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title: "Hugo Awards Best Novel Books"
description: "Browse Hugo Award Best Novel winners, nominees, and finalists in the local science fiction and fantasy awards database."
canonical: "https://sffawards.com/awards/hugo/"
---

# Hugo Awards Best Novel Books

The Hugo Awards are administered through Worldcon and voted on by Worldcon members. This site tracks Best Novel, the book-length category most directly comparable with other long-form SF/F awards. The Hugo page includes winners, nominees, finalists, and related recognition states present in the local dataset, then links into the interactive browser for sorting by year, rating, recognition count, and subgenre. Hugo service-mark notes belong in data notes rather than promotional copy. The route avoids current ballot or ceremony information and yearly maintenance churn.

- **matching books:** 389
- **recognitions:** 391
- **winner records:** 78
- **award years:** 1953-2026
- **updated:** Aug 28, 2026

[Open Hugo Awards in the interactive browser](/?awards=hugo-novel)

## Official Award Link

[Visit the official Hugo Awards website](https://www.thehugoawards.org/about/)

## Recent Winners

- **The Tainted Cup** by Robert Jackson Bennett, 2025 winner
- **Some Desperate Glory** by Emily Tesh, 2024 winner
- **Nettle & Bone** by T\. Kingfisher, 2023 winner
- **A Desolation Called Peace** by Arkady Martine, 2022 winner
- **Network Effect** by Martha Wells, 2021 winner
- **A Memory Called Empire** by Arkady Martine, 2020 winner

## Related Links

- [Browse all award pages](/awards/)
- [Nebula Awards books](/awards/nebula/)
- [Locus Awards books](/awards/locus/)
- [World Fantasy Awards books](/awards/world-fantasy/)
- [Read the browser guide](/guide/)
- [Browse science fiction and fantasy subgenres](/subgenres/)