When We Were Real
Novel · 2025
Locus recognitionNebula recognition
A 2025 science fiction novel by Daryl Gregory. 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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Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
by Kate Wilhelm
Novel · 1976
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula recognition
Before becoming one of today's most intriguing and innovative mystery writers, Kate Wilhelm was a leading writer of science fiction, acclaimed for classics like The…
Where the Axe is Buried
by Ray Nayler
Novel · 2025
Locus recognition
A 2025 science fiction novel by Ray Nayler. Locus recognition.
White Queen
Novel · 1991
Clarke recognition
It's 2038 and the earth has been devastated by tectonic shifts accompanied by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The U.S. has undergone a socialist revolution, retro-viruses are rampant and most technology relies on a powerful organic "clay" instead of microprocessors.
Who Fears Death
Novel · 2010 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Nebula recognition
Born into post-apocalyptic Africa to a mother who was raped after the slaughter of her entire tribe, Onyesonwu is tutored by a shaman and discovers that her magical destiny is to end the genocide of her people.
Who?
by Algis Budrys
Novel · 1958
Hugo recognition
Who? is a 1958 science fiction novel by American writer Algis Budrys, set during the Cold War. It was originally a short story, inspired, as its author claimed, by a Kelly Freas painting he had seen in the offices of the magazine Fantastic Universe, and published in that magazine in April 1955.
Whores of Babylon
by Ian Watson
Novel · 1988
Clarke recognition
A 1988 science fiction novel by Ian Watson. Clarke recognition.
Windhaven
by George R. R. Martin & Lisa Tuttle
Novel · 1981
Locus recognition
George R. R. Martin has thrilled a generation of readers with his epic works of the imagination, most recently the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling saga told in the novels A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, and A Storm of Swords.
Wings of Sorrow and Bone
by Beth Cato
Novella · 2015 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Nebula recognition
A 2015 science fiction novella by Beth Cato. Nebula recognition.
Winterfair Gifts
Novella · 2002
Hugo recognition
A 2002 science fiction novella by Lois McMaster Bujold. Hugo recognition.
Witch World
by Andre Norton
Novel · 1963 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognition
Ex-colonel Simon Tregarth was a hunted man--and the hunt was beginning to come to its inevitable deadly end. Tregarth was desperate, and his situation required a desperate solution. His only alternative was wild beyond imagining--sorcery.
With Delicate Mad Hands
Novella · 1981
Locus recognition
A 1981 science fiction novella by James Tiptree Jr.. Locus recognition.
With the Bentfin Boomer Boys on Little Old New AlabamaRichard A. Lupoff
With the Bentfin Boomer Boys on Little Old New Alabama
Novella · 1972
Nebula recognition
A 1972 science fiction novella by Richard A. Lupoff. Nebula recognition.
With Thimbles, With Forks and HopeKate Wilhelm
With Thimbles, With Forks and Hope
by Kate Wilhelm
Novella · 1981
Hugo recognition
A 1981 science fiction novella by Kate Wilhelm. Hugo recognition.
With Unclean HandsAdam-Troy Castro
With Unclean Hands
Novella · 2011
Nebula recognition
A 2011 science fiction novella by Adam-Troy Castro. Nebula recognition.
WitnessWalter Jon Williams
Witness
Novella · 1987
Nebula recognition
A 1987 science fiction novella by Walter Jon Williams. Nebula recognition.
Wizard
by John Varley
Novel · 1980
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
In the second novel of the Gaean trilogy, human explorers have entered the sprawling mind of Gaea. Now they must fight her will. For she is much too powerful ... and definitely insane. Reissue.
WWW: Wake
Novel · 2009
Hugo recognition
Wake, also called WWW: Wake, is a 2009 novel written by Canadian novelist Robert J. Sawyer and the first book in his WWW Trilogy.
Xenocide
Novel · 1991 · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo recognitionLocus recognition
On Lusitania, Ender finds a world where humans and pequeninos and the Hive Queen could all live together. However, Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but which the pequeninos require in order to become adults.
Yellow Blue Tibia
by Adam Roberts
Novel · 2009
Clarke recognition
A group of Soviet authors are shocked to watch the science fiction story they wrote 40 years ago slowly come to life, beginning with Chernobyl.
Yesterday's Kin
by Nancy Kress
Novella · 2014
Locus winnerNebula winner
Marianne Jenner, a geneticist and mother of three, has 10 months to try to avert a disaster and keep her family intact after aliens land in New York. "Aliens have landed in New York.
You Sexy Thing
by Cat Rambo
Novel · 2021
Locus recognition
You Sexy Thing is a science fiction novel by American writer Cat Rambo, published on November 16, 2021 by Tor Books' imprint Starscape.
Young Doctor EszterhazyAvram Davidson
Young Doctor Eszterhazy
Novella · 1984
Nebula recognition
A 1984 science fiction novella by Avram Davidson. Nebula recognition.
Zeitgeist
Novel · 2000
Locus recognition
It's 1999 in Cyprus, an ancient island bejeweled with blue-helmeted UN peacekeepers and littered with rusting land mines, corroding barbed wire, and illegal sewage dumps.
Zoe's Tale
by John Scalzi
Novel · 2008
Hugo recognition
Zoë Boutin-Perry travels to the fledgling colony world of Roanoke with her adoptive parents, John Perry and Jane Sagan, who have accepted positions as administrators.
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