Hugo Award for Best Novel

1953 Must-Read

The Demolished Man

Alfred Bester

First published 1951

1956 Must-Read

Double Star

Robert A. Heinlein

First published 1956

1960 Must-Read

Starship Troopers

Robert A. Heinlein

First published 1959

1961 Must-Read

A Canticle for Leibowitz

Walter M. Miller Jr.

First published 1959

1963 Must-Read

The Man in the High Castle

Philip K. Dick

First published 1962

1966 Must-Read

Dune

Frank Herbert

First published 1965

1966 Must-Read

This Immortal

Roger Zelazny

First published 1965

1968 Must-Read

Lord of Light

Roger Zelazny

First published 1967

1969 Must-Read

Stand on Zanzibar

John Brunner

First published 1968

1970 Must-Read

Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin

First published 1969

1971 Must-Read

Ringworld

Larry Niven

First published 1970

1973 Must-Read

The Gods Themselves

Isaac Asimov

First published 1972

1974 Must-Read

Rendezvous with Rama

Arthur C. Clarke

First published 1973

1975 Must-Read

Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

First published 1974

1976 Must-Read

The Forever War

Joe Haldeman

First published 1974

1980 Must-Read

The Fountains of Paradise

Arthur C. Clarke

First published 1979

1982 Recommended

Downbelow Station

C.J. Cherryh

First published 1981

1983 Must-Read

Foundation's Edge

Isaac Asimov

First published 1977

1985 Must-Read

Neuromancer

William Gibson

First published 1984

1989 Recommended

Cyteen

C.J. Cherryh

First published 1988

1990 Must-Read

Hyperion

Dan Simmons

First published 1989

1992 Recommended

Barrayar

Lois McMaster Bujold

First published 1991

1993 Must-Read

A Fire Upon the Deep

Vernor Vinge

First published 1992

1993 Recommended

Doomsday Book

Connie Willis

First published 1992

1994 Must-Read

Green Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson

First published 1993

1995 Recommended

Mirror Dance

Lois McMaster Bujold

First published 1994

1996 Must-Read

The Diamond Age

Neal Stephenson

First published 1995

1997 Must-Read

Blue Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson

First published 1996

1999 Recommended

To Say Nothing of the Dog

Connie Willis

First published 1998

2000 Must-Read

A Deepness in the Sky

Vernor Vinge

First published 1999

2002 Must-Read

American Gods

Neil Gaiman

First published 2001

2004 Recommended

Paladin of Souls

Lois McMaster Bujold

First published 2003

2004 Recommended

The Curse of Chalion

Lois McMaster Bujold

First published 1991

2005 Must-Read

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke

First published 2001

2006 Recommended

Spin

Robert Charles Wilson

First published 2005

2007 Must-Read

Rainbows End

Vernor Vinge

First published 2006

2010 Recommended

The Windup Girl

Paolo Bacigalupi

First published 2009

2011 Recommended

All Clear

Connie Willis

First published 2010

2011 Recommended

Blackout

Connie Willis

First published 2010

2014 Must-Read

Ancillary Justice

Ann Leckie

First published 2013

2015 Must-Read

The Three Body Problem

Liu Cixin

First published 2006

2015 Recommended

The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu

First published 2006

2016 Must-Read

The Fifth Season

N. K. Jemisin

First published 2015

2017 Must-Read

The Obelisk Gate

N. K. Jemisin

First published 2016

2018 Must-Read

The Stone Sky

N. K. Jemisin

First published 2017

2020 Must-Read

A Memory Called Empire

Arkady Martine

First published 2019

2021 Recommended

Network Effect

Martha Wells

First published 2020

2022 Must-Read

A Desolation Called Peace

Arkady Martine

First published 2021

2023 Supplementary

Nettle & Bone

T. Kingfisher

First published 2022