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.
Latest winner · 2026
- The Everlasting · Alix E. Harrow
Next · expected April 2027
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2024
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- The Adventures of Amina al-SirafiShortlisted
Shannon Chakraborty
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2023
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2014
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- The Wheel of TimeShortlisted
Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson
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2013
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1988
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1987
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- Black GenesisShortlisted
L. Ron Hubbard
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1968
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- The Butterfly KidShortlisted
Chester Anderson
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1967
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- The Witches of KarresShortlisted
James H. Schmitz
- Too Many MagiciansShortlisted
Randall Garrett
1966
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- Skylark DuQuesneShortlisted
Edward E. Smith
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1965
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- DavyShortlisted
Edgar Pangborn
- The Planet Buyer (also known as The Boy Who Bought Old Earth)Shortlisted
Cordwainer Smith
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1964
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Here Gather the Stars (also known as Way Station)
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1963
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- Little FuzzyShortlisted
H. Beam Piper
- SylvaShortlisted
Jean Bruller (French), Rita Barisse (translator)
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1962
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- Dark UniverseShortlisted
Daniel F. Galouye
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1961
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1960
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- The Pirates of Ersatz (also known as The Pirates of Zan)Shortlisted
Murray Leinster
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1959
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- Time Killer (also known as Immortality, Inc.)Shortlisted
Robert Sheckley
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We Have Fed Our Sea (also known as The Enemy Stars)
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1958
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1956
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- Call Him DeadShortlisted
Eric Frank Russell
- Not This AugustShortlisted
Cyril M. Kornbluth
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- The Long TomorrowShortlisted
Leigh Brackett
Frequently asked questions
- Who won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2026?
- “The Everlasting” by Alix E. Harrow won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2026.
- Who are the most recent Hugo Award for Best Novel winners?
- 2026: “The Everlasting” by Alix E. Harrow; 2025: “The Tainted Cup” by Robert Jackson Bennett; 2024: “Some Desperate Glory” by Emily Tesh; 2023: “Nettle & Bone” by T. Kingfisher; 2022: “A Desolation Called Peace” by Arkady Martine.
- Has anyone won the Hugo Award for Best Novel more than once?
- Yes - 17 authors have: Robert A. Heinlein (1956, 1960, 1962, 1967); Lois McMaster Bujold (1991, 1992, 1995, 2004); Connie Willis (1993, 1999, 2011); Vernor Vinge (1993, 2000, 2007); N. K. Jemisin (2016, 2017, 2018); Fritz Leiber (1958, 1965); Roger Zelazny (1966, 1968); Ursula K. Le Guin (1970, 1975); Isaac Asimov (1973, 1983); Arthur C. Clarke (1974, 1980); Joe Haldeman (1976, 1998); C. J. Cherryh (1982, 1989); David Brin (1984, 1988); Orson Scott Card (1986, 1987); Kim Stanley Robinson (1994, 1997); Neil Gaiman (2002, 2009); Arkady Martine (2020, 2022).