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    Name up to five works or people from 2026 in each category. Skip any category you like.

  3. Expected 18 April

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    Six finalists are announced in each category. Members get a voter packet with much of the work.

  4. Expected 31 July

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  5. Expected 5 September

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Best Novel, year by year

  1. 2026

    The Everlasting

    Alix E. Harrow

    Hardcover, 320 pages

  2. 2025

    The Tainted Cup

    Robert Jackson Bennett

    Paperback, 419 pages

  3. 2024

    Some Desperate Glory

    Emily Tesh

    Hardcover, 448 pages

  4. 2023

    Nettle & Bone

    T. Kingfisher

    Hardcover, 256 pages

  5. 2022

    A Desolation Called Peace

    Arkady Martine

    Hardcover, 496 pages

  6. 2021

    Network Effect

    Martha Wells

    Hardcover, 350 pages

  7. 2020

    A Memory Called Empire

    Arkady Martine

    Hardcover, 464 pages

  8. 2019

    The Calculating Stars

    Mary Robinette Kowal

    432 pages

  9. 2018

    The Stone Sky

    N. K. Jemisin

    Hardcover, 464 pages

  10. 2017

    The Obelisk Gate

    N. K. Jemisin

    Hardcover, 448 pages

  11. 2016

    The Fifth Season

    N. K. Jemisin

    Hardcover, 512 pages

  12. 2015

    The Three-Body Problem

    Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu

    Hardcover, 512 pages

  13. 2014

    Ancillary Justice

    Ann Leckie

    Hardcover, 558 pages

  14. 2013

    Redshirts

    John Scalzi

    Paperback, 320 pages

  15. 2012

    Among Others

    Jo Walton

    Hardcover, 302 pages

  16. 2011

    Blackout/All Clear

    Connie Willis

    Hardcover, 491 pages

  17. 2010

    The City & the City

    China Miéville

    Hardcover, 312 pages

  18. 2010

    The Windup Girl

    Paolo Bacigalupi

    Hardcover, 361 pages

  19. 2009

    The Graveyard Book

    Neil Gaiman

    Hardcover, 312 pages

  20. 2008

    The Yiddish Policemen's Union

    Michael Chabon

    Hardcover, 414 pages

  21. 2007

    Rainbows End

    Vernor Vinge

    Hardcover, 368 pages

  22. 2006

    Spin

    Robert Charles Wilson

    Paperback, 492 pages

  23. 2005

    Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

    Susanna Clarke

    Hardcover, 800 pages

  24. 2004

    Paladin of Souls

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Paperback, 436 pages

  25. 2003

    Hominids

    Robert J. Sawyer

    Paperback, 448 pages

  26. 2002

    American Gods

    Neil Gaiman

    Hardcover, 465 pages

  27. 2001

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    J. K. Rowling

    Hardcover, 636 pages

  28. 2000

    A Deepness in the Sky

    Vernor Vinge

    Hardcover, 792 pages

  29. 1999

    To Say Nothing of the Dog

    Connie Willis

    Paperback, 512 pages

  30. 1998

    Forever Peace

    Joe Haldeman

    351 pages

  31. 1997

    Blue Mars

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Hardcover, 616 pages

  32. 1996

    The Diamond Age

    Neal Stephenson

    Hardcover, 455 pages

  33. 1995

    Mirror Dance

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    392 pages

  34. 1994

    Green Mars

    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Paperback, 656 pages

  35. 1993

    Doomsday Book

    Connie Willis

    Hardcover, 559 pages

  36. 1993

    A Fire Upon the Deep

    Vernor Vinge

    Hardcover, 400 pages

  37. 1992

    Barrayar

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Hardcover, 324 pages

  38. 1991

    The Vor Game

    Lois McMaster Bujold

    Hardcover, 403 pages

  39. 1990

    Hyperion

    Dan Simmons

    Hardcover, 481 pages

  40. 1989

    Cyteen

    C. J. Cherryh

    627 pages

  41. 1988

    The Uplift War

    David Brin

    Hardcover, 506 pages

  42. 1987

    Speaker for the Dead

    Orson Scott Card

    Hardcover, 416 pages

  43. 1986

    Ender's Game

    Orson Scott Card

    Hardcover, 357 pages

  44. 1985

    Neuromancer

    William Gibson

    Hardcover, 304 pages

  45. 1984

    Startide Rising

    David Brin

    Hardcover, 458 pages

  46. 1983

    Foundation's Edge

    Isaac Asimov

    Paperback, 441 pages

  47. 1982

    Downbelow Station

    C. J. Cherryh

    Hardcover, 432 pages

  48. 1981

    The Snow Queen

    Joan D. Vinge

    Paperback, 486 pages

  49. 1980

    The Fountains of Paradise

    Arthur C. Clarke

    Hardcover, 255 pages

  50. 1979

    Dreamsnake

    Vonda N. McIntyre

    Hardcover, 277 pages

  51. 1978

    Gateway

    Frederik Pohl

    Paperback, 313 pages

  52. 1977

    Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang

    Kate Wilhelm

    Paperback, 251 pages

  53. 1976

    The Forever War

    Joe Haldeman

    Hardcover, 272 pages

  54. 1975

    The Dispossessed

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Paperback, 352 pages

  55. 1974

    Rendezvous with Rama

    Arthur C. Clarke

    Hardcover, 274 pages

  56. 1973

    The Gods Themselves

    Isaac Asimov

    Hardcover, 288 pages

  57. 1972

    To Your Scattered Bodies Go

    Philip José Farmer

    Hardcover, 184 pages

  58. 1971

    Ringworld

    Larry Niven

    Hardcover, 208 pages

  59. 1970

    The Left Hand of Darkness

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Hardcover, 256 pages

  60. 1969

    Stand on Zanzibar

    John Brunner

    Hardcover, 584 pages

  61. 1968

    Lord of Light

    Roger Zelazny

    Paperback, 296 pages

  62. 1967

    The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

    Robert A. Heinlein

    Hardcover, 384 pages

  63. 1966

    …And Call Me Conrad

    Roger Zelazny

    Hardcover, 180 pages

  64. 1966

    Dune

    Frank Herbert

    Hardcover, 412 pages

  65. 1965

    The Wanderer

    Fritz Leiber

    320 pages

  66. 1964

    Way Station

    Clifford D. Simak

    Hardcover, 225 pages

  67. 1963

    The Man in the High Castle

    Philip K. Dick

    Hardcover, 256 pages

  68. 1962

    Stranger in a Strange Land

    Robert A. Heinlein

    Hardcover, 438 pages

  69. 1961

    A Canticle for Leibowitz

    Walter M. Miller, Jr.

    Hardcover, 368 pages

  70. 1960

    Starship Troopers

    Robert A. Heinlein

    Hardcover, 352 pages

  71. 1959

    A Case of Conscience

    James Blish

    Paperback, 192 pages

  72. 1958

    The Big Time

    Fritz Leiber

    Hardcover, 176 pages

  73. 1956

    Double Star

    Robert A. Heinlein

    170 pages

  74. 1955

    They'd Rather Be Right

    Mark Clifton, Frank Riley

    Hardcover, 189 pages

  75. 1953

    The Demolished Man

    Alfred Bester

    Hardcover, 250 pages