2023 Hugo Awards

20 Nov 2023 Hugo Awards

Written by: Nick Philip, Adult Services Supervisor

On October 21, the winners of the 2023 Hugo Award were announced at Chengdu Worldcon, the site of the 81st World Science Fiction Convention. The Hugo Award is administered by the World Science Fiction Society and awards works in science fiction and fantasy. The award is one of the most prestigious in speculative fiction alongside the Nebula Award. Some of the winners and nominees are listed below, with links to the catalog if you’d like to place them on hold. You can find a complete list at this link. Enjoy!

Best Novel: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

Other Nominees:

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

Best Novella: Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire

Other Nominees:

A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

Even Though I Knew the End by C. L. Polk

Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo

Best Series: Children of Time Series by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Other Nominees:

Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

The Founders Trilogy by Robert Jackson Bennett

October Daye by Seanan McGuire

The Locked Tomb by Tamsyn Muir

The Scholomance by Naomi Novik

Best Graphic Story or Comic: Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams by Bartosz Sztybor, Filipe Andrade, Alessio Fioriniello, Roman Titov, Krzysztof Ostrowski

Other Nominees:

DUNE: The Official Movie Graphic Novel by Lilah Sturges, Drew Johnson, Zid

Monstress Vol. 7: Devourer by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda

Once & Future Vol 4: Monarchies in the UK by Kieron Gillen / Dan Mora

Saga Vol. 10 by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Fonografiks

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, and Matheus Lopes

Best Related Work: Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes by Rob Wilkins

Other Nominees:

Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road by Kyle Buchanan

Chinese Science Fiction, An Oral History, Volume 1 by Yang Feng

“The Ghost of Workshops Past” by S.L. Huang

Buffalito World Outreach Project by Lawrence M. Schoen

Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir by Wil Wheaton

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Other Nominees:

Avatar: The Way of Water

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Nope

Severance (Season 1)

Turning Red

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book: Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts) by Nnedi Okorafor

Other Nominees:

Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders

Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

In the Serpent’s Wake by Rachel Hartman

The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods by Catherynne M. Valente

If you’re interested in exploring more, here are the previous winners of the award for best novel.