The Stochastic Man
Novel · 1975
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A 1975 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg. Hugo and Locus and 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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The Stone Sky
Novel · 2017 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo winnerNebula winner
Humanity will finally be saved or destroyed in the shattering conclusion to the post-apocalyptic and highly acclaimed NYT bestselling trilogy that won the Hugo Award three years in a row. The Moon will soon return.
The Storms of Windhaven
by George R. R. Martin & Lisa Tuttle
Novella · 1975
Locus winnerHugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 1975 science fiction novella by George R. R. Martin & Lisa Tuttle. Locus Award winner; Hugo and Nebula recognition.
The Story WriterRichard Wilson
The Story Writer
Novella · 1979
Nebula recognition
A 1979 science fiction novella by Richard Wilson. Nebula recognition.
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
Novel · 2017 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Nebula recognition
Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents' death, is curious about the secrets of her father's mysterious past.
The Sultan of the Clouds
Novella · 2010
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 2010 science fiction novella by Geoffrey A. Landis. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
The Summer Isles
Novella · 1998
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
A 1998 science fiction novella by Ian R. MacLeod. Hugo and Locus recognition.
The Summer Queen
Novel · 1991
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
MOON DAWNTREADER is Lady of Tiamat, pledged to forever end offworld exploitation and save the mers, whose blood gives immortality. But hostile Summer tribes and treacherous Winters plot to subvert...
The Sword of Aldones
Novel · 1962
Hugo recognition
The Sword of Aldones is a sword and planet novel by American writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, part of her Darkover series. It was first published by Ace Books in 1962, dos-à-dos with her other novel The Planet Savers. Bradley revised and rewrote the novel publishing it as Sharra's Exile in 1981.
The Sword of the Lictor
by Gene Wolfe
Novel · 1981 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
The Sword of the Lictor is a science fantasy novel by American writer Gene Wolfe. First released in 1982, it is the third volume in the four-volume series The Book of the New Sun.
The System of the World
Novel · 2004 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Clarke recognition
The System of the World is a novel by Neal Stephenson and the third and final volume in The Baroque Cycle. The title alludes to the third volume of Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which bears the same name.
The Tangled Strings of the Marionettes
Novella · 2003
Nebula recognition
A 2003 science fiction novella by Adam-Troy Castro. Nebula recognition.
The Tea Master and the Detective
Novella · 2018
Nebula winnerHugo recognitionLocus recognition
Welcome to the Scattered Pearls Belt, a collection of ring habitats and orbitals ruled by exiled human scholars and powerful families, and held together by living mindships who carry people and freight between the stars.
The Tear
by Ian McDonald
Novella · 2008
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
A 2008 science fiction novella by Ian McDonald. Hugo and Locus recognition.
The Telling
Novel · 2000
Locus winner
Once a culturally rich world, the planet Aka has been utterly transformed by technology. Records of the past have been destroyed, and citizens are strictly monitored. But an official observer from Earth will discover a group of outcasts who still practice its lost religion-the Telling.
The Ten Percent Thief
Novel · 2023
Clarke recognition
The Ten Percent Thief is a 2023 dystopian science fiction novel by Indian author Lavanya Lakshminarayan, published by Solaris. It was originally published in India in 2020 by Hachette India under the title Analog/Virtual: And Other Simulations of Your Future. The novel was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke award in 2024.
The Terminal Experiment
Novel · 1995
Nebula winnerHugo recognition
Dr. Peter Hobson invents a machine that detects a brain pattern that leaves the body after death, a pattern many believe is a soul.
The Terraformers
Novel · 2023
Locus recognitionNebula recognition
The Terraformers is a science fiction novel by Annalee Newitz, published on January 31, 2023. Environmentalism is a major theme.
The Testament of Jessie Lamb
by Jane Rogers
Novel · 2011
Clarke winner
A 2011 science fiction novel by Jane Rogers. Clarke Award winner.
The Testaments
Novel · 2019
Locus recognition
15 years after the sons of Jacob seized power in the USA and became Gilead. The story is told from three female viewpoints; Daisy, Agnes and Lydia.
The Thing in the StoneClifford D. Simak
The Thing in the Stone
Novella · 1970
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 1970 science fiction novella by Clifford D. Simak. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
Novel · 1965
Nebula recognition
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is a 1965 science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1965. The novel takes place in 2016.
The Three-Body Problem
by Cixin Liu
Novel · 2008
Hugo winnerLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A scientific mystery opens a door humanity may wish had stayed shut.
The Time Ships
Novel · 1995
Clarke recognitionHugo recognitionLocus recognition
The Time Ships is a 1995 hard science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. A canonical sequel to the 1895 novella The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, it was officially authorized by the Wells estate to mark the centenary of the original's publication. The Time Ships won critical acclaim.
The Time Traveler's Wife
Novel · 2003
Clarke recognition
Audrey Niffenegger's innovative debut, The Time Traveler's Wife, is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian, who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-three and Henry thirty-one.
The Tribes of Bela
Novella · 2004
Nebula recognition
A 2004 science fiction novella by Albert E. Cowdrey. Nebula recognition.
The Tusks of Extinction
by Ray Nayler
Novella · 2024
Hugo winnerLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A 2024 science fiction novella by Ray Nayler. Hugo Award winner; Locus and Nebula recognition.
The Ultimate Earth
Novella · 2000
Hugo winnerNebula winner
A 2000 science fiction novella by Jack Williamson. Hugo and Nebula Award winner.
The Unconquered Country
by Geoff Ryman
Novella · 1986 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Nebula recognition
A 1986 science fiction novella by Geoff Ryman. Nebula recognition.
The Underground Railroad
Novel · 2016 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Clarke winnerLocus recognition
Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is coming into womanhood—where even greater pain awaits.
The Unsleeping Eye
Novel · 1974
Locus recognition
The Unsleeping Eye is a 1974 science fiction novel by British writer D. G. Compton. It was first published in the United Kingdom as The Continuous Katherine Mortenhoe in 1974. It was adapted into the 1980 Bertrand Tavernier film Death Watch, starring Harvey Keitel, Romy Schneider and Max von Sydow.
The Uplift War
by David Brin
Novel · 1987
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula recognition
David Brin's Uplift novels are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction ever written. Sundiver, Startide Rising, and The Uplift War--a New York Times bestseller--together make up one of the most beloved sagas of all time.
The Urth of the New Sun
by Gene Wolfe
Novel · 1987 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
The Urth of the New Sun is a 1987 science fiction novel by Gene Wolfe that serves as a coda to his four-volume Book of the New Sun series. Like Book of the New Sun, it is of the Dying Earth subgenre.
The Vampire Tapestry
Novel · 1980
Nebula recognition
Hailed by Stephen King as "scary and suspenseful" and "unputdownable," and by Peter Beagle, author of THE LAST UNICORN, as "The best vampire novel I have ever read," THE VAMPIRE TAPESTRY examines the classic monster as a biological, rather than supernatural, predator who awakens from…
The Vanished Birds
Novel · 2020
Clarke recognition
The Vanished Birds is a 2020 space opera novel, the debut work by Simon Jimenez. In a plot that spans millennia, the story focuses on the interconnected lives of several characters, including a boy whose special ability may hold the key to unlocking the secrets of the universe. The novel received critical acclaim.
The Void Captain's Tale
Novel · 1983
Locus recognitionNebula recognition
A love story of sorts set in a distant future. The narrator of the novel is captain of an interstellar ship ferrying passengers from a complex sybaritic culture.
The Vor Game
Novel · 1990
Hugo winnerLocus recognition
The Vor Game is a science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold, first published in September 1990. It won the 1991 Hugo Award for Best Novel.
The Walls of the Universe
by Paul Melko
Novella · 2006
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 2006 science fiction novella by Paul Melko. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
The Wanderer
by Fritz Leiber
Novel · 1964
Hugo winner
All eyes were watching the eclipse of the Moon when the Wanderer--a huge, garishly colored artificial world--emerged. Only a few scientists even suspected its presence, and then, suddenly and silently, it arrived, dwarfing and threatening the Moon and wreaking havoc on Earth's tides and weather.
The WatchedChristopher Priest
The Watched
Novella · 1978
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
A 1978 science fiction novella by Christopher Priest. Hugo and Locus recognition.
The Water Knife
Novel · 2015
Locus recognition
The American Southwest has been decimated by drought. Nevada and Arizona skirmish over dwindling shares of the Colorado River, while California watches, deciding if it should just take the whole river all for itself. Into the fray steps Las Vegas water knife Angel Velasquez.
The Waters Rising
Novel · 2010
Clarke recognition
When the Sea King declares war on the small kingdoms of Norland, and forbids any ships from sailing on the rising waters that threaten to flood humanity, a princess must awaken an ancient killer to save the world.
The Way of All Ghosts
by Greg Bear
Novella · 1999
Locus recognition
A 1999 science fiction novella by Greg Bear. Locus recognition.
The Wedding Album
Novella · 1999
Nebula recognition
The Wedding Album may refer to: Wedding Album, a 1969 album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono Wedding Album (Leon and Mary Russell album), 1976 Duran Duran (1993 album), also known as The Wedding Album The Wedding Album (TV series), a FOX television pilot from 2006 Cheech & Chong's Wedding Album, a 1974 comedy album…
The Weight of the Sunrise
by Vylar Kaftan
Novella · 2013
Nebula winner
"The Weight of the Sunrise" is a 2013 alternate history short story by Vylar Kaftan. It was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction in February 2013.
The White Dragon
Novel · 1978
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
On the planet Pern, which was colonised hundreds of years ago by Earth folk looking for a more agrarian lifestyle, "dragons" help humans to fight a deadly Thread that falls from a neighbouring planet as it cycles past once every couple of hundred years.
The White Otters of ChildhoodMichael Bishop
The White Otters of Childhood
Novella · 1973
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
A 1973 science fiction novella by Michael Bishop. Hugo and Locus and Nebula recognition.
The Whole Man
by John Brunner
Novel · 1964
Hugo recognition
Gerald Howson had twisted legs and spine. His face was so ugly even his mother didn't want to look at him.
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