The Hugo Award winners for Best Novel of the 2010s
The top 3 according to 16 votes from people: The Windup Girl — Paolo Bacigalupi · Blackout/All Clear — Connie Willis · Ancillary Justice — Ann Leckie. (Updated May 23, 2026.)
The science fiction and fantasy novels that won the Hugo for Best Novel from 2010 to 2019, including the 2010 tie.
Top 11
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1
The Windup Girl — Paolo Bacigalupi
2010, tie. Biotech and food wars in a future Bangkok.
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2
Blackout/All Clear — Connie Willis
2011. Time-travelling historians stranded in the London Blitz.
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3
Ancillary Justice — Ann Leckie
2014. A starship AI trapped in a single human body; it swept the major awards.
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4
Among Others — Jo Walton
2012. A Welsh teenager, fairies and a love of science fiction.
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5
The Calculating Stars — Mary Robinette Kowal
2019. An alternate 1950s space race after a meteorite strike.
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The City & the City — China Miéville
2010, tie. Two cities sharing the same space, whose citizens must 'unsee' each other.
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7
Redshirts — John Scalzi
2013. Junior crew members realise they are expendable extras in a TV show.
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8
The Fifth Season — N. K. Jemisin
2016. The first book of the Broken Earth trilogy.
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9
The Three-Body Problem — Liu Cixin
2015. The first translated novel to win the Hugo.
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10
The Obelisk Gate — N. K. Jemisin
2017. The second Broken Earth book.
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11
The Stone Sky — N. K. Jemisin
2018. The third Hugo in a row for the same trilogy, a first.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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N. K. Jemisin winning three years in a row for the Broken Earth trilogy is unmatched.