Hugo Award for Best Novel Public

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

  1. Double star. by  (Doubleday science fiction)

    One minute, down and out actor Lorenzo Smythe was — as usual — in a bar, drinking away his troubles …

  2. They'd Rather Be Right by ,

    No rating

    Bossy had no choice in the matter.

    Bossy was right. Always. Invariably. She didn't want to be; she wasn't afraid …

    Phil in SF says:

    1955 winner

  3. The Big Time by 

    No rating

    Greta Forzane was a party girl whose job it was to nurse back to health the soldiers who had been …

    Phil in SF says:

    1958 winner. Edition listed is the first standalone publication from 1965.

  4. A Canticle for Leibowitz by 

    In the new Dark Ages at the end of the twentieth century, I. E. Leibowitz, a security-risk scientist, founded a …

    Phil in SF says:

    1961 winner

  5. The man in the high castle by 

    The Man in the High Castle is an alternate history novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. Published and set …

    Phil in SF says:

    1963 winner

  6. Dune by ,

    Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family …

    Phil in SF says:

    co-winner in 1966

  7. The Left Hand of Darkness by  (Hainish Cycle, #5)

    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

  8. To Your Scattered Bodies Go by  (Riverworld, #1)

    No rating

    Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 1972

  9. Ringworld by  (Ringworld, #1)

    No rating

    A new place is being built, a world of huge dimensions, encompassing millions of miles, stronger than any planet before …

    Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 1971

  10. The dispossessed by 

    E-book extra: In-depth study guide.Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and …

    Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 1975.

  11. Dreamsnake by 

    No rating

    In a world devastated by nuclear holocaust, Snake is a healer. One of an elite band dedicated to caring for …

    Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 1979.

  12. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by 

    No rating

    Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang is a spellbinding and wonderfully original family saga of the future. It is the …

    Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 1977.

  13. The Snow Queen by  (The Snow Queen Cycle, #1)

    No rating

    Arienrhod. As beautiful as she was ancient, she ruled Tiamat, whose twin suns circled the Stargate that linked her world …

    Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 1981.

  14. Startide Rising by  (Uplift, #2)

    No rating

    A crippled spaceship crewed by genetically engineered dolphins, a few humans, and a genetically engineered chimp hides on a mysterious …

    Phil in SF says:

    Winner in 1984.

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