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Hugo Award Winning Novels

Type: Preset list created by brakketh

Based on bookaward: Hugo Award

Members: 12 participating members (show all)

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1
Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis
6,422 members, 301 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: Rtrace (1), archerygirl (1), dreamweaver529 (2), gypsysmom (2), ahef1963 (2), merrystar (7), ShellyS (12), rretzler (16), ben.wildeboer (33), brakketh (41)

Score: 27.95

Explanations:

dreamweaver529 (2): Co-Winner 1993

2
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
9,193 members, 252 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (1), rretzler (1), ahef1963 (1), ShellyS (1), Rtrace (2), ben.wildeboer (7), brakketh (7)

Score: 24.28

Explanations:

brakketh (7): Winner 1961

3
The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
11,515 members, 278 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), hipdeep (2), Rtrace (3), gypsysmom (3), ShellyS (3), rretzler (6), merrystar (10), brakketh (17)

Score: 23.26

Explanations:

brakketh (17): Winner 1970

4
To Say Nothing of the Dog
by Connie Willis
5,597 members, 244 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), Rtrace (5), archerygirl (6), ahef1963 (8), gypsysmom (9), rretzler (17), ben.wildeboer (36), brakketh (47)

Score: 19.05

5
Dune
by Frank Herbert
29,268 members, 445 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: ShellyS (2), Rtrace (4), gypsysmom (4), rretzler (4), archerygirl (9), merrystar (11), brakketh (12)

Score: 18.5

Explanations:

brakketh (12): Winner 1966 (tied)

6
Barrayar
by Lois McMaster Bujold
2,132 members, 61 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: dreamweaver529 (1), archerygirl (3), rretzler (15), Rtrace (26), ShellyS (27), ben.wildeboer (31), brakketh (39)

Score: 15.89

Explanations:

dreamweaver529 (1): Winner 1992

7
The Gods Themselves
by Isaac Asimov
4,539 members, 77 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (4), gypsysmom (7), rretzler (8), ben.wildeboer (14), Rtrace (14), brakketh (20), ShellyS (21)

Score: 15.56

Explanations:

brakketh (20): Winner 1973

8
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
18,627 members, 298 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1), gypsysmom (5), Rtrace (6), ShellyS (8), rretzler (11), brakketh (32)

Score: 15.49

Explanations:

brakketh (32): Winner 1985

9
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling
81,256 members, 745 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (2), merrystar (8), archerygirl (14), ahef1963 (14), rretzler (18), Rtrace (21), brakketh (49)

Score: 15.2

10
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
7,330 members, 193 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: archerygirl (4), ShellyS (5), gypsysmom (6), Rtrace (7), rretzler (9), brakketh (23)

Score: 14.65

Explanations:

brakketh (23): Winner 1976

11
Blackout
by Connie Willis
2,535 members, 183 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: merrystar (2), Rtrace (8), archerygirl (15), gypsysmom (17), rretzler (23), ben.wildeboer (47), brakketh (60)

Score: 14.54

12
American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
28,259 members, 756 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (5), Rtrace (9), ahef1963 (9), archerygirl (12), rretzler (19), ben.wildeboer (38), brakketh (50)

Score: 14.47

13
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
8,917 members, 123 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: rretzler (2), ben.wildeboer (8), brakketh (8), Rtrace (12), merrystar (12), gypsysmom (15)

Score: 14.45

Explanations:

brakketh (8): Winner 1962

14
Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas
by John Scalzi
3,216 members, 318 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (4), archerygirl (7), gypsysmom (8), Rtrace (15), rretzler (24), ben.wildeboer (49), brakketh (62)

Score: 14.44

15
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
8,840 members, 377 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3), Rtrace (10), gypsysmom (10), ShellyS (19), rretzler (21), ben.wildeboer (44), brakketh (56)

Score: 14.34

16
Foundation's Edge
by Isaac Asimov
7,839 members, 60 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7), rretzler (10), gypsysmom (11), Rtrace (18), ben.wildeboer (23), ShellyS (23), brakketh (30)

Score: 14.21

Explanations:

brakketh (30): Winner 1983

17
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
17,179 members, 1,109 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (6), archerygirl (10), ahef1963 (10), Rtrace (11), rretzler (22), ben.wildeboer (45), brakketh (57)

Score: 14.1

18
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
22,738 members, 681 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (7), ahef1963 (11), archerygirl (13), Rtrace (19), rretzler (20), ben.wildeboer (41), brakketh (53)

Score: 13.63

19
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
33,537 members, 923 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), ahef1963 (5), rretzler (12), Rtrace (13), ben.wildeboer (25), brakketh (33)

Score: 13.43

Explanations:

brakketh (33): Winner 1986

20
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
by Robert A. Heinlein
8,407 members, 151 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: rretzler (5), ben.wildeboer (11), gypsysmom (12), ahef1963 (12), brakketh (14), Rtrace (23)

Score: 13.06

Explanations:

brakketh (14): Winner 1967

21
The Three-Body Problem
by Cixin Liu
3,502 members, 195 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: dreamweaver529 (3), archerygirl (18), rretzler (30), gypsysmom (36), ben.wildeboer (50), Rtrace (50), brakketh (64)

Score: 12.75

Explanations:

dreamweaver529 (3): Winner 2015

22
Speaker for the Dead
by Orson Scott Card
13,179 members, 168 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), merrystar (9), rretzler (13), Rtrace (17), ben.wildeboer (26), brakketh (34)

Score: 12.37

Explanations:

brakketh (34): Winner 1987

23
The Vor Game
by Lois McMaster Bujold
2,245 members, 48 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: archerygirl (2), rretzler (14), Rtrace (24), ShellyS (26), ben.wildeboer (30), brakketh (38)

Score: 12.33

24
Rendezvous With Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke
7,841 members, 134 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ShellyS (4), ben.wildeboer (15), gypsysmom (18), brakketh (21), Rtrace (25), rretzler (26)

Score: 12.23

Explanations:

brakketh (21): Winner 1974

25
The Demolished Man
by Alfred Bester
3,855 members, 95 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ben.wildeboer (1), brakketh (1), ShellyS (7), Rtrace (34)

Score: 12.12

Explanations:

brakketh (1): Winner 1953

26
Ancillary Justice
by Ann Leckie
3,601 members, 260 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: archerygirl (5), gypsysmom (14), Rtrace (20), ShellyS (20), rretzler (25), brakketh (63)

Score: 11.73

27
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
by Kate Wilhelm
1,437 members, 56 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: ShellyS (6), ben.wildeboer (17), brakketh (24), rretzler (27), gypsysmom (34), Rtrace (35)

Score: 11.39

Explanations:

brakketh (24): Winner 1977

28
The Uplift War
by David Brin
2,766 members, 24 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: merrystar (5), ShellyS (24), gypsysmom (26), ben.wildeboer (27), Rtrace (29), brakketh (35)

Score: 11.38

Explanations:

brakketh (35): Winner 1988

29
Ringworld
by Larry Niven
7,981 members, 142 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: rretzler (7), ShellyS (10), gypsysmom (13), Rtrace (16), brakketh (18)

Score: 10.76

Explanations:

brakketh (18): Winner 1971

30
Startide Rising
by David Brin
3,554 members, 43 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: merrystar (4), ShellyS (18), ben.wildeboer (24), Rtrace (27), brakketh (31)

Score: 10.03

Explanations:

brakketh (31): Winner 1984

31
The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin
7,659 members, 175 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: ShellyS (9), ben.wildeboer (16), gypsysmom (19), brakketh (22), Rtrace (28)

Score: 9.81

Explanations:

brakketh (22): Winner 1975

32
The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
4,879 members, 240 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (3), rretzler (31), gypsysmom (32), Rtrace (41), brakketh (58)

Score: 9.45

33
Double Star
by Robert A. Heinlein
2,555 members, 59 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: ben.wildeboer (3), brakketh (3), gypsysmom (27), Rtrace (42)

Score: 9.41

Explanations:

brakketh (3): Winner 1956

34
The Snow Queen
by Joan D. Vinge
1,932 members, 38 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ShellyS (11), ben.wildeboer (21), gypsysmom (21), brakketh (28), Rtrace (30)

Score: 9.38

Explanations:

brakketh (28): Winner 1981

35
Dreamsnake
by Vonda N. McIntyre
1,504 members, 44 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: ShellyS (15), ben.wildeboer (19), gypsysmom (22), brakketh (26), Rtrace (31)

Score: 9.26

Explanations:

brakketh (26): Winner 1979

36
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
10,239 members, 279 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: rretzler (3), brakketh (9), gypsysmom (16), Rtrace (22)

Score: 9.2

Explanations:

brakketh (9): Winner 1963

37
Paladin of Souls
by Lois McMaster Bujold
3,120 members, 87 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: merrystar (6), archerygirl (16), ben.wildeboer (40), brakketh (52), Rtrace (62)

Score: 9.06

38
The Big Time
by Fritz Leiber
950 members, 38 reviews
3.11 stars (3.11 stars)

Lists: ben.wildeboer (4), brakketh (4), rretzler (29), Rtrace (52)

Score: 8.87

Explanations:

brakketh (4): Winner 1958

39
Mirror Dance
by Lois McMaster Bujold
2,277 members, 37 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: archerygirl (11), rretzler (28), ben.wildeboer (34), brakketh (43), Rtrace (44)

Score: 8.71

40
A Case of Conscience
by James Blish
1,461 members, 37 reviews
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

Lists: ben.wildeboer (5), brakketh (5), gypsysmom (35), Rtrace (43)

Score: 8.56

Explanations:

brakketh (5): Winner 1959

41
Starship Troopers
by Robert A. Heinlein
9,733 members, 167 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ben.wildeboer (6), brakketh (6), gypsysmom (28), Rtrace (36)

Score: 8.48

Explanations:

brakketh (6): Winner 1960

42
Forever Peace
by Joe Haldeman
1,786 members, 37 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: ShellyS (17), gypsysmom (25), ben.wildeboer (35), brakketh (46), Rtrace (60)

Score: 8.38

43
The Forever Machine
by Mark Clifton
282 members, 16 reviews
2.81 stars (2.81 stars)

Lists: ben.wildeboer (2), brakketh (2), Rtrace (49)

Score: 8.24

Explanations:

brakketh (2): Winner 1955 (aka They'd Rather Be Right)

44
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
by Philip José Farmer
3,101 members, 57 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13), brakketh (19), gypsysmom (20), Rtrace (37)

Score: 7.54

Explanations:

brakketh (19): Winner 1972

45
Stand on Zanzibar
by John Brunner
2,577 members, 39 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: ben.wildeboer (13), brakketh (16), gypsysmom (29), Rtrace (39)

Score: 7.43

Explanations:

brakketh (16): Winner 1969

46
Green Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson
4,213 members, 40 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: ShellyS (13), gypsysmom (23), Rtrace (32), brakketh (42)

Score: 7.19

47
Blue Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson
3,854 members, 37 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ShellyS (14), gypsysmom (24), Rtrace (33), brakketh (45)

Score: 7.09

48
Gateway
by Frederik Pohl
3,693 members, 77 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ben.wildeboer (18), brakketh (25), gypsysmom (30), Rtrace (40)

Score: 7.03

Explanations:

brakketh (25): Winner 1978

49
The Fountains of Paradise
by Arthur C. Clarke
2,716 members, 42 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: ben.wildeboer (20), ShellyS (22), brakketh (27), Rtrace (46)

Score: 7.03

Explanations:

brakketh (27): Winner 1980

50
Among Others
by Jo Walton
2,349 members, 215 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: archerygirl (8), Rtrace (38), ben.wildeboer (48), brakketh (61)

Score: 6.94

51
Cyteen
by C. J. Cherryh
1,489 members, 50 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: ShellyS (25), ben.wildeboer (28), brakketh (36), Rtrace (47)

Score: 6.69

Explanations:

brakketh (36): Winner 1989

52
The City & The City
by China Miéville
4,761 members, 297 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: archerygirl (17), ben.wildeboer (46), Rtrace (48), brakketh (59)

Score: 6.47

53
A Deepness in the Sky
by Vernor Vinge
3,327 members, 56 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (33), ben.wildeboer (37), brakketh (48), Rtrace (59)

Score: 6.25

54
Hominids
by Robert J. Sawyer
1,611 members, 47 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (31), ben.wildeboer (39), brakketh (51), Rtrace (61)

Score: 6.22

55
Spin
by Robert Charles Wilson
3,178 members, 134 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (37), ben.wildeboer (42), brakketh (54), Rtrace (63)

Score: 6.09

56
Rainbows End
by Vernor Vinge
2,543 members, 94 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (3), ben.wildeboer (43), brakketh (55)

Score: 6.07

57
The Wanderer
by Fritz Leiber
899 members, 19 reviews
3.24 stars (3.24 stars)

Lists: ben.wildeboer (9), brakketh (11), Rtrace (54)

Score: 5.98

Explanations:

brakketh (11): Winner 1965

58
This Immortal
by Roger Zelazny
1,576 members, 27 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: ben.wildeboer (10), brakketh (13), Rtrace (55)

Score: 5.83

Explanations:

brakketh (13): Winner 1966 (tied; aka ...And Call Me Conrad)

59
Lord of Light
by Roger Zelazny
4,146 members, 90 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: ben.wildeboer (12), brakketh (15), Rtrace (45)

Score: 5.73

Explanations:

brakketh (15): Winner 1968

60
Downbelow Station
by C. J. Cherryh
2,247 members, 56 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: ben.wildeboer (22), brakketh (29), Rtrace (56)

Score: 5.03

Explanations:

brakketh (29): Winner 1982

61
The Diamond Age
by Neal Stephenson
9,619 members, 163 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ShellyS (16), brakketh (44), Rtrace (57)

Score: 5.01

62
Hyperion
by Dan Simmons
8,594 members, 193 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: ben.wildeboer (29), brakketh (37), Rtrace (51)

Score: 4.84

63
A Fire upon the Deep
by Vernor Vinge
5,044 members, 108 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ben.wildeboer (32), brakketh (40), Rtrace (58)

Score: 4.72

64
Way Station
by Clifford D. Simak
1,876 members, 61 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: brakketh (10), Rtrace (53)

Score: 3.73

Explanations:

brakketh (10): Winner 1964

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