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Hugo Awards - Best Novel

Type: Preset list created by bacchus.

Members: 6 participating members (show all)

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1
The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
13,796 members, 339 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: Aquila (1), kara.shamy (1), gypsysmom (2), ManWithAnAgenda (4), bacchus. (17)

Score: 16.16

Explanations:

bacchus. (17): 1970

2
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
46,922 members, 912 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (1), ahef1963 (1), bacchus. (2), Aquila (20), ManWithAnAgenda (22)

Score: 15.1

Explanations:

bacchus. (2): 1954 (Retro-Hugo Award)

3
A Canticle for Leibowitz
by Walter M. Miller Jr.
10,559 members, 289 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), gypsysmom (3), ManWithAnAgenda (5), bacchus. (8), Aquila (29)

Score: 13.18

Explanations:

bacchus. (8): 1961

4
The Dispossessed
by Ursula K. Le Guin
9,291 members, 233 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (1), Aquila (2), gypsysmom (8), bacchus. (22)

Score: 11.59

Explanations:

bacchus. (22): 1975

5
The Fifth Season
by N. K. Jemisin
5,739 members, 294 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (2), Aquila (4), gypsysmom (9), bacchus. (65)

Score: 9.91

Explanations:

bacchus. (65): 2016

6
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
by Robert A. Heinlein
9,527 members, 174 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (4), ahef1963 (4), bacchus. (14), ManWithAnAgenda (18)

Score: 9.67

Explanations:

bacchus. (14): 1967

7
The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
5,610 members, 277 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (2), gypsysmom (5), ManWithAnAgenda (17), bacchus. (59)

Score: 9.45

Explanations:

bacchus. (59): 2010 (tie)

8
The Three-Body Problem
by Cixin Liu
6,183 members, 318 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (3), Aquila (7), gypsysmom (12), bacchus. (64)

Score: 9.06

Explanations:

bacchus. (64): 2015

9
To Your Scattered Bodies Go
by Philip José Farmer
3,416 members, 65 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (5), gypsysmom (6), bacchus. (19), ManWithAnAgenda (21)

Score: 9.02

Explanations:

bacchus. (19): 1972

10
Dune
by Frank Herbert
35,737 members, 596 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (7), Aquila (11), gypsysmom (11), bacchus. (13)

Score: 8.96

Explanations:

bacchus. (13): 1966

11
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert A. Heinlein
9,861 members, 142 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (8), bacchus. (9), gypsysmom (10), Aquila (22)

Score: 8.78

Explanations:

bacchus. (9): 1962

12
Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis
7,313 members, 340 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), gypsysmom (7), ManWithAnAgenda (12), bacchus. (41)

Score: 8.75

Explanations:

bacchus. (41): 1993 (tie)

13
A Memory Called Empire
by Arkady Martine
1,717 members, 84 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (4), Aquila (9), gypsysmom (16), bacchus. (69)

Score: 8.53

Explanations:

bacchus. (69): 2020

14
The Man in the High Castle
by Philip K. Dick
12,209 members, 319 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (10), gypsysmom (13), ManWithAnAgenda (13), Aquila (16)

Score: 8.46

Explanations:

bacchus. (10): 1963

15
Starship Troopers
by Robert A. Heinlein
11,052 members, 199 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (7), gypsysmom (14), Aquila (18), ManWithAnAgenda (20)

Score: 8.36

Explanations:

bacchus. (7): 1960

16
American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
31,357 members, 875 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7), Aquila (14), ManWithAnAgenda (15), bacchus. (50)

Score: 8.06

Explanations:

bacchus. (50): 2002

17
The Obelisk Gate
by N. K. Jemisin
3,062 members, 153 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: Aquila (6), ManWithAnAgenda (11), gypsysmom (22), bacchus. (66)

Score: 8

Explanations:

bacchus. (66): 2017

18
The Stone Sky
by N. K. Jemisin
2,620 members, 133 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: Aquila (5), ManWithAnAgenda (14), gypsysmom (24), bacchus. (67)

Score: 7.95

Explanations:

bacchus. (67): 2018

19
Foundation's Edge
by Isaac Asimov
8,926 members, 67 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9), gypsysmom (17), Aquila (25), bacchus. (30)

Score: 7.78

Explanations:

bacchus. (30): 1983

20
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
8,551 members, 227 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: Aquila (15), ManWithAnAgenda (16), gypsysmom (19), bacchus. (23)

Score: 7.78

Explanations:

bacchus. (23): 1976

21
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
24,972 members, 729 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3), ManWithAnAgenda (6), bacchus. (53)

Score: 7.08

Explanations:

bacchus. (53): 2005

22
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling
90,871 members, 829 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (3), ahef1963 (17), Aquila (21), bacchus. (49)

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 6.39

Explanations:

bacchus. (49): 2001

23
The Gods Themselves
by Isaac Asimov
5,318 members, 92 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8), gypsysmom (15), bacchus. (20)

Score: 6.3

Explanations:

bacchus. (20): 1973

24
A Case of Conscience
by James Blish
1,648 members, 44 reviews
3.35 stars (3.35 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (6), gypsysmom (27), Aquila (28)

Score: 6.05

Explanations:

bacchus. (6): 1959

25
The Calculating Stars
by Mary Robinette Kowal
1,600 members, 106 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: Aquila (3), gypsysmom (41), bacchus. (68)

Score: 6.01

Explanations:

bacchus. (68): 2019

26
Ringworld
by Larry Niven
9,059 members, 163 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (18), bacchus. (18), ManWithAnAgenda (19)

Score: 5.8

Explanations:

bacchus. (18): 1971

27
To Say Nothing of the Dog
by Connie Willis
6,220 members, 271 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (11), gypsysmom (20), bacchus. (47)

Score: 5.62

Explanations:

bacchus. (47): 1999

28
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
by Kate Wilhelm
1,623 members, 62 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: Aquila (17), bacchus. (24), gypsysmom (29)

Score: 5.5

Explanations:

bacchus. (24): 1977

29
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
by Michael Chabon
9,715 members, 408 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (12), gypsysmom (21), bacchus. (56)

Score: 5.48

Explanations:

bacchus. (56): 2008

30
Ancillary Justice
by Ann Leckie
4,901 members, 328 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: Aquila (8), gypsysmom (40), bacchus. (63)

Score: 5.39

Explanations:

bacchus. (63): 2014

31
Dreamsnake
by Vonda N. McIntyre
1,703 members, 52 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: Aquila (19), bacchus. (26), gypsysmom (31)

Score: 5.38

Explanations:

bacchus. (26): 1979

32
Spin
by Robert Charles Wilson
3,556 members, 150 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (10), Aquila (38), bacchus. (54)

Score: 5.34

Explanations:

bacchus. (54): 2006

33
Blackout / All Clear
by Connie Willis
3 members, 0 reviews

Lists: ahef1963 (14), gypsysmom (23), bacchus. (60)

Score: 5.33

Explanations:

bacchus. (60): 2011

34
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
19,673 members, 1,203 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13), Aquila (27), bacchus. (57)

Score: 5.32

Explanations:

bacchus. (57): 2009

35
Gateway
by Frederik Pohl
4,179 members, 92 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (25), Aquila (30), gypsysmom (30)

Score: 5.21

Explanations:

bacchus. (25): 1978

36
Green Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson
4,697 members, 55 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: Aquila (23), gypsysmom (34), bacchus. (42)

Score: 5.05

Explanations:

bacchus. (42): 1994

37
Blue Mars
by Kim Stanley Robinson
4,307 members, 48 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: Aquila (24), gypsysmom (35), bacchus. (45)

Score: 5

Explanations:

bacchus. (45): 1997

38
Forever Peace
by Joe Haldeman
1,996 members, 36 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: Aquila (33), gypsysmom (36), bacchus. (46)

Score: 4.84

Explanations:

bacchus. (46): 1998

39
Double Star
by Robert A. Heinlein
2,844 members, 69 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (3), gypsysmom (25)

Score: 4.83

Explanations:

bacchus. (3): 1956

40
Redshirts
by John Scalzi
4,082 members, 382 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: Aquila (26), gypsysmom (39), bacchus. (62)

Score: 4.8

Explanations:

bacchus. (62): 2013

41
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology
by Jr. John W. Campbell
214 members, 2 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (4), gypsysmom (26)

Score: 4.6

Explanations:

bacchus. (4): 1957

42
The Demolished Man
by Alfred Bester
4,286 members, 108 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (1)

Score: 4

Explanations:

bacchus. (1): 1953

43
Cyteen
by C. J. Cherryh
1,671 members, 54 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: Aquila (10), bacchus. (36)

Score: 3.88

Explanations:

bacchus. (36): 1989

44
A Fire upon the Deep
by Vernor Vinge
5,743 members, 124 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10), bacchus. (40)

Score: 3.84

Explanations:

bacchus. (40): 1993 (tie)

45
The City & The City
by China Miéville
5,547 members, 329 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (9), bacchus. (58)

Score: 3.76

Explanations:

bacchus. (58): 2010 (tie)

46
Barrayar
by Lois McMaster Bujold
2,365 members, 70 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: Aquila (12), bacchus. (39)

Score: 3.75

Explanations:

bacchus. (39): 1992

47
Stand on Zanzibar
by John Brunner
2,902 members, 43 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (16), Aquila (31)

Score: 3.7

Explanations:

bacchus. (16): 1969

48
Rendezvous With Rama
by Arthur C. Clarke
9,060 members, 157 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (21), gypsysmom (28)

Score: 3.61

Explanations:

bacchus. (21): 1974

49
Among Others
by Jo Walton
2,692 members, 233 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: Aquila (13), bacchus. (61)

Score: 3.54

Explanations:

bacchus. (61): 2012

50
The Snow Queen
by Joan D. Vinge
2,129 members, 48 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (28), gypsysmom (32)

Score: 3.42

Explanations:

bacchus. (28): 1981

51
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
37,327 members, 1,001 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (15), bacchus. (33), Aquila (34)

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 3.36

Explanations:

bacchus. (33): 1986

52
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
20,962 members, 339 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (32), gypsysmom (33)

Score: 3.35

Explanations:

bacchus. (32): 1985

53
Speaker for the Dead
by Orson Scott Card
14,482 members, 196 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16), bacchus. (34), Aquila (37)

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 3.28

Explanations:

bacchus. (34): 1987

54
The Vor Game
by Lois McMaster Bujold
2,480 members, 56 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: Aquila (35), bacchus. (38)

Score: 3.26

Explanations:

bacchus. (38): 1991

55
The Diamond Age
by Neal Stephenson
10,471 members, 193 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: Aquila (32), bacchus. (44)

Score: 3.24

Explanations:

bacchus. (44): 1996

56
Mirror Dance
by Lois McMaster Bujold
2,496 members, 46 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: Aquila (36), bacchus. (43)

Score: 3.2

Explanations:

bacchus. (43): 1995

57
A Deepness in the Sky
by Vernor Vinge
3,698 members, 61 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (37), bacchus. (48)

Score: 3.14

Explanations:

bacchus. (48): 2000

58
Hominids
by Robert J. Sawyer
1,765 members, 53 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (38), bacchus. (51)

Score: 3.11

Explanations:

bacchus. (51): 2003

59
The Big Time
by Fritz Leiber Jr.
1,089 members, 47 reviews
3.08 stars (3.08 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (5)

Score: 2.68

Explanations:

bacchus. (5): 1958

60
Way Station
by Clifford D. Simak
2,229 members, 75 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (11)

Score: 2.2

Explanations:

bacchus. (11): 1964

61
The Wanderer
by Fritz Leiber Jr.
1,009 members, 21 reviews
3.26 stars (3.26 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (12)

Score: 2.15

Explanations:

bacchus. (12): 1965

62
Lord of Light
by Roger Zelazny
4,689 members, 103 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (15)

Score: 2.03

Explanations:

bacchus. (15): 1968

63
The Fountains of Paradise
by Arthur C. Clarke
3,136 members, 48 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (27)

Score: 1.76

Explanations:

bacchus. (27): 1980

64
Downbelow Station
by C. J. Cherryh
2,561 members, 66 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (29)

Score: 1.72

Explanations:

bacchus. (29): 1982

65
Startide Rising
by David Brin
3,870 members, 51 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (31)

Score: 1.7

Explanations:

bacchus. (31): 1984

66
The Uplift War
by David Brin
3,017 members, 30 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (35)

Score: 1.65

Explanations:

bacchus. (35): 1988

67
Hyperion
by Dan Simmons
10,095 members, 242 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (37)

Score: 1.62

Explanations:

bacchus. (37): 1990

68
Paladin of Souls
by Lois McMaster Bujold
3,415 members, 102 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (52)

Score: 1.49

Explanations:

bacchus. (52): 2004

69
Rainbows End
by Vernor Vinge
2,761 members, 97 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: bacchus. (55)

Score: 1.47

Explanations:

bacchus. (55): 2007

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