…Where Angels Fear to TreadAllen Steele
…Where Angels Fear to Tread
by Allen Steele
Novella · 1997
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula recognition
A 1997 science fiction novella by Allen Steele. Hugo and Locus Award winner; Nebula recognition.
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Browse award recognized science fiction books
Browse the complete public library of science fiction novels and novellas recognized by Hugo, Nebula, Locus and Clarke. Every title links to its own award history, sources and reading list options.
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11/22/63
by Stephen King
Novel · 2011 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Locus recognition
11/22/63 is a novel by Stephen King about a time traveller who attempts to prevent the assassination of United States President John F.
2010: Odyssey Two
by Arthur C. Clarke
Novel · 1982
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
When 2001: A Space Odyssey first shocked, amazed, and delighted millions in the late 1960s, the novel was quickly recognized as a classic. Since then, its fame has grown steadily among the multitudes who have read the novel or seen the film based on it.
2312
by Kim Stanley Robinson
Novel · 2012
Nebula winnerClarke recognitionHugo recognitionLocus recognition
The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between.
24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai
by Roger Zelazny
Novella · 1985
Hugo winnerLocus recognitionNebula recognition
24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai is a science fiction novella by American writer Roger Zelazny, originally published in the July 1985 issue of the Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1986 and was also nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1985.
334
by Thomas M. Disch
Novel · 1972
Nebula recognition
334 is a 1972 science fiction work by American writer Thomas M. Disch. It is commonly treated as a novel, though reference works and bibliographic sources describe it as a linked-story collection or fix-up.
A Billion Eves
by Robert Reed
Novella · 2006
Hugo winner
A 2006 science fiction novella by Robert Reed. Hugo Award winner.
A Blessing of UnicornsElizabeth Bear
A Blessing of Unicorns
by Elizabeth Bear
Novella · 2020
Locus recognition
A 2020 science fiction novella by Elizabeth Bear. Locus recognition.
A Borrowed Man
by Gene Wolfe
Novel · 2015
Locus recognition
It's perhaps a hundred years in the future and E. A. Smithe is "a clone who lives on a third-tier shelf in a public library, and his personality is an uploaded recording of a deceased mystery writer".
A Boy and His Dog
by Harlan Ellison
Novella · 1969
Nebula winnerHugo recognition
A Boy and His Dog is a cycle of narratives by author Harlan Ellison. The cycle tells the story of an amoral boy (Vic) and his telepathic dog (Blood), who work together as a team to survive in the post-apocalyptic world after a nuclear war.
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Novel · 1959
Hugo winner
Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred books".
A Case of Conscience
by James Blish
Novel · 1958
Hugo winner
The citizens of the planet Lithia are some of the most ethical sentient beings Father Ramon Ruiz-Sanchez has ever encountered.
A Choice of Gods
by Clifford D. Simak
Novel · 1971
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
One night in July, 2135, there were some eight billion people on Earth! The next morning there were perhaps 400. There was no clue to what had happened to the world's population—but, over the centuries that followed, still stranger things occurred.
A Civil Campaign
by Lois McMaster Bujold
Novel · 1999 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Miles Vorkosigan launches a campaign to win the heart of Ekatarina, whose former husband died as a result of Miles' investigations in the book Komarr , by the same author.
A Closed and Common Orbit
by Becky Chambers
Novel · 2016
Clarke recognitionHugo recognition
Once, Lovelace had eyes and ears everywhere. She was a ship's artificial intelligence system - possessing a personality and very human emotions. But when her ship was badly damaged, Lovelace was forced to reboot and reset.
A Deepness in the Sky
by Vernor Vinge
Novel · 1999
Hugo winnerClarke recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A Deepness in the Sky is a science fiction novel by American writer Vernor Vinge. Published in 1999, the novel is a loose prequel (set 30,000 years previous) to his earlier novel A Fire Upon the Deep (1992).
A Desolation Called Peace
by Arkady Martine
Novel · 2021
Hugo winnerLocus winnerClarke recognitionNebula recognition
A Desolation Called Peace is a 2021 space opera science fiction novel by Arkady Martine. It is the sequel to A Memory Called Empire, and the second novel in Martine's Teixcalaan series. Like its predecessor, the book won the Hugo Award for Best Novel.
A Fall of Moondust
by Arthur C. Clarke
Novel · 1961
Hugo recognition
An early Arthur C. Clarke novel that takes place on the Moon. The setting is a future in which the Moon has become a tourist destination, and one of the attractions is a huge dust bowl on which one can sightsee from a "dust cruiser".
A Fire Born of Exile
by Aliette de Bodard
Novel · 2023
Locus recognition
A 2023 science fiction novel by Aliette de Bodard. Locus recognition.
A Fire in the Sun
by George Alec Effinger
Novel · 1989
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
A Fire in the Sun is a cyberpunk science fiction novel by American writer George Alec Effinger, published in 1989.
A Fire Upon the Deep
by Vernor Vinge
Novel · 1992
Hugo winnerLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures, and technology…
A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire
by Michael Bishop
Novel · 1975
Nebula recognition
A 1975 science fiction novel by Michael Bishop. Nebula recognition.
A Man of the People
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Novella
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
A science fiction novella by Ursula K. Le Guin. Hugo and Locus recognition.
A Master of Djinn
by P. Djèlí Clark
Novel · 2021 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Nebula winnerHugo recognition
Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark goes full-length for the first time in his dazzling debut novel Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she’s certainly not a rookie, especially after…
A Meeting with Medusa
by Arthur C. Clarke
Novella · 1971
Nebula winnerHugo recognition
A Meeting with Medusa is a science fiction novella by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. It was originally published in 1971 and has since been included in the anthology Nebula Award Stories Eight as well as several collections of Clarke's writings.
A Memory Called Empire
by Arkady Martine
Novel · 2019
Hugo winnerClarke recognitionNebula recognition
Poetry, politics, and a murder at the heart of an irresistible empire.
A Million Open Doors
by John Barnes
Novel · 1992
Nebula recognitionClarke recognition
Nou Occitan is a place where duels are fought with equal passion over insults and artistic views alike. Giraut--swordsman, troubador, lover--is a creature of this swashbuckling world, the most isolated of humanity's Thousand Cultures. But the winds of change have come to Nou Occitan.
A Momentary Taste of Being
by James Tiptree Jr.
Novella · 1975
Nebula recognition
"A Momentary Taste of Being" is a science fiction novella written by Alice Bradley Sheldon, published under the pseudonym James Tiptree, Jr. in the 1975 anthology The New Atlantis and Other Novellas of Science Fiction (also featuring stories by Gene Wolfe and Ursula K. Le Guin).
A Plague of Demons
by Keith Laumer
Novel · 1965
Nebula recognition
A 1965 science fiction novel by Keith Laumer. Nebula recognition.
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
by Becky Chambers
Novella · 2022
Locus winnerNebula recognition
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy is a 2022 solarpunk novella written by American author Becky Chambers and published by Tor.com on July 12, 2022. It is the second book in the Monk & Robot series, preceded by A Psalm for the Wild-Built (2021).
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
by Becky Chambers
Novella · 2021
Hugo winnerLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A tea monk meets a robot. The big question is what people actually need.
A River Called Time
by Courttia Newland
Novel · 2021
Clarke recognition
A 2021 science fiction novel by Courttia Newland. Clarke recognition.
A Roll of the DiceCatherine Asaro
A Roll of the Dice
by Catherine Asaro
Novella
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A science fiction novella by Catherine Asaro. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
A Snark in the Night
by Gregory Benford
Novella
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
A science fiction novella by Gregory Benford. Hugo and Locus recognition.
A Song for a New Day
by Sarah Pinsker
Novel · 2019
Nebula winner
In the Before, when the government didn't prohibit large public gatherings, Luce Cannon was on top of the world. One of her songs had just taken off and she was on her way to becoming a star.
A Song for Lya
by George R. R. Martin
Novella · 1974
Hugo winnerLocus recognitionNebula recognition
"A Song For Lya" is a science fiction novella by American writer George R.R. Martin. It was published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine in 1974 and won the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1975.
A Special Kind of Morning
by Gardner Dozois
Novella
Hugo recognition
A science fiction novella by Gardner Dozois. Hugo recognition.
A Style in TreasonJames Blish
A Style in Treason
by James Blish
Novella
Nebula recognition
A science fiction novella by James Blish. Nebula recognition.
A Time of Changes
by Robert Silverberg
Novel · 1971
Nebula winnerHugo recognitionLocus recognition
In the far future, Earth is a worn-out backwater and humanity is spread across the galaxy on worlds that began as colonies, but now feel like home, each with its own long history of a thousand years or more, and each with its own unique…
A Time to ReapElizabeth Bear
A Time to Reap
by Elizabeth Bear
Novella
Locus recognition
A science fiction novella by Elizabeth Bear. Locus recognition.
A Touch of Lavender
by Megan Lindholm
Novella
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A science fiction novella by Megan Lindholm. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
A Traveler's TaleLucius Shepard
A Traveler's Tale
by Lucius Shepard
Novella
Locus recognitionNebula recognition
A science fiction novella by Lucius Shepard. Locus and Nebula recognition.
A Woman's Liberation
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Novella
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A science fiction novella by Ursula K. Le Guin. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
A World Out of Time
by Larry Niven
Novel · 1976
Locus recognition
Jaybee Corbell awoke after more than 200 years as a corpsicle -- in someone else\'s body, and under sentence of instant annihilation if he made a wrong move while they were training him for a one-way mission to the stars.
Abaddon's Gate
by James S. A. Corey
Novel · 2013
Locus winner
An alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark.
Abandon in Place
by Jerry Oltion
Novella
Nebula winnerHugo recognition
The morning after Neil Armstrong's funeral, a ghostly Saturn V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral.
Absolution
by Jeff VanderMeer
Novel · 2024
Locus recognition
Absolution is a 2024 novel by Jeff VanderMeer, and the fourth entry in the Southern Reach Series. It is both a prequel and sequel to the Southern Reach Series.
Accelerando
by Charles Stross
Novel · 2005
Locus winnerClarke recognitionHugo recognition
The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings have rendered people all but extinct. Molecular nanotechnology runs rampant, replicating and reprogramming at will.
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