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2018 Hugo Eligible Novels

Description: Speculative Fiction novels first published in 2017

Members: 17 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
1
The Stone Sky
by N. K. Jemisin
2,701 members, 136 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: lizzard (1), nnicole (1), lkmiller (1), mathgirl40 (1), vwinsloe (1), gypsysmom (1), souloftherose (1), Vierran (2), Leslie_L.J. (2), Rtrace (2), jain (3)

Score: 41.13

Explanations:

vwinsloe (1): Winner!!!!!!

2
Provenance
by Ann Leckie
1,173 members, 79 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: lizzard (2), nnicole (2), Leslie_L.J. (3), lkmiller (4), souloftherose (4), Rtrace (5), karenb (6), jain (7)

Score: 23.11

3
The Bear and the Nightingale
by Katherine Arden
3,627 members, 241 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: Leslie_L.J. (1), lkmiller (2), souloftherose (2), nnicole (3), jain (10), MyriadBooks (11)

Score: 18.21

4
Raven Stratagem
by Yoon Ha Lee
579 members, 28 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: MyriadBooks (4), pan0ramix (5), Vierran (5), jain (6), Rtrace (11)

Score: 12.93

5
Six Wakes
by Mur Lafferty
891 members, 73 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: mathgirl40 (2), lizzard (3), lkmiller (3), nnicole (5), Rtrace (10)

Thumbs down: jain

Score: 12.37

6
Exit West
by Mohsin Hamid
3,027 members, 198 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (5), souloftherose (5), mathgirl40 (10), pan0ramix (11), gypsysmom (13)

Score: 11.9

7
Amberlough
by Lara Elena Donnelly
442 members, 30 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: jain (2), Vierran (3), MyriadBooks (5), Rtrace (9)

Score: 11.39

8
American War
by Omar El Akkad
1,525 members, 84 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), pan0ramix (1), mathgirl40 (3)

Score: 11.04

9
Autonomous
by Annalee Newitz
1,092 members, 48 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: pan0ramix (2), lizzard (4), gypsysmom (4)

Score: 9.02

10
City of Miracles
by Robert Jackson Bennett
478 members, 67 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: MyriadBooks (2), Vierran (4), jain (9)

Score: 8.5

11
The Power
by Naomi Alderman
3,746 members, 216 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (2), kara.shamy (4), pan0ramix (10)

Score: 8.44

12
Lincoln in the Bardo
by George Saunders
4,802 members, 297 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6), gypsysmom (9), mathgirl40 (9)

Score: 7.18

13
The Collapsing Empire
by John Scalzi
1,939 members, 100 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: Rtrace (1), nnicole (4), MyriadBooks (12)

Thumbs down: jain

Score: 6.98

Explanations:

jain (0): An entertaining read, and I'm definitely planning on picking up the sequels, but imo the story as is feels too incomplete to qualify for Best Novel.

14
New York 2140
by Kim Stanley Robinson
1,067 members, 59 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: pan0ramix (3), Rtrace (6), mathgirl40 (8)

Thumbs down: jain

Score: 5.97

15
In Other Lands
by Sarah Rees Brennan
568 members, 45 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: karenb (3), lizzard (6)

Score: 5.6

Explanations:

lizzard (6): Great portal fantasy book. Is it eligible for the YA Not a Hugo too?

16
Tropic of Kansas: A Novel
by Christopher Brown
141 members, 7 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: karenb (4), pan0ramix (6)

Score: 5.38

17
Borne
by Jeff VanderMeer
1,688 members, 78 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: mathgirl40 (5), lkmiller (5)

Score: 5.35

18
The City of Brass
by S. A. Chakraborty
2,560 members, 97 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: karenb (5), kara.shamy (7)

Score: 5.13

19
The House of Binding Thorns
by Aliette de Bodard
148 members, 11 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: Vierran (6), MyriadBooks (6)

Score: 5.11

20
A Skinful of Shadows
by Frances Hardinge
453 members, 22 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: jain (5), kara.shamy (8)

Score: 5.05

Explanations:

jain (5): Also eligible for the Hugo YA award.

21
Seven Surrenders
by Ada Palmer
482 members, 28 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: Rtrace (7), pan0ramix (8)

Score: 4.84

22
The Will to Battle
by Ada Palmer
322 members, 14 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: Rtrace (8), pan0ramix (9)

Score: 4.69

23
Gnomon
by Nick Harkaway
635 members, 27 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (11), kara.shamy (12)

Score: 4.35

24
Dreams Before the Start of Time
by Anne Charnock
98 members, 8 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (10), kara.shamy (15)

Score: 4.28

25
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
by Theodora Goss
1,122 members, 66 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: karenb (2), lizzard (5)

Thumbs down: jain

Score: 4.04

26
Assassin's Fate
by Robin Hobb
822 members, 44 reviews
4.58 stars (4.58 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (1)

Score: 4

27
Winter Tide
by Ruthanna Emrys
499 members, 25 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: karenb (1)

Score: 4

28
Spectred Isle
by KJ Charles
173 members, 14 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: jain (1)

Score: 4

29
The Wanderers
by Meg Howrey
437 members, 31 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (3)

Score: 3.04

30
The Refrigerator Monologues
by Catherynne M. Valente
354 members, 19 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: MyriadBooks (3)

Score: 3.04

31
The Ruin of Angels
by Max Gladstone
222 members, 12 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (3)

Score: 3.04

32
Artemis
by Andy Weir
4,411 members, 296 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (2), Rtrace (3), gypsysmom (7)

Thumbs down: lizzard, souloftherose, pan0ramix (13)

Score: 2.86

Explanations:

pan0ramix (13): It's got some good bits, but it's not anywhere near award-worthy.

33
Walkaway: A Novel
by Cory Doctorow
835 members, 39 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: mathgirl40 (4)

Score: 2.83

34
Thick as Thieves
by Megan Whalen Turner
596 members, 34 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: jain (4)

Score: 2.83

Explanations:

jain (4): Also eligible for the Hugo YA award. Fifth volume of The Queen's Thief series, eligible for the Hugo Series award.

35
Dichronauts
by Greg Egan
86 members, 5 reviews
2.91 stars (2.91 stars)

Lists: pan0ramix (4)

Score: 2.83

36
The Last Good Man
by Linda Nagata
85 members, 8 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (5)

Score: 2.68

37
Empire Games
by Charles Stross
324 members, 16 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (6)

Score: 2.56

38
The Ship Beyond Time
by Heidi Heilig
260 members, 14 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: nnicole (6)

Score: 2.56

39
Satellite
by Nick Lake
173 members, 6 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: mathgirl40 (6)

Score: 2.56

40
An Unkindness of Ghosts
by Rivers Solomon
893 members, 61 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: lizzard (8), pan0ramix (12)

Thumbs down: jain

Score: 2.53

Explanations:

lizzard (8): Beautifully written book about a generation ship & the horrible stratification of its societies

41
The Stars Are Legion
by Kameron Hurley
643 members, 36 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: lizzard (7)

Score: 2.46

Explanations:

lizzard (7): A weird, wild book! Definitely Hugo material!

42
Amatka
by Karin Tidbeck
360 members, 22 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: pan0ramix (7)

Score: 2.46

43
All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault: A Novel
by James Alan Gardner
140 members, 10 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: mathgirl40 (7)

Score: 2.46

44
The Moon and the Other
by John Kessel
137 members, 3 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: MyriadBooks (7)

Score: 2.46

45
After the Flare
by Deji Bryce Olukotun
91 members, 0 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: karenb (7)

Score: 2.46

46
Spoonbenders
by Daryl Gregory
631 members, 38 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: karenb (8)

Score: 2.38

47
The Tiger's Daughter
by K Arsenault Rivera
504 members, 21 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (8)

Score: 2.38

48
The Dragon's Legacy
by Deborah A. Wolf
91 members, 0 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: MyriadBooks (8)

Score: 2.38

49
Pale Guardian
by Barbara Hambly
39 members, 0 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: jain (8)

Score: 2.38

Explanations:

jain (8): Seventh volume of the James Asher series, eligible for the Hugo Series award.

50
Behind Her Eyes
by Sarah Pinborough
1,687 members, 156 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (9)

Score: 2.31

51
Dreadnought: Nemesis - Book One
by April Daniels
440 members, 20 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: lizzard (9)

Score: 2.31

Explanations:

lizzard (9): Fabulous superhero book. I loved it.

52
All Systems Red
by Martha Wells
3,632 members, 249 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: Vierran (1), MyriadBooks (1), kara.shamy (10)

Thumbs down: jain, lizzard, pan0ramix, karenb

Score: 2.25

Explanations:

jain (0): Check out the 2018 Hugo Eligible Novellas list, where All Systems Red is currently #1. :-)

lizzard (0): This is excellent and award-worthy but it is a novella.

pan0ramix (0): Not a novel (but well worth the read.)

karenb (0): It belongs in the Novella category.

53
A Conjuring of Light
by V. E. Schwab
2,101 members, 90 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: MyriadBooks (10)

Score: 2.25

54
Wintersong
by S. Jae-Jones
918 members, 55 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (11)

Score: 2.2

55
Jane, Unlimited
by Kristin Cashore
587 members, 37 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: lizzard (11)

Score: 2.2

Explanations:

lizzard (11): This was an amazing, beautiful, disturbing book. <3

56
Under the Pendulum Sun
by Jeannette Ng
421 members, 21 reviews
3.4 stars (3.4 stars)

Lists: jain (11)

Score: 2.2

57
Persepolis Rising
by James S. A. Corey
1,366 members, 57 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: Rtrace (12)

Score: 2.15

58
All the Crooked Saints
by Maggie Stiefvater
832 members, 44 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: jain (12)

Score: 2.15

Explanations:

jain (12): Also eligible for the Hugo YA award.

59
Weave a Circle Round
by Kari Maaren
168 members, 12 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: lizzard (12)

Score: 2.15

Explanations:

lizzard (12): One of the best books of the year. Probably eligible for the YA one too

60
H(A)PPY
by Nicola Barker
108 members, 2 reviews
3.4 stars (3.4 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (12)

Score: 2.15

61
Gather the Daughters
by Jennie Melamed
408 members, 27 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (13)

Score: 2.11

62
The Book of Etta
by Meg Elison
178 members, 21 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: lizzard (13)

Score: 2.11

Explanations:

lizzard (13): GREAT book, sequel to Book of the Unnamed Midwife. Post apocalypse horribleness.

63
The Stolen Child
by Lisa Carey
181 members, 28 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (14)

Score: 2.07

64
A Tyranny of Queens
by Foz Meadows
83 members, 6 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: lizzard (14)

Score: 2.07

65
Sovereign: Nemesis - Book Two
by April Daniels
128 members, 8 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: lizzard (15)

Score: 2.03

66
Now I Rise
by Kiersten White
613 members, 19 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (16)

Score: 2

67
The River Bank: A sequel to Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows
by Kij Johnson
76 members, 1 review
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: lizzard (16)

Score: 2

68
The Berlin Project
by Gregory Benford
137 members, 7 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (3)

Thumbs down: amweb

Score: 1.04

69
Akata Warrior
by Nnedi Okorafor
603 members, 22 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: lizzard (10)

Thumbs down: jain

Score: 0.25

70
Oathbringer
by Brandon Sanderson
2,300 members, 59 reviews
4.42 stars (4.42 stars)

Score: 0

71
Sourdough
by Robin Sloan
1,346 members, 108 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Score: 0

72
Red Sister
by Mark Lawrence
1,274 members, 68 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Score: 0

73
Jade City
by Fonda Lee
1,147 members, 41 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Score: 0

74
Kings of the Wyld
by Nicholas Eames
987 members, 50 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Score: 0

75
The Changeling
by Victor LaValle
986 members, 63 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Score: 0

76
All Our Wrong Todays
by Elan Mastai
964 members, 84 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Score: 0

77
Fever Dream
by Samanta Schweblin
952 members, 63 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Score: 0

78
One Dark Throne
by Kendare Blake
922 members, 39 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Score: 0

79
Ill Will
by Dan Chaon
627 members, 133 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Score: 0

80
Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
by Julie C. Dao
617 members, 20 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Score: 0

81
The Bedlam Stacks
by Natasha Pulley
569 members, 36 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Score: 0

82
Sea of Rust
by C. Robert Cargill
560 members, 39 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Score: 0

83
Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker
by Gregory Maguire
547 members, 24 reviews
3.14 stars (3.14 stars)

Score: 0

84
Wild Beauty
by Anna-Marie McLemore
545 members, 16 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Score: 0

85
Frogkisser!
by Garth Nix
539 members, 16 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Score: 0

86
An Unkindness of Magicians
by Kat Howard
534 members, 20 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Score: 0

87
The Book of Joan
by Lidia Yuknavitch
486 members, 33 reviews
3.16 stars (3.16 stars)

Score: 0

88
The Core
by Peter V. Brett
468 members, 23 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Score: 0

89
The Delirium Brief
by Charles Stross
426 members, 18 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Score: 0

90
The Grip of It
by Jac Jemc
426 members, 29 reviews
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

Score: 0

91
Before the Devil Breaks You
by Libba Bray
422 members, 18 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Score: 0

92
The Beautiful Ones
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
415 members, 22 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Score: 0

93
The Prey of Gods
by Nicky Drayden
388 members, 19 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Score: 0

94
The Witchwood Crown
by Tad Williams
384 members, 7 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Score: 0

95
A Plague of Giants
by Kevin Hearne
381 members, 24 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Score: 0

96
The Night Ocean
by Paul La Farge
357 members, 30 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

Score: 0

97
Bannerless
by Carrie Vaughn
305 members, 19 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Score: 0

98
The Wrong Stars
by Tim Pratt
301 members, 15 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Score: 0

99
Want
by Cindy Pon
291 members, 22 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Score: 0

100
The Heart of What Was Lost
by Tad Williams
286 members, 10 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Score: 0

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