Winners of the Hugo Award for Best Novel. Does not include Retro-Hugos.
Hugo Award for Best Novel Public
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The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
4 stars
What Happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when said bio-terrorism forces humanity to the …
Phil in SF says: Co-winner in 2010.
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The City & the City by China Miéville
4 stars
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to …
Phil in SF says: Co-winner in 2010.
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4 stars
In her first novel since 2002, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author Connie Willis returns with a stunning, enormously entertaining novel …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2011.
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4 stars
Seeking refuge in fantasy novel worlds throughout a youth under the shadow of a dubiously sane half-brother who dabbled in …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2012.
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4 stars
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2013.
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Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
4 stars
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Breq is both …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2014.
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The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Trilogy, #1)
4 stars
Within the context of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a military project sends messages to alien worlds. A nearby alien society …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2015.
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The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #1)
5 stars
This is the way the world ends. Again.
Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2016.
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Phil in SF says: Winner in 2017.
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The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #3)
5 stars
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME.
The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2018.
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The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel by Mary Robinette Kowal (Lady Astronaut, #1)
The Calculating Stars is a science fiction novel by American writer Mary Robinette Kowal. The book was published by Tor …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2019.
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A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
4 stars
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2020.
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Network Effect by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
5 stars
I’m usually alone in my head, and that’s where 90 plus percent of my problems are.
When Murderbot's human associates …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2021.
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Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine (Teixcalaan book 2)
4 stars
Sequel to A Memory Called Empire.
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2022.
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Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
5 stars
After years of seeing her sisters suffer at the hands of an abusive prince, Marra—the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter—has finally …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2023.
