2020 Hugo Eligible Novels

1

A Memory Called Empire

by Arkady Martine

3,926 members

162 reviews

4

8 Members: Aquila, g33kgrrl, Rtrace, jain, lkmiller, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, goobergunch

2

The Raven Tower

by Ann Leckie

1,854 members

105 reviews

4

6 Members: g33kgrrl, Rtrace, lkmiller, souloftherose, kara.shamy, goobergunch

3

The City in the Middle of the Night

by Charlie Jane Anders

1,488 members

42 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: Aquila, karenb, g33kgrrl, Rtrace, kara.shamy, goobergunch

4

The Light Brigade

by Kameron Hurley

815 members

41 reviews

3.8

6 Members: andyl, Aquila, Rtrace, jain, lkmiller, gypsysmom

5

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

by Marlon James

3,543 members

77 reviews

½ 3.3

5 Members: g33kgrrl, Rtrace, Cecrow, kara.shamy, goobergunch,Aquila

6

Gideon the Ninth

by Tamsyn Muir

7,072 members

246 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Aquila, g33kgrrl, Rtrace, jain, souloftherose

7

Middlegame

by Seanan McGuire

1,916 members

79 reviews

4

4 Members: Aquila, g33kgrrl, Rtrace, lkmiller

8

The Future of Another Timeline

by Annalee Newitz

1,047 members

36 reviews

3.8

3 Members: andyl, karenb, goobergunch

9

Ancestral Night

by Elizabeth Bear

761 members

39 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: andyl, gypsysmom, goobergunch

10

Storm of Locusts

by Rebecca Roanhorse

701 members

39 reviews

4

3 Members: karenb, g33kgrrl, Rtrace

11

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

by Alix E. Harrow

4,607 members

205 reviews

4

3 Members: Aquila, Rtrace, lkmiller

12

The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos)

by Samantha Shannon

9,998 members

143 reviews

4

3 Members: Aquila, kara.shamy, goobergunch

13

Early Riser

by Jasper Fforde

1,480 members

76 reviews

3.8

3 Members: karenb, gypsysmom, kara.shamy

14

The Testaments

by Margaret Atwood

8,937 members

276 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Rtrace, gypsysmom, kara.shamy,Aquila

15

Children of Ruin

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

2,051 members

68 reviews

3.9

3 Members: andyl, Aquila, souloftherose

16

Amnesty

by Lara Elena Donnelly

94 members

3 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Rtrace, kara.shamy

17

The Water Dancer

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

3,704 members

128 reviews

4.1

2 Members: g33kgrrl, gypsysmom

18

The Rosewater Insurrection

by Tade Thompson

367 members

13 reviews

3.9

2 Members: andyl, souloftherose

19

Tiamat's Wrath

by James S. A. Corey

2,482 members

84 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: g33kgrrl, Rtrace

20

Cage of Souls

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

561 members

23 reviews

3.9

2 Members: andyl, souloftherose

21

A Song for a New Day

by Sarah Pinsker

506 members

22 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Aquila, karenb
Explanations: karenb: Excellent near-future, post-plague dystopia about music (performers, performing, and the music industry). AR & VR. Two female queer protagonists.

22

Turning Darkness into Light

by Marie Brennan

337 members

16 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: g33kgrrl, souloftherose

23

The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl

by Theodora Goss

404 members

16 reviews

3.9

2 Members: karenb, g33kgrrl

24

Moon Rising

by Ian McDonald

251 members

10 reviews

4

2 Members: andyl, Rtrace

25

Gods of Jade and Shadow

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

2,999 members

97 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Aquila, souloftherose

26

The Bird King

by G. Willow Wilson

946 members

40 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: g33kgrrl, kara.shamy

27

The Book of Flora

by Meg Elison

154 members

11 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: andyl, kara.shamy

28

A Brightness Long Ago

by Guy Gavriel Kay

769 members

39 reviews

4.1

2 Members: andyl, gypsysmom

29

Light from Other Stars

by Erika Swyler

353 members

16 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Aquila, kara.shamy

30

Beneath the World, a Sea

by Chris Beckett

76 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: andyl

31

The Rosewater Redemption

by Tade Thompson

276 members

11 reviews

4

2 Members: andyl, souloftherose

32

The Luminous Dead

by Caitlin Starling

883 members

39 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: jain
Explanations: jain: Author is eligible for the Astounding Award for Best New Author (afaik).

33

Alliance Rising

by C. J. Cherryh

222 members

12 reviews

4

Member: andyl

34

Unnatural Magic

by C. M. Waggoner

614 members

20 reviews

3.8

Member: jain
Explanations: jain: Author is eligible for the Astounding Award for Best New Author (afaik).

35

Air Logic

by Laurie J. Marks

101 members

9 reviews

4.1

Member: karenb

36

Atlas Alone

by Emma Newman

221 members

16 reviews

4.1

Member: souloftherose

37

Minor Mage

by T. Kingfisher

464 members

34 reviews

4

Member: jain
Explanations: jain: Also eligible for the Lodestar Award.

38

The True Queen

by Zen Cho

456 members

22 reviews

3.8

Member: souloftherose

39

Edges

by Linda Nagata

139 members

10 reviews

3.8

Member: andyl

40

The Dragon Republic

by R. F. Kuang

3,648 members

60 reviews

4.1

Member: g33kgrrl

41

The Secret Commonwealth

by Philip Pullman

2,605 members

73 reviews

3.9

Member: Rtrace

42

Riverland

by Fran Wilde

95 members

8 reviews

4

Member: jain
Explanations: jain: Also eligible for the Lodestar Award.

43

String City

by Graham Edwards

40 members

1 review

3.8

Member: andyl

44

The Binding

by Bridget Collins

2,524 members

117 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: jain

45

Shadow Captain

by Alastair Reynolds

478 members

21 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: andyl

46

Catfishing on CatNet

by Naomi Kritzer

386 members

38 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: Rtrace

47

David Mogo Godhunter

by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

231 members

10 reviews

3.1

Member: karenb

48

Gamechanger

by L. X. Beckett

172 members

6 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Aquila

49

Golden State

by Ben H. Winters

593 members

29 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: andyl

50

Do You Dream of Terra-Two?

by Temi Oh

429 members

23 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: karenb

51

Magic for Liars

by Sarah Gailey

1,734 members

77 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: g33kgrrl

52

The Winter of the Witch

by Katherine Arden

2,188 members

92 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: kara.shamy

53

Gingerbread

by Helen Oyeyemi

999 members

36 reviews

3.2

Member: kara.shamy

54

Famous Men Who Never Lived

by K. Chess

217 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Aquila

55

Fall; or, Dodge in Hell

by Neal Stephenson

1,890 members

70 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: g33kgrrl

56

Unraveling

by Karen Lord

182 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: andyl

57

Stealing Worlds

by Karl Schroeder

99 members

6 reviews

3.8

Member: andyl

58

Finder (The Finder Chronicles)

by Suzanne Palmer

422 members

20 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: andyl

59

Empress of Forever: A Novel

by Max Gladstone

524 members

19 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: andyl

60

No Way

by S. J. Morden

109 members

3 reviews

4

Member: andyl

61

The Warship

by Neal Asher

175 members

6 reviews

3.9

Member: andyl

62

Million Mile Road Trip

by Rudy Rucker

50 members

3 reviews

3.1

Member: andyl

63

Snakeskins

by Tim Major

49 members

½ 3.7

Member: andyl

64

Salvation Lost

by Peter F. Hamilton

521 members

9 reviews

3.9

Member: andyl

65

Daikaiju

by Kim Newman

102 members

2 reviews

3.8

Member: andyl

66

Shadows of the Short Days

by Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson

111 members

3 reviews

3.1

Member: andyl

67

World Engines: Destroyer

by Stephen Baxter

123 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: andyl

68

The Starless Sea

by Erin Morgenstern

6,957 members

246 reviews

3.9

69

Lent: A Novel of Many Returns

by Jo Walton

418 members

22 reviews

3.9

70

This Is How You Lose the Time War

by Amal El-Mohtar

7,391 members

324 reviews

3.9

Member: g33kgrrl,karenb ,jain
Explanations: karenb : Definitely a novella.
jain : Technically eligible for Best Novel due to the 20% rule, but probably better suited for the novella category.

71

Miranda in Milan

by Katharine Duckett

191 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

Explanations: karenb : A novella
jain : isfdb lists this book as a novella.

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