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
''A riveting murder mystery wrapped in a twisty conspiracy, set in a vivid fantasy world terrorized by eldritch monsters'' FONDA LEE ''A twisty detective story, a weird fantasy, a thrilling adventure'' MAX GLADSTONE In the second adventure in the Shadow 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
From Alix E. Harrow, the Sunday Times bestselling author of Starling House, comes a moving and genre-defying quest.A legend. A lie. A love story.A lady-knight whose legend built a nation meets a retiring historian in awe of her fame. He's sent back...
Death of the author a novel
Okorafor, Nnedi
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This one has it all' GEORGE R. R. MARTIN 'As delicious as it is disorienting' ZAKIYA DALILA HARRIS 'Beautifully evoked' THE GUARDIAN 'Suspenseful, timely, and heartfelt' PEOPLE<...
Death of the author
Okorafor, Nnedi.
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This one has it all' GEORGE R. R. MARTIN 'As delicious as it is disorienting' ZAKIYA DALILA HARRIS 'Beautifully evoked' THE GUARDIAN 'Suspenseful, timely, and heartfelt' PEOPLE<...
The incandescent : a school story
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...
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...
The Summer War
Novik, Naomi.
Paper Book
In this enchanting, poignant novella from the Sunday 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 spell. Celia discovers 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 : a novel
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
The first instalment of the highly praised Toby Daye series. The world of Faerie never disappeared; it merely went into hiding, continuing to exist parallel to our own. Secrecy is the key to Faerie's survival: but no secret can be kept forever, and when the fae and mortal...
Old man's war
Scalzi, John
Paper Book
At seventy-five years old, John Perry is looking for a fresh start - in the army. But the universe is a dangerous place in John Scalzi's Old Man's War . . . 'Gripping and surpassingly original' - Cory Doctorow, author of Walkaway Earth's...
Old man's war
Scalzi, John
Paper Book
At seventy-five years old, John Perry is looking for a fresh start - in the army. But the universe is a dangerous place in John Scalzi's Old Man's War . . . 'Gripping and surpassingly original' - Cory Doctorow, author of Walkaway Earth's...
Ancestral night
Bear, Elizabeth
Paper Book
A space salvager and her partner make the discovery of a lifetime that just might change the universe in this wild, big-ideas space opera from multi award-winning author Elizabeth Bear. Haimey Dz thinks she knows what she wants. She thinks she knows who she is. She...

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