Hugo Award for Best Novel winners, 2015 to 2025

the actual winners, not my ballot. some years the shortlist was better, we'll get to that in the notes

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The Three-Body Problem (2015) - Liu Cixin, tr. Ken Liu

first translated novel to win this category. still the one people ask me about

The Fifth Season (2016) - N. K. Jemisin

The Obelisk Gate (2017) - N. K. Jemisin

The Stone Sky (2018) - N. K. Jemisin

closes the trilogy, the only time anyone's swept this category three years straight

The Calculating Stars (2019) - Mary Robinette Kowal

A Memory Called Empire (2020) - Arkady Martine

Network Effect (2021) - Martha Wells

murderbot as a novel finally, the shortlist was better that year though

A Desolation Called Peace (2022) - Arkady Martine

Nettle & Bone (2023) - T. Kingfisher

won at the Chengdu worldcon, the one everyone argued about for other reasons

Some Desperate Glory (2024) - Emily Tesh

The Tainted Cup (2025) - Robert Jackson Bennett

most recent, seattle worldcon. (deserved) honestly

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