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Hugo Award for Best Novel

World Science Fiction Society (WSFS), voted on by members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon)

One of the most prestigious awards in speculative fiction, given annually since 1953 for the best science fiction or fantasy novel (at least 40,000 words) published in the previous year, as voted by Worldcon members.

Search through 6,630 awarded or nominated books

2026

  1. The Everlasting

    Alix E. Harrow

    Won
  2. A Drop of Corruption

    Robert Jackson Bennett

    Shortlisted
  3. Death of the Author

    Nnedi Okorafor

    Shortlisted
  4. Shroud

    Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Shortlisted
  5. The Incandescent

    Emily Tesh

    Shortlisted
  6. The Raven Scholar

    Antonia Hodgson

    Shortlisted

2025

  1. The Tainted Cup

    Robert Jackson Bennett

    Won
  2. A Sorceress Comes to Call

    T. Kingfisher

    Shortlisted
  3. Alien Clay

    Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Shortlisted
  4. Service Model

    Adrian Tchaikovsky

    Shortlisted
  5. Someone You Can Build a Nest In

    John Wiswell

    Shortlisted
  6. The Ministry of Time

    Kaliane Bradley

    Shortlisted

2024

  1. Some Desperate Glory

    Emily Tesh

    Won
  2. Starter Villain

    John Scalzi

    Shortlisted
  3. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

    Shannon Chakraborty

    Shortlisted
  4. The Saint of Bright Doors

    Vajra Chandrasekera

    Shortlisted
  5. Translation State

    Ann Leckie

    Shortlisted
  6. Witch King

    Martha Wells

    Shortlisted

2023

  1. Nettle & Bone

    T. Kingfisher

    Won
  2. Legends & Lattes

    Travis Baldree

    Shortlisted
  3. Nona the Ninth

    Tamsyn Muir

    Shortlisted
  4. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Shortlisted
  5. The Kaiju Preservation Society

    John Scalzi

    Shortlisted
  6. The Spare Man

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Shortlisted

2022

  1. A Desolation Called Peace

    Arkady Martine

    Won
  2. A Master of Djinn

    P. Djèlí Clark

    Shortlisted
  3. Light from Uncommon Stars

    Ryka Aoki

    Shortlisted
  4. Project Hail Mary

    Andy Weir

    Shortlisted
  5. She Who Became the Sun

    Shelley Parker-Chan

    Shortlisted
  6. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within

    Becky Chambers

    Shortlisted

2021

  1. Network Effect

    Martha Wells

    Won
  2. Black Sun

    Rebecca Roanhorse

    Shortlisted
  3. Harrow the Ninth

    Tamsyn Muir

    Shortlisted
  4. Piranesi

    Susanna Clarke

    Shortlisted
  5. The City We Became

    N. K. Jemisin

    Shortlisted
  6. The Relentless Moon

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Shortlisted

2020

  1. A Memory Called Empire

    Arkady Martine

    Won
  2. Gideon the Ninth

    Tamsyn Muir

    Shortlisted
  3. Middlegame

    Seanan McGuire

    Shortlisted
  4. The City in the Middle of the Night

    Charlie Jane Anders

    Shortlisted
  5. The Light Brigade

    Kameron Hurley

    Shortlisted
  6. The Ten Thousand Doors of January

    Alix E. Harrow

    Shortlisted

2019

  1. The Calculating Stars

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    Won
  2. Record of a Spaceborn Few

    Becky Chambers

    Shortlisted
  3. Revenant Gun

    Yoon Ha Lee

    Shortlisted
  4. Space Opera

    Catherynne M. Valente

    Shortlisted
  5. Spinning Silver

    Naomi Novik

    Shortlisted
  6. Trail of Lightning

    Rebecca Roanhorse

    Shortlisted

2018

  1. The Stone Sky

    N. K. Jemisin

    Won
  2. New York 2140

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Shortlisted
  3. Provenance

    Ann Leckie

    Shortlisted
  4. Raven Stratagem

    Yoon Ha Lee

    Shortlisted
  5. Six Wakes

    Mur Lafferty

    Shortlisted
  6. The Collapsing Empire

    John Scalzi

    Shortlisted

2017

  1. The Obelisk Gate

    N. K. Jemisin

    Won
  2. A Closed and Common Orbit

    Becky Chambers

    Shortlisted
  3. All the Birds in the Sky

    Charlie Jane Anders

    Shortlisted
  4. Death's End

    Cixin Liu

    Shortlisted
  5. Ninefox Gambit

    Yoon Ha Lee

    Shortlisted
  6. Too Like the Lightning

    Ada Palmer

    Shortlisted

2016

  1. The Fifth Season

    N. K. Jemisin

    Won
  2. Ancillary Mercy

    Ann Leckie

    Shortlisted
  3. Seveneves

    Neal Stephenson

    Shortlisted
  4. The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut's Windlass

    Jim Butcher

    Shortlisted
  5. Uprooted

    Naomi Novik

    Shortlisted

2015

  1. The Three-Body Problem

    Cixin Liu (Chinese), Ken Liu (translator)

    Won
  2. Ancillary Sword

    Ann Leckie

    Shortlisted
  3. Skin Game

    Jim Butcher

    Shortlisted
  4. The Dark Between the Stars

    Kevin J. Anderson

    Shortlisted
  5. The Goblin Emperor

    Katherine Addison

    Shortlisted

2014

  1. Ancillary Justice

    Ann Leckie

    Won
  2. Neptune's Brood

    Charles Stross

    Shortlisted
  3. Parasite

    Mira Grant

    Shortlisted
  4. The Wheel of Time

    Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

    Shortlisted
  5. Warbound

    Larry Correia

    Shortlisted

2013

  1. Redshirts

    John Scalzi

    Won
  2. 2312

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Shortlisted
  3. Blackout

    Mira Grant

    Shortlisted
  4. Captain Vorpatril's Alliance

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Shortlisted
  5. Throne of the Crescent Moon

    Saladin Ahmed

    Shortlisted

2012

  1. Among Others

    Jo Walton

    Won
  2. A Dance with Dragons

    George R. R. Martin

    Shortlisted
  3. Deadline

    Mira Grant

    Shortlisted
  4. Embassytown

    China Miéville

    Shortlisted
  5. Leviathan Wakes

    James S. A. Corey

    Shortlisted

2011

  1. Blackout/All Clear

    Connie Willis

    Won
  2. Cryoburn

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Shortlisted
  3. Feed

    Mira Grant

    Shortlisted
  4. The Dervish House

    Ian McDonald

    Shortlisted
  5. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

    N. K. Jemisin

    Shortlisted

2010

  1. The City & the City

    China Miéville

    Won
  2. The Windup Girl

    Paolo Bacigalupi

    Won
  3. Boneshaker

    Cherie Priest

    Shortlisted
  4. Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America

    Robert Charles Wilson

    Shortlisted
  5. Palimpsest

    Catherynne M. Valente

    Shortlisted
  6. Wake

    Robert J. Sawyer

    Shortlisted

2009

  1. The Graveyard Book

    Neil Gaiman

    Won
  2. Anathem

    Neal Stephenson

    Shortlisted
  3. Little Brother

    Cory Doctorow

    Shortlisted
  4. Saturn's Children

    Charles Stross

    Shortlisted
  5. Zoe's Tale

    John Scalzi

    Shortlisted

2008

  1. The Yiddish Policemen's Union

    Michael Chabon

    Won
  2. Brasyl

    Ian McDonald

    Shortlisted
  3. Halting State

    Charles Stross

    Shortlisted
  4. Rollback

    Robert J. Sawyer

    Shortlisted
  5. The Last Colony

    John Scalzi

    Shortlisted

2007

  1. Rainbows End

    Vernor Vinge

    Won
  2. Blindsight

    Peter Watts

    Shortlisted
  3. Eifelheim

    Michael F. Flynn

    Shortlisted
  4. Glasshouse

    Charles Stross

    Shortlisted
  5. His Majesty's Dragon

    Naomi Novik

    Shortlisted

2006

  1. Spin

    Robert Charles Wilson

    Won
  2. A Feast for Crows

    George R. R. Martin

    Shortlisted
  3. Accelerando

    Charles Stross

    Shortlisted
  4. Learning the World

    Ken MacLeod

    Shortlisted
  5. Old Man's War

    John Scalzi

    Shortlisted

2005

  1. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

    Susanna Clarke

    Won
  2. Iron Council

    China Miéville

    Shortlisted
  3. Iron Sunrise

    Charles Stross

    Shortlisted
  4. River of Gods

    Ian McDonald

    Shortlisted
  5. The Algebraist

    Iain M. Banks

    Shortlisted

2004

  1. Paladin of Souls

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Won
  2. Blind Lake

    Robert Charles Wilson

    Shortlisted
  3. Humans

    Robert J. Sawyer

    Shortlisted
  4. Ilium

    Dan Simmons

    Shortlisted
  5. Singularity Sky

    Charles Stross

    Shortlisted

2003

  1. Hominids

    Robert J. Sawyer

    Won
  2. Bones of the Earth

    Michael Swanwick

    Shortlisted

  3. Kiln People (UK: Kil'n People)

    David Brin

    Shortlisted
  4. The Scar

    China Miéville

    Shortlisted
  5. The Years of Rice and Salt

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Shortlisted

2002

  1. American Gods

    Neil Gaiman

    Won
  2. Cosmonaut Keep

    Ken MacLeod

    Shortlisted
  3. Passage

    Connie Willis

    Shortlisted
  4. Perdido Street Station

    China Miéville

    Shortlisted
  5. The Chronoliths

    Robert Charles Wilson

    Shortlisted
  6. The Curse of Chalion

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Shortlisted

2001

  1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    J. K. Rowling

    Won
  2. A Storm of Swords

    George R. R. Martin

    Shortlisted
  3. Calculating God

    Robert J. Sawyer

    Shortlisted
  4. Midnight Robber

    Nalo Hopkinson

    Shortlisted
  5. The Sky Road

    Ken MacLeod

    Shortlisted

2000

  1. A Deepness in the Sky

    Vernor Vinge

    Won
  2. A Civil Campaign

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Shortlisted
  3. Cryptonomicon

    Neal Stephenson

    Shortlisted
  4. Darwin's Radio

    Greg Bear

    Shortlisted
  5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    J. K. Rowling

    Shortlisted

1999

  1. To Say Nothing of the Dog

    Connie Willis

    Won
  2. Children of God

    Mary Doria Russell

    Shortlisted
  3. Darwinia

    Robert Charles Wilson

    Shortlisted
  4. Distraction

    Bruce Sterling

    Shortlisted
  5. Factoring Humanity

    Robert J. Sawyer

    Shortlisted

1998

  1. Forever Peace

    Joe Haldeman

    Won
  2. City on Fire

    Walter Jon Williams

    Shortlisted
  3. Frameshift

    Robert J. Sawyer

    Shortlisted
  4. Jack Faust

    Michael Swanwick

    Shortlisted
  5. The Rise of Endymion

    Dan Simmons

    Shortlisted

1997

  1. Blue Mars

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Won
  2. Holy Fire

    Bruce Sterling

    Shortlisted
  3. Memory

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Shortlisted
  4. Remnant Population

    Elizabeth Moon

    Shortlisted
  5. Starplex

    Robert J. Sawyer

    Shortlisted

1996

  1. The Diamond Age

    Neal Stephenson

    Won
  2. Brightness Reef

    David Brin

    Shortlisted
  3. Remake

    Connie Willis

    Shortlisted
  4. The Terminal Experiment (also known as Hobson's Choice)

    Robert J. Sawyer

    Shortlisted
  5. The Time Ships

    Stephen Baxter

    Shortlisted

1995

  1. Mirror Dance

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Won
  2. Beggars and Choosers

    Nancy Kress

    Shortlisted
  3. Brittle Innings

    Michael Bishop

    Shortlisted
  4. Mother of Storms

    John Barnes

    Shortlisted
  5. Towing Jehovah

    James K. Morrow

    Shortlisted

1994

  1. Green Mars

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Won
  2. Beggars in Spain

    Nancy Kress

    Shortlisted
  3. Glory Season

    David Brin

    Shortlisted
  4. Moving Mars

    Greg Bear

    Shortlisted
  5. Virtual Light

    William Gibson

    Shortlisted

1993

  1. A Fire Upon the Deep

    Vernor Vinge

    Won
  2. Doomsday Book

    Connie Willis

    Won
  3. China Mountain Zhang

    Maureen F. McHugh

    Shortlisted
  4. Red Mars

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Shortlisted
  5. Steel Beach

    John Varley

    Shortlisted

1992

  1. Barrayar

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Won
  2. All the Weyrs of Pern

    Anne McCaffrey

    Shortlisted
  3. Bone Dance

    Emma Bull

    Shortlisted
  4. Stations of the Tide

    Michael Swanwick

    Shortlisted
  5. The Summer Queen

    Joan D. Vinge

    Shortlisted
  6. Xenocide

    Orson Scott Card

    Shortlisted

1991

  1. The Vor Game

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Won
  2. Earth

    David Brin

    Shortlisted
  3. Queen of Angels

    Greg Bear

    Shortlisted
  4. The Fall of Hyperion

    Dan Simmons

    Shortlisted
  5. The Quiet Pools

    Michael P. Kube-McDowell

    Shortlisted

1990

  1. Hyperion

    Dan Simmons

    Won
  2. A Fire in the Sun

    George Alec Effinger

    Shortlisted
  3. Grass

    Sheri S. Tepper

    Shortlisted
  4. Prentice Alvin

    Orson Scott Card

    Shortlisted
  5. The Boat of a Million Years

    Poul Anderson

    Shortlisted

1989

  1. Cyteen

    C. J. Cherryh

    Won
  2. Falling Free

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Shortlisted
  3. Islands in the Net

    Bruce Sterling

    Shortlisted
  4. Mona Lisa Overdrive

    William Gibson

    Shortlisted
  5. Red Prophet

    Orson Scott Card

    Shortlisted

1988

  1. The Uplift War

    David Brin

    Won
  2. Seventh Son

    Orson Scott Card

    Shortlisted
  3. The Forge of God

    Greg Bear

    Shortlisted
  4. The Urth of the New Sun

    Gene Wolfe

    Shortlisted
  5. When Gravity Fails

    George Alec Effinger

    Shortlisted

1987

  1. Speaker for the Dead

    Orson Scott Card

    Won
  2. Black Genesis

    L. Ron Hubbard

    Shortlisted
  3. Count Zero

    William Gibson

    Shortlisted
  4. Marooned in Realtime

    Vernor Vinge

    Shortlisted
  5. The Ragged Astronauts

    Bob Shaw

    Shortlisted

1986

  1. Ender's Game

    Orson Scott Card

    Won
  2. Blood Music

    Greg Bear

    Shortlisted
  3. Cuckoo's Egg

    C. J. Cherryh

    Shortlisted
  4. Footfall

    Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

    Shortlisted
  5. The Postman

    David Brin

    Shortlisted

1985

  1. Neuromancer

    William Gibson

    Won
  2. Emergence

    David R. Palmer

    Shortlisted
  3. Job: A Comedy of Justice

    Robert A. Heinlein

    Shortlisted
  4. The Integral Trees

    Larry Niven

    Shortlisted
  5. The Peace War

    Vernor Vinge

    Shortlisted

1984

  1. Startide Rising

    David Brin

    Won
  2. Millennium

    John Varley

    Shortlisted
  3. Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern

    Anne McCaffrey

    Shortlisted
  4. Tea with the Black Dragon

    R. A. MacAvoy

    Shortlisted
  5. The Robots of Dawn

    Isaac Asimov

    Shortlisted

1983

  1. Foundation's Edge

    Isaac Asimov

    Won
  2. 2010: Odyssey Two

    Arthur C. Clarke

    Shortlisted
  3. Courtship Rite

    Donald Kingsbury

    Shortlisted
  4. Friday

    Robert A. Heinlein

    Shortlisted
  5. The Pride of Chanur

    C. J. Cherryh

    Shortlisted
  6. The Sword of the Lictor

    Gene Wolfe

    Shortlisted

1982

  1. Downbelow Station

    C. J. Cherryh

    Won
  2. Little, Big

    John Crowley

    Shortlisted
  3. Project Pope

    Clifford D. Simak

    Shortlisted
  4. The Claw of the Conciliator

    Gene Wolfe

    Shortlisted
  5. The Many-Colored Land

    Julian May

    Shortlisted

1981

  1. The Snow Queen

    Joan D. Vinge

    Won
  2. Beyond the Blue Event Horizon

    Frederik Pohl

    Shortlisted
  3. Lord Valentine's Castle

    Robert Silverberg

    Shortlisted
  4. The Ringworld Engineers

    Larry Niven

    Shortlisted
  5. Wizard

    John Varley

    Shortlisted

1980

  1. The Fountains of Paradise

    Arthur C. Clarke

    Won
  2. Harpist in the Wind

    Patricia A. McKillip

    Shortlisted
  3. Jem

    Frederik Pohl

    Shortlisted

  4. On Wings of Song

    Thomas M. Disch

    Shortlisted
  5. Titan

    John Varley

    Shortlisted

1979

  1. Dreamsnake

    Vonda N. McIntyre

    Won
  2. Blind Voices

    Tom Reamy

    Shortlisted
  3. The Faded Sun: Kesrith

    C. J. Cherryh

    Shortlisted
  4. The White Dragon

    Anne McCaffrey

    Shortlisted

1978

  1. Gateway

    Frederik Pohl

    Won
  2. Dying of the Light

    George R. R. Martin

    Shortlisted
  3. Lucifer's Hammer

    Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

    Shortlisted
  4. The Forbidden Tower

    Marion Zimmer Bradley

    Shortlisted
  5. Time Storm

    Gordon R. Dickson

    Shortlisted

1977

  1. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

    Kate Wilhelm

    Won
  2. Children of Dune

    Frank Herbert

    Shortlisted
  3. Man Plus

    Frederik Pohl

    Shortlisted
  4. Mindbridge

    Joe Haldeman

    Shortlisted
  5. Shadrach in the Furnace

    Robert Silverberg

    Shortlisted

1976

  1. The Forever War

    Joe Haldeman

    Won
  2. Doorways in the Sand

    Roger Zelazny

    Shortlisted
  3. Inferno

    Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

    Shortlisted
  4. The Computer Connection (also known as The Indian Giver)

    Alfred Bester

    Shortlisted
  5. The Stochastic Man

    Robert Silverberg

    Shortlisted

1975

  1. The Dispossessed

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Won
  2. Fire Time

    Poul Anderson

    Shortlisted
  3. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

    Philip K. Dick

    Shortlisted
  4. Inverted World

    Christopher Priest

    Shortlisted
  5. The Mote in God's Eye

    Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle

    Shortlisted

1974

  1. Rendezvous with Rama

    Arthur C. Clarke

    Won
  2. Protector

    Larry Niven

    Shortlisted
  3. The Man Who Folded Himself

    David Gerrold

    Shortlisted
  4. The People of the Wind

    Poul Anderson

    Shortlisted
  5. Time Enough for Love

    Robert A. Heinlein

    Shortlisted

1973

  1. The Gods Themselves

    Isaac Asimov

    Won
  2. A Choice of Gods

    Clifford D. Simak

    Shortlisted
  3. Dying Inside

    Robert Silverberg

    Shortlisted
  4. The Book of Skulls

    Robert Silverberg

    Shortlisted
  5. There Will Be Time

    Poul Anderson

    Shortlisted
  6. When HARLIE Was One

    David Gerrold

    Shortlisted

1972

  1. To Your Scattered Bodies Go

    Philip José Farmer

    Won
  2. A Time of Changes

    Robert Silverberg

    Shortlisted
  3. Dragonquest

    Anne McCaffrey

    Shortlisted
  4. Jack of Shadows

    Roger Zelazny

    Shortlisted
  5. The Lathe of Heaven

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Shortlisted

1971

  1. Ringworld

    Larry Niven

    Won
  2. Star Light

    Hal Clement

    Shortlisted
  3. Tau Zero

    Poul Anderson

    Shortlisted
  4. The Year of the Quiet Sun

    Wilson Tucker

    Shortlisted
  5. Tower of Glass

    Robert Silverberg

    Shortlisted

1970

  1. The Left Hand of Darkness

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Won
  2. Bug Jack Barron

    Norman Spinrad

    Shortlisted
  3. Macroscope

    Piers Anthony

    Shortlisted
  4. Slaughterhouse-Five

    Kurt Vonnegut

    Shortlisted
  5. Up the Line

    Robert Silverberg

    Shortlisted

1969

  1. Stand on Zanzibar

    John Brunner

    Won
  2. Nova

    Samuel R. Delany

    Shortlisted
  3. Past Master

    R. A. Lafferty

    Shortlisted
  4. Rite of Passage

    Alexei Panshin

    Shortlisted
  5. The Goblin Reservation

    Clifford D. Simak

    Shortlisted

1968

  1. Lord of Light

    Roger Zelazny

    Won
  2. Chthon

    Piers Anthony

    Shortlisted
  3. The Butterfly Kid

    Chester Anderson

    Shortlisted
  4. The Einstein Intersection

    Samuel R. Delany

    Shortlisted
  5. Thorns

    Robert Silverberg

    Shortlisted

1967

  1. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

    Robert A. Heinlein

    Won
  2. Babel-17

    Samuel R. Delany

    Shortlisted
  3. Day of the Minotaur

    Thomas Burnett Swann

    Shortlisted
  4. Flowers for Algernon

    Daniel Keyes

    Shortlisted
  5. The Witches of Karres

    James H. Schmitz

    Shortlisted
  6. Too Many Magicians

    Randall Garrett

    Shortlisted

1966

  1. ...And Call Me Conrad (also known as This Immortal)

    Roger Zelazny

    Won
  2. Dune

    Frank Herbert

    Won
  3. Skylark DuQuesne

    Edward E. Smith

    Shortlisted
  4. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

    Robert A. Heinlein

    Shortlisted
  5. The Squares of the City

    John Brunner

    Shortlisted

1965

  1. The Wanderer

    Fritz Leiber

    Won
  2. Davy

    Edgar Pangborn

    Shortlisted

  3. The Planet Buyer (also known as The Boy Who Bought Old Earth)

    Cordwainer Smith

    Shortlisted
  4. The Whole Man

    John Brunner

    Shortlisted

1964

  1. Here Gather the Stars (also known as Way Station)

    Clifford D. Simak

    Won
  2. Cat's Cradle

    Kurt Vonnegut

    Shortlisted
  3. Dune World

    Frank Herbert

    Shortlisted
  4. Glory Road

    Robert A. Heinlein

    Shortlisted
  5. Witch World

    Andre Norton

    Shortlisted

1963

  1. The Man in the High Castle

    Philip K. Dick

    Won
  2. A Fall of Moondust

    Arthur C. Clarke

    Shortlisted
  3. Little Fuzzy

    H. Beam Piper

    Shortlisted
  4. Sylva

    Jean Bruller (French), Rita Barisse (translator)

    Shortlisted
  5. The Sword of Aldones

    Marion Zimmer Bradley

    Shortlisted

1962

  1. Stranger in a Strange Land

    Robert A. Heinlein

    Won
  2. Dark Universe

    Daniel F. Galouye

    Shortlisted
  3. Planet of the Damned (also known as Sense of Obligation)

    Harry Harrison

    Shortlisted
  4. Second Ending

    James White

    Shortlisted
  5. The Fisherman (also known as Time Is the Simplest Thing)

    Clifford D. Simak

    Shortlisted

1961

  1. A Canticle for Leibowitz

    Walter M. Miller, Jr.

    Won
  2. Deathworld

    Harry Harrison

    Shortlisted
  3. Rogue Moon

    Algis Budrys

    Shortlisted
  4. The High Crusade

    Poul Anderson

    Shortlisted
  5. Venus Plus X

    Theodore Sturgeon

    Shortlisted

1960

  1. Starship Troopers

    Robert A. Heinlein

    Won
  2. Dorsai! (also known as The Genetic General)

    Gordon R. Dickson

    Shortlisted
  3. That Sweet Little Old Lady (also known as Brain Twister)

    Mark Phillips

    Shortlisted
  4. The Pirates of Ersatz (also known as The Pirates of Zan)

    Murray Leinster

    Shortlisted
  5. The Sirens of Titan

    Kurt Vonnegut

    Shortlisted

1959

  1. A Case of Conscience

    James Blish

    Won
  2. Have Space Suit — Will Travel

    Robert A. Heinlein

    Shortlisted
  3. Time Killer (also known as Immortality, Inc.)

    Robert Sheckley

    Shortlisted

  4. We Have Fed Our Sea (also known as The Enemy Stars)

    Poul Anderson

    Shortlisted
  5. Who?

    Algis Budrys

    Shortlisted

1958

  1. The Big Time

    Fritz Leiber

    Won

1956

  1. Double Star

    Robert A. Heinlein

    Won

  2. Call Him Dead (also known as Three to Conquer)

    Eric Frank Russell

    Shortlisted
  3. Not This August

    Cyril M. Kornbluth

    Shortlisted
  4. The End of Eternity

    Isaac Asimov

    Shortlisted
  5. The Long Tomorrow

    Leigh Brackett

    Shortlisted

1955

  1. They'd Rather Be Right (also known as The Forever Machine)

    Mark Clifton, Frank Riley

    Won

1953

  1. The Demolished Man

    Alfred Bester

    Won