Hugo Award for Best Novel Public

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Winners of the Hugo Award for Best Novel. Does not include Retro-Hugos.

  1. Cyteen by 

    4 stars

    From back cover Warner paperback February 1989:

    ARIANE EMORY IS DEAD. BUT NOT FOR LONG. WHERE IS ARIANE?

    For fifty …

    Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 1989.

  2. Hyperion by  (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

    4 stars

    On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of galactic law, waits a creature called the Shrike. There are those …

    Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 1990.

  3. Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 1992.

  4. A Fire Upon The Deep by  (Zones of Thought, #1)

    5 stars

    Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined …

    Phil in SF says:

    Co-winner in 1993.

  5. Doomsday Book by 

    5 stars

    Somewhere in the future, ordinary history students must travel back in time as part of their university degree. An award-winning …

    Phil in SF says:

    Co-winner in 1993.

  6. Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 1994.

  7. Mirror Dance by  (Miles Vorkosigan, #6)

    3 stars

    Not everyone would envy young Lord Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, even though he had formed his own mercenary fleet before attending …

    Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 1995

  8. The Diamond Age by  (A Bantam spectra book)

    4 stars

    The story of an engineer who creates a device to raise a girl capable of thinking for herself reveals what …

    Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 1996.

  9. Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 1997.

  10. Forever Peace by 

    No rating

    Joe Haldeman returns with a story about the horrors of war -- and how we might move past them. Julian …

    Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 1998.

  11. To Say Nothing of the Dog by 

    4 stars

    To Say Nothing of the Dog: or, How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last is a 1997 comic …

    Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 1999.

  12. A deepness in the sky by 

    5 stars

    From inside cover Tor First Edition March 1999:

    Thirty thousand years before the events of A Fire upon the Deep …

    Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 2000.

  13. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire by  (Harry Potter, #4)

    4 stars

    The fourth book in the Harry Potter franchise sees Harry returning for his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft …

    Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 2001.

  14. American Gods by 

    5 stars

    American Gods (2001) is a fantasy novel by British author Neil Gaiman. The novel is a blend of Americana, fantasy, …

    Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 2002.

  15. Hominids by  (The Neanderthal Parallax, #1)

    4 stars

    Hominids is a strong, stand-alone SF novel, but it's also the first book of The Neanderthal Parallax, a trilogy that …

    Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 2003.

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