Most Popular Nebula Award Books

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A Time of Changes

Robert Silverberg

Science Fiction · Nebula Award

1971

8/10 1 ratings

Imperial Radch #1

Ancillary Justice

Ann Leckie

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Arthur C. Clarke Award · BSFA Award · Hugo Award

September 30, 2013

7.8/10 20 ratings

Speed of Dark

Elizabeth Moon

Science Fiction · Social Science Fiction · Nebula Award

2002

7.6/10 5 ratings

Moving Mars

Greg Bear

Science Fiction · Nebula Award

1993

7/10 3 ratings

The Einstein Intersection

Samuel R. Delany

Science Fiction · Nebula Award

1967

7.5/10 2 ratings

Binti #1

Binti

Nnedi Okorafor

Science Fiction · Hugo Award · Nebula Award · Novella

September 22, 2015

7/10 7 ratings

Among Others

Jo Walton

Fantasy · British Fantasy Award · Hugo Award · Nebula Award

January 14, 2011

7.3/10 7 ratings

Man Plus

Frederik Pohl

Science Fiction · Nebula Award

1976

7.3/10 23 ratings

Babel-17

Samuel R. Delany

Science Fiction · Nebula Award

1966

6.8/10 6 ratings

Mars Trilogy #1

Red Mars

Kim Stanley Robinson

Science Fiction · BSFA Award · Nebula Award

1992

6.3/10 4 ratings

2312

Kim Stanley Robinson

Science Fiction · Nebula Award

May 17, 2012

6/10 3 ratings

Stations of the Tide

Michael Swanwick

Science Fiction · Nebula Award

1991

6/10 2 ratings

Someone You Can Build A Nest In

John Wiswell

Fantasy · Horror · Locus Award · Nebula Award · Shapeshifters

April 29, 2025

5.3/10 6 ratings

Timescape

Gregory Benford

Science Fiction · BSFA Award · Nebula Award

1980

5/10 3 ratings

The Forever War series #2

Forever Peace

Joe Haldeman

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

1997

4/10 1 ratings

The Mammoth Book of ...

Mammoth Book of Nebula Awards SF

Kevin J. Anderson

Science Fiction · Hard Science Fiction · Space Opera · Anthology · Nebula Award

2011

Saga of the Skolian Empire #6

The Quantum Rose

Catherine Asaro

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Nebula Award

2000

Slow River

Nicola Griffith

Science Fiction · Nebula Award

1995

The Terminal Experiment

Robert J. Sawyer

Science Fiction · Nebula Award

1995

The Healer's War

Elizabeth Ann Scarborough

Fantasy · Nebula Award

1988

The Falling Woman

Pat Murphy

Fantasy · Science Fiction · Nebula Award

1986

The Complete Nebula Award-Winning Fiction

Samuel R. Delany

Science Fiction · Nebula Award · Short Stories

1986

No Enemy But Time

Michael Bishop

Science Fiction · Nebula Award

1982

Rite of Passage

Alexei Panshin

Science Fiction · Nebula Award

1968

6/10 1 ratings