Most Popular Hugo Award Books

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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

Teixcalaan #1

A Memory Called Empire

Arkady Martine

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Hugo Award

April 2, 2019

Binti #1

Binti

Nnedi Okorafor

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Nebula Award · Novella

September 22, 2015

Among Others

Jo Walton

Fantasy · British Fantasy Award · Hugo Award · Nebula Award

January 14, 2011

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

Thornhedge

T. Kingfisher

Fantasy · Hugo Award · Novella

August 15, 2023

Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction

Brian Aldiss, David Wingrove

Hugo Award · Locus Award · Non-fiction

1988

Herald Classics

Greatest Hits

Harlan Ellison

Horror · Science Fiction · Psychological Horror · Bram Stoker Award · British Fantasy Award

March 26, 2024

This Census-Taker

China Miéville

Fantasy · New Weird · Hugo Award · Novella

January 1, 2016

Double Star

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1956

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

1961

Redshirts

John Scalzi

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Locus Award

May 31, 2012

Palimpsest

Charles Stross

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Novella

September 2011

This is Me, Jack Vance!

Jack Vance

Hugo Award · Non-fiction

August 31, 2009

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 Singing Hills Cycle #1

The Empress of Salt and Fortune

Nghi Vo

Fantasy · Epic Fantasy · High Fantasy · Hugo Award · Novella

March 24, 2020

The Forever War series #2

Forever Peace

Joe Haldeman

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

1997

Wayward Children #7

Where the Drowned Girls Go

Seanan McGuire

Fantasy · Hugo Award · Novella

January 4, 2022

Laundry Files

Equoid

Charles Stross

Horror · Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Novella

July 2014

The Neanderthal Parallax #1

Hominids

Robert J. Sawyer

Science Fiction · Hugo Award

2002

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