The Wild Shore
Novel · 1984
Nebula recognition
2047: and for sixty years America has been quarantined after a devastating nuclear attack. Seventeen-year-old Henry wants to help make America great again. Like it was before all the bombs went off.
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 Windup Girl
Novel · 2009
Hugo winnerNebula winner
What Happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? And what happens when said bio-terrorism forces humanity to the cusp of post-human evolution?
The Winter BeachKate Wilhelm
The Winter Beach
by Kate Wilhelm
Novella · 1981
Nebula recognition
A 1981 science fiction novella by Kate Wilhelm. Nebula recognition.
The Witches of Karres
Novel · 1966
Hugo recognition
HIS LUCK HAD FINALLY TURNED... ... and for the worse. Unlucky at love, unsuccessful in business, unable to win friends and influence people, Pausert thought he had finally found his niche: captaining the stout old tramp starship VENTURE and her odd-lot cargoes around the fringes…
The Women of Nell Gwynne's
by Kage Baker
Novella · 2009
Locus winnerNebula winnerHugo recognition
A 2009 science fiction novella by Kage Baker. Locus and Nebula Award winner; Hugo recognition.
The Wonderful SecretKeith Laumer
The Wonderful Secret
by Keith Laumer
Novella · 1977
Hugo recognition
A 1977 science fiction novella by Keith Laumer. Hugo recognition.
The Word for World is Forest
Novella · 1972
Hugo winnerLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Centuries in the future, Terrans have established a logging colony & military base named “New Tahiti” on a tree-covered planet whose small, green-furred, big-eyed inhabitants have a culture centered on lucid dreaming. Terran greed spirals around native innocence & wisdom, overturning the ancient society.
The World Inside
Novel · 1971
Hugo recognition
In 2381, the highly regulated life at the giant building known as Urbmon 116 may seem ideal, but some residents are experiencing dangerous dissatisfaction.
The World OutsideRobert Silverberg
The World Outside
Novella · 1970
Hugo recognition
A 1970 science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. Hugo recognition.
The Year of the Quiet Sun
Novel · 1970
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Unavoidably, David Cheney becomes part of the future, in which a nuclear war has weakened both East and West, and in which America is torn by a race war. Yet among this desolate world, he discovers reasons for living.
The Years of Rice and Salt
Novel · 2002
Locus winnerClarke recognitionHugo recognition
With the incomparable vision and breathtaking detail that brought his now-classic Marstrilogy to vivid life, bestselling author KIM STANLEY ROBINSON boldly imagines an alternate history of the last seven hundred years.
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Novel · 2006
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 novel by American author Michael Chabon.
There Is No Antimemetics Division
by QNTM
Novel · 2025
Clarke recognition
(from back cover) An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties ; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it. Antimemes are real.
There Will Be Time
Novel · 1972
Hugo recognition
There Will Be Time is a science fiction novel by American writer Poul Anderson. It was published in 1972 in a hardback edition by Doubleday and in 1973 in a paperback edition by New American Library.
Thesme and the Ghayrog
Novella · 1982 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Locus recognition
A 1982 science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. Locus recognition.
They'd Rather Be Right
by Frank Riley & Mark Clifton
Novel · 1954
Hugo winner
One of 3 novels by early Hugo winner Mark Clifton, exploring ideas re closed vs. open mind, individual vs. group thinking
Thirteen Ways to Kill Lulabelle Rock
by Maud Woolf
Novel · 2024
Clarke recognition
A 2024 science fiction novel by Maud Woolf. Clarke recognition.
This Immortal
Novel · 1965
Hugo winner
This Immortal, serialized as ...And Call Me Conrad, is a science fiction novel by American author Roger Zelazny. For its original publication, it was abridged by the editor and published in two parts in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in October and November 1965.
This Is How You Lose the Time War
by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Novella · 2019
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
Two rival agents exchange letters across the battlefield of time.
This Is the Way the World Ends
by James Morrow
Novel · 1987
Nebula recognition
This Is the Way the World Ends is a post-apocalyptic novel by American writer James K. Morrow, published in 1986.
Thorns
Novel · 1967
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
Duncan Chalk's six-hundred-pound frame is nearly as large as his media empire. Beneath the depths of his immense rolls of flab, the fabulously wealthy mogul wields the editorial power to deliver his programming across the solar system to billions of viewers.
Three to Conquer
Novel · 1956
Hugo recognition
Three to Conquer is a novel by Eric Frank Russell published in 1956.
Tides of Light
Novel · 1989
Locus recognition
Onboard an ancient starship, Killeen and the Bishop tribe escape the mech-ruled world of Snowglade.
Time Ablaze
Novella · 2004
Hugo recognition
A 2004 science fiction novella by Michael A. Burstein. Hugo recognition.
Time Enough for Love
Novel · 1973
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Time Enough for Love is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, first published in 1973. The book made the shortlist for the Nebula, Hugo and Locus awards for best science fiction novel of that year, although it did not win.
Time Is the Simplest Thing
Novel · 1961
Hugo recognition
Time Is the Simplest Thing is a science fiction novel by American writer Clifford D. Simak, first published in 1961. The story combines paranormal abilities with themes of space and time travel. The underlying theme is intolerance of ordinary people towards those with unusual abilities.
Time on My Hands: A Novel with Photographs
Novel · 1997
Clarke recognition
A 1997 science fiction novel by Peter Delacorte. Clarke recognition.
Time Storm
Novel · 1977
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
A time storm has devastated the Earth, and only a small fraction of humankind remains. From the rubble, three survivors form an unlikely alliance: a young man, a young woman, and a leopard.
Time Travelers Never Die
Novella · 1995
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
Shel and his friend Dave journey through time in search of Shel's missing physicist-father, but make a devastating discovery that changes their lives forever when Shel violates their agreement not to visit the future.
Time Was
by Ian McDonald
Novella · 2018
Locus recognition
A love story stitched across time and war, shaped by the power of books. In the heart of World War II, Tom and Ben became lovers.
Time-Out
Novella · 1989
Hugo recognition
A 1989 science fiction novella by Connie Willis. Hugo recognition.
Time: Manifold 1
Novel · 1999
Clarke recognition
A 1999 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter. Clarke recognition.
Timescape
Novel · 1980
Nebula winnerLocus recognition
Timescape is a 1980 science fiction novel by American writer Gregory Benford (with unbilled co-author Hilary Foister, Benford's sister-in-law, who is credited as having "contributed significantly to the manuscript"). It won the 1981 Nebula and 1980 British Science Fiction Award, and the 1981 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
Tiny TangoJudith Moffett
Tiny Tango
Novella · 1989
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 1989 science fiction novella by Judith Moffett. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
Titan
by John Varley
Novel · 1979
Locus winnerHugo recognitionNebula recognition
Titan is a science fiction novel by American writer John Varley, the first book in his Gaea Trilogy, published in 1979. It won the 1980 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and was nominated for both the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1979, and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1980.
Titan
Novel · 1997
Clarke recognition
HUMANKIND'S GREATEST -- AND LAST -- ADVENTURE! Possible signs of organic life have been found on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. A group of visionaries led by NASA's Paula Benacerraf plan a daring one-way mission that will cost them everything.
To Be Taught, If Fortunate
Novella · 2019
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
Four explorers change themselves to meet the worlds they discover.
To Crush the Moon
by Wil McCarthy
Novel · 2005
Nebula recognition
A 2005 science fiction novel by Wil McCarthy. Nebula recognition.
To JorslemRobert Silverberg
To Jorslem
Novella · 1969
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
A 1969 science fiction novella by Robert Silverberg. Hugo and Nebula recognition.
To Leave a MarkKim Stanley Robinson
To Leave a Mark
Novella · 1982
Hugo recognition
A 1982 science fiction novella by Kim Stanley Robinson. Hugo recognition.
To Say Nothing of the Dog
Novel · 1997
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula recognition
Connie Willis' entertaining comedy inspired by Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog).
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
Novel · 1971
Hugo winnerLocus recognition
Imagine that every human who ever lived, from the earliest Neanderthals to the present, is resurrected after death on the banks of an astonishing and seemingly endless river on an unknown world.
Too Like the Lightning
by Ada Palmer
Novel · 2016
Hugo recognition
The world into which Mycroft and Carlyle have been born is as strange to our 21st-century eyes as ours would be to a native of the 1500s.
Tower of Glass
Novel · 1970
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
Simeon Krug has a vision--and the vast wealth necessary to turn dream into reality. What he wishes is to communicate with the stars, to answer signals from deep space.
Trail of Lightning
Novel · 2018 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognitionNebula recognition
While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinétah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters.
Transit
Novella · 1983
Nebula recognition
A 1983 science fiction novella by Vonda N. McIntyre. Nebula recognition.
Translation State
by Ann Leckie
Novel · 2023
Hugo recognitionLocus recognitionNebula recognition
"Translation State" is a 2023 science fiction novel by Ann Leckie, set in the Imperial Radch universe. It follows three characters whose lives intersect as they deal with the mystery of a missing Presger Translator, exploring themes of identity and belonging.
Trial by Fire
Novel · 2014
Nebula recognition
When interstellar diplomat and intelligence operative Caine Riordan returns from humanity's first encounter with aliens, war erupts.
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