Literary Prize
Hugo Award Winners
The Hugo Award, presented annually at the World Science Fiction Convention since 1953, is the most prestigious prize in science fiction and fantasy. Voted on by members of the convention — meaning it reflects the tastes of the genre's most engaged readers — it has recognised Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Ursula K. Le Guin, and more recently N.K. Jemisin, who won three consecutive Hugos for the Broken Earth trilogy. The Hugo is a barometer of the genre's evolving concerns and its ongoing argument about what science fiction is for.
44 winners ranked
Top Countries
Top Genres
All Winners
#1
literary-fiction
The Road
Cormac McCarthy· 2007
★Pulitzer Prize★Hugo Award
Editorial Score100/100
#2
science-fiction
The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin· 1975
★Hugo Award★Nebula Award
Editorial Score83/100
#3
science-fiction
Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card· 1986
★Hugo Award★Nebula Award
Editorial Score82/100
#4
science-fiction
The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin· 1970
★Hugo Award★Nebula Award
Editorial Score81/100
#5
science-fiction
Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card· 1987
★Hugo Award★Nebula Award
Editorial Score80/100
#6
science-fiction
The Forever War
Joe Haldeman· 1976
★Hugo Award★Nebula Award
Editorial Score80/100
#7
science-fiction
Neuromancer
William Gibson· 1985
★Hugo Award★Nebula Award
Editorial Score79/100
#8
fantasy
American Gods
Neil Gaiman· 2002
★Hugo Award★Bram Stoker Award
Editorial Score79/100
#9
science-fiction
The Fountains of Paradise
Arthur C. Clarke· 1980
★Hugo Award★Nebula Award
Editorial Score78/100
#10
science-fiction
Startide Rising
David Brin· 1984
★Hugo Award★Nebula Award
Editorial Score78/100
#11
fantasy
The Obelisk Gate
N.K. Jemisin· 2017
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score78/100
#12
fantasy
The Stone Sky
N.K. Jemisin· 2018
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score78/100
#13
fantasy
The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin· 2016
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score78/100
#14
science-fiction
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
Becky Chambers· 2021
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score73/100
#15
science-fiction
A Memory Called Empire
Arkady Martine· 2020
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score72/100
#16
science-fiction
A Desolation Called Peace
Arkady Martine· 2022
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score69/100
#17
science-fiction
The Calculating Stars
Mary Robinette Kowal· 2019
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score69/100
#18
science-fiction
Ancillary Justice
Ann Leckie· 2014
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score68/100
#19
fantasy
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman· 2009
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score68/100
#20
science-fiction
Redshirts
John Scalzi· 2013
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score67/100
#21
literary-fiction
Among Others
Jo Walton· 2012
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score67/100
#22
mystery-thriller
The City & The City
China Miéville· 2010
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score67/100
#23
science-fiction
Spin
Robert Charles Wilson· 2006
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score66/100
#24
fantasy
Paladin of Souls
Lois McMaster Bujold· 2004
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score66/100
#25
historical-fiction
The Years of Rice and Salt
Kim Stanley Robinson· 2003
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score66/100
#26
fantasy
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J.K. Rowling· 2001
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score65/100
#27
science-fiction
The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin· 2015
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score62/100
#28
science-fiction
The Diamond Age
Neal Stephenson· 1996
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score62/100
#29
science-fiction
Mirror Dance
Lois McMaster Bujold· 1995
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score62/100
#30
science-fiction
A Fire Upon the Deep
Vernor Vinge· 1993
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score62/100
#31
science-fiction
Blackout/All Clear
Connie Willis· 2011
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score60/100
#32
science-fiction
To Say Nothing of the Dog
Connie Willis· 1999
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score60/100
#33
science-fiction
Hyperion
Dan Simmons· 1990
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score60/100
#34
science-fiction
Dune
Frank Herbert· 1966
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score60/100
#35
science-fiction
The Vor Game
Lois McMaster Bujold· 1991
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score59/100
#36
science-fiction
Barrayar
Lois McMaster Bujold· 1992
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score58/100
#37
science-fiction
Rendezvous with Rama
Arthur C. Clarke· 1974
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score58/100
#38
science-fiction
The Uplift War
David Brin· 1988
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score57/100
#39
science-fiction
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Robert A. Heinlein· 1967
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score57/100
#40
science-fiction
Blue Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson· 1997
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score56/100
#41
science-fiction
Forever Peace
Joe Haldeman· 1998
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score56/100
#42
fantasy
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Susanna Clarke· 2005
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score55/100
#43
science-fiction
Lord of Light
Roger Zelazny· 1968
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score55/100
#44
science-fiction
Gateway
Frederik Pohl· 1978
★Hugo Award
Editorial Score54/100
