A series of articles in which I review the many novels that have won the Hugo Award for Best Novel over the years, and try to decide if they’ve managed to stand the test of time or not.
Welcome to the Hugo Retrospectives
1953 –
The Demolished Man (Alfred Bester)
1955 –
They’d Rather Be Right (Frank Riley & Mark Clifton)
1956 –
Double Star (Robert A. Heinlein)
1958 –
The Big Time (Fritz Leiber)
1959 –
A Case of Conscience (James Blish)
1960 – Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
1961 – A Canticle for Liebowitz (Walter M. Miller, Jr.)
1962 – Stranger in a Strange Land (Robert A. Heinlein)
1963 – The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
1964 – The Way Station (Clifford D. Simak)
1965 – The Wanderer (Fritz Leiber)
1966 – Dune (Frank Herbert)
1966 – This Immortal (Roger Zelazny)
1967 – The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Robert A. Heinlein)
1968 – The Lord of Light (Roger Zelazny)
1969 – Stand on Zanzibar (John Brunner)
1970 – The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. Le Guin)
1971 – Ringworld (Larry Niven)
1972 – To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Philip José Farmer)
1973 – The Gods Themselves (Isaac Asimov)
1974 – Rendezvous With Rama (Arthur C. Clarke)
1975 – The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia (Ursula K. Le Guin)
1976 – The Forever War (Joe Haldeman)
1977 – Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Kate Wilhelm)
1978 – Gateway (Frederik Pohl)
1979 – Dreamsnake (Vonda N. McIntyre)
1980 – The Fountains of Paradise (Arthur C. Clarke)
1981 – The Snow Queen (Joan D. Vinge)
1982 – Downbelow Station (C. J. Cherryh)
1983 – Foundation’s Edge (Isaac Asimov)
1984 – Startide Rising (David Brin)
1985 – Neuromancer (William Gibson)
1986 – Ender’s Game (Orson Scott Card)
1987 – Speaker for the Dead (Orson Scott Card)
1988 – The Uplift War (David Brin)
1989 – Cyteen (C. J. Cherryh)
1990 – Hyperion (Dan Simmons)
1991 – The Vor Game (Lois McMaster Bujold)
1992 – Barrayar (Lois McMaster Bujold)
1993 – A Fire Upon the Deep (Vernor Vinge)
1993 – Doomsday Book (Connie Willis)
1994 – Green Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
1995 – Mirror Dance (Lois McMaster Bujold)
1996 – The Diamond Age (Neal Stephenson)
1997 – Blue Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)
1998 – Forever Peace (Joe Haldeman)
1999 – To Say Nothing of the Dog (Connie Willis)
2000 – A Deepness in the Sky (Vernor Vinge)
2001 – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J. K. Rowling)
2002 – American Gods (Neil Gaiman)
2003 – Hominids (Robert J. Sawyer)
2004 – Paladin of Souls (Lois McMaster Bujold)
2005 – Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Susanna Clarke)
2006 – Spin (Robert Charles Wilson)
2007 – Rainbows End (Vernor Vinge)
2008 – The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (Michael Chabon)
2009 – The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
2010 – The City & The City (China Miéville)
2010 – The Windup Girl (Paolo Bacigalupi)
2011 – Blackout/All Clear (Connie Willis)
2012 – Among Others (Jo Walton)
2013 – Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas (John Scalzi)
2014 – Ancillary Justice (Ann Leckie)
2015 – The Three-Body Problem (Cixin Liu)
2016 – The Fifth Season (N. K. Jemisin)
2017 – The Obelisk Gate (N. K. Jemisin)
2018 – The Stone Sky (N. K. Jemisin)
2019 – The Calculating Stars (Mary Robinette Kowal)
2020 – A Memory Called Empire (Arkady Martine)
2021 – Network Effect (Martha Wells)
2022 – A Desolation Called Peace (Arkady Martine)
