A Memory Called Empire
Novel · 2019
Hugo winnerClarke recognitionNebula recognition
Poetry, politics, and a murder at the heart of an irresistible empire.
A LIBRARY WITH A LITTLE DIRECTION
2020 Hugo Award: science fiction winners and finalists
Every science fiction novel and novella recognized by the 2020 Hugo Award, winners first, with page counts, reader ratings and a link to each book.
Hugo recognition reflects voting by eligible Worldcon members. This library includes science fiction from the selected novel and novella categories, including labeled crossovers. It does not include every Hugo category or every fantasy finalist. Official award site ↗
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This Is How You Lose the Time War
by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Novella · 2019
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
Two rival agents exchange letters across the battlefield of time.
Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom
by Ted Chiang
Novella · 2019
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
"Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom" is a science fiction novella by American writer Ted Chiang, initially published in the 2019 collection Exhalation: Stories. The novella's name quotes a proverb by Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) in his work The Concept of Anxiety (1844).
Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
Novel · 2019 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
The Emperor needs necromancers. The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman. Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense. Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers.
Middlegame
Novel · 2019 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognition
"A Tom Doherty Associates book." Meet Roger. Skilled with words, languages come easily to him. He instinctively understands how the world works through the power of story. Meet Dodger, his twin. Numbers are her world, her obsession, her everything.
The City in the Middle of the Night
Novel · 2018
Locus winnerClarke recognitionHugo recognition
Would you give up everything to change the world? Humanity clings to life on January – a colonized planet divided between permanently frozen darkness on one side, and blazing endless sunshine on the other.
The Haunting of Tram Car 015
Novella · 2019 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Locus recognitionNebula recognitionHugo recognition
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 is an alternate history science fantasy police procedural novella by American novelist P. Djèlí Clark. It was first published by Tor.com in 2019.
The Light Brigade
Novel · 2019
Clarke recognitionHugo recognitionLocus recognition
The Light Brigade is a 2019 science fiction novel by Kameron Hurley, in which brutal descriptions of war and economic exploitation in a dystopian future are used to provide strongly critical commentary on the nature of warfare and capitalism. It was nominated for both Hugo and Locus awards for 2020.
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
Novella · 2019
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
Four explorers change themselves to meet the worlds they discover.
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