2026 Hugo Awards

Updated June 1, 2026
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A drop of corruption : an Ana and Din mystery
Bennett, Robert Jackson
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * HUGO AWARD FINALIST * ONE OF BOOKPAGE'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR * AN ELLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The eccentric detective Ana Dolabra matches wits with a seemingly omniscient adversary in this brilliant fantasy-mystery from the author of The...
Shroud
Tchaikovsky, Adrian
Paper Book
Shortlisted, 2026 Hugo Award for Best Novel After two scientists crash on a hostile moon, they must use every tool at their disposal to survive. Shroud is a tense, atmospheric voyage into the unknown from sci-fi master and Arthur C. Clarke Award Winner Adrian Tchaikovsky....
The everlasting
Harrow, Alix E.
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestselling Author An Award-Winning Author Sir Una Everlasting was Dominion's greatest hero: the orphaned girl who became a knight, who died for queen and country. Her legend lives on in songs and stories, in children's books and recruiting posters --...
Death of the author a novel
Okorafor, Nnedi
Paper Book
2026 NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER WINNER OF THE LIBBY AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION THE INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER Recommended by New York Times Book Review * People * NPR * Rolling Stone * Los Angeles Times *...
Death of the author
Okorafor, Nnedi
Paper Book
2026 NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER WINNER OF THE LIBBY AWARD FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION THE INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER Recommended by New York Times Book Review * People * NPR * Rolling Stone * Los Angeles Times *...
The incandescent
Tesh, Emily
Paper Book
'A searingly brilliant fantasy. This is magical school with teeth . . . an unmissable read' Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne 'Fans of Naomi Novik's Scholomance series won't want to miss this' Publishers Weekly ***Shortlisted for the...
The raven scholar
Hodgson, Antonia
Paper Book
The Sunday Times bestseller from an electrifying new voice in epic fantasy - a masterfully woven tale of imperial intrigue, cutthroat competition, and one scholar's quest to uncover the truth. 'IT'S THRILLING, ROMANTIC, OFTEN TRAGIC, AND ALWAYS FUNNY'...
Automatic noodle
Newitz, Annalee
Paper Book
You don't have to eat food to know the way to a city's heart is through its stomach. So when a group of deactivated robots come back online in an abandoned ghost kitchen, they decide to make their own way doing what they know: making food--the tastiest hand-pulled noodles around--for the humans of...
Cinder house
Marske, Freya
Paper Book
Sparks fly and lovers dance in this gorgeous, yearning Cinderella retelling from bestselling author Freya Marske - a queer Gothic romance novella perfect for fans of Naomi Novik and T. Kingfisher. You think you know Cinderella's story: the ball, the magical shoes, the handsome prince.You're...
Murder by memory
Waite, Olivia.
Paper Book
Becky Chambers meets Miss Marple in this sci-fi ode to the cozy mystery, helmed by a formidable no-nonsense auntie of a detective A mind is a terrible thing to erase... Welcome to the HMS Fairweather, Her Majesty's most luxurious...
The river has roots
El-Mohtar, Amal
Paper Book
Finalist for the Hugo and Nebula awards for Best Novella! An Indie Next and LibraryReads Pick! The River Has Roots is the hugely anticipated solo debut of the New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award winning author Amal El-Mohtar. Follow the river...
The Summer War
Novik, Naomi.
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * HUGO AWARD FINALIST * In this poignant, heartfelt novella from the New York Times bestselling author of Spinning Silver and the Scholomance trilogy, a young witch who has inadvertently cursed her brother to live a life without love must find a way to undo her...
What stalks the deep
Kingfisher, T.
Paper Book
The next novella in the New York Times bestselling Sworn Soldier series, featuring Alex Easton investigating the dark, mysterious depths of a coal mine in America, from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author T. Kingfisher. Perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Stephen Graham Jones.
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands: the charming light academia Sunday Times bestseller
Fawcett, Heather.
Paper Book
'Forget dark academia: give me instead this kind of winter-sunshined, sharp-tongued and footnoted academia, full of field trips and grumpy romance' Freya Marske, author of A Marvellous Light An intrepid professor must uncover faerie secrets in the delightful and...
Rosemary and rue
McGuire, Seanan.
Paper Book
October Toby' Daye, a changeling who is half human and half fae, has been an outsider from birth. After being rejected by both sides of her heritage, Toby has denied the Faerie world, retreating to a 'normal' life. Unfortunately for her, the faerie world has other ideas. The murder of Countess...
Old man's war
Scalzi, John
Paper Book
Perfect for an entry-level sci-fi reader and the ideal addition to a veteran fan's collection, John Scalzi's Old Man's War will take audiences on a heart-stopping adventure into the far corners of the universe. John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he...
Old man's war
Scalzi, John
Paper Book
Perfect for an entry-level sci-fi reader and the ideal addition to a veteran fan's collection, John Scalzi's Old Man's War will take audiences on a heart-stopping adventure into the far corners of the universe. John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he...
Dead country
Gladstone, Max
Paper Book
From the co-author of the viral New York Times bestseller This is How You Lose the Time War. A Finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Series! Discover the destiny of the Craft in Dead Country, the standalone entry point to Max Gladstone's beloved...
Ancestral night
Bear, Elizabeth
Paper Book
The Space Cat
Okorafor, Nnedi.
Paper Book
Invaders from outer space have descended on Nigeria. They have no idea whose home they're messing with. Ah, yes, the luxurious life of a well-loved cat. It's the best. And Periwinkle has it the cushiest. But there's more to this pampered pet than meets the eye. He's not...
Positive obsession : the life and times of Octavia E. Butler
Morris, Susana M.
Paper Book
A magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work.  As the first Black woman to consistently write and publish in the field of science fiction, Octavia...
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