CirqueTerry Carr
Cirque
by Terry Carr
Novel · 1977
Nebula recognition
A 1977 science fiction novel by Terry Carr. Nebula recognition.
A LIBRARY WITH A LITTLE DIRECTION
Nebula Award science fiction books
Find science fiction novels and novellas recognized by the Nebula Awards, from winning works to finalists worth exploring.
The Nebulas are selected by eligible members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association. Award records here retain SFADB ceremony years, which can differ from eligibility years on the official Nebula site. The library focuses on science fiction novels and novellas. Official award site ↗
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City of Truth
by James Morrow
Novella · 1992
Nebula winner
A 1992 science fiction novella by James Morrow. Nebula Award winner.
City on Fire
Novel · 1998
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
City on Fire is a fantasy novel by American writer Walter Jon Williams, first published in 1997 and nominated for the Nebula Award (for Best Novel) in 1997 and the Hugo Award (for Best Novel) in 1998. It is the sequel to 1995's Metropolitan.
Clash of Star-Kings
Novella · 1966
Nebula recognition
A 1966 science fiction novella by Avram Davidson. Nebula recognition.
Clay's PrideBud Sparhawk
Clay's Pride
by Bud Sparhawk
Novella · 2004
Nebula recognition
A 2004 science fiction novella by Bud Sparhawk. Nebula recognition.
Cloud Atlas
Novel · 2004
Clarke recognitionNebula recognition
From David Mitchell, the Booker Prize nominee, award-winning writer and one of the featured authors in Granta’s “Best of Young British Novelists 2003” issue, comes his highly anticipated third novel, a work of mind-bending imagination and scope.
Coming Home
Novel · 2014
Nebula recognition
Coming Home is a science fiction novel by American writer Jack McDevitt. It is the seventh in the Alex Benedict series, and was released in November 2014. Coming Home was nominated for the 2014 Nebula award for best novel.
ContactJerry Oltion & Lee Goodloe
Contact
by Jerry Oltion & Lee Goodloe
Novella · 1991
Nebula recognition
A 1991 science fiction novella by Jerry Oltion & Lee Goodloe. Nebula recognition.
Count Zero
Novel · 1986
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Turner, corporate mercenary, wakes in a reconstructed body, a beautiful woman by his side. Then Hosaka Corporation reactivates him for a mission more dangerous than the one he's recovering from: Maas-Neotek's chief of R&D is defecting.
Countess
Novella · 2024
Locus recognitionNebula recognition
A 2024 science fiction novella by Suzan Palumbo. Locus and Nebula recognition.
Crescent City Rhapsody
Novel · 2000
Nebula recognition
A 2000 science fiction novel by Kathleen Ann Goonan. Nebula recognition.
Da Vinci Rising
by Jack Dann
Novella · 1995
Nebula winner
A 1995 science fiction novella by Jack Dann. Nebula Award winner.
Dancing on Air
by Nancy Kress
Novella · 1993
Locus recognitionNebula recognition
A 1993 science fiction novella by Nancy Kress. Locus and Nebula recognition.
Dangerous Games
Novella · 1980
Locus recognitionNebula recognition
A 1980 science fiction novella by Marta Randall. Locus and Nebula recognition.
Dangerous Space
Novella · 2007
Nebula recognition
A 2007 science fiction novella by Kelley Eskridge. Nebula recognition.
Dark Heaven
Novella · 2007
Nebula recognition
A 2007 science fiction novella by Gregory Benford. Nebula recognition.
Darwin's Radio
by Greg Bear
Novel · 1999
Nebula winnerHugo recognitionLocus recognition
"Virus hunter" Christopher Dicken is a man on a mission, following a trail of rumors, government cover-ups, and dead bodies around the globe in search of a mysterious disease that strikes only pregnant women and invariably results in miscarriage.
Death and Designation Among the Asadi
Novella · 1973
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 1973 science fiction novella by Michael Bishop. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Death of the Author
Novel · 2025
Locus winnerHugo recognitionNebula recognition
Death of the Author is a 2025 Africanfuturist novel by Nigerian American author Nnedi Okorafor. The book follows Zelunjo Onyenezi-Onyedele, a Nigerian American writer who gains critical success through the publication of a science fiction work, entitled Rusted Robots.
DescentWole Talabi
Descent
by Wole Talabi
Novella · 2025 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Nebula recognition
A 2025 science fiction novella by Wole Talabi. Nebula recognition.
Deserted Cities of the Heart
by Lewis Shiner
Novel · 1988
Nebula recognition
A 1988 science fiction novel by Lewis Shiner. Nebula recognition.
Dhalgren
Novel · 1975
Locus recognitionNebula recognition
A mysterious disaster has stricken the midwestern American city of Bellona, and its aftereffects are disturbing: a city block burns down and is intact a week later; clouds cover the sky for weeks, then part to reveal two moons; a week passes for one person…
Dinner at Deviant's Palace
by Tim Powers
Novel · 1985
Nebula recognition
An early (1985 but based on earlier work) Powers novel with many of his usual themes such as alcoholism, vampirism, possession, erosion of the self, and the weight of one's past. Set in a post-apocalyptic LA area.
Diplomatic Immunity
Novel · 2002
Nebula recognition
Diplomatic Immunity is a 2002 science fiction novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold, part of the Vorkosigan Saga. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 2003.
Disgraced Return of the Kap's Needle
Novella · 2025
Nebula recognition
A 2025 science fiction novella by Renan Bernardo. Nebula recognition.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Novel · 1968
Nebula recognition
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignment--find them and then..."retire" them.
Doomsday Book
Novel · 1992
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winnerClarke recognition
Somewhere in the future, ordinary history students must travel back in time as part of their university degree.
Doorways in the Sand
Novel · 1976
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
Doorways in the Sand is a science fiction novel by American writer Roger Zelazny. Featuring both detective fiction and comic elements, it was originally published in serial form in the magazine Analog Science Fiction and Science Fact; the hardcover edition was first published in 1976 and the paperback in 1977.
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Novel · 2003
Nebula recognition
Read Down & Out in the Magic Kingdom online at the Internet Archive . From the Back Cover " He sparkles! He fizzes! He does backflips and breaks the furniture!
Dr. Bloodmoney
Novel · 1963
Nebula recognition
Dr. Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb is a 1965 science fiction novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1965.
Dragonrider
Novella · 1967
Nebula winnerHugo recognition
Dragonriders of Pern is a science fantasy series written primarily by American-Irish author Anne McCaffrey, who initiated it in 1967. Beginning in 2003, her middle child Todd McCaffrey has written Pern novels, both solo and jointly with Anne. The series comprises 24 novels and two collections of short stories.
Dramatic Mission
Novella · 1969
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 1969 science fiction novella by Anne McCaffrey. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Dreamsnake
Novel · 1978
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
In a world devastated by nuclear holocaust, Snake is a healer. One of an elite band dedicated to caring for sick humanity, she goes wherever her skills are needed.
Dune
Novel · 1965
Hugo winnerNebula winner
A desert planet. An empire in the balance. A future that refuses to stay written.
Dydeetown GirlF. Paul Wilson
Dydeetown Girl
Novella · 1986
Nebula recognition
A 1986 science fiction novella by F. Paul Wilson. Nebula recognition.
Dying Inside
Novel · 1972
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
David Selig is outwardly unimpressive. His early promise as a student and scholar is unrealised. He has no proper job, he has no girlfriend.
Echo
Novel · 2010
Nebula recognition
After 8000 years of star travel, humanity has found only one alien species. Alex Benedict may be on the path to finding another one, but an assassin has other ideas.
Ecopoiesis
Novella · 1997
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 1997 science fiction novella by Geoffrey A. Landis. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Embassytown
Novel · 2011
Locus winnerClarke recognitionNebula recognitionHugo recognition
Embassytown: a city of contradictions on the outskirts of the universe. Avice is an immerser, a traveller on the immer, the sea of space and time below the everyday, now returned to her birth planet.
Ender's Game
Novel · 1985
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
Ender's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date in Earth's future, the novel presents an imperiled humankind after two conflicts with the Formics, an insectoid alien species they dub the "buggers".
Enemy Mine
Novella · 1979
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
"Enemy Mine" is a science fiction novella by American writer Barry B. Longyear. It was originally published in the September 1979 issue of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. The novella's plot concerns two soldiers, one human and one reptilian-like alien, who find themselves stranded together on a hostile planet.
Eszterhazy and the Autogóndola-InventionAvram Davidson
Eszterhazy and the Autogóndola-Invention
Novella · 1983
Nebula recognition
A 1983 science fiction novella by Avram Davidson. Nebula recognition.
Eternity's End
Novel · 2000
Nebula recognition
A 2000 science fiction novel by Jeffrey A. Carver. Nebula recognition.
Everfair
by Nisi Shawl
Novel · 2016
Nebula recognition
An "alternate history novel that explores the question of what might have come of Belgium's ... colonization of the Congo if the native populations had learned about steam technology a bit earlier"--Amazon.com.
Falling Free
Novel · 1988
Nebula winnerHugo recognition
Leo Graf was just your average highly efficient engineer: mind your own business, fix what's wrong and move on to the next job. Everything neat and according to spec, just the way he liked it.
FanGeoff Ryman
Fan
by Geoff Ryman
Novella · 1994
Nebula recognition
A 1994 science fiction novella by Geoff Ryman. Nebula recognition.
Farthing
by Jo Walton
Novel · 2006 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Locus recognitionNebula recognition
In an alternate reality in which a group of English nobles overthrew Winston Churchill and made peace with Adolf Hitler in 1941, a murder is committed at the home of Lord and Lady Eversley, and suspicion falls on David Kahn, the Jewish husband of Lucy…
Finch
Novel · 2009 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Nebula recognition
In Finch, mysterious underground inhabitants known as the gray caps have reconquered the failed fantasy state Ambergris and put it under martial law.
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