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THE COMPLETE WINNERS LIST

Every Hugo Award winner in science fiction (1953–2025)

The complete list of science fiction novels and novellas that won the Hugo Award, from 2025 back to 1953: 115 winners in all. Open any book for its full award history, or pick a year to see the finalists too.

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. Winners that are fantasy without a science fiction premise are not listed.

YearAwardWinning bookAuthor
2025Hugo Award for Best NovellaThe Tusks of ExtinctionRay Nayler
2024Hugo Award for Best NovelSome Desperate GloryEmily Tesh
2022Hugo Award for Best NovelA Desolation Called PeaceArkady Martine
2022Hugo Award for Best NovellaA Psalm for the Wild-BuiltBecky Chambers
2021Hugo Award for Best NovelNetwork EffectMartha Wells
2020Hugo Award for Best NovelA Memory Called EmpireArkady Martine
2020Hugo Award for Best NovellaThis Is How You Lose the Time WarAmal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
2019Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Calculating StarsMary Robinette Kowal
2019Hugo Award for Best NovellaArtificial ConditionMartha Wells
2018Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Stone SkyN. K. Jemisin
2018Hugo Award for Best NovellaAll Systems RedMartha Wells
2017Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Obelisk GateN. K. Jemisin
2016Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Fifth SeasonN. K. Jemisin
2016Hugo Award for Best NovellaBintiNnedi Okorafor
2015Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Three-Body ProblemCixin Liu
2014Hugo Award for Best NovelAncillary JusticeAnn Leckie
2014Hugo Award for Best NovellaEquoidCharles Stross
2013Hugo Award for Best NovelRedshirtsJohn Scalzi
2012Hugo Award for Best NovellaThe Man Who Bridged the MistKij Johnson
2011Hugo Award for Best NovelBlackout/All ClearConnie Willis
2011Hugo Award for Best NovellaThe Lifecycle of Software ObjectsTed Chiang
2010Hugo Award for Best NovelThe City & the CityChina Miéville
2010Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Windup GirlPaolo Bacigalupi
2010Hugo Award for Best NovellaPalimpsestCharles Stross
2009Hugo Award for Best NovellaThe Erdmann NexusNancy Kress
2008Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Yiddish Policemen's UnionMichael Chabon
2008Hugo Award for Best NovellaAll Seated on the GroundConnie Willis
2007Hugo Award for Best NovelRainbows EndVernor Vinge
2007Hugo Award for Best NovellaA Billion EvesRobert Reed
2006Hugo Award for Best NovelSpinRobert Charles Wilson
2006Hugo Award for Best NovellaInside JobConnie Willis
2005Hugo Award for Best NovellaThe Concrete JungleCharles Stross
2004Hugo Award for Best NovellaThe Cookie MonsterVernor Vinge
2003Hugo Award for Best NovelHominidsRobert J. Sawyer
2002Hugo Award for Best NovellaFast Times at Fairmont HighVernor Vinge
2001Hugo Award for Best NovellaThe Ultimate EarthJack Williamson
2000Hugo Award for Best NovelA Deepness in the SkyVernor Vinge
1999Hugo Award for Best NovelTo Say Nothing of the DogConnie Willis
1999Hugo Award for Best NovellaOceanicGreg Egan
1998Hugo Award for Best NovelForever PeaceJoe Haldeman
1998Hugo Award for Best Novella…Where Angels Fear to TreadAllen Steele
1997Hugo Award for Best NovelBlue MarsKim Stanley Robinson
1996Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Diamond AgeNeal Stephenson
1996Hugo Award for Best NovellaThe Death of Captain FutureAllen Steele
1995Hugo Award for Best NovelMirror DanceLois McMaster Bujold
1995Hugo Award for Best NovellaSeven Views of Olduvai GorgeMike Resnick
1994Hugo Award for Best NovelGreen MarsKim Stanley Robinson
1994Hugo Award for Best NovellaDown in the BottomlandsHarry Turtledove
1993Hugo Award for Best NovelA Fire Upon the DeepVernor Vinge
1993Hugo Award for Best NovelDoomsday BookConnie Willis
1993Hugo Award for Best NovellaBarnacle Bill the SpacerLucius Shepard
1992Hugo Award for Best NovelBarrayarLois McMaster Bujold
1992Hugo Award for Best NovellaBeggars in SpainNancy Kress
1991Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Vor GameLois McMaster Bujold
1991Hugo Award for Best NovellaThe Hemingway HoaxJoe Haldeman
1990Hugo Award for Best NovelHyperionDan Simmons
1990Hugo Award for Best NovellaThe Mountains of MourningLois McMaster Bujold
1989Hugo Award for Best NovelCyteenC. J. Cherryh
1989Hugo Award for Best NovellaThe Last of the WinnebagosConnie Willis
1988Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Uplift WarDavid Brin
1988Hugo Award for Best NovellaEye for EyeOrson Scott Card
1987Hugo Award for Best NovelSpeaker for the DeadOrson Scott Card
1986Hugo Award for Best NovelEnder's GameOrson Scott Card
1986Hugo Award for Best Novella24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by HokusaiRoger Zelazny
1985Hugo Award for Best NovelNeuromancerWilliam Gibson
1985Hugo Award for Best NovellaPRESS ENTER[]John Varley
1984Hugo Award for Best NovelStartide RisingDavid Brin
1984Hugo Award for Best NovellaCascade PointTimothy Zahn
1983Hugo Award for Best NovelFoundation's EdgeIsaac Asimov
1983Hugo Award for Best NovellaSoulsJoanna Russ
1982Hugo Award for Best NovelDownbelow StationC. J. Cherryh
1982Hugo Award for Best NovellaThe Saturn GamePoul Anderson
1981Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Snow QueenJoan D. Vinge
1981Hugo Award for Best NovellaLost DorsaiGordon R. Dickson
1980Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Fountains of ParadiseArthur C. Clarke
1980Hugo Award for Best NovellaEnemy MineBarry B. Longyear
1979Hugo Award for Best NovelDreamsnakeVonda N. McIntyre
1979Hugo Award for Best NovellaThe Persistence of VisionJohn Varley
1978Hugo Award for Best NovelGatewayFrederik Pohl
1978Hugo Award for Best NovellaStardanceJeanne Robinson & Spider Robinson
1977Hugo Award for Best NovelWhere Late the Sweet Birds SangKate Wilhelm
1977Hugo Award for Best NovellaBy Any Other NameSpider Robinson
1977Hugo Award for Best NovellaHouston, Houston, Do You Read?James Tiptree Jr.
1976Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Forever WarJoe Haldeman
1976Hugo Award for Best NovellaHome Is the HangmanRoger Zelazny
1975Hugo Award for Best NovelThe DispossessedUrsula K. Le Guin
1975Hugo Award for Best NovellaA Song for LyaGeorge R. R. Martin
1974Hugo Award for Best NovelRendezvous with RamaArthur C. Clarke
1974Hugo Award for Best NovellaThe Girl Who Was Plugged InJames Tiptree Jr.
1973Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Gods ThemselvesIsaac Asimov
1973Hugo Award for Best NovellaThe Word for World is ForestUrsula K. Le Guin
1972Hugo Award for Best NovelTo Your Scattered Bodies GoPhilip José Farmer
1972Hugo Award for Best NovellaThe Queen of Air and DarknessPoul Anderson
1971Hugo Award for Best NovelRingworldLarry Niven
1970Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Left Hand of DarknessUrsula K. Le Guin
1970Hugo Award for Best NovellaShip of ShadowsFritz Leiber
1969Hugo Award for Best NovelStand on ZanzibarJohn Brunner
1969Hugo Award for Best NovellaNightwingsRobert Silverberg
1968Hugo Award for Best NovelLord of LightRoger Zelazny
1968Hugo Award for Best NovellaRiders of the Purple WagePhilip José Farmer
1968Hugo Award for Best NovellaWeyr SearchAnne McCaffrey
1967Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Moon Is a Harsh MistressRobert A. Heinlein
1966Hugo Award for Best NovelDuneFrank Herbert
1966Hugo Award for Best NovelThis ImmortalRoger Zelazny
1965Hugo Award for Best NovelThe WandererFritz Leiber
1964Hugo Award for Best NovelWay StationClifford D. Simak
1963Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Man in the High CastlePhilip K. Dick
1962Hugo Award for Best NovelStranger in a Strange LandRobert A. Heinlein
1961Hugo Award for Best NovelA Canticle for LeibowitzWalter M. Miller Jr.
1960Hugo Award for Best NovelStarship TroopersRobert A. Heinlein
1959Hugo Award for Best NovelA Case of ConscienceJames Blish
1958Hugo Award for Best Novel or NoveletteThe Big TimeFritz Leiber
1956Hugo Award for Best NovelDouble StarRobert A. Heinlein
1955Hugo Award for Best NovelThey'd Rather Be RightFrank Riley & Mark Clifton
1953Hugo Award for Best NovelThe Demolished ManAlfred Bester

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