The one that started it all

[Jeff, Spectatus Ad Astra!]

A few years ago, I assigned myself the task of reading all the Hugo winners. I originally wanted to read them in chronological order, but it didn't quite work out that way.
I haven't tallied the specific number, but I've read a good portion of them.
The trouble is, sometimes I can't remember if I've read a specific novel or not. Such was the case with The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester, winner of the first ever Hugo Award, in 1953. So I picked it up and started, and quickly realized that I had indeed read it. But Bester's style drew me in and I ended up reading it (again) cover to cover. I really like the way the guy writes, and I'm motivated to read his other novel The Stars My Destination.
By the way, Walter Koenig's character in Babylon 5 is named in homage after Alfred Bester.