ARM
by Larry Niven
Novella · 1975
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
A 1975 science fiction novella by Larry Niven. Hugo and Locus recognition.
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Locus Award science fiction books and reader favorites
Discover science fiction recognized in the Locus Awards and historical reader polls. See which works won, reached finalist lists or appeared in the included historical poll selections.
Locus recognition brings a reader perspective to the library. Formal winners and finalists are distinguished from historical poll top five selections. Those selections are not silently presented as formal finalists. Only the selected science fiction categories and eligible works are included. Official award site ↗
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Artificial Condition
by Martha Wells
Novella · 2018
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula recognition
It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself Murderbot. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more.
Assault on a CityJack Vance
Assault on a City
by Jack Vance
Novella · 1974
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
A 1974 science fiction novella by Jack Vance. Hugo and Locus recognition.
Attack Surface
Novel · 2020
Locus recognition
Cory Doctorow's Attack Surface is a standalone novel set in the world of New York Times bestsellers Little Brother and Homeland . Most days, Masha Maximow was sure she'd chosen the winning side.
Auk HouseClifford D. Simak
Auk House
Novella · 1977
Locus recognition
A 1977 science fiction novella by Clifford D. Simak. Locus recognition.
Aurora
Novel · 2015
Locus recognition
"Generations after leaving earth, a starship draws near to the planet that may serve as a new home world for those on board. But the journey has brought unexpected changes and their best laid plans may not be enough to survive. "--
Automatic Noodle
Novella · 2025
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
From sci-fi visionary and acclaimed author Annalee Newitz comes Automatic Noodle, a cozy near-future novella about a crew of abandoned food service bots opening their very own restaurant.
Aztecs
Novella · 1977
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A 1977 science fiction novella by Vonda N. McIntyre. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
Babylon's Ashes
Novel · 2016
Locus recognition
The Expanse Saga continues in the 6th installment. The Free Navy – a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships – has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets.
Barnacle Bill the Spacer
Novella · 1992
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula recognition
A 1992 science fiction novella by Lucius Shepard. Hugo and Locus Award winner; Nebula recognition.
Barrayar
Novel · 1991
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula recognition
Barrayar is a science fiction novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold. It was first published as four installments in Analog in July–October 1991, and then published in book form by Baen Books in October 1991.
Beggars and Choosers
by Nancy Kress
Novel · 1994
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A 1994 science fiction novel by Nancy Kress. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
Beggars in Spain
by Nancy Kress
Novella · 1991
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
In a world where the slightest edge can mean the difference between success and failure, Leisha Camden is beautiful, extraordinarily intelligent ... and one of an ever-growing number of human beings who have been genetically modified to never require sleep.Once considered interesting anomalies, now Leisha…
Beggars In Spain
by Nancy Kress
Novel · 1991 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
In a world where the slightest edge can mean the difference between success and failure, Leisha Camden is beautiful, extraordinarily intelligent ... and one of an ever-growing number of human beings who have been genetically modified to never require sleep.Once considered interesting anomalies, now Leisha…
Bellwether
Novel · 1996
Locus winnerNebula recognition
Pop culture, chaos theory and matters of the heart collide in this unique novella from the Hugo and Nebula winning author of Doomsday Book. Sandra Foster studies fads and their meanings for the HiTek corporation.
Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
Novel · 1980
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Heechee Saga 2 “In book two of the Heechee Saga, Robinette Broadhead is on his way to making a fortune by bankrolling an expedition to the Food Factory--a Heechee spaceship that can graze the cometary cloud and transfor the basic elements of the universe into…
Binti
Novella · 2015
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
One student carries her whole world into an unfamiliar universe.
Binti: Home
Novella · 2017
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
It's been a year since Binti and Okwu enrolled at Oomza University. A year since Binti was declared a hero for uniting two warring planets. A year since she found friendship in the unlikeliest of places.
Bishop's Opening
Novella · 2022
Locus recognitionNebula recognition
A 2022 science fiction novella by R. S. A. Garcia. Locus and Nebula recognition.
Black Helicopters
Novella · 2013 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Locus recognition
A dark jewel of a novella, this definitive edition of Caitlín R. Kiernan's Black Helicopters is the expanded and completed version of the World Fantasy Award-nominated original.
Blackfish City
Novel · 2018 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Locus recognitionNebula recognition
After the climate wars, a floating city is constructed in the Arctic Circle, a remarkable feat of mechanical and social engineering, complete with geothermal heating and sustainable energy.
Blackout/All Clear
Novel · 2010
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
Blackout and All Clear are the two volumes that constitute a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. Blackout was published February 2, 2010 by Spectra. The second part, the conclusion All Clear, was released as a separate book on October 19, 2010.
Blind Voices
by Tom Reamy
Novel · 1978 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Blind Voices is a 1978 science fiction novel by Tom Reamy. Reamy's only novel, it was published "posthumously in a complete but not final draft" by Berkley Books.
Blindsight
by Peter Watts
Novel · 2006
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched around the Earth like a luminous fist, screaming to the heavens as the atmosphere burned them to ash. Two months since that moment of brief, bright surveillance by agents unknown.
Blue Champagne
by John Varley
Novella · 1981
Locus winnerHugo recognition
A 1981 science fiction novella by John Varley. Locus Award winner; Hugo recognition.
Blue Mars
Novel · 1996
Hugo winnerLocus winnerClarke recognition
The red planet is red no longer, as Mars has become a perfectly inhabitable world. But while Mars flourishes, Earth is threatened by overpopulation and ecological disaster.
Bone Dance
by Emma Bull
Novel · 1991 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Bone Dance is a 1991 novel by American writer Emma Bull, described variously as fantasy, hard science fiction and cyberpunk. It was nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Awards in 1992.
Bones of the Earth
Novel · 2002
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
World-renowned paleontologist Richard Leyster's universe changed forever the day a stranger named Griffin walked into his office with a remarkable job offer... and an ice cooler containing the head of a freshly killed Stegosaurus.
Boneshaker
Novel · 2009
Locus winnerHugo recognitionNebula recognition
In the early days of the Civil War, rumors of gold in the frozen Klondike brought hordes of newcomers to the Pacific Northwest. Anxious to compete, Russian prospectors commissioned inventor Leviticus Blue to create a great machine that could mine through Alaska's ice.
Born with the Dead
Novella · 1974
Locus winnerNebula winnerHugo recognition
His wife was among the rekindled dead now. He'd heard that she was on a plane to Zanzibar with five other rekindled dead.
Borne
Novel · 2017
Clarke recognitionLocus recognition
In a ruined city, Rachel, a scavenger, finds a small creature named "Borne" tangled in the fur of Mord, a gigantic bear made by a biotech firm.
Brasyl
by Ian McDonald
Novel · 2007
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Think Bladerunner in the tropics ... Be seduced, amazed, and shocked by one of the world's greatest and strangest nations.
Brightness Reef
by David Brin
Novel · 1995
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
A 1995 science fiction novel by David Brin. Hugo and Locus recognition.
Burn
Novella · 2005
Nebula winnerHugo recognitionLocus recognition
"Burn" is a science fiction novella published in 2005 by James Patrick Kelly. It won the 2007 Nebula Award for Best Novella.
Caliban's War
Novel · 2012
Locus recognition
Caliban's War is a 2012 science fiction novel by James S. A. Corey (pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck). It is about a conflict in the Solar System that involves the polities Earth, Mars, the Asteroid Belt and the outer planets, and a powerful extraterrestrial biological von Neumann probe.
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
Novel · 2012
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance is a science fiction novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold, part of the Vorkosigan Saga. The action centers on Miles Vorkosigan's cousin Ivan Vorpatril, now a captain, and a Jackson's Whole refugee called Tej.
Carnival
Novel · 2006
Locus recognition
Carnival is a 2006 science fiction novel by Elizabeth Bear, published in the US by Bantam Spectra. It was nominated for a Philip K. Dick Award, a Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and a Lambda Literary Award.
Cascade Point
by Timothy Zahn
Novella · 1983
Hugo winnerLocus recognition
A 1983 science fiction novella by Timothy Zahn. Hugo Award winner; Locus recognition.
Central Station
by Lavie Tidhar
Novel · 2016
Clarke recognitionLocus recognition
A worldwide diaspora has left a quarter of a million people at the foot of a space station. Cultures collide in real life and virtual reality. The city is literally a weed, its growth left unchecked. Life is cheap, and data is cheaper.
Cetaganda
Novel · 1996
Locus recognition
The hero, Miles Vorkosigan, is sent to represent his planet at the funeral of the empress of the planet Cetaganda. While there he becomes involved in a power struggle for the control of software used by Cetaganda's rulers to genetically engineer an entire people.
Chains of the Sea
Novella · 1973
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Chains of the Sea is a 1973 anthology of three science-fiction novellas edited and with an introduction by Robert Silverberg. It is best known for its title story, authored by Gardner Dozois.
Chanur's Venture
Novel · 1984
Locus recognition
A 1984 science fiction novel by C. J. Cherryh. Locus recognition.
Children of Dune
Novel · 1976
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
The science fiction masterpiece continues in the "major event,"( Los Angeles Times) Children of Dune.
City at the End of Time
by Greg Bear
Novel · 2008
Locus recognition
Multiple Hugo and Nebula award-winning author, Greg Bear is one of science fiction's most accomplished writers. Bold scientific speculation, riveting plots, and a fierce humanism reflected in characters who dare to dream of better worlds distinguish his work.
Cleon the Emperor
by Isaac Asimov
Novella · 1992
Locus recognition
A 1992 science fiction novella by Isaac Asimov. Locus recognition.
CollisionJames Tiptree Jr.
Collision
Novella · 1986
Locus recognition
A 1986 science fiction novella by James Tiptree Jr.. Locus recognition.
Colony
by Ben Bova
Novel · 1978
Locus recognition
A 1978 science fiction novel by Ben Bova. Locus recognition.
Company Town
Novel · 2016
Locus recognition
A 2016 science fiction novel by Madeline Ashby. Locus recognition.
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