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
267 members
15 reviews
3.9
2 Members
Aquila, Rtrace
2
The Incandescent
by Emily Tesh
618 members
27 reviews
4.1
2 Members
Aquila, Rtrace
3
Death of the Author
by Nnedi Okorafor
921 members
33 reviews
4
2 Members
Aquila, Rtrace
4
The Everlasting
by Alix E. Harrow
1,000 members
31 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
Aquila, Rtrace
5
A Conventional Boy
by Charles Stross
152 members
5 reviews
3.8
Member
Rtrace
6
Picks and Shovels
by Cory Doctorow
154 members
5 reviews
4
Member
Rtrace
7
The Tomb of Dragons
by Katherine Addison
351 members
19 reviews
4.2
Member
Aquila
8
Elphie: A Wicked Childhood
by Gregory Maguire
407 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
Rtrace
9
Kings of This World
by Elizabeth Knox
11 members
1 review
½ 4.5
Member
Aquila
10
When the Moon Hits Your Eye
by John Scalzi
814 members
52 reviews
3.8
Member
Rtrace
11
The Witch Roads
by Kate Elliott
184 members
6 reviews
4.1
Member
Aquila
12
A Drop of Corruption
by Robert Jackson Bennett
924 members
58 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
Rtrace
13
Stone and Sky
by Ben Aaronovitch
458 members
19 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
14
The Shattering Peace
by John Scalzi
303 members
12 reviews
4
Member
Rtrace
15
Katabasis
by R. F. Kuang
3,467 members
54 reviews
3.8
Member
Rtrace
16
The Rose Field
by Philip Pullman
609 members
18 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
17
The Raven Scholar
by Antonia Hodgson
1,059 members
22 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
Rtrace
18
Shroud
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
468 members
16 reviews
4.1
Member
Rtrace