2026 Hugo Awards -- Eligible Works -- Novels

Description
This list contains works eligible for the 2026 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Generally these are science fiction and/or fantasy stories over 40,000 words long and PUBLISHED IN 2025. Full eligibility requirements are here: http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-categories/
1
The Martian Contingency
by Mary Robinette Kowal
269 members
15 reviews
3.9
2 Members
Aquila, Rtrace
2
The Incandescent
by Emily Tesh
673 members
30 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Aquila, Rtrace
3
Death of the Author
by Nnedi Okorafor
944 members
38 reviews
4
2 Members
Aquila, Rtrace
4
The Everlasting
by Alix E. Harrow
1,092 members
34 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
Aquila, Rtrace
5
A Conventional Boy
by Charles Stross
155 members
5 reviews
3.8
Member
Rtrace
6
Picks and Shovels
by Cory Doctorow
157 members
5 reviews
4
Member
Rtrace
7
The Tomb of Dragons
by Katherine Addison
357 members
20 reviews
4.2
Member
Aquila
8
Elphie: A Wicked Childhood
by Gregory Maguire
432 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Rtrace
9
Kings of This World
by Elizabeth Knox
12 members
2 reviews
3.8
Member
Aquila
10
When the Moon Hits Your Eye
by John Scalzi
833 members
53 reviews
3.8
Member
Rtrace
11
The Witch Roads
by Kate Elliott
190 members
6 reviews
4.1
Member
Aquila
12
A Drop of Corruption
by Robert Jackson Bennett
988 members
64 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
Rtrace
13
Stone and Sky
by Ben Aaronovitch
472 members
19 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
14
The Shattering Peace
by John Scalzi
314 members
13 reviews
4
Member
Rtrace
15
Katabasis
by R. F. Kuang
3,754 members
62 reviews
3.8
Member
Rtrace
16
The Rose Field
by Philip Pullman
627 members
19 reviews
3.8
Member
Rtrace
17
The Raven Scholar
by Antonia Hodgson
1,136 members
24 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
Rtrace
18
Shroud
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
485 members
18 reviews
4.1
Member
Rtrace