Sunday Night Yams at Minnie and Earl's
Novella · 2001
Nebula recognition
A 2001 science fiction novella by Adam-Troy Castro. Nebula recognition.
A LIBRARY WITH A LITTLE DIRECTION
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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Sunrise West
Novella · 1974
Nebula recognition
A 1974 science fiction novella by William K. Carlson. Nebula recognition.
Superpowers
Novel · 2008 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Nebula recognition
A brilliant, darkly funny debut what happens when a group of college kids wake to discover their ordinary lives have just taken an extraordinary turn... A party in a college flat in May 2001. A case of dodgy home-brewed beer. A violent storm.
Superwine
Novella · 1987
Locus recognition
A 1987 science fiction novella by Harry Turtledove. Locus recognition.
Surface Detail
Novel · 2010
Locus recognition
It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters. It begins with a murder. And it will not end until the Culture has gone to war with death itself.
Surfacing
Novella · 1987
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A 1987 science fiction novella by Walter Jon Williams. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
Swarmer, Skimmer
Novella · 1981
Nebula recognition
A 1981 science fiction novella by Gregory Benford. Nebula recognition.
Sweep of Stars
Novel · 2022
Locus recognition
Sweep of Stars 2022 is a science fiction novel by Maurice Broaddus and the first installation in the Astra Black trilogy. Sweep of Stars was a finalist for the Locus Award in 2023.
Synners
by Pat Cadigan
Novel · 1991
Clarke winnerNebula recognition
In Synners, the line between technology and humanity is hopelessly slim. A constant stream of new technology spawns crime before it hits the streets; the human mind and the external landscape have fused to the point where any encounter with "reality" is incidental.
System Collapse
by Martha Wells
Novel · 2023
Locus winner
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. Following the events in Network Effect, the Barish-Estranza corporation has sent rescue ships to a newly-colonized planet in peril, as well as additional SecUnits.
Take Back Plenty
Novel · 1990
Clarke winner
Take Back Plenty (1990), is a novel by British writer Colin Greenland, which won both major British science fiction awards, the 1990 British SF Association award and the 1991 Arthur C. Clarke Award, as well as being a nominee for the 1992 Philip K. Dick Award for the best original paperback published that year in…
Take Back the Sky
by Greg Bear
Novel · 2016
Locus recognition
The conclusion to an epic interstellar trilogy of war from master of science fiction, Greg Bear.
Tango Charlie and Foxtrot RomeoJohn Varley
Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo
by John Varley
Novella · 1986
Locus recognition
A 1986 science fiction novella by John Varley. Locus recognition.
Tau Zero
Novel · 1970
Hugo recognition
Poul Anderson's Tau Zero is an outstanding work of science fiction, in part because it combines two qualities that are often at odds in this genre: an interest in the emotional lives of its characters and a fascination with all things technological and scientific.
The Accidental Time Machine
by Joe Haldeman
Novel · 2007
Locus recognitionNebula recognition
Grad-school dropout Matt Fuller is toiling as a lowly research assistant at MIT when, while measuring quantum relationships between gravity and light, his calibrator disappears and reappears one second later.
The Adjacent
Novel · 2013
Clarke recognition
In the near future, Tibor Tarent, a freelance photographer, is recalled from Anatolia to Britain when his wife, an aid worker, is killed--annihilated by a terrifying weapon that reduces its target to a triangular patch of scorched earth.
The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs
Novella · 2011 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Locus recognition
A 2011 science fiction novella by James P. Blaylock. Locus recognition.
The AlchemistCharles L. Harness
The Alchemist
Novella · 1966
Nebula recognition
A 1966 science fiction novella by Charles L. Harness. Nebula recognition.
The Algebraist
Novel · 2004
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars. Fassin Taak, a Slow Seer at the Court of the Nasqueron Dwellers, will be fortunate if he makes it to the end of the year.
The Alien Years
Novel · 1998
Locus recognition
Les Entités ont envahi la Terre et réduit l'humanité à l'esclavage ...
The Animals in that Country
Novel · 2020
Clarke winner
The Animals in That Country is a 2020 science fiction novel by Australian writer Laura Jean McKay, published by Scribe. The novel won the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2020), Arthur C. Clarke Award (2021), Victorian Prize for Literature (2021), and Victorian Premier's Prize for Fiction (2021).
The Anomaly
Novel · 2020
Clarke recognition
The Anomaly (French: L'Anomalie) is a 2020 science fiction novel by French writer Hervé Le Tellier. It was published by Éditions Gallimard on 20 August 2020. An English translation by Adriana Hunter was published by Other Press on 23 November 2021. The novel received positive reviews from the literary press.
The Ants of Flanders
by Robert Reed
Novella · 2011
Locus recognition
A 2011 science fiction novella by Robert Reed. Locus recognition.
The Anvil of Jove
by Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund
Novella · 1976
Locus recognition
A 1976 science fiction novella by Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund. Locus recognition.
The Astronaut from Wyoming
by Adam-Troy Castro & Jerry Oltion
Novella · 1999
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 1999 science fiction novella by Adam-Troy Castro & Jerry Oltion. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
The Autopsy
by Michael Shea
Novella · 1980
Locus recognitionNebula recognition
A 1980 science fiction novella by Michael Shea. Locus and Nebula recognition.
The Ballad of Beta-2
Novella · 1965
Nebula recognition
The Ballad of Beta-2 is a 1965 science fiction novel by American writer Samuel R. Delany. The book was originally published as Ace Double, together with Alpha Yes, Terra No! by Emil Petaja.
The Baroque Cycle: The Confusion; The System of the World
Novel · 2004 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Locus winner
A 2004 science fiction novel by Neal Stephenson. Locus Award winner.
The Battle of the Abaco ReefsHilbert Schenck
The Battle of the Abaco Reefs
Novella · 1979
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A 1979 science fiction novella by Hilbert Schenck. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
The Beauty Addict
by Ray Aldridge
Novella · 1993
Nebula recognition
A 1993 science fiction novella by Ray Aldridge. Nebula recognition.
The Best of All Possible Worlds
by Karen Lord
Novel · 2013
Locus recognition
Karen Lord’s debut novel, the multiple-award-winning Redemption in Indigo, announced the appearance of a major new talent—a strong, brilliantly innovative voice fusing Caribbean storytelling traditions and speculative fiction with subversive wit and incisive intellect.
The Bezzle
Novel · 2024
Locus recognition
The bezzle is a term originally coined by John Kenneth Galbraith for a long-term pattern of bad faith in which the mark does not realize at the time that they have been a victim, and may even feel that they have gained in the short term, until being disillusioned later on.
The Big Time
by Fritz Leiber
Novel · 1958
Hugo winner
The Big Time is a short science fiction novel by American writer Fritz Leiber. Awarded the Hugo Award for Best Novel or Novelette in 1958, The Big Time was published originally in two parts in Galaxy Magazine's March and April 1958 issues, illustrated by Virgil Finlay. It was subsequently reprinted in book form several times.
The Birthgrave
by Tanith Lee
Novel · 1975 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Nebula recognition
A mysterious woman awakens in the heart of a dormant volcano and comes forth into a brutal ancient world transformed by genocidal pestilence, fierce beauty, and cultural devastation.
The Black God's Drums
Novella · 2018 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Locus recognitionNebula recognitionHugo recognition
Creeper, a scrappy young teen, is done living on the streets of New Orleans.
The Blind Geometer
Novella · 1986
Nebula winnerHugo recognitionLocus recognition
"The Blind Geometer" is a 1986 science fiction story by American writer Kim Stanley Robinson. It was published by Asimov's Science Fiction.
The Blister
Novella · 1984
Locus recognition
A 1984 science fiction novella by Frederik Pohl. Locus recognition.
The Boat of a Million Years
Novel · 1989
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
The Boat of a Million Years is a science fiction novel by American writer Poul Anderson, first published in 1989 and nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel that same year. It was also nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel and the Prometheus Award in 1990.
The Bones of Time
Novel · 1996
Clarke recognition
In Hawaii, a conflict erupts between the nationalist Homeland Movement and the Interspace corporation which rules the island like a colony, resorting to murder to maintain control.
The Book of Phoenix
Novel · 2015
Clarke recognition
Phoenix was grown and raised among other genetic experiments in New York's Tower 7. She is an 'accelerated woman'--only two years old but with the body and mind of an adult, Phoenix's abilities far exceed those of a normal human.
The Book of Skulls
Novel · 1972
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
The Book of Skulls is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg, first published in 1972. It was nominated for the Nebula Award in 1972, and both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1973.
The Book of Strange New Things
by Michel Faber
Novel · 2014
Clarke recognition
The Book of Strange New Things is a 2014 science fiction novel by Dutch-born author Michel Faber. The work was first published in the United Kingdom on October 6, 2014, and concerns an English pastor who is sent to the planet of Oasis to teach its reclusive native inhabitants about Christianity.
The Boolean Gate
Novella · 2012
Locus recognition
A 2012 science fiction novella by Walter Jon Williams. Locus recognition.
The Borderland of Sol
by Larry Niven
Novella · 1975
Locus recognition
"The Borderland of Sol" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Larry Niven. It is the fifth in the Known Space series of stories about crashlander Beowulf Shaeffer.
The Broken God
Novel · 1993
Clarke recognition
The Broken God is a sensational masterpiece. The protagonist becomes a being who abhors conflict and purposely killing. In loving his best friend he creates someone who is an complete opposite to him.
The Butterfly Kid
Novel · 1967
Hugo recognition
The Butterfly Kid is a science fiction novel by Chester Anderson originally released in 1967. It was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1968. The novel is the first part of the Greenwich Village Trilogy, with Michael Kurland writing the second book and the third volume written by T.A. Waters.
The Byworlder
Novel · 1971
Nebula recognition
A 1971 science fiction novel by Poul Anderson. Nebula recognition.
The Calculating Stars
Novel · 2018
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
Earth needs an escape plan. A gifted pilot needs a seat at the table.
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