The Queen of Air and Darkness
Novella · 1971
Hugo winner
"The Queen of Air and Darkness" is a science fiction novella by American writer Poul Anderson, set in his History of Rustum fictional universe.
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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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The Quiet Pools
Novel · 1990
Hugo recognition
A 1990 science fiction novel by Michael P. Kube-McDowell. Hugo recognition.
The Quiet War
Novel · 2008
Clarke recognition
Twenty-third century Earth, ravaged by climate change, looks backwards to the holy ideal of a pre-industrial Eden. Political power has been grabbed by a few powerful families and their green saints.
The Ragged Astronauts
by Bob Shaw
Novel · 1986
Hugo recognition
The Ragged Astronauts is a science fiction novel by British writer Bob Shaw, published in 1986 by Gollancz. It is the first book in the series Land and Overland. It won the BSFA Award for Best Novel.
The Raw Shark Texts
by Steven Hall
Novel · 2007
Clarke recognition
Eric Sanderson wakes up in a place he doesn't recognise, unable to remember who he is. All he has left are journal entries recalling Clio, a perfect love now gone.
The Red Men
Novel · 2007
Clarke recognition
A 2007 science fiction novel by Matthew de Abaitua. Clarke recognition.
The Red Scholar's Wake
Novel · 2022
Clarke recognitionLocus recognition
Xich Si: bot maker, data analyst, mother, scavenger. But those days are over now-her ship has just been captured by the Red Banner pirate fleet, famous for their double-dealing and cruelty.
The Red: First Light
by Linda Nagata
Novel · 2013
Nebula recognition
A 2013 science fiction novel by Linda Nagata. Nebula recognition.
The Region Between
Novella · 1970 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 1970 science fiction novella by Harlan Ellison. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
The Regular
by Ken Liu
Novella · 2014
Locus recognitionNebula recognition
A 2014 science fiction novella by Ken Liu. Locus and Nebula recognition.
The Relentless Moon
Novel · 2020
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
It's 1963, and riots and sabotage plague the space program. The climate change caused by the Meteor is becoming more and more clear, but tensions are rising, and the IAC's goal of getting humanity off Earth is threatened.
The Remaking of Sigmund Freud
Novel · 1985
Nebula recognition
A 1985 science fiction novel by Barry N. Malzberg. Nebula recognition.
The Retrieval Artist
Novella · 2000
Hugo recognition
A 2000 science fiction novella by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Hugo recognition.
The Ringworld Engineers
by Larry Niven
Novel · 1979
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
The Ringworld Engineers is a 1979 science fiction novel by American writer Larry Niven. It is the first sequel to Niven's Ringworld and was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1981.
The Rise of Endymion
by Dan Simmons
Novel · 1997
Locus winnerHugo recognition
After a prolonged decline, the Catholic Church receives a new lease of life when it discovers a way to resurrect the dead. Final volume in a multifaceted series on the far future.
The Road to Corlay
Novel · 1978 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Nebula recognition
A 1978 science fiction novel by Richard Cowper. Nebula recognition.
The Road to Roswell
Novel · 2023
Locus recognition
A 2023 science fiction novel by Connie Willis. Locus recognition.
The Robots of Dawn
by Isaac Asimov
Novel · 1983
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
A millennium into the future two advances have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the Galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain.
The Rosewater Insurrection/The Rosewater RedemptionTade Thompson
The Rosewater Insurrection/The Rosewater Redemption
Novel · 2019
Locus recognition
A 2019 science fiction novel by Tade Thompson. Locus recognition.
The Saliva Tree
Novella · 1966
Nebula winner
"The Saliva Tree" is a science fiction novella by British writer Brian W. Aldiss first published in the September 1965 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It won the 1965 Nebula Award for Best Novella (which it shared with "He Who Shapes" by Roger Zelazny in a tie).
The Salt Oracle
Novel · 2025
Clarke recognition
A 2025 science fiction novel by Lorraine Wilson. Clarke recognition.
The Samurai and the WillowsMichael Bishop
The Samurai and the Willows
Novella · 1976
Locus winnerHugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 1976 science fiction novella by Michael Bishop. Locus Award winner; Hugo and Nebula recognition.
The Saturn Game
Novella · 1981
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
"The Saturn Game" is a science fiction novella by American writer Poul Anderson, originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact in February 1981.
The Scapegoat
Novella · 1985
Locus recognitionHugo recognition
"The Scapegoat" is a science fiction novella by American writer C. J. Cherryh, set in her Alliance-Union universe. It deals with a war in which the two opposing species can not communicate with one another and do not know how to stop the conflict.
The Scar
Novel · 2002 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Clarke recognitionHugo recognition
A mythmaker of the highest order, China Mieville has emblazoned the fantasy novel with fresh language, startling images, and stunning originality.
The Sea and Summer
Novel · 1987
Clarke winnerNebula recognition
Francis Conway is Swill - one of the millions in the year 2041 who must subsist on the inadequate charities of the state.
The Secret of Life
Novel · 2001
Clarke recognition
A 2001 science fiction novel by Paul J. McAuley. Clarke recognition.
The Secret Sharer
Novella · 1987
Locus winnerHugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 1987 science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. Locus Award winner; Hugo and Nebula recognition.
The Separation
Novel · 2001
Clarke winner
The Separation is a novel by British writer Christopher Priest, published in 2002. It is an alternate history revolving around the experiences of identical twin brothers during the Second World War, during which one becomes a pilot for the RAF, and the other, a conscientious objector, becomes an ambulance driver for the Red Cross.
The Shadow of the Torturer
by Gene Wolfe
Novel · 1980 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Nebula recognition
The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun.
The Shattering Peace
by John Scalzi
Novel · 2025
Locus recognition
The Shattering Peace is a science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi, the seventh book set in the Old Man's War universe, and takes place ten years after the events of The End of All Things. The book is written as a first-person narrative from the viewpoint of Gretchen Trujillo.
The Sheep Look Up
by John Brunner
Novel · 1972
Nebula recognition
In a near future, the air pollution is so bad that everyone wears gas masks. The infant mortality rate is soaring, and birth defects, new diseases, and physical ailments of all kinds abound. The water is undrinkable—unless you’re poor and have no choice.
The Ship That Sailed the Time Stream
Novel · 1965
Nebula recognition
The special research vessel ALICE was the oddest ship that ever flew the ensign of the United States Navy; small, wooden-hulled and sail-powered, she would have been less out of place in the Navy of a hundred years ago - if it weren't for the…
The Shockwave Rider
by John Brunner
Novel · 1975
Locus recognition
This 1975 book pretty much nailed the contradictions inherent in global networking, long before the network was created. It's full of wiretapping spooks, genius kids, networked churches, fake identities, network worms, encryption, nonprofits that outfox the spooks to help society, the works.
The Silent Eyes of TimeAlgis Budrys
The Silent Eyes of Time
by Algis Budrys
Novella · 1975
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
A 1975 science fiction novella by Algis Budrys. Hugo and Locus recognition.
The Sirens of Titan
Novel · 1959
Hugo recognition
"His best book," Esquire wrote of Kurt Vonnegut's 1959 novel The Sirens of Titan, adding, "he dares not only to ask the ultimate question about the meaning of life, but to answer it."
The Sky Road
by Ken MacLeod
Novel · 1999
Hugo recognition
Centuries after the catastrophic Deliverance, humanity is again reaching into space. And Clovis, a young scholar working in the spaceship-construction yard, could make the difference between success and failure.
The Snow Queen
Novel · 1980
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula recognition
The Snow Queen is a 1980 science fiction novel by American writer Joan D. Vinge. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1981, and was also nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1981.
The Spacetime Pool
Novella · 2008
Nebula winner
A 2008 science fiction novella by Catherine Asaro. Nebula Award winner.
The Spare Man
Novel · 2022
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
The Spare Man is a 2022 science fiction murder mystery novel by Mary Robinette Kowal. The novel was a finalist for the 2023 Hugo Award for Best Novel and the 2023 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
The Sparrow
Novel · 1996
Clarke winner
The Sparrow is a novel about a remarkable man, a living saint, a life-long celibate and Jesuit priest, who undergoes an experience so harrowing and profound that it makes him question the existence of God.
The Speed of Dark
Novel · 2002
Nebula winnerClarke recognitionLocus recognition
In the near future, disease will be a condition of the past. Most genetic defects will be removed at birth; the remaining during infancy. Unfortunately, there will be a generation left behind. For members of that missed generation, small advances will be made.
The Squares of the City
by John Brunner
Novel · 1965
Hugo recognition
The Squares of the City is a science fiction novel by British writer John Brunner, first published in 1965 (ISBN 0-345-27739-2). It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1966.
The Star Fox
Novel · 1965
Nebula recognition
The Star Fox is a science fiction novel by Poul Anderson, first published in 1965. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1965.
The Star Pit
Novella · 1967
Hugo recognition
A 1967 science fiction novella by Samuel R. Delany. Hugo recognition.
The Stars Are Legion
Novel · 2017
Locus recognition
A 2017 science fiction novel by Kameron Hurley. Locus recognition.
The Stars Do Not LieJay Lake
The Stars Do Not Lie
by Jay Lake
Novella · 2012
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A 2012 science fiction novella by Jay Lake. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
The Steel Crocodile
Novel · 1970
Nebula recognition
A 1970 science fiction novel by D. G. Compton. Nebula recognition.
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