Hugo Award Winners and Nominees - Fantasy
I have been searching for good fantasy books and there’s no shortage of suggestions. One suggestion was to pick something from the Hugo Awards. The Hugo Awards recognize the best sci-fi and fantasy novels, which is a huge body of work. I was frustrated that I could not find a more granular categorization–where do you start with a list of 280+ critically acclaimed books? Knowing at least the genre would help a lot. Since I couldn’t find a categorized list of Hugo Award winners, so I decided to create it.
I noticed that most of the books had Wikipedia entries that included a “Genre” entry in the sidebar, so I grabbed the additional information. Below is a list of the Fantasy novels that were nominated for or won the Hugo award. Enjoy and happy reading!
- The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut (1960)
- Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein (1964)
- Too Many Magicians by Randall Garrett (1967)
- The Forbidden Tower by Marion Zimmer Bradley (1978)
- Harpist in the Wind by Patricia A. McKillip (1980)
- Little, Big by John Crowley (1982)
- Tea with the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy (1984)
- Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card (1988)
- Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card (1989)
- Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1990)
- Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card (1990)
- Bone Dance by Emma Bull (1992)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling (2000)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling (2001)
- A Storm of Swords by George R. R. Martin (2001)
- The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold (2002)
- The Scar by China Miéville (2003)
- Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold (2004)
- A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin (2006)
- The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin (2011)
- Among Others by Jo Walton (2012)
- A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin (2012)
- Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed (2013)
This task was made bearable by scripting the look-ups with Beautiful Soup in Python. If you’re interested, the source is available as categorizing-hugo-award-winners on GitHub.
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