The Hugo Awards, first presented in 1953 and presented annually since 1955, are one of the most prestigious awards in science fiction.
The awards will be presented on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at a formal ceremony at the Chengdu Worldcon.
Below are the nominees for best novel and best novella. See the Hugo Awards website for a full list of nominees in all categories.
Recent Winners, Best Novel:
Recent Winners, Best Novella:
- 2022: A Psalm for the Wild-Built, by Becky Chambers
- 2021: The Empress of Salt and Fortune, by Nghi Vo
- 2020: This Is How You Lose the Time War, by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
- 2019: Artificial Condition, by Martha Wells
- 2018: All Systems Red, by Martha Wells
2023 Finalists, Best Novel
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
From the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a lavish historical drama reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico.
The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi
The Kaiju Preservation Society is John Scalzi's first standalone adventure since the conclusion of his New York Times bestselling Interdependency trilogy.
Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree
The much-beloved BookTok sensation, Travis Baldree's novel of high fantasy and low stakes.
Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir
Tamsyn Muir's New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb Series continues with Nona... the Ninth.
Nettle & Bone, by T. Kingfisher
From Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes an original and subversive fantasy adventure.
The Spare Man, by Mary Robinette Kowal
Hugo, Locus, and Nebula-Award winner Mary Robinette Kowal blends her no-nonsense approach to life in space with her talent for creating glittering high-society in this stylish SF mystery, The Spare Man.
2023 Finalists, Best Novella
Even Though I Knew the End, by C.L. Polk
C. L. Polk turns their considerable powers to a fantastical noir with Even Though I Knew the End.
Into the Riverlands, by Nghi Vo
Nghi Vo's Hugo and Crawford Award-winning series, The Singing Hills Cycle, continues...
A Mirror Mended, by Alix E. Harrow
A Mirror Mended is the next installment in USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's Fractured Fables series.
Ogres, by Adrian Tchaikovsky
A bleak glimpse of a world of savage tyrants, from award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky.
What Moves the Dead, by T. Kingfisher
From T. Kingfisher, the award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's classic "The Fall of the House of Usher."
Where the Drowned Girls Go, by Seanan McGuire
In Where the Drowned Girls Go, the next addition to Seanan McGuire's beloved Wayward Children series, students at an anti- magical school rebel against the oppressive faculty.