# The Hugo Award winners for Best Novel of the 1980s

The ten science fiction novels that won the Hugo for Best Novel from 1980 to 1989, from Clarke to Orson Scott Card.

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- Oct 7, 2025 · caliratondebiblioteca
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## Top 10

1. **The Snow Queen — Joan D. Vinge** (13 · ▲14 ▼1) — 1981. A space-age version of Andersen's tale.
2. **Ender's Game — Orson Scott Card** (13 · ▲14 ▼1) — 1986. A child genius at Battle School.
3. **Speaker for the Dead — Orson Scott Card** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — 1987. The sequel to Ender's Game; Card won two years running.
4. **Downbelow Station — C. J. Cherryh** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — 1982. A space station in the middle of a war.
5. **The Fountains of Paradise — Arthur C. Clarke** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — 1980. The building of a space elevator.
6. **Startide Rising — David Brin** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — 1984. Dolphins and humans crew a starship.
7. **Cyteen — C. J. Cherryh** (7 · ▲10 ▼3) — 1989. Cloning and power on a laboratory planet.
8. **Foundation's Edge — Isaac Asimov** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — 1983. Asimov returns to the saga thirty years later.
9. **Neuromancer — William Gibson** (4 · ▲8 ▼4) — 1985. The birth of cyberpunk.
10. **The Uplift War — David Brin** (4 · ▲8 ▼4) — 1988. An alien species invades a planet colonised by humans and chimpanzees.

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