This list is for Hugo Award Winning Novellas. So not novels. And not novellettes. And winners, not just nominated.

Entries for these can be challenging. As novellas, they were usually not published as stand-alone books - so finding a reasonable Goodreads entry can be difficult.

See also
Other SF Award Lists

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message 1: by Peter (last edited Jul 04, 2016 02:17PM) (new)

Peter Tillman Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Aw...

I see the Retro Hugos are also included.

Impressive amount of work in these lists, mjf. Thanks!


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Peter Tillman PS: You may want to remove the Spanish edition of Palimpsest. I added the English listing.


message 3: by Mitchell (new)

Mitchell Friedman Peter wrote: "PS: You may want to remove the Spanish edition of Palimpsest. I added the English listing."

done.


message 4: by Steve (new)

Steve LaForest If This Goes on is on the list twice - it may be good, but it's not that good!


message 5: by Mitchell (new)

Mitchell Friedman Steve wrote: "If This Goes on is on the list twice - it may be good, but it's not that good!"

duplicates found and removed


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Mitchell Friedman Nominated for Best Novella 2026
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