# The Hugo Award winners for Best Novel of the 1990s

The novels that won the Hugo for Best Novel from 1990 to 1999, including the 1993 tie.

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- Mar 24, 2025 · Shannon Harris
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## Top 11

1. **The Vor Game — Lois McMaster Bujold** (173 · ▲182 ▼9) — 1991. Miles Vorkosigan's military misadventures.
2. **Barrayar — Lois McMaster Bujold** (132 · ▲149 ▼17) — 1992. Cordelia Naismith and civil war on Barrayar; Bujold's second in a row.
3. **Hyperion — Dan Simmons** (128 · ▲171 ▼43) — 1990. Seven pilgrims and the Shrike.
4. **A Fire Upon the Deep — Vernor Vinge** (123 · ▲138 ▼15) — 1993, tie. Zones of thought and a galaxy-spanning threat.
5. **Doomsday Book — Connie Willis** (111 · ▲126 ▼15) — 1993, tie. A historian sent by mistake to the Black Death.
6. **The Diamond Age — Neal Stephenson** (71 · ▲86 ▼15) — 1996. A nanotech future and an interactive book for girls.
7. **Green Mars — Kim Stanley Robinson** (68 · ▲91 ▼23) — 1994. The second book of the Mars trilogy.
8. **Mirror Dance — Lois McMaster Bujold** (55 · ▲76 ▼21) — 1995. Miles and his clone brother Mark.
9. **Blue Mars — Kim Stanley Robinson** (53 · ▲77 ▼24) — 1997. The end of the Mars trilogy.
10. **Forever Peace — Joe Haldeman** (51 · ▲71 ▼20) — 1998. Remote-controlled soldiers linked by their minds.
11. **To Say Nothing of the Dog — Connie Willis** (35 · ▲62 ▼27) — 1999. A comic time-travel novel in Victorian England.

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