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The Fifth Season is a 2015 science fiction novel by N.K. Jemisin, winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel, set on a continent ravaged by apocalyptic geology.
Exhalation is a 2019 collection of science fiction short stories by Ted Chiang that explores profound themes regarding free will, time, and technology.
This 1959 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Walter M. Miller Jr. won a Hugo Award and explores Catholic monasticism after a nuclear war.
The Obelisk Gate is a 2016 science fiction novel by N.K. Jemisin, second in the Broken Earth trilogy, and winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novel.
Mirror Dance is a 1994 science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold that won the Hugo and Locus Awards for its exploration of clone identity and survival.
Children of Time is a 2015 science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky that won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for its depiction of sentient spiders.
A Deepness in the Sky is a 1999 science fiction novel by Vernor Vinge that explores the emergence of an alien civilization and human interstellar conflict.
The Stone Sky is a 2017 science fiction novel by N.K. Jemisin concluding the Broken Earth trilogy, and winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.
The Three-Body Problem is a 2008 science fiction novel by Chinese author Liu Cixin that won the Hugo Award and depicts humanity's first contact with aliens.
Speaker for the Dead is a 1986 science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card, serving as the sequel to Ender's Game and winning both the Hugo and Nebula awards.
Red Mars is a 1992 hard science fiction novel by Kim Stanley Robinson depicting the colonization and terraforming of Mars over generations.
Lord of Light is a 1967 science fiction novel by Roger Zelazny that won the Hugo Award and features colonists on a planet using Hindu mythology and powers.
Gateway is a 1977 science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl, winner of multiple major genre awards, about prospectors exploring an alien space station.
A Memory Called Empire is a 2019 science fiction novel by Arkady Martine that won the Hugo Award for Best Novel, dealing with interstellar politics.
A Fire Upon the Deep is a 1992 space opera novel by Vernor Vinge, notable for its layered universe and exploration of hive-mind alien intelligence.
Barrayar is a 1991 science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold that won the Hugo Award for Best Novel, detailing the early life of Miles Vorkosigan.
Published in 2009 by Paolo Bacigalupi, this biopunk science fiction novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for its dystopian future setting.
Network Effect is a 2020 science fiction novel by Martha Wells that won the Hugo Award and serves as the first full-length book in the Murderbot Diaries.
Ancillary Justice is a 2013 science fiction novel by Ann Leckie that won the Hugo, Nebula, and Clarke awards, notable for its use of a single gender pronoun.
The Demolished Man is a 1953 science fiction novel by Alfred Bester that won the inaugural Hugo Award for Best Novel and explores a future with telepathy.
The Vor Game is a 1990 science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold that won the Hugo Award for Best Novel, continuing the exploits of Miles Vorkosigan.
Published in 1983 by David Brin, this novel is a major work in his Uplift universe and won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel.
The Word for World Is Forest is a 1972 science fiction novella by Ursula K. Le Guin exploring colonialism and ecology within her Hainish universe.
This 1987 science fiction novel by David Brin is set in his Uplift universe and won the Hugo Award for Best Novel.
A Desolation Called Peace is a 2021 science fiction novel by Arkady Martine, serving as the sequel to A Memory Called Empire and focusing on an alien threat.
Ringworld is a 1970 science fiction novel by Larry Niven about explorers investigating a massive artificial ring-shaped world in distant space.
The Warrior's Apprentice is a 1986 science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold that established the beloved character of Miles Vorkosigan.
Green Mars is a 1993 hard science fiction novel by Kim Stanley Robinson, the second book in the Mars Trilogy, chronicling the ongoing terraforming of Mars.
Way Station is a 1963 science fiction novel by Clifford D. Simak that won the Hugo Award and depicts a Civil War veteran guarding an alien transport hub.
The Fountains of Paradise is a 1979 science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke about the construction of a space elevator, winning both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.
