The Hugo Awards are given annually by the World Science Fiction Society, to acknowledge excellence in science fiction writing.
Best Novel Awards
2006
Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
Accelerando by Charles Stross
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
A Feast for Crows by George R R Martin
2005
Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross
Iron Council by China Miéville
The Algebraist by Iain M Banks
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (winner)
2004
Blind Lake by Robert Charles Wilson
Humans by Robert J Sawyer
Singularity Sky by Charles Stross
Ilium by Dan Simmons
Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (winner)
2003
Kil’n People by David Brin
The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Scar by China Miéville
Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick
Hominids by Robert J Sawyer (winner)
2002
Passage by Connie Willis
The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
Cosmonaut Keep by Ken MacLeod
American Gods by Neil Gaiman (winner)
2001
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
The Sky Road by Ken MacLeod
A Storm of Swords by George R R Martin
Calculating God by Robert J Sawyer
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J K Rowling (winner)
2000
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J K Rowling
A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
Darwin’s Radio by Greg Bear
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge (winner)
1999
Factoring Humanity by Robert J Sawyer
Distraction by Bruce Sterling
Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson
Children of God by Mary Doria Russell
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (winner)
1998
City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams
Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick
The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons
Frameshift by Robert J Sawyer
Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman (winner)
1997
Starplex by Robert J Sawyer
Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon
Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
Holy Fire by Bruce Sterling
Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (winner)
1996
Remake by Connie Willis
The Terminal Experiment by Robert J Sawyer
Brightness Reef by David Brin
The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson (winner)
1995
Towing Jehovah by James Morrow
Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress
Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop
Mother of Storms by John Barnes
Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold (winner)
1994
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
Virtual Light by William Gibson
Glory Season by David Brin
Moving Mars by Greg Bear
Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (winner)
1993
Steel Beach by John Varley
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F McHugh
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (winner)
A Fire upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (winner)
1992
Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
Bone Dance by Emma Bull
The Summer Queen by Joan D Vinge
Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold (winner)
1991
The Quiet Pools by Michael P Kube-McDowell
Queen of Angels by Greg Bear
The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Earth by David Brin
The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold (winner)
1990
Grass by Sheri S Tepper
A Fire in the Sun by George Alec Effinger
Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card
The Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson
Hyperion by Dan Simmons (winner)
1989
Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling
Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card
The Betrayal by C J Cherryh (winner)
1988
The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
The Forge of God by Greg Bear
The Uplift War by David Brin (winner)
1987
Marooned in Real Time by Vernor Vinge
The Ragged Astronauts by Bob Shaw
Black Genesis by L Ron Hubbard
Count Zero by William Gibson
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card (winner)
1986
Blood Music by Greg Bear
The Postman by David Brin
Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Cuckoo’s Egg by C J Cherryh
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (winner)
1985
The Peace War by Vernor Vinge
Emergence by David R Palmer
The Integral Trees by Larry Niven
Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert Heinlein
Neuromancer by William Gibson (winner)
1984
Millennium by John Varley
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
Tea with the Black Dragon by R A MacAvoy
The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov
Startide Rising by David Brin (winner)
1983
The Pride of Chanur by C J Cherryh
Courtship Rite by Donald M Kingsbury
Friday by Robert Heinlein
2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C Clarke
Foundation’s Edge by Isaac Asimov (winner)
1982
Project Pope by Clifford D Simak
The Many-Coloured Land by Julian May
Little, Big by John Crowley
Downbelow Station by C J Cherry (winner)
1981
Wizard by John Varley
The Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven
Lord Valentine’s Castle by Robert Silverberg
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl
The Snowqueen by Joan D Vinge (winner)
1980
Titan by John Varley
On Wings of Song by Thomas M Disch
Jem by Frederik Pohl
Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A McKillip
The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C Clarke (winner)
1979
The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey
Blind Voices by Tom Reamy
Kesrith by C J Cherryh
Dreamsnake by Vonda N McIntyre (winner)
1978
Dying of the Light by George R R Martin
Time Storm by Gordon R Dickson
Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
The Forbidden Tower by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Gateway by Frederik Pohl (winner)
1977
Mindbridge by Joe Haldeman
Shadrach in the Furnace by Robert Silverberg
Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm (winner)
1976
The Computer Connection by Alfred Bester
Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Doorways in the Sand by Roger Zelazny
The Stochastic Man by Robert Silverberg
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (winner)
1975
The Inverted World by Christopher Priest
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K Dick
Fire Time by Poul Anderson
The Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin (winner)
1974
Time Enough for Love: The Lives of Lazarus Long by Robert Heinlein
The People of the Wind by Poul Anderson
Protector by Larry Niven
The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke (winner)
1973
When Harlie Was One by David Gerrold
The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg
There Will Be Time by Poul Anderson
A Choice of Gods by Clifford D Simak
Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg
The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov (winner)
1972
Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey
The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K Le Guin
A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny
To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer (winner)
1971
Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg
Tau Zero by Poul Anderson
The Year of the Quiet Sun by Wilson Tucker
Starlight by Hal Clement
Ringworld by Larry Niven (winner)
1970
Macroscope by Piers Anthony
Up the Line by Robert Silverberg
Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin (winner)
1969
Past Master by R A Lafferty
Nova by Samuel R Delany
The Goblin Reservation by Clifford D Simak
Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner (winner)
1968
Chthon by Piers Anthony
The Butterfly Kid by Chester Anderson
Thorns by Robert Silverberg
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny (winner)
1967
Babel-17 by Samuel R Delany
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Too Many Magicians by Randall Garrett
Day of the Minotaur by Thomas Burnett Swann
The Witches of Karres by James Schmitz
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein (winner)
1966
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein
The Squares of the City by John Brunner
Skylark DuQuesne by E E ‘doc’ Smith
Dune by Frank Herbert (winner)
This Immortal by Roger Zelazny (winner)
1965
The Whole Man by John Brunner
The Planet Buyer by Cordwainer Smith
Davy by Edgar Pangborn
The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber (winner)
1964
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Dune by Frank Herbert
Witch World by Andre Norton
Glory Road by Robert Heinlein
Way Station by Clifford D Simak (winner)
1963
Sylva by Vercors
Little Fuzzy by H Beam Piper
A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C Clarke
The Sword of Aldones by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick (winner)
1962
Second Ending by James White
Time Is the Simplest Thing by Clifford D Simak
Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison
Dark Universe by Daniel F Galouye
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein (winner)
1961
Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon
Deathworld by Harry Harrison
Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys
The High Crusade by Poul Anderson
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller (winner)
1960
Dorsai! by Gordon R Dickson
The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr
That Sweet Little Old Lady by Mark Phillips (Randall Garrett and Laurence M Janifer)
The Pirates of Zan by Murray Leinster
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein (winner)
1959
Immortality Inc by Robert Sheckley
Have Spacesuit – Will Travel by Robert Heinlein
Who? by Algis Budrys
The Enemy Stars by Poul Anderson
A Case of Conscience by James Blish (winner)
1958
The Big Time by Fritz Leiber (winner)
1955
They’d Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley (winner)
1953
The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester (winner)