The Hugo Award winners for Best Novel of the 2000s
The top 3 according to 10 votes from people: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell — Susanna Clarke · A Deepness in the Sky — Vernor Vinge · Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — J. K. Rowling. (Updated Mar 25, 2025.)
The ten novels that won the Hugo for Best Novel from 2000 to 2009, from Vernor Vinge to Neil Gaiman.
Top 10
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1
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell — Susanna Clarke
2005. Two magicians bring English magic back during the Napoleonic Wars.
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2
A Deepness in the Sky — Vernor Vinge
2000. A prequel to A Fire Upon the Deep, set around a strange on-off star.
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3
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire — J. K. Rowling
2001. The Triwizard Tournament; the only Harry Potter book to win the Hugo.
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4
Hominids — Robert J. Sawyer
2003. A Neanderthal physicist crosses from a parallel Earth.
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5
Paladin of Souls — Lois McMaster Bujold
2004. A dowager royina on a pilgrimage in the world of Chalion.
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6
Spin — Robert Charles Wilson
2006. One night the stars vanish behind a barrier around the Earth.
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7
Rainbows End — Vernor Vinge
2007. An old poet relearns life in an augmented-reality future.
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8
The Yiddish Policemen's Union — Michael Chabon
2008. A detective in an imagined Jewish homeland in Alaska.
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9
The Graveyard Book — Neil Gaiman
2009. A boy raised by ghosts in a cemetery.
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10
American Gods — Neil Gaiman
2002. Old gods brought by immigrants fight new gods of technology.
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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American Gods and The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman won twice in one decade.