Most Popular Hugo Award Books of the 20th century

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The Diamond Age

Neal Stephenson

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1995

Heinlein Juveniles

Farmer in the Sky

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Young Adult · Hugo Award

1950

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

Kate Wilhelm

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1976

The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World

Thomas M. Disch

Hugo Award · Locus Award · Non-fiction

1998

The Big Time

Fritz Leiber

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1961

Starship Troopers

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1959

To Say Nothing of the Dog

Connie Willis

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

January 1998

This Immortal

Roger Zelazny

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1966

Mars Trilogy #2

Green Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1993

Mars Trilogy #3

Blue Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1996

The Snow Queen Cycle #1

The Snow Queen

Joan D. Vinge

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award · Locus Award

1980

The Alliance-Union Universe

Downbelow Station

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award

1981

Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction

Brian Aldiss, David Wingrove

Hugo Award · Locus Award · Non-fiction

1988

Double Star

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1956

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1961

The Beggars Trilogy #1

Beggars in Spain

Nancy Kress

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Novella

1993

After Such Knowledge #1

A Case of Conscience

James Blish

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1958

The Forever War series #2

Forever Peace

Joe Haldeman

Science Fiction · Military Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Nebula Award

1997

The World Beyond the Hill: Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence

Alexei Panshin, Cory Panshin

Hugo Award · Non-fiction

1989

Herald Classics

Sheep's Clothing

Celia Dale

Crime Fiction · Psychological Horror · Bram Stoker Award · British Fantasy Award · Collection

October 22, 1988

They'd Rather Be Right

Mark Clifton, Frank Riley

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1957