Winners of the Hugo Award for Best Novel. Does not include Retro-Hugos.
Hugo Award for Best Novel Public
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
4 stars
Published in 2004, it is an alternative history set in 19th-century England around the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Its …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2005.
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4 stars
Spin is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer Robert Charles Wilson. It was published in 2005 and won the …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2006.
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4 stars
From the back cover:
World famous poet Robert Gu missed twenty years of progress while he nearly died from Alzheimer's. …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2007.
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (P.S.)
4 stars
For sixty years Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2008.
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The graveyard book by Neil Gaiman
5 stars
After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2009.
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The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
4 stars
The Windup Girl is a biopunk science fiction novel by American writer Paolo Bacigalupi. It was his debut novel and …
Phil in SF says: Co-winner in 2010.
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The City & the City by China Miéville
4 stars
When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to …
Phil in SF says: Co-winner in 2010.
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4 stars
When a time-travel lab suddenly cancels assignments for no apparent reason and switches around everyone's schedules, time-traveling historians Michael, Merope, …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2011.
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4 stars
Seeking refuge in fantasy novel worlds throughout a youth under the shadow of a dubiously sane half-brother who dabbled in …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2012.
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4 stars
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2013.
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Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
4 stars
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Breq is both …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2014.
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The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Trilogy, #1)
4 stars
Within the context of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a military project sends messages to alien worlds. A nearby alien society …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2015.
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The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, book 1)
4 stars
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS . . . FOR THE LAST TIME.
IT STARTS WITH THE GREAT RED …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2016.
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Phil in SF says: Winner in 2017.
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The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin (The Broken Earth, #3)
5 stars
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME.
The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the …
Phil in SF says: Winner in 2018.