan D. Vinge First edition: Warner Books 1991
  108. 1991 Earth by David Brin First edition not yet identified
  109. 1991 Queen of Angels by Greg Bear First edition not yet identified
  110. 1991 The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons First edition: Doubleday 1990
  111. 1991 The Quiet Pools by Michael P. Kube-McDowell First edition: Ace Books 1990
  112. 1990 A Fire in the Sun by George Alec Effinger First edition: Doubleday 1989
  113. 1990 Grass by Sheri S. Tepper First edition not yet identified
  114. 1990 The Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson First edition: T. Doherty Associates 1989
  115. 1989 Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold First edition: Baen Books 1988
  116. 1989 Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson First edition: Gollancz 1988
  117. 1988 The Forge of God by Greg Bear First edition not yet identified
  118. 1988 The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe First edition not yet identified
  119. 1988 When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger First edition: Arbor House 1987
  120. 1987 Count Zero by William Gibson First edition: Gollancz 1986
  121. 1987 Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge First edition: St Martins Pr 1986
  122. 1986 Footfall by Larry Niven First edition not yet identified
  123. 1986 The Postman by David Brin First edition: Bantam Books 1985
  124. 1985 Job by Robert A. Heinlein First edition: Ballantine Books 1984
  125. 1985 The Integral Trees by Larry Niven First edition: Ballantine Books 1983
  126. 1985 The Peace War by Vernor Vinge First edition: Bluejay Books 1984
  127. 1984 Moreta by Anne McCaffrey First edition: Ballantine Books 1983
  128. 1984 The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov First edition: Doubleday 1983
  129. 1983 2010 by Arthur C. Clarke First edition: Ballantine Books 1982
  130. 1983 Friday by Robert A. Heinlein First edition: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1982
  131. 1983 The Pride of Chanur by C. J. Cherryh First edition: DAW Books 1982
  132. 1983 The Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe First edition: Timescape Books 1981
  133. 1982 Little, Big by John Crowley First edition: Bantam Books 1981
  134. 1982 Project Pope by Clifford D. Simak First edition: Ballantine Books 1981
  135. 1982 The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe First edition not yet identified
  136. 1982 The Many-Colored Land by Julian May First edition: Houghton Mifflin 1981
  137. 1981 Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl First edition not yet identified
  138. 1981 Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg First edition: Harper & Row 1980
  139. 1980 Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. McKillip First edition: Atheneum 1979
  140. 1980 Jem by Frederik Pohl First edition: St. Martin's Press 1979
  141. 1978 Dying of the Light by George R. R. Martin First edition: Simon & Schuster 1977
  142. 1978 Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven First edition not yet identified
  143. 1978 Time Storm by Gordon R. Dickson First edition: St. Martin's Press 1977
  144. 1977 Children of Dune by Frank Herbert First edition: Berkley 1976
  145. 1977 Man Plus by Frederik Pohl First edition not yet identified
  146. 1977 Shadrach in the Furnace by Robert Silverberg First edition: Bobbs-Merrill 1976
  147. 1976 Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny First edition: Harper & Row 1976
  148. 1976 The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester First edition: distributed by Putnam 1975
  149. 1975 Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick First edition: Doubleday 1974
  150. 1975 The Inverted World by Christopher Priest First edition: Faber & Faber 1974
  151. 1975 The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven First edition: Simon & Schuster 1974
  152. 1974 Protector by Larry Niven First edition: Ballantine Books 1973
  153. 1974 The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold First edition not yet identified
  154. 1973 A Choice of Gods by Clifford D. Simak First edition: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1971
  155. 1973 The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg First edition not yet identified
  156. 1973 When HARLIE Was One by David Gerrold First edition: Ballantine Books 1972
  157. 1972 A Time Of Changes by Robert Silverberg First edition: Doubleday 1971
  158. 1972 Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey First edition: Ballantine Books 1971
  159. 1972 The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin First edition: Scribner 1971
  160. 1971 Star Light by Hal Clement First edition not yet identified
  161. 1971 Tau Zero by Poul Anderson First edition: Doubleday 1970
  162. 1971 Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg First edition: Scribner 1970
  163. 1970 Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad First edition: Avon Books 1969
  164. 1970 Macroscope by Piers Anthony First edition: Avon Books 1969
  165. 1970 Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut First edition: Delacorte Press 1969
  166. 1970 Up the Line by Robert Silverberg First edition: Ballantine Books 1969
  167. 1969 Nova by Samuel R. Delany First edition: Doubleday 1968
  168. 1969 Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin First edition: Gregg Press 1968
  169. 1969 The Goblin Reservation by Clifford D. Simak First edition: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1968
  170. 1968 Chthon by Piers Anthony First edition: Ballantine Books 1967
  171. 1968 The Butterfly Kid by Chester Anderson First edition: Pyramid 1967
  172. 1968 The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany First edition not yet identified
  173. 1967 Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany First edition: Ace Books 1966
  174. 1967 The Witches of Karres by James H. Schmitz First edition: Ace Books 1966
  175. 1967 Too Many Magicians by Randall Garrett First edition not yet identified
  176. 1966 Skylark Duquesne by Edward Elmer Smith First edition: Pyramid Books 1966
  177. 1966 The Squares of the City by John Brunner First edition not yet identified
  178. 1965 The Whole Man by John Brunner First edition: Walker 1964
  179. 1964 Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut First edition: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1963
  180. 1964 Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein First edition: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1963
  181. 1964 Witch World by Andre Norton First edition: Ace Books 1963
  182. 1963 A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke First edition: Gollancz 1961
  183. 1963 Little Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper First edition: Ace Books 1962
  184. 1963 The Sword of Aldones by Marion Zimmer Bradley First edition: Ace Books 1962
  185. 1962 Dark Universe by Daniel F. Galouye First edition: Bantam Books 1961
  186. 1962 Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison First edition: Bantam Books 1962
  187. 1962 Time Is the Simplest Thing by Clifford D. Simak First edition: Doubleday 1961
  188. 1961 Deathworld by Harry Harrison First edition: Bantam Books 1960
  189. 1961 The High Crusade by Poul Anderson First edition: Doubleday 1960
  190. 1961 Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon First edition: Pyramid Books 1960
  191. 1960 Dorsai! by Gordon R. Dickson First edition not yet identified
  192. 1960 The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut First edition: Dell 1959
  193. 1959 Have Spacesuit--Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein First edition: Scribner 1958
  194. 1959 Immortality Inc by Robert Sheckley First edition not yet identified
  195. 1956 The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov First edition: Doubleday 1955

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