Hugo 2023 Eligible Novels

This list is for NOVELS published in 2022 that are eligible for the 2023 Hugo Awards. "Novel" in this context means works over 40,000 words. However, note that some leeway is allowed in word count.

From the World Science Fiction Society Constitution:

3.2.8: The Worldcon Committee may relocate a story into a more appropriate category if it feels that it is necessary, provided that the length of the story is within twenty percent (20%) of the new category limits.

It's hard to keep track of all the science fiction and fantasy books published in one year. For those among us who nominate and vote for the Hugo Awards, I created this list. Let's add books and help each other remember especially the books that don't get a lot of buzz but may well deserve award recognition.

According to the Hugo Award FAQ, works are eligible if they were published in the calendar year preceding the year in which the vote takes place if published in the United States, and for the previous and current year if published in English outside the US. Works first published in languages other than English are also eligible in their first year of publication in English translation. Works eligible for the 2023 Hugo Awards are either first published in the US or first published in English translation in 2022, or first published in 2021 in English in a country other than the US if it did not make the ballot in 2022.

Complete rules can be found here: The Hugo Awards: The Official Rules

And remember, anyone can vote in the Hugos! Complete rules on Hugo voting can be found here: The Hugo Awards: I Want to Vote

Here are the lists from previous years:
2023 Hugo Eligible Novellas
2022 Hugo Eligible Novels
2021 Hugo Eligible Novels
2020 Hugo Eligible Novels
2019 Hugo Eligible Novels
2018 Hugo Eligible Works
2017 Hugo Eligible Works
2016 Hugo Eligible Works
2015 Hugo Eligible Works


The original creator of these lists does not seem active on Goodreads anymore, so I thought I'd create one this year. I've mostly used their text for consistency's sake.
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Comments Showing 1-16 of 16 (16 new)

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message 1: by Philip (new)

Philip Thanks for taking this over! Do you plan on creating a separate list for novellas like there has been for the past few years?


message 2: by Kara (new)

Kara Philip wrote: "Thanks for taking this over! Do you plan on creating a separate list for novellas like there has been for the past few years?"

Hi Philip! That's not one I had looked at before. If you'd like to create it, please feel free.


message 3: by Philip (new)

Philip Just created it. Here's the link: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1.... You might add it to the body of this post, and consider changing novella length works from here to that list.


message 4: by Kara (new)

Kara Thanks, Philip! I moved the handful of books that were novella length to that one and added the list to the description here.


message 5: by Contrarius (new)

Contrarius I was slow this year. Thanks to both of you for getting these started!


message 6: by MH (new)

MH "Hell Bent" has been bumped to 2023.


message 7: by Philip (new)

Philip FYI Our Lady of the Artilects by Andrew Gillsmith, currently at #1, has used sock puppet accounts to spam the list.


message 8: by Amanda (new)

Amanda Supak Holy crap I just read Sea of Tranquility and that was one of the best sci fi books I read this year. Highly recommend!


message 9: by Jake (new)

Jake Gray High Times in the Low Parliament is a novella. It's 160 pages and was announced as a novella by the publisher. Can it be moved to the other list?


message 10: by Contrarius (new)

Contrarius Sorry for ignoring this list. I'll try to fix it up tomorrow!


message 11: by Kara (new)

Kara Jake wrote: "High Times in the Low Parliament is a novella. It's 160 pages and was announced as a novella by the publisher. Can it be moved to the other list?"

Sorry for the delay! This is updated.


message 13: by Kara (new)

Kara Contrarius wrote: "I was slow this year. Thanks to both of you for getting these started!"

Hi! Do you think you'll do them for 2024? I'll plan to do the novels list again if I don't hear from you.


message 14: by Kara (new)

Kara William wrote: "I have some more novels to add to the list!

Of Mycelium and Men
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
One of Our Spaceships is Missing
https://www.goodreads.com/book/sho..."


Awesome! Feel free to add them via the "Add Books to This List" tab.


message 15: by Kara (new)

Kara The 2024 list is posted! Please feel free to add to it.


message 16: by Kara (new)

Kara Philip wrote: "Just created it. Here's the link: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1.... You might add it to the body of this post, and consider changing novella length works from ..."

Hi Philip, do you plan to make the 2024 novella list too? I'm happy to help but didn't want to do it if you'd planned to. Thanks!


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