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Won more than one prize

Books That Won Both the Hugo and the Nebula

26 books, 1965 to 2021

Twenty six novels have won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award, which science fiction readers call the double crown. The two prizes could hardly be decided more differently. Members of the World Science Fiction Convention vote the Hugo, so it measures what readers loved. Members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association vote the Nebula, so it measures what working novelists admired. Agreement between them is the closest thing the genre has to a consensus, and it happens often enough to make a shelf rather than a curiosity. The run opens with Dune in 1965 and reaches Martha Wells and Network Effect in 2021, taking in Ursula K. Le Guin, Arthur C. Clarke, William Gibson and N. K. Jemisin along the way. American Gods sits here too, carrying a Bram Stoker Award as well.

The books

Newest first. Each row names both prizes and their years.

  • Network Effect Martha Wells 2021 Hugo Award for Best Novel 2020 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • The Calculating Stars Mary Robinette Kowal 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novel 2018 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • The Stone Sky N. K. Jemisin 2018 Hugo Award for Best Novel 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • Ancillary Justice Ann Leckie 2014 Hugo Award for Best Novel 2013 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • Among Others Jo Walton 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novel 2011 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • Blackout/All Clear Connie Willis 2011 Hugo Award for Best Novel 2010 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • The Windup Girl Paolo Bacigalupi 2010 Hugo Award for Best Novel 2009 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • The Yiddish Policemen's Union Michael Chabon 2008 Hugo Award for Best Novel 2007 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • Paladin of Souls Lois McMaster Bujold 2004 Hugo Award for Best Novel 2004 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • American Gods Neil Gaiman 2002 Hugo Award for Best Novel 2002 Nebula Award for Best Novel 2001 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel
  • Forever Peace Joe Haldeman 1998 Hugo Award for Best Novel 1998 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • Doomsday Book Connie Willis 1993 Hugo Award for Best Novel 1992 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • Speaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card 1987 Hugo Award for Best Novel 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • Ender's Game Orson Scott Card 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novel 1985 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • Neuromancer William Gibson 1985 Hugo Award for Best Novel 1984 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • Startide Rising David Brin 1984 Hugo Award for Best Novel 1983 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke 1980 Hugo Award for Best Novel 1979 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre 1979 Hugo Award for Best Novel 1978 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • Gateway Frederik Pohl 1978 Hugo Award for Best Novel 1977 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • The Forever War Joe Haldeman 1976 Hugo Award for Best Novel 1975 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin 1975 Hugo Award for Best Novel 1974 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke 1974 Hugo Award for Best Novel 1973 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov 1973 Hugo Award for Best Novel 1972 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • Ringworld Larry Niven 1971 Hugo Award for Best Novel 1970 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin 1970 Hugo Award for Best Novel 1969 Nebula Award for Best Novel
  • Dune Frank Herbert 1966 Hugo Award for Best Novel 1965 Nebula Award for Best Novel
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