Best Novel Hugo

The Best Novel Hugo category is the oldest Hugo category, having been awarded each year since the beginning of the Hugo Awards in 1953 except for 1957.

For the purposes of the Hugos, a novel is defined as a story of 40,000 words or more. (In the early days there was no precise definition and the category was defined by the voters.)

Year	Winner
1939	The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White
1941	Slan by A. E. van Vogt
1946	The Mule by Isaac Asimov
1951	Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
1953	The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester
1954	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
1955	They'd Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley
1956	Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein
1958	The Big Time by Fritz Leiber (the category was Best Novel or Novelette this year only)
1959	A Case of Conscience by James Blish
1960	Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
1961	A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
1962	Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
1963	The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
1964	Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
1965	The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
1966	(tie) Dune by Frank Herbert and ...And Call Me Conrad by Roger Zelazny
1967	The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
1968	Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
1969	Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
1970	The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
1971	Ringworld by Larry Niven
1972	To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
1973	The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
1974	Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
1975	The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
1976	The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
1977	Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
1978	Gateway by Frederik Pohl
1979	Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
1980	The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
1981	The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
1982	Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh
1983	Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
1984	Startide Rising by David Brin
1985	Neuromancer by William Gibson
1986	Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
1987	Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
1988	The Uplift War by David Brin
1989	Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh
1990	Hyperion by Dan Simmons
1991	The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
1992	Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
1993	(tie) A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge and Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
1994	Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
1995	Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
1996	The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
1997	Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
1998	Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
1999	To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
2000	A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
2001	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
2002	American Gods by Neil Gaiman
2003	Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
2004	Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
2005	Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
2006	Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
2007	Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
2008	The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
2009	The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
2010	(tie) The City & The City, China Miéville and The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi
2011	Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis
2012	Among Others by Jo Walton
2013	Redshirts by John Scalzi
2014	Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
2015	The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu
2016	The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
2017	The Obelisk Gate, by N. K. Jemisin
2018	The Stone Sky, by N. K. Jemisin
2019	The Calculating Stars, by Mary Robinette Kowal

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Hugos

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