Winners of the Hugo Award for Best Novel. Does not include Retro-Hugos.
Hugo Award for Best Novel Public
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Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
This is a giant of a book.
Not just in size, either, although probably it is the longest novel of …
Phil in SF says: 1969 winner
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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #5)
4 stars
The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants …
Phil in SF says: 1970 winner
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Ringworld by Larry Niven (Ringworld, #1)
4 stars
A new place is being built, a world of huge dimensions, encompassing millions of miles, stronger than any planet before …
Phil in SF says: 1971 winner
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Phil in SF says: 1972 winner
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The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
4 stars
The year is 2100 A.D.…
And Man no longer stands alone in the universe.
Now there are other worlds, other …
Phil in SF says: 1973 winner
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Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (Rama, #1)
4 stars
In his best novel since the classic Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke has made something quite new and wholly …
Phil in SF says: 1974 winner
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #6)
5 stars
The Dispossessed (in later printings titled The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia) is a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by American …
Phil in SF says: 1975 winner
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The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (Forever War, #1)
4 stars
War is never a pleasant thing. And in a 1200 year long war, the odds of survival are close to …
Phil in SF says: 1976 winner
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Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
4 stars
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is a spellbinding and wonderfully original family saga of the future. It is the …
Phil in SF says: 1977 winner
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Gateway by Frederik Pohl (Heechee, #1)
4 stars
Gateway opened on all the wealth of the Universe...and on reaches of unimaginable horror. When prospector Bob Broadhead went out …
Phil in SF says: 1978 winner
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Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre
In a world devastated by nuclear holocaust, Snake is a healer. One of an elite band dedicated to caring for …
Phil in SF says: 1979 winner
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The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
In the 22nd century visionary scientist Vannevar Morgan conceives the most grandiose engineering project of all time, and one which …
Phil in SF says: 1980 winner
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The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge (The Snow Queen Cycle, #1)
3 stars
Arienrhod. As beautiful as she was ancient, she ruled Tiamat, whose twin suns circled the Stargate that linked her world …
Phil in SF says: 1981 winner
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Downbelow Station by C.J. Cherryh (The Company Wars, #1)
3 stars
Pell's Star occupied the central spot in the coming conflict between Earth's tired stellar empire and the tough onslaught of …
Phil in SF says: 1982 winner
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Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, #4)
4 stars
It is 498 years since the establishment of the First Foundation. The threat of the Mule has been rebuffed; on …
Phil in SF says: 1983 winner
