Winners of the Hugo Award for best novel. Awards given in one year are for works published during the previous calendar year. Winning titles are listed first, with other nominees listed below.
- 1946: The Mule by Isaac Asimov
- 1951: Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
- 1953: The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
- 1955: They'd Rather Be Right, Mark Clifton and Frank Riley
- 1956: Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein
- 1959: A Case of Conscience by James Blish
- 1960: Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
- 1961: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller
- 1962: Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
- 1963: The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
- 1964: Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
- 1965: The Wanderer by Fritz Leiber
- 1966: ... And Call Me Conrad by Roger Zelazny
- 1966: Dune by Frank Herbert
- 1967: The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
- 1968: Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
- 1969: Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
- 1970: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
- 1971: Ringworld by Larry Niven
- 1972: To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
- 1973: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
- 1974: Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
- 1975: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
- 1976: The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
- 1977: Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
- 1978: Gateway by Frederik Pohl
- 1979: Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
- 1980: The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke
- Harpist in the Wind by Patrica A. McKillip
- Jem by Frederik Pohl
- On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch
- Titan by John Varley
- 1981: The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
- Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl
- Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg
- Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven
- Wizard by John Varley
- 1982: Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh
- Little, Big by John Crowley
- The Many-Colored Land by Julian May
- Project Pope by Clifford Simak
- ''The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe
- 1983: Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov
- The Pride of Chanur by C. J. Cherryh
- 2010: Odyessy Two by Arthur C. Clarke
- Friday by Robert Heinlein
- Courtship Rite by Donald Kingsbury
- Sword of the Lictor by Gene Wolfe
- 1984: ''Startide Rising" by David Brin
- The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov
- Tea With the Black Dragon by R. A. MacAvoy
- Moreta, Dragonlady of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
- Millennium by John Varley
- 1985: Neuromancer by William Gibson
- Job by Robert Heinlein
- The Integral Trees by Larry Niven
- Emergence by David Palmer
- The Peace War by Vernor Vinge
- 1986: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- Blood Music by Greg Bear
- Cuckoo's Egg by C.J. Cherryh
- Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
- The Postman by David Brin
- 1987: Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
- Count Zero by William Gibson
- Black Genesis by L. Ron Hubbard
- The Ragged Astronauts by Bob Shaw
- Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge
- 1988: The Uplift War by David Brin
- The Forge of God by Greg Bear
- Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
- When Gravity Fails by George Alex Effinger
- The Urth of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
- 1989: Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh
- Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card
- Mona Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
- Islands in the Net by Bruce Sterling
- 1990: Hyperion by Dan Simmons
- The Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson
- Prentice Alvin by Orson Scott Card
- A Fire in the Sun by George Alex Effinger
- Grass by Sheri S. Tepper
- 1991: The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Earth by David Brin
- The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons
- Queen of Angels by Greg Bear
- The Quiet Pools by Michael Kube-McDowell
- 1992: Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Bone Dance by Emma Bull
- Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
- All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey
- Stations of the Tide by Michael Swanwick
- The Summer Queen by Joan D. Vinge
- 1993: A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge (tie)
- 1993: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (tie)
- China Mountain Zhang by Maureen McHugh
- Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Steel Beach by John Varley
- 1994: Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Moving Mars by Greg Bear
- Glory Season by David Brin
- Virtual Light by William Gibson
- Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
- 1995: Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Mother of Storms by John Barnes
- Brittle Innings by Michael Bishop
- Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress
- Towing Jehovah by James Morrow
- 1996: The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
- The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
- Brightness Reef by David Brin
- The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
- Remake by Connie Willis
- 1997: Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon
- Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer
- Holy Fire by Bruce Sterling
- 1998: Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
- Frameshift by Robert J. Sawyer
- The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons
- Jack Faust by Michael Swanwick
- City on Fire by Walter Jon Williams
- 1999: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
- Children of God by Mary Doria Russell
- Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson
- Distraction by Bruce Sterling
- Factoring Humanity by Robert J. Sawyer
- 2000: A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
- Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear
- A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
- ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
- Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
- 2001: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
- Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
- The Sky Road by Ken MacLeod
- A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
- Calculating God by Robert J. Sawyer
- 2002: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
- Cosmonaut Keep by Ken MacLeod
- Passage by Connie Willis
- The Chronoliths by Robert Charles Wilson
- 2003: Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
- Kiln People by David Brin
- The Scar by China Miéville
- The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick