Ancillary Justice
by Ann Leckie
Novel · 2013
Clarke winnerHugo winnerNebula winner
A starship’s intelligence. One remaining body. A very personal reckoning.
A LIBRARY WITH A LITTLE DIRECTION
Science fiction books that won both the Hugo and the Nebula
Only a few dozen science fiction books have won both of the genre’s two biggest awards: the Hugo, voted by readers, and the Nebula, voted by writers. Here is every one of them.
Each book on this list won the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award in the novel or novella category. Books that also won the Locus or Arthur C. Clarke award are listed first.
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All Systems Red
by Martha Wells
Novella · 2017
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
It hacked its programming. It would really rather watch television.
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.
The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Novel · 1974
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
Two worlds, opposing ideals, and a physicist trying to build a bridge.
Rendezvous with Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke
Novel · 1973
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
Something enormous has entered the solar system. The door is open.
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
Novel · 1974
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
A soldier returns from battle to a world that has moved on without him.
The Calculating Stars
by Mary Robinette Kowal
Novel · 2018
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
Earth needs an escape plan. A gifted pilot needs a seat at the table.
Network Effect
by Martha Wells
Novel · 2020
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
Murderbot has inconvenient feelings and a much bigger problem.
Blackout/All Clear
by Connie Willis
Novel
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
Blackout and All Clear are the two volumes that constitute a 2010 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. Blackout was published February 2, 2010 by Spectra. The second part, the conclusion All Clear, was released as a separate book on October 19, 2010.
Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis
Novel · 1992
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winnerClarke recognition
Somewhere in the future, ordinary history students must travel back in time as part of their university degree.
Dreamsnake
by Vonda N. McIntyre
Novel · 1978
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
In a world devastated by nuclear holocaust, Snake is a healer. One of an elite band dedicated to caring for sick humanity, she goes wherever her skills are needed.
Enemy Mine
by Barry B. Longyear
Novella
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
"Enemy Mine" is a science fiction novella by American writer Barry B. Longyear. It was originally published in the September 1979 issue of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. The novella's plot concerns two soldiers, one human and one reptilian-like alien, who find themselves stranded together on a hostile planet.
Gateway
by Frederik Pohl
Novel · 1977
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
Gateway is a 1977 science-fiction novel by American writer Frederik Pohl. It is the opening novel in the Heechee saga, with four sequels that followed.
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by John Varley
Novella · 1984
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
A 1984 science fiction novella by John Varley. Hugo and Locus and Nebula Award winner.
Ringworld
by Larry Niven
Novel · 1970
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
The ' (1970–2004), by science fiction author Larry Niven, is a part of his Known Space set of stories. Its backdrop is the Ringworld, a giant artifact 600 million miles in circumference around a sun.
Speaker for the Dead
by Orson Scott Card
Novel · 1986
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
Ender Wiggin, the young military genius, discovers that a second alien war is inevitable and that he must dismiss his fears to make peace with humanity's strange new brothers.
Stardance
by Jeanne Robinson & Spider Robinson
Novella
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
Stardance is a science fiction novel by Spider Robinson and Jeanne Robinson, published by Dial Press in 1979 as part of its Quantum science fiction line. The novel's opening segment originally appeared in Analog in 1977 as the novella "Stardance", followed by the serialized conclusion, "Stardance II", in Analog in 1978.
Startide Rising
by David Brin
Novel · 1983
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
David Brin: “Startide Rising” (1983) This is a sci fi story about a Terran (Earth) crew of neo-dolphins and humans on the starship “The Streaker”. Their mission is to find information about the first Galactic race, which existed billions of yeas ago.
The Gods Themselves
by Isaac Asimov
Novel · 1972
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
The year is 2100 A.D.… And Man no longer stands alone in the universe. Now there are other worlds, other living beings. Alien beings who mate in threes and live on pure energy.
The Persistence of Vision
by John Varley
Novella · 1978
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
"The Persistence of Vision" is a novella by American writer John Varley. It was included in the anthology of the same name and in The John Varley Reader.
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
Novel · 2006
Hugo winnerLocus winnerNebula winner
The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 novel by American author Michael Chabon.
Dune
by Frank Herbert
Novel · 1965
Hugo winnerNebula winner
A desert planet. An empire in the balance. A future that refuses to stay written.
The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Novel · 1969
Hugo winnerNebula winner
An icy world. A solitary envoy. A radical question about being human.
Binti
by Nnedi Okorafor
Novella · 2015
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
One student carries her whole world into an unfamiliar universe.
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
Novel · 1984
Hugo winnerNebula winner
A hacker’s second chance leads into the machinery of a wired future.
Beggars in Spain
by Nancy Kress
Novella · 1991
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
In a world where the slightest edge can mean the difference between success and failure, Leisha Camden is beautiful, extraordinarily intelligent ... and one of an ever-growing number of human beings who have been genetically modified to never require sleep.Once considered interesting anomalies, now Leisha…
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
Novel · 1985
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
Ender's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date in Earth's future, the novel presents an imperiled humankind after two conflicts with the Formics, an insectoid alien species they dub the "buggers".
Forever Peace
by Joe Haldeman
Novel · 1997
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
Joe Haldeman returns with a story about the horrors of war -- and how we might move past them. Julian Class is a physicist working on the largest particle accelerator ever built, a nanobot-constructed ring in the orbit of Jupiter.
Home Is the Hangman
by Roger Zelazny
Novella · 1975
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
A 1975 science fiction novella by Roger Zelazny. Hugo and Nebula Award winner; Locus recognition.
Houston, Houston, Do You Read?
by James Tiptree Jr.
Novella · 1976
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
After a solar flare damages their ship, three astronauts are rescued by survivors of an Earth that has undergone dramatic change.
Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge
by Mike Resnick
Novella · 1994
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
"Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge" is a science fiction novella by American writer Mike Resnick, originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1994. It won the 1994 Nebula Award for Best Novella and the 1995 Hugo Award for Best Novella.
The Fountains of Paradise
by Arthur C. Clarke
Novel · 1978
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
In the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, and one which will revolutionize the future of humankind in space: a Space Elevator, 36,000 kilometers high, anchored to an equatorial island in the Indian Ocean.
The Hemingway Hoax
by Joe Haldeman
Novella · 1990
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
The Hemingway Hoax is a Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella that weaves an intricate plot of a fake Hemingway manuscript with time travel, multiple universes, and the potential destruction of the omniverse itself.
The Last of the Winnebagos
by Connie Willis
Novella · 1988
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
"The Last of the Winnebagos" is a short story written by American writer Connie Willis. It was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1988, and reprinted in the short story collections Impossible Things (1994) and The Best of Connie Willis (2013).
The Man Who Bridged the Mist
by Kij Johnson
Novella · Science fiction and fantasy crossover
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
The Man Who Bridged the Mist is a science fiction/fantasy novella by Kij Johnson.
The Mountains of Mourning
by Lois McMaster Bujold
Novella · 1989
Hugo winnerNebula winnerLocus recognition
The Mountains of Mourning is a science fiction novella by American author Lois McMaster Bujold. It is part of her Vorkosigan Saga, chronologically taking place between the novels The Warrior's Apprentice and The Vor Game. It won the 1990 Hugo Award for Best Novella and the Nebula Award for Best Novella of 1989.
The Saturn Game
by Poul Anderson
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 Stone Sky
by N. K. Jemisin
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 Ultimate Earth
by Jack Williamson
Novella
Hugo winnerNebula winner
A science fiction novella by Jack Williamson. Hugo and Nebula Award winner.
The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
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?
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