Hugo Award for Best Novel
{{Short description|Annual award for science fiction or fantasy}}
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{{Infobox award
| name = Hugo Award for Best Novel
| current_awards =
| awarded_for = Best science fiction or fantasy story of 40,000 words or more published in the prior calendar year
| presenter = World Science Fiction Society
| country =
| location =
| year = 1953
| holder = Emily Tesh (Some Desperate Glory)
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| most_nominations =
| website = {{URL|http://thehugoawards.org}}
}}
The Hugo Award for Best Novel is one of the Hugo Awards given each year by the World Science Fiction Society for science fiction or fantasy stories published in, or translated to, English during the previous calendar year. The novel award is available for works of fiction of 40,000 words or more; awards are also given out in the short story, novelette, and novella categories. The Hugo Awards have been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction", and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing".
The Hugo Award for Best Novel has been awarded annually by the World Science Fiction Society since 1953, except in 1954 and 1957. In addition, beginning in 1996, Retrospective Hugo Awards or "Retro-Hugos" have been available for works published 50, 75, or 100 years prior. Retro-Hugos may only be awarded for years after 1939 in which no awards were originally given. Retro-Hugo awards have been given for novels for 1939, 1941, 1943–1946, 1951, and 1954.
Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by supporting or attending members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention, or Worldcon, and the presentation evening constitutes its central event. The final selection process is defined in the World Science Fiction Society Constitution as instant-runoff voting with six finalists, except in the case of a tie. The novels on the ballot are the six most-nominated by members that year, with no limit on the number of stories that can be nominated. The 1953, 1955, and 1958 awards did not include a recognition of runner-up novels, but since 1959 all final candidates have been recorded. Initial nominations are made by members from January through March, while voting on the ballot of six finalists is performed roughly from April through July, subject to change depending on when that year's Worldcon is held. Prior to 2017, the final ballot was five works; it was changed that year to six, with each initial nominator limited to five nominations. Worldcons are generally held in August or early September, and are held in a different city around the world each year.
During the 79 nomination years, 172 authors have had works as finalists and 54 have won (including co-authors, ties, and Retro-Hugos). Two translators have been noted along with the author of a novel written in a language other than English: Ken Liu, in 2015 and 2017, for translations of two works from Chinese; and Rita Barisse, in 2019, who was retroactively noted as the translator of a 1963 French novel. Robert A. Heinlein has won the most Hugos for Best Novel, and also received the most final ballot nominations; he has six wins (four Hugos and two Retro-Hugos) on twelve nominations. Lois McMaster Bujold has received four Hugos on ten nominations. Five authors have won three times: Isaac Asimov and Fritz Leiber (with two Hugos and one Retro-Hugo each), N. K. Jemisin, Connie Willis, and Vernor Vinge. Nine other authors have won the award twice. The next-most nominations by a winning author are held by Robert J. Sawyer and Larry Niven, who have been nominated nine and eight times, respectively, and have each only won once. With nine nominations, Robert Silverberg has the greatest number of nominations without winning any. Three authors have won the award in consecutive years: Orson Scott Card (1986 and 1987), Lois McMaster Bujold (1991 and 1992), and N. K. Jemisin (2016, 2017, and 2018).
Winners and finalists
In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the novel was first published. Each year links to the corresponding "year in literature". Entries with a yellow background have won the award; those with a grey background are the finalists on the short-list.
* Winners and joint winners
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! width="7%" scope="col"|Year
! width="28%" scope="col"|Author(s)
! width="35%" scope="col"|Novel
! width="26%" scope="col"|Publisher
! width="4%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref.
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="row" align="center" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1953
| {{sortname|Alfred|Bester}}* || {{sort|Demolished Man|The Demolished Man}} || Galaxy Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="2" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1955
| {{sortname|Mark|Clifton}}*
|rowspan="2"| They'd Rather Be Right (also known as The Forever Machine)
|rowspan="2"| Astounding Science-Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
| {{sortname|Frank|Riley|Frank Riley (author)}}*
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1956
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}}* || Double Star || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Eric Frank|Russell}} || Call Him Dead (also known as Three to Conquer) || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Isaac|Asimov}} || {{sort|End of Eternity|The End of Eternity}} || |Doubleday
|-
| {{sortname|Cyril M.|Kornbluth}} || Not This August || Doubleday
|-
| {{sortname|Leigh|Brackett}} || {{sort|Long Tomorrow|The Long Tomorrow}} || Doubleday
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
! scope="rowgroup" align="center" style="font-weight:normal;" | 1958{{efn|The 1958 award was officially for "Best Novel or Novelette". It was won by a novel.}}
| {{sortname|Fritz|Leiber}}* || {{sort|Big Time|The Big Time}} || Galaxy Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
! rowspan="5" scope="rowgroup" align="center" style="font-weight:normal;" | 1959
| {{sortname|James|Blish}}* || {{sort|Case of Conscience|A Case of Conscience}} || Ballantine Books
|-
| {{sortname|Poul|Anderson}} || We Have Fed Our Sea (also known as The Enemy Stars) || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Algis|Budrys}} || Who? || Pyramid Books
|-
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}} || Have Space Suit — Will Travel || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Robert|Sheckley}} || Time Killer (also known as Immortality, Inc.) || Galaxy Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1960
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}}* || Starship Troopers || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Gordon R.|Dickson}} || Dorsai! (also known as The Genetic General) || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Murray|Leinster}} || {{sort|Pirates of Ersatz|The Pirates of Ersatz (also known as The Pirates of Zan)}} || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Mark|Phillips|Mark Phillips (author)}} || That Sweet Little Old Lady (also known as Brain Twister) || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Kurt|Vonnegut}} || {{sort|Sirens of Titan|The Sirens of Titan}} || Dell Publishing
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1961
| {{sortname|Walter M.|Miller, Jr.}}* || {{sort|Canticle for Leibowitz|A Canticle for Leibowitz}} || J. B. Lippincott & Co.
|-
| {{sortname|Poul|Anderson}} || {{sort|High Crusade|The High Crusade}} || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Algis|Budrys}} || Rogue Moon || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Harry|Harrison|Harry Harrison (writer)}} || Deathworld || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Theodore|Sturgeon}} || Venus Plus X || Pyramid Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1962
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}}* || Stranger in a Strange Land || Putnam Publishing Group
|-
| {{sortname|Daniel F.|Galouye}} || Dark Universe || Bantam Books
|-
| {{sortname|Harry|Harrison|Harry Harrison (writer)}} || Planet of the Damned (also known as Sense of Obligation) || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Clifford D.|Simak}} || {{sort|Fisherman|The Fisherman}} (also known as Time Is the Simplest Thing) || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|James|White|James White (author)}} || Second Ending || Fantastic
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1963
| {{sortname|Philip K.|Dick}}* || {{sort|Man in the High Castle|The Man in the High Castle}} || Putnam Publishing Group
|-
| {{sortname|Marion Zimmer|Bradley}} || {{sort|Sword of Aldones|The Sword of Aldones}} || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|Arthur C.|Clarke}} || {{sort|Fall of Moondust|A Fall of Moondust}} || Harcourt Trade Publishers
|-
| {{sortname|H. Beam|Piper}} || Little Fuzzy || Avon Publications
|-
| {{sortname|Jean|Bruller}} (French){{efn|name=Sylva|Sylva was the first translated work to appear on the Hugo ballot. The translator was not officially recognized until 2019.}}
|rowspan="2"| Sylva
|rowspan="2"| Putnam Publishing Group
|-
| {{sortname|Rita|Barisse}} (translator){{efn|name=Sylva}}
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1964
| {{sortname|Clifford D.|Simak}}* || Here Gather the Stars (also known as Way Station) || Galaxy Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}} || Glory Road || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Andre|Norton}} || Witch World || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|Frank|Herbert}} || Dune World{{efn|Dune World was the title of the 1964 serialized novel; when "Dune World" and its sequel, "The Prophet of Dune", were incorporated into the 1965 edition of Dune, the book edition was allowed to be nominated in 1966.}} || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Kurt|Vonnegut}} || Cat's Cradle || Holt, Rinehart and Winston
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1965
| {{sortname|Fritz|Leiber}}* || {{sort|Wanderer|The Wanderer}} || Ballantine Books
|-
| {{sortname|John|Brunner|John Brunner (novelist)}} || {{sort|Whole Man|The Whole Man}} || Ballantine Books
|-
| {{sortname|Edgar|Pangborn}} || Davy || Ballantine Books
|-
| {{sortname|Cordwainer|Smith}} || {{sort|Planet Buyer|The Planet Buyer (also known as The Boy Who Bought Old Earth)}} || Pyramid Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1966
| {{sortname|Frank|Herbert}}* || Dune || Chilton Company
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
| {{sortname|Roger|Zelazny}}* || ...And Call Me Conrad (also known as This Immortal) || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|John|Brunner|John Brunner (novelist)}} || {{sort|Squares of the City|The Squares of the City}} || Ballantine Books
|-
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}} || {{sort|Moon Is a Harsh Mistress|The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress{{efn|name="TMIAHM"|The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress was serialized in 1965–66, and was allowed to be nominated for both years.}}}} || If
|-
| {{sortname|Edward E.|Smith|E. E. Smith}} || Skylark DuQuesne || If
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1967
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}}* || {{sort|Moon Is a Harsh Mistress|The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress{{efn|name="TMIAHM"}}}} || If
|-
| {{sortname|Samuel R.|Delany}} || Babel-17 || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|Randall|Garrett}} || Too Many Magicians || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Daniel|Keyes}} || Flowers for Algernon || Harcourt Trade Publishers
|-
| {{sortname|James H.|Schmitz}} || {{sort|Witches of Karres|The Witches of Karres}} || Chilton Company
|-
| {{sortname|Thomas Burnett|Swann}} || Day of the Minotaur || Ace Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1968
| {{sortname|Roger|Zelazny}}* || Lord of Light || Doubleday
|-
| {{sortname|Samuel R.|Delany}} || {{sort|Einstein Intersection|The Einstein Intersection}} || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|Piers|Anthony}} || Chthon || Ballantine Books
|-
| {{sortname|Chester|Anderson}} || {{sort|Butterfly Kid|The Butterfly Kid}} || Pyramid Books
|-
| {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}} || Thorns || Ballantine Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1969
| {{sortname|John|Brunner|John Brunner (novelist)}}* || Stand on Zanzibar || Doubleday
|-
| {{sortname|Alexei|Panshin}} || Rite of Passage || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|Samuel R.|Delany}} || Nova || Doubleday
|-
| {{sortname|R. A.|Lafferty}} || Past Master || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|Clifford D.|Simak}} || {{sort|Goblin Reservation|The Goblin Reservation}} || Galaxy Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1970
| {{sortname|Ursula K.|Le Guin}}* || {{sort|Left Hand of Darkness|The Left Hand of Darkness}} || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}} || Up the Line || Ballantine Books
|-
| {{sortname|Piers|Anthony}} || Macroscope || Avon Publications
|-
| {{sortname|Kurt|Vonnegut}} || Slaughterhouse-Five || Delacorte Press
|-
| {{sortname|Norman|Spinrad}} || Bug Jack Barron || Avon Publications
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1971
| {{sortname|Larry|Niven}}* || Ringworld || Ballantine Books
|-
| {{sortname|Poul|Anderson}} || Tau Zero || Doubleday
|-
| {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}} || Tower of Glass || Charles Scribner's Sons
|-
| {{sortname|Wilson|Tucker|Wilson Tucker (writer)}} || {{sort|Year of the Quiet Sun|The Year of the Quiet Sun}} || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|Hal|Clement}} || Star Light || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1972
| {{sortname|Philip José|Farmer}}* || To Your Scattered Bodies Go || Putnam Publishing Group
|-
| {{sortname|Ursula K.|Le Guin}} || {{sort|Lathe of Heaven|The Lathe of Heaven}} || Amazing Stories
|-
| {{sortname|Anne|McCaffrey}} || Dragonquest || Ballantine Books
|-
| {{sortname|Roger|Zelazny}} || Jack of Shadows || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}} || {{sort|Time of Changes|A Time of Changes}} || Galaxy Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1973
| {{sortname|Isaac|Asimov}}* || {{sort|Gods Themselves|The Gods Themselves}} || Galaxy Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|David|Gerrold}} || When HARLIE Was One || Ballantine Books
|-
| {{sortname|Poul|Anderson}} || There Will Be Time || Signet Books
|-
| {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}} || {{sort|Book of Skulls|The Book of Skulls}} || Charles Scribner's Sons
|-
| {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}} || Dying Inside || Galaxy Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Clifford D.|Simak}} || {{sort|Choice of Gods|A Choice of Gods}} || Putnam Publishing Group
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1974
| {{sortname|Arthur C.|Clarke}}* || Rendezvous with Rama || Galaxy Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}} || Time Enough for Love || Putnam Publishing Group
|-
| {{sortname|Larry|Niven}} || Protector || Ballantine Books
|-
| {{sortname|Poul|Anderson}} || {{sort|People of the Wind|The People of the Wind}} || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|David|Gerrold}} || {{sort|Man Who Folded Himself|The Man Who Folded Himself}} || Random House
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1975
| {{sortname|Ursula K.|Le Guin}}* || {{sort|Dispossessed|The Dispossessed}} || Harper & Row
|-
| {{sortname|Poul|Anderson}} || Fire Time || Doubleday
|-
| {{sortname|Philip K.|Dick}} || Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said || Doubleday
|-
| {{sortname|Larry|Niven}}
|rowspan="2"| {{sort|Mote in God's Eye|The Mote in God's Eye}}
|rowspan="2"|Simon & Schuster
|-
| {{sortname|Jerry|Pournelle}}
|-
| {{sortname|Christopher|Priest|Christopher Priest (novelist)}} || {{sort|Inverted World|Inverted World}} || Galaxy Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1976
| {{sortname|Joe|Haldeman}}* || {{sort|Forever War|The Forever War}} || St. Martin's Press
|-
| {{sortname|Roger|Zelazny}} || Doorways in the Sand || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Larry|Niven}}
|rowspan="2"| Inferno
|rowspan="2"| Galaxy Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Jerry|Pournelle}}
|-
| {{sortname|Alfred|Bester}} || {{sort|Computer Connection|The Computer Connection}} (also known as The Indian Giver) || Berkley Putnam
|-
| {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}} || {{sort|Stochastic Man|The Stochastic Man}} || Harper & Row
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1977
| {{sortname|Kate|Wilhelm}}* || Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang || Harper & Row
|-
| {{sortname|Joe|Haldeman}} || Mindbridge || St. Martin's Press
|-
| {{sortname|Frank|Herbert}} || Children of Dune || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Frederik|Pohl}} || Man Plus || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}} || Shadrach in the Furnace || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1978
| {{sortname|Frederik|Pohl}}* || Gateway || Galaxy Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Marion Zimmer|Bradley}} || {{sort|Forbidden Tower|The Forbidden Tower}} || DAW Books
|-
| {{sortname|Larry|Niven}}
|rowspan="2"| Lucifer's Hammer
|rowspan="2"| Playboy Press
|-
| {{sortname|Jerry|Pournelle}}
|-
| {{sortname|Gordon R.|Dickson}} || Time Storm || St. Martin's Press
|-
| {{sortname|George R. R.|Martin}} || Dying of the Light || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="4" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1979
| {{sortname|Vonda N.|McIntyre}}* || Dreamsnake || Houghton Mifflin
|-
| {{sortname|Anne|McCaffrey}} || {{sort|White Dragon|The White Dragon}} || Del Rey Books
|-
| {{sortname|C. J.|Cherryh}} || {{sort|Faded Sun: Kesrith|The Faded Sun: Kesrith}} || Galaxy Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Tom|Reamy}} || Blind Voices || Berkley Putnam
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1980
| {{sortname|Arthur C.|Clarke}}* || {{sort|Fountains of Paradise|The Fountains of Paradise}} || Victor Gollancz Ltd
|-
| {{sortname|John|Varley|John Varley (author)}} || Titan || Berkley Putnam
|-
| {{sortname|Frederik|Pohl}} || Jem || St. Martin's Press
|-
| {{sortname|Patricia A.|McKillip}} || Harpist in the Wind || Atheneum Books
|-
| {{sortname|Thomas M.|Disch|}} || On Wings of Song || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1981
| {{sortname|Joan D.|Vinge}}* || {{sort|Snow Queen|The Snow Queen}} || Dial Press
|-
| {{sortname|Robert|Silverberg}} || Lord Valentine's Castle || {{sort|Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
|-
| {{sortname|Larry|Niven}} || {{sort|Ringworld Engineers|The Ringworld Engineers}} || Galileo Magazine of Science & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Frederik|Pohl}} || Beyond the Blue Event Horizon || Del Rey Books
|-
| {{sortname|John|Varley|John Varley (author)}} || Wizard || Berkley Putnam
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1982
| {{sortname|C. J.|Cherryh}}* || Downbelow Station || DAW Books
|-
| {{sortname|Gene|Wolfe}} || {{sort|Claw of the Conciliator|The Claw of the Conciliator}} || Timescape Books
|-
| {{sortname|Julian|May}} || {{sort|Many-Colored Land|The Many-Colored Land}} || Houghton Mifflin
|-
| {{sortname|Clifford D.|Simak}} || Project Pope || Del Rey Books
|-
| {{sortname|John|Crowley|John Crowley (author)}} || Little, Big || Bantam Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1983
| {{sortname|Isaac|Asimov}}* || Foundation's Edge || Doubleday
|-
| {{sortname|C. J.|Cherryh}} || {{sort|Pride of Chanur|The Pride of Chanur}} || DAW Books
|-
| {{sortname|Arthur C.|Clarke}} || 2010: Odyssey Two || Del Rey Books
|-
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}} || Friday || Holt, Rinehart and Winston
|-
| {{sortname|Donald|Kingsbury}} || Courtship Rite || Timescape
|-
| {{sortname|Gene|Wolfe}} || {{sort|Sword of the Lictor|The Sword of the Lictor}} || Timescape
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1984
| {{sortname|David|Brin}}* || Startide Rising || Bantam Books
|-
| {{sortname|R. A.|MacAvoy}} || Tea with the Black Dragon || Bantam Books
|-
| {{sortname|John|Varley|John Varley (author)}} || Millennium || Berkley Books
|-
| {{sortname|Anne|McCaffrey}} || Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern || Del Rey Books
|-
| {{sortname|Isaac|Asimov}} || {{sort|Robots of Dawn|The Robots of Dawn}} || Doubleday
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1985
| {{sortname|William|Gibson}}* || Neuromancer || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|David R.|Palmer}} || Emergence || Bantam Books
|-
| {{sortname|Vernor|Vinge}} || {{sort|Peace War|The Peace War}} || Bluejay Books
|-
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}} || Job: A Comedy of Justice || Del Rey Books
|-
| {{sortname|Larry|Niven}} || {{sort|Integral Trees|The Integral Trees}} || Del Rey Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1986
| {{sortname|Orson Scott|Card}}* || Ender's Game || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|C. J.|Cherryh}} || Cuckoo's Egg || DAW Books
|-
| {{sortname|David|Brin}} || {{sort|Postman|The Postman}} || Bantam Spectra
|-
| {{sortname|Larry|Niven}}
|rowspan="2"| Footfall
|rowspan="2"| Del Rey Books
|-
| {{sortname|Jerry|Pournelle}}
|-
| {{sortname|Greg|Bear}} || Blood Music || Arbor House
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1987
| {{sortname|Orson Scott|Card}}* || Speaker for the Dead || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Bob|Shaw}} || {{sort|Ragged Astronauts|The Ragged Astronauts}} || Victor Gollancz Ltd
|-
| {{sortname|William|Gibson}} || Count Zero || Asimov's Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Vernor|Vinge}} || Marooned in Realtime || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|L. Ron|Hubbard}} || Black Genesis || Bridge Publications
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1988
| {{sortname|David|Brin}}* || {{sort|Uplift War|The Uplift War}} || Bantam Spectra
|-
| {{sortname|George Alec|Effinger}} || When Gravity Fails || Arbor House
|-
| {{sortname|Orson Scott|Card}} || Seventh Son || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Greg|Bear}} || {{sort|Forge of God|The Forge of God}} || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Gene|Wolfe}} || {{sort|Urth of the New Sun|The Urth of the New Sun}} || Tor Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1989
| {{sortname|C. J.|Cherryh}}* || Cyteen || Warner Books
|-
| {{sortname|Orson Scott|Card}} || Red Prophet || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Lois McMaster|Bujold}} || Falling Free || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Bruce|Sterling}} || Islands in the Net || Arbor House
|-
| {{sortname|William|Gibson}} || Mona Lisa Overdrive || Victor Gollancz Ltd
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1990
| {{sortname|Dan|Simmons}}* || Hyperion || Doubleday
|-
| {{sortname|George Alec|Effinger}} || {{sort|Fire in the Sun|A Fire in the Sun}} || Doubleday
|-
| {{sortname|Orson Scott|Card}} || Prentice Alvin || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Poul|Anderson}} || {{sort|Boat of a Million Years|The Boat of a Million Years}} || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Sheri S.|Tepper}} || Grass || Doubleday
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1991
| {{sortname|Lois McMaster|Bujold}}* || {{sort|Vor Game|The Vor Game}} || Baen Books
|-
| {{sortname|David|Brin}} || Earth || Bantam Spectra
|-
| {{sortname|Dan|Simmons}} || {{sort|Fall of Hyperion|The Fall of Hyperion}} || Doubleday
|-
| {{sortname|Michael P.|Kube-McDowell}} || {{sort|Quiet Pools|The Quiet Pools}} || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|Greg|Bear}} || Queen of Angels || Warner Questar
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1992
| {{sortname|Lois McMaster|Bujold}}* || Barrayar || Analog Science Fact & Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Emma|Bull}} || Bone Dance || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|Anne|McCaffrey}} || All the Weyrs of Pern || Del Rey Books
|-
| {{sortname|Joan D.|Vinge}} || {{sort|Summer Queen|The Summer Queen}} || Warner Questar
|-
| {{sortname|Orson Scott|Card}} || Xenocide || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Michael|Swanwick}} || Stations of the Tide || Asimov's Science Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1993
| {{sortname|Vernor|Vinge}}* || {{sort|Fire Upon the Deep|A Fire Upon the Deep}} || Tor Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
| {{sortname|Connie|Willis}}* || Doomsday Book || Bantam Spectra
|-
| {{sortname|Kim Stanley|Robinson}} || Red Mars || HarperCollins
|-
| {{sortname|Maureen F.|McHugh}} || China Mountain Zhang || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|John|Varley|John Varley (author)}} || Steel Beach || Ace Books/Putnam Publishing Group
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1994
| {{sortname|Kim Stanley|Robinson}}* || Green Mars || HarperCollins
|-
| {{sortname|Greg|Bear}} || Moving Mars || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Nancy|Kress}} || Beggars in Spain || Morrow AvoNova
|-
| {{sortname|David|Brin}} || Glory Season || Bantam Spectra
|-
| {{sortname|William|Gibson}} || Virtual Light || Bantam Spectra
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1995
| {{sortname|Lois McMaster|Bujold}}* || Mirror Dance || Baen Books
|-
| {{sortname|John|Barnes|John Barnes (author)}} || Mother of Storms || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Nancy|Kress}} || Beggars and Choosers || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Michael|Bishop|Michael Bishop (author)}} || Brittle Innings || Bantam Books
|-
| {{sortname|James K.|Morrow}} || Towing Jehovah || Harcourt Brace
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1996
| {{sortname|Neal|Stephenson}}* || {{sort|Diamond Age|The Diamond Age}} || Bantam Spectra
|-
| {{sortname|Stephen|Baxter|Stephen Baxter (author)}} || {{sort|Time Ships|The Time Ships}} || HarperPrism
|-
| {{sortname|David|Brin}} || Brightness Reef || Bantam Books
|-
| {{sortname|Robert J.|Sawyer}} || {{sort|Terminal Experiment|The Terminal Experiment (also known as Hobson's Choice)}} || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|Connie|Willis}} || Remake || Bantam Spectra
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1997
| {{sortname|Kim Stanley|Robinson}}* || Blue Mars || HarperCollins Voyager
|-
| {{sortname|Lois McMaster|Bujold}} || Memory || Baen Books
|-
| {{sortname|Elizabeth|Moon}} || Remnant Population || Baen Books
|-
| {{sortname|Robert J.|Sawyer}} || Starplex || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|Bruce|Sterling}} || Holy Fire || Bantam Spectra
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1998
| {{sortname|Joe|Haldeman}}* || Forever Peace || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|Walter Jon|Williams}} || City on Fire || HarperPrism
|-
| {{sortname|Dan|Simmons}} || {{sort|Rise of Endymion|The Rise of Endymion}} || Bantam Spectra
|-
| {{sortname|Robert J.|Sawyer}} || Frameshift || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Michael|Swanwick}} || Jack Faust || Avon Publications
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1999
| {{sortname|Connie|Willis}}* || To Say Nothing of the Dog || Bantam Spectra
|-
| {{sortname|Mary Doria|Russell}} || Children of God || Villard Books
|-
| {{sortname|Robert Charles|Wilson}} || Darwinia || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Bruce|Sterling}} || Distraction || Bantam Spectra
|-
| {{sortname|Robert J.|Sawyer}} || Factoring Humanity || Tor Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2000
| {{sortname|Vernor|Vinge}}* || {{sort|Deepness in the Sky|A Deepness in the Sky}} || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Lois McMaster|Bujold}} || {{sort|Civil Campaign|A Civil Campaign}} || Baen Books
|-
| {{sortname|Neal|Stephenson}} || Cryptonomicon || Avon Publications
|-
| {{sortname|Greg|Bear}} || Darwin's Radio || HarperCollins
|-
| {{sortname|J. K.|Rowling}} || Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban || Bloomsbury Publishing
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2001
| {{sortname|J. K.|Rowling}}* || Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire || Bloomsbury Publishing
|-
| {{sortname|George R. R.|Martin}} || {{sort|Storm of Swords|A Storm of Swords}} || HarperCollins Voyager
|-
| {{sortname|Robert J.|Sawyer}} || Calculating God || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Ken|MacLeod}} || {{sort|Sky Road|The Sky Road}} || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Nalo|Hopkinson}} || Midnight Robber || Warner Aspect
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2002
| {{sortname|Neil|Gaiman}}* || American Gods || William Morrow and Company
|-
| {{sortname|Lois McMaster|Bujold}} || {{sort|Curse of Chalion|The Curse of Chalion}} || Eos
|-
| {{sortname|Connie|Willis}} || Passage || Bantam Books
|-
| {{sortname|China|Miéville}} || Perdido Street Station || Macmillan Publishers
|-
| {{sortname|Robert Charles|Wilson}} || {{sort|Chronoliths|The Chronoliths}} || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Ken|MacLeod}} || Cosmonaut Keep || Orbit Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2003
| {{sortname|Robert J.|Sawyer}}* || Hominids || Analog Science Fiction and Fact
|-
| {{sortname|David|Brin}} || Kiln People (UK: Kil'n People) || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Michael|Swanwick}} || Bones of the Earth || Eos
|-
| {{sortname|China|Miéville}} || {{sort|Scar|The Scar}} || Del Rey Books
|-
| {{sortname|Kim Stanley|Robinson}} || {{sort|Years of Rice and Salt|The Years of Rice and Salt}} || Bantam Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2004
| {{sortname|Lois McMaster|Bujold}}* || Paladin of Souls || Eos
|-
| {{sortname|Dan|Simmons}} || Ilium || Eos
|-
| {{sortname|Charles|Stross}} || Singularity Sky || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|Robert Charles|Wilson}} || Blind Lake || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Robert J.|Sawyer}} || Humans || Tor Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2005
| {{sortname|Susanna|Clarke}}* || Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell || Bloomsbury Publishing
|-
| {{sortname|Ian|McDonald|Ian McDonald (British author)}} || River of Gods || Simon & Schuster
|-
| {{sortname|Iain M.|Banks|Iain Banks}} || {{sort|Algebraist|The Algebraist}} || Orbit Books
|-
| {{sortname|Charles|Stross}} || Iron Sunrise || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|China|Miéville}} || Iron Council || Del Rey Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2006
| {{sortname|Robert Charles|Wilson}}* || Spin || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Ken|MacLeod}} || Learning the World || Orbit Books
|-
| {{sortname|George R. R.|Martin}} || {{sort|Feast for Crows|A Feast for Crows}} || Voyager Books
|-
| {{sortname|John|Scalzi}} || Old Man's War || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Charles|Stross}} || Accelerando || Ace Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2007
| {{sortname|Vernor|Vinge}}* || Rainbows End || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Charles|Stross}} || Glasshouse || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|Naomi|Novik}} || His Majesty's Dragon || Voyager Books
|-
| {{sortname|Michael F.|Flynn}} || Eifelheim || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Peter|Watts|Peter Watts (author)}} || Blindsight || Tor Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2008
| {{sortname|Michael|Chabon}}* || {{sort|Yiddish Policemen's Union|The Yiddish Policemen's Union}} || HarperCollins
|-
| {{sortname|John|Scalzi}} || {{sort|Last Colony|The Last Colony}} || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Charles|Stross}} || Halting State || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|Robert J.|Sawyer}} || Rollback || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Ian|McDonald|Ian McDonald (British author)}} || Brasyl || Pyr
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2009
| {{sortname|Neil|Gaiman}}* || {{sort|Graveyard Book|The Graveyard Book}} || HarperCollins
|-
| {{sortname|Cory|Doctorow}} || Little Brother || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Neal|Stephenson}} || Anathem || Morrow
|-
| {{sortname|Charles|Stross}} || Saturn's Children || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|John|Scalzi}} || Zoe's Tale || Tor Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2010
| {{sortname|Paolo|Bacigalupi}}* || {{sort|Windup Girl|The Windup Girl}} || Night Shade Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
| {{sortname|China|Miéville}}* || {{sort|City & the City|The City & the City}} || Del Rey Books
|-
| {{sortname|Cherie|Priest}} || Boneshaker || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Robert J.|Sawyer}} || Wake || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|Catherynne M.|Valente}} || Palimpsest || Bantam Spectra
|-
| {{sortname|Robert Charles|Wilson}} || Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America || Tor Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2011
| {{sortname|Connie|Willis}}* || Blackout/All Clear || Spectra Books
|-
| {{sortname|Lois McMaster|Bujold}} || Cryoburn || Baen Books
|-
| {{sortname|Ian|McDonald|Ian McDonald (British author)}} || {{sort|Dervish House|The Dervish House}} || Gollancz / Pyr
|-
| {{sortname|Mira|Grant|Seanan McGuire}} || Feed || Orbit Books
|-
| {{sortname|N. K.|Jemisin}} || {{sort|Hundred Thousand Kingdoms|The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms}} || Orbit Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2012
| {{sortname|Jo|Walton}}* || Among Others || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|George R. R.|Martin}} || A Dance with Dragons || Bantam Spectra
|-
| {{sortname|Mira|Grant|Seanan McGuire}} || Deadline || Orbit Books
|-
| {{sortname|China|Miéville}} || Embassytown || Macmillan Publishers / Del Rey Books
|-
| {{sortname|James S. A.|Corey}} || Leviathan Wakes || Orbit Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2013
| {{sortname|John|Scalzi}}* || Redshirts || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Kim Stanley|Robinson}} || 2312 || Orbit Books
|-
| {{sortname|Mira|Grant|Seanan McGuire}} || Blackout || Orbit Books
|-
| {{sortname|Lois McMaster|Bujold}} || Captain Vorpatril's Alliance || Baen Books
|-
| {{sortname|Saladin|Ahmed}} || Throne of the Crescent Moon || DAW Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2014
| {{sortname|Ann|Leckie}}* || Ancillary Justice || Orbit Books
|-
| {{sortname|Charles|Stross}} || Neptune's Brood || Ace Books
|-
| {{sortname|Mira|Grant|Seanan McGuire}} || Parasite || Orbit Books
|-
| {{sortname|Larry|Correia}} || Warbound || Baen Books
|-
| {{sortname|Robert|Jordan}}
|rowspan="2"| {{sort|Wheel of Time|The Wheel of Time{{efn|The entire The Wheel of Time series of novels was nominated as a whole under an interpretation of the rules, confirmed by the World Science Fiction Society, which permit multi-part works to be nominated as long as no individual part (or book) had ever been on the shortlist.}}}}
|rowspan="2"| Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Brandon|Sanderson}}
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2015{{efn|Lines of Departure by Marko Kloos was initially nominated for Best Novel in 2015, but was withdrawn by the author after the nominees were announced in protest for being promoted by the Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies nomination slates, the first time a nominee was withdrawn after announcement. It was replaced on the ballot by The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, the eventual winner.}}
| {{sortname|Cixin|Liu}} (Chinese)*{{efn|name=translator|Cixin Liu's 2015 winner The Three-Body Problem and 2017 nominee Death's End are the only novels for which both the author and the translator (Ken Liu) were officially recognized during the awards process}}
|rowspan="2"| {{sort|Three-Body Problem|The Three-Body Problem}}
|rowspan="2"| Chongqing Press (original)
Tor Books (translation)
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
| {{sortname|Ken|Liu}} (translator)*{{efn|name=translator}}
|-
| {{sortname|Katherine|Addison}} || {{sort|Goblin Emperor|The Goblin Emperor}} || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Kevin J.|Anderson}} || {{sort|Dark Between the Stars|The Dark Between the Stars}} || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Jim|Butcher}} || Skin Game || Roc Books
|-
| {{sortname|Ann|Leckie}} || Ancillary Sword || Orbit Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2016
| {{sortname|N. K.|Jemisin}}* || The Fifth Season || Orbit Books
|-
| {{sortname|Naomi|Novik}} || Uprooted || Del Rey Books
|-
| {{sortname|Ann|Leckie}} || Ancillary Mercy || Orbit Books
|-
| {{sortname|Neal|Stephenson}} || Seveneves || William Morrow and Company
|-
| {{sortname|Jim|Butcher}} || {{sort|Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut's Windlass|The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut's Windlass}} || Roc Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="7" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2017
| {{sortname|N. K.|Jemisin}}* || {{sort|Obelisk Gate|The Obelisk Gate}} || Orbit Books
|-
| {{sortname|Charlie Jane|Anders}} || All the Birds in the Sky || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Becky|Chambers|Becky Chambers (author)}} || {{sort|Closed and Common Orbit|A Closed and Common Orbit}} || Hodder & Stoughton
|-
| {{sortname|Cixin|Liu}} (Chinese){{efn|name=translator}}
|rowspan="2"| Death's End
|rowspan="2"| Chongqing Press (original)
Tor Books (translation)
|-
| {{sortname|Ken|Liu}} (translator){{efn|name=translator}}
|-
| {{sortname|Yoon Ha|Lee}} || Ninefox Gambit || Solaris Books
|-
| {{sortname|Ada|Palmer}} || Too Like the Lightning || Tor Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2018
| {{sortname|N. K.|Jemisin}}* || {{sort|Stone Sky|The Stone Sky}} || Orbit Books
|-
| {{sortname|John|Scalzi}} || {{sort|Collapsing Empire|The Collapsing Empire}} || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Kim Stanley|Robinson}} || New York 2140 || Orbit Books
|-
| {{sortname|Ann|Leckie}} || Provenance || Orbit Books
|-
| {{sortname|Yoon Ha|Lee}} || Raven Stratagem || Solaris Books
|-
| {{sortname|Mur|Lafferty}} || Six Wakes || Orbit Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2019
| {{sortname|Mary Robinette|Kowal}}* || {{sort|Calculating Stars|The Calculating Stars}} || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Becky|Chambers|Becky Chambers (author)}} || {{sort|Record of a Spaceborn Few|Record of a Spaceborn Few}} || Hodder & Stoughton
|-
| {{sortname|Yoon Ha|Lee}} || Revenant Gun || Solaris Books
|-
| {{sortname|Naomi|Novik}} || Spinning Silver || Del Rey Books
|-
| {{sortname|Rebecca|Roanhorse}} || Trail of Lightning || Saga Press
|-
| {{sortname|Catherynne M.|Valente}} || Space Opera || Saga Press
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2020
|{{sortname|Arkady|Martine}}* || {{sort|Memory Called Empire|A Memory Called Empire}} || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Charlie Jane|Anders}} || {{sort|City in the Middle of the Night|The City in the Middle of the Night}} || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Tamsyn|Muir}} || Gideon the Ninth || Tor.com Publishing
|-
| {{sortname|Kameron|Hurley}} || {{sort|Light Brigade|The Light Brigade}}|| Saga Press
|-
| {{sortname|Seanan|McGuire}} || Middlegame || Tor.com Publishing
|-
| {{sortname|Alix E.|Harrow}} || {{sort|Ten Thousand Doors of January|The Ten Thousand Doors of January}} || Redhook
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2021
| {{sortname|Martha|Wells}}* || Network Effect || Tor.com Publishing
|-
| {{sortname|Rebecca|Roanhorse}} || Black Sun || Saga Press
|-
| {{sortname|N. K.|Jemisin}} || {{sort|City We Became|The City We Became}} || Orbit Books
|-
| {{sortname|Tamsyn|Muir}} || Harrow the Ninth || Tor.com Publishing
|-
| {{sortname|Susanna|Clarke}} || Piranesi || Bloomsbury Publishing
|-
| {{sortname|Mary Robinette|Kowal}} || {{sort|Relentless Moon|The Relentless Moon}} || Tor Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2022
| {{sortname|Arkady|Martine}}* || {{sort|Desolation Called Peace|A Desolation Called Peace}} || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Becky|Chambers|Becky Chambers (author)}} || {{sort|Galaxy, and the Ground Within|The Galaxy, and the Ground Within}} || Harper Voyager/Hodder & Stoughton
|-
| {{sortname|Ryka|Aoki}} || Light From Uncommon Stars || Tor Books/St Martin's Press
|-
| {{sortname|P. Djèlí|Clark}} || {{sort|Master of Djinn|A Master of Djinn}} || Tordotcom/Orbit UK
|-
| {{sortname|Andy|Weir}} || Project Hail Mary || Ballantine Books/Del Rey Books
|-
| {{sortname|Shelley|Parker-Chan}} || She Who Became the Sun || Tor Books/Mantle Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2023{{efn|Voting statistics for the 2023 Hugo Awards from the 81st World Science Fiction Convention, which was held in Chengdu, China, later came into question due to the multiple works and people declared ineligible without explanation.{{cite web | last=Hawkins | first=Amy | title=Science fiction awards held in China under fire for excluding authors |work=The Guardian | date=2024-01-24 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/24/science-fiction-awards-held-in-china-under-fire-for-excluding-authors | access-date=2024-01-24 | archive-date=2024-01-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124172853/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/24/science-fiction-awards-held-in-china-under-fire-for-excluding-authors | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Gennis | first=Sadie | title=The biggest sci-fi/fantasy award has been accused of censorship, and the situation is a mess | website=Polygon |publisher=Vox Media | date=2024-01-24 | url=https://www.polygon.com/24049021/hugo-awards-controversy-china-censorship-babel | access-date=2024-01-24 | archive-date=2024-01-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125031718/https://www.polygon.com/24049021/hugo-awards-controversy-china-censorship-babel | url-status=live }}}}
| {{sortname|Ursula|Vernon}} (as T. Kingfisher)* || Nettle & Bone || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|John|Scalzi}} || {{sort|Kaiju Preservation Society|The Kaiju Preservation Society}} || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Travis|Baldree}} || Legends & Lattes || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Tamsyn|Muir}} || Nona the Ninth || Tordotcom
|-
| {{sortname|Silvia|Moreno-Garcia}} || {{sort|Daughter of Doctor Moreau|The Daughter of Doctor Moreau}} || Del Rey Books
|-
| {{sortname|Mary Robinette|Kowal}} || {{sort|Spare Man|The Spare Man}} || Tor Books
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2024
| {{sortname|Emily|Tesh }}* || Some Desperate Glory || Tordotcom/Orbit Books
|-
| {{sortname|Shannon|Chakraborty}} || {{sort|Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi|The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi}} || Harper Voyager
|-
| {{sortname|Vajra|Chandrasekera}} || {{sort|Saint of Bright Doors|The Saint of Bright Doors}} || Tordotcom
|-
| {{sortname|John|Scalzi}} || Starter Villain || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Ann|Leckie}} || Translation State || Orbit Books
|-
| {{sortname|Martha|Wells}} || Witch King || Tordotcom
|-
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2025
| {{sortname|Adrian|Tchaikovsky}} || Alien Clay || Orbit Books/Tor UK
|-
| {{sortname|Kaliane|Bradley}} || {{sort|Ministry of Time|The Ministry of Time}} || Avid Reader Press/Sceptre
|-
| {{sortname|Adrian|Tchaikovsky}} || Service Model || Tordotcom
|-
| {{sortname|John|Wiswell}} || Someone You Can Build a Nest In || DAW Books
|-
| {{sortname|Ursula|Vernon}} (as T. Kingfisher) || {{sort|Sorceress Comes to Call|A Sorceress Comes to Call}} || Tor Books
|-
| {{sortname|Robert Jackson|Bennett}} || {{sort|Tainted Cup|The Tainted Cup}} || Del Rey Books/Hodderscape
|}
= Retro-Hugos =
Beginning with the 1996 Worldcon, the World Science Fiction Society created the concept of "Retro-Hugos", in which the Hugo award could be retroactively awarded for 50, 75, or 100 years prior. Retro-Hugos may only be awarded for years after 1939 (the year of the first Worldcon) in which no Hugos were originally awarded. Retro-Hugos have been awarded eight times, for 1939, 1941, 1943–46, 1951, and 1954.
{| class="sortable wikitable" width="85%" cellpadding="5" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto"
|+ {{sronly|Retro Hugo winners and nominees}}
|-
! width="7%" scope="col"|Year
! width="7%" scope="col"|Year awarded
! width="21%" scope="col"|Author(s)
! width="35%" scope="col"|Novel
! width="26%" scope="col"|Publisher or publication
! width="4%" scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref.
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1939
!align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2014
| {{sortname|T. H.|White}}* || {{sort|Sword in the Stone|The Sword in the Stone}} || William Collins, Sons
|-
| {{sortname|Edgar Rice|Burroughs}} || Carson of Venus || Argosy
|-
| {{sortname|E. E.|Smith}} || Galactic Patrol || Astounding Stories
|-
| {{sortname|Jack|Williamson}} || {{sort|Legion of Time|The Legion of Time}} || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|C. S.|Lewis}} || Out of the Silent Planet || {{sort|Bodley Head|The Bodley Head}}
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1941
!align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2016
| {{sortname|A. E. van|Vogt}}* || Slan || Astounding Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|E. E.|Smith}} || Gray Lensman || Astounding Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|T. H.|White}} || {{sort|Ill-Made Knight|The Ill-Made Knight}} || William Collins, Sons
|-
| {{sortname|Karin|Boye}} || Kallocain || Bonnier Group
|-
| {{sortname|Jack|Williamson}} || {{sort|Reign of Wizardry|The Reign of Wizardry}} || Unknown
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1943
!align="center" rowspan="6" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2018
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}} (as Anson MacDonald)* || Beyond This Horizon || Astounding Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Olaf|Stapledon}} || Darkness and the Light || Methuen Publishing
|-
| {{sortname|Curt|Siodmak}} || Donovan's Brain || Black Mask
|-
| {{sortname|Austin Tappan|Wright}} || Islandia || Farrar & Rinehart
|-
| {{sortname|E. E.|Smith}} || Second Stage Lensmen || Astounding Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Dorothy|Macardle}} || {{sort|Uninvited|The Uninvited}} || Doubleday
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="7" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1944
!align="center" rowspan="7" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2019
| {{sortname|Fritz|Leiber}}* || Conjure Wife || Unknown Worlds
|-
| {{sortname|C. L.|Moore}}
|rowspan="2"| Earth's Last Citadel
|rowspan="2"| Argosy
|-
| {{sortname|Henry|Kuttner}}
|-
| {{sortname|Fritz|Leiber}} || Gather, Darkness! || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Hermann|Hesse}} || Das Glasperlenspiel (The Glass Bead Game) || Fretz & Wasmuth
|-
| {{sortname|C. S.|Lewis}} || Perelandra || John Lane, The Bodley Head
|-
| {{sortname|A. E.|van Vogt}} || {{sort|Weapon Makers|The Weapon Makers}} || Astounding Science-Fiction
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="7" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1945
!align="center" rowspan="7" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2020
| {{sortname|Leigh|Brackett}}* || {{sort|Shadow Over Mars|"Shadow Over Mars" (The Nemesis from Terra)}} || Startling Stories
|-
| {{sortname|Robert|Graves}} || {{sort|Golden Fleece|The Golden Fleece}} || Cassell
|-
| {{sortname|Edgar Rice|Burroughs}} || Land of Terror || Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
|-
| {{sortname|Olaf|Stapledon}} || Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord || Secker & Warburg
|-
| {{sortname|Eric|Linklater}} || {{sort| Wind on the Moon|The Wind on the Moon}} || Macmillan Publishers
|-
| {{sortname|A. E.|van Vogt}}
|rowspan="2"| {{sort|Winged Man|"The Winged Man"}}
|rowspan="2"| Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Edna Mayne|Hull}}
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1946
!align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1996
| {{sortname|Isaac|Asimov}}* || {{sort|Mule|The Mule}} || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|A. E.|van Vogt}} || {{sort|World of Null-A|The World of Null-A}} || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|C. S.|Lewis}} || That Hideous Strength (also known as The Tortured Planet) || John Lane
|-
| {{sortname|Fritz|Leiber}} || Destiny Times Three || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Edmond|Hamilton}} (as Brett Sterling) || Red Sun of Danger (also known as Danger Planet) || Startling Stories
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1951
!align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2001
| {{sortname|Robert A.|Heinlein}}* || Farmer in the Sky || Boys' Life
|-
| {{sortname|Isaac|Asimov}} || Pebble in the Sky || Doubleday
|-
| {{sortname|C. S.|Lewis}} || {{sort|Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe|The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe}} || Geoffrey Bles
|-
| {{sortname|E. E.|Smith}} || First Lensman || Fantasy Press
|-
| {{sortname|Jack|Vance}} || {{sort|Dying Earth|The Dying Earth}} || Hillman Periodicals
|- style="background:lightyellow;"
!scope="rowgroup" align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 1954
!align="center" rowspan="5" style="font-weight:normal;"| 2004
| {{sortname|Ray|Bradbury}}* ||Fahrenheit 451 || Ballantine Books
|-
| {{sortname|Arthur C.|Clarke}} || Childhood's End || Ballantine Books
|-
| {{sortname|Hal|Clement}} || Mission of Gravity || Astounding Science-Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Isaac|Asimov}} || {{sort|Caves of Steel|The Caves of Steel}} || Galaxy Science Fiction
|-
| {{sortname|Theodore|Sturgeon}} || More Than Human || Farrar, Straus and Giroux
|}
See also
Notes
{{Notelist}}
References
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{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo.html |title=The Locus index to SF Awards: About the Hugo Awards |work=Locus |access-date=2010-04-21 |publisher=Locus |location=Oakland, California |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103034223/http://locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo.html |archive-date=2010-01-03 |url-status=dead }}
{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2008/aug/07/aninternationalcontestweca|title=An International Contest We Can Win |last=Jordison |first=Sam |date=2008-08-07|work=The Guardian|access-date=2010-04-21 |location=London, England |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729220341/http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2008/aug/07/aninternationalcontestweca |archive-date=2009-07-29 |url-status=live}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.litro.co.uk/index.php/2010/04/20/hugo-awards-announced/ |title=Hugo Awards Announced |last=Cleaver |first=Emily |date=2010-04-20 |work=Litro Magazine |access-date=2010-04-21 |publisher=Ocean Media |location=London, England |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507072751/http://www.litro.co.uk/index.php/2010/04/20/hugo-awards-announced/ |archive-date=2011-05-07 |url-status=dead }}
{{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/RetroHugo.html |title=The Locus index to SF Awards: About the Retro Hugo Awards |work=Locus |access-date=2010-04-21 |publisher=Locus |location=Oakland, California |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103042101/http://locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/RetroHugo.html |archive-date=2010-01-03 |url-status=dead }}
{{cite book |title=The Road to Dune |last1=Herbert |first1=Frank |author-link1=Frank Herbert |last2=Herbert |first2=Brian |author-link2=Brian Herbert |last3=Anderson |first3=Kevin J. |author-link3=Kevin J. Anderson |editor-last=LoBrutto |editor-first=Patrick |publisher=Tor Books |date=2005-08-11 |edition=1 |pages=263–264 |isbn=978-1-4299-2491-7}}
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External links
- [http://www.thehugoawards.org/ Hugo Award official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722135854/http://www.thehugoawards.org/ |date=2012-07-22 }}
- [http://fanac.org/conpubs/Worldcon/Philcon%20II/1953%20-%20Philcon%20II%20-%20PR%203.pdf#view=Fit Original proposal for the award in Philcon II program book] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712032656/https://fanac.org/conpubs/Worldcon/Philcon%20II/1953%20-%20Philcon%20II%20-%20PR%203.pdf#view=Fit |date=2021-07-12 }}
{{Hugo Awards}}
{{Hugo Award Best Novel}}
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Category:American fiction awards