2020 Hugo Eligible Novels

Description
This list contains novels eligible for the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Generally these are science fiction and fantasy stories of 40,000 words or more published in 2018. A full description of the eligibility requirements is here.
1
A Memory Called Empire
by Arkady Martine
2,975 members
125 reviews
4.1
8 Members
Aquila, g33kgrrl, Rtrace, jain, lkmiller, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, goobergunch
2
The Raven Tower
by Ann Leckie
1,553 members
90 reviews
4
6 Members
g33kgrrl, Rtrace, lkmiller, souloftherose, kara.shamy, goobergunch
3
The City in the Middle of the Night
by Charlie Jane Anders
1,245 members
39 reviews
½ 3.7
6 Members
Aquila, karenb, g33kgrrl, Rtrace, kara.shamy, goobergunch
4
The Light Brigade
by Kameron Hurley
697 members
32 reviews
3.9
6 Members
andyl, Aquila, Rtrace, jain, lkmiller, gypsysmom
5
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
by Marlon James
2,812 members
61 reviews
½ 3.3
5 Members
g33kgrrl, Rtrace, Cecrow, kara.shamy, goobergunch,Aquila
6
Gideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
4,887 members
191 reviews
4.1
5 Members
Aquila, g33kgrrl, Rtrace, jain, souloftherose
7
Middlegame
by Seanan McGuire
1,554 members
70 reviews
4
4 Members
Aquila, g33kgrrl, Rtrace, lkmiller
8
The Future of Another Timeline
by Annalee Newitz
822 members
25 reviews
3.9
3 Members
andyl, karenb, goobergunch
9
Ancestral Night
by Elizabeth Bear
611 members
33 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
andyl, gypsysmom, goobergunch
10
Storm of Locusts
by Rebecca Roanhorse
597 members
37 reviews
4.1
3 Members
karenb, g33kgrrl, Rtrace
11
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
by Alix E. Harrow
3,588 members
178 reviews
4
3 Members
Aquila, Rtrace, lkmiller
12
The Priory of the Orange Tree
by Samantha Shannon
6,681 members
105 reviews
4
3 Members
Aquila, kara.shamy, goobergunch
13
Early Riser
by Jasper Fforde
1,266 members
62 reviews
3.8
3 Members
karenb, gypsysmom, kara.shamy
14
The Testaments
by Margaret Atwood
6,554 members
227 reviews
4.1
3 Members
Rtrace, gypsysmom, kara.shamy,Aquila
15
Children of Ruin
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
1,379 members
42 reviews
3.9
3 Members
andyl, Aquila, souloftherose
16
Amnesty
by Lara Elena Donnelly
84 members
2 reviews
4.2
2 Members
Rtrace, kara.shamy
17
The Water Dancer
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
2,898 members
112 reviews
4.1
2 Members
g33kgrrl, gypsysmom
18
The Rosewater Insurrection
by Tade Thompson
302 members
11 reviews
3.9
2 Members
andyl, souloftherose
19
Tiamat's Wrath
by James S. A. Corey
1,854 members
64 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
g33kgrrl, Rtrace
20
Cage of Souls
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
388 members
18 reviews
3.9
2 Members
andyl, souloftherose
21
A Song for a New Day
by Sarah Pinsker
407 members
20 reviews
3.9
2 Members
Aquila, karenb
Explanations
karenb: Excellent near-future, post-plague dystopia about music (performers, performing, and the music industry). AR & VR. Two female queer protagonists.
22
Turning Darkness into Light
by Marie Brennan
263 members
16 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
g33kgrrl, souloftherose
23
The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerizing Girl
by Theodora Goss
323 members
15 reviews
3.8
2 Members
karenb, g33kgrrl
24
Moon Rising
by Ian McDonald
213 members
8 reviews
3.9
2 Members
andyl, Rtrace
25
Gods of Jade and Shadow
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
2,304 members
77 reviews
3.8
2 Members
Aquila, souloftherose
26
The Bird King
by G. Willow Wilson
819 members
38 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
g33kgrrl, kara.shamy
27
The Book of Flora
by Meg Elison
125 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
andyl, kara.shamy
28
A Brightness Long Ago
by Guy Gavriel Kay
640 members
34 reviews
4.1
2 Members
andyl, gypsysmom
29
Light from Other Stars
by Erika Swyler
310 members
16 reviews
4
2 Members
Aquila, kara.shamy
30
Beneath the World, a Sea
by Chris Beckett
62 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
andyl
31
The Rosewater Redemption
by Tade Thompson
228 members
9 reviews
3.9
2 Members
andyl, souloftherose
32
The Luminous Dead
by Caitlin Starling
641 members
32 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
jain
Explanations
jain: Author is eligible for the Astounding Award for Best New Author (afaik).
33
Alliance Rising
by C. J. Cherryh
187 members
11 reviews
4
Member
andyl
34
Unnatural Magic
by C. M. Waggoner
455 members
17 reviews
3.8
Member
jain
Explanations
jain: Author is eligible for the Astounding Award for Best New Author (afaik).
35
Air Logic
by Laurie J. Marks
89 members
9 reviews
4
Member
karenb
36
Atlas Alone
by Emma Newman
183 members
13 reviews
4.1
Member
souloftherose
37
The True Queen
by Zen Cho
394 members
21 reviews
3.8
Member
souloftherose
38
Minor Mage
by T. Kingfisher
349 members
26 reviews
4
Member
jain
Explanations
jain: Also eligible for the Lodestar Award.
39
Edges
by Linda Nagata
117 members
6 reviews
3.8
Member
andyl
40
The Secret Commonwealth
by Philip Pullman
2,070 members
65 reviews
3.9
Member
Rtrace
41
The Dragon Republic
by R. F. Kuang
1,967 members
41 reviews
4
Member
g33kgrrl
42
Riverland
by Fran Wilde
81 members
8 reviews
3.9
Member
jain
Explanations
jain: Also eligible for the Lodestar Award.
43
String City
by Graham Edwards
37 members
1 review
3.8
Member
andyl
44
The Binding
by Bridget Collins
2,026 members
109 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
jain
45
Shadow Captain
by Alastair Reynolds
386 members
18 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
andyl
46
Catfishing on CatNet
by Naomi Kritzer
323 members
34 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
Rtrace
47
David Mogo, Godhunter
by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
192 members
10 reviews
3.1
Member
karenb
48
Gamechanger
by L. X. Beckett
140 members
5 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
Aquila
49
Golden State
by Ben H. Winters
504 members
26 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
andyl
50
Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
by Temi Oh
364 members
19 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
karenb
51
Magic for Liars
by Sarah Gailey
1,443 members
70 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
g33kgrrl
52
The Winter of the Witch
by Katherine Arden
1,678 members
82 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
kara.shamy
53
Gingerbread
by Helen Oyeyemi
869 members
33 reviews
3.2
Member
kara.shamy
54
Famous Men Who Never Lived
by K. Chess
193 members
4 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
Aquila
55
Fall; or, Dodge in Hell
by Neal Stephenson
1,549 members
63 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
g33kgrrl
56
Unraveling
by Karen Lord
145 members
3 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
andyl
57
Stealing Worlds
by Karl Schroeder
81 members
5 reviews
4
Member
andyl
58
Finder
by Suzanne Palmer
321 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
andyl
59
Empress of Forever: A Novel
by Max Gladstone
453 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
andyl
60
No Way
by S. J. Morden
85 members
3 reviews
4
Member
andyl
61
The Warship
by Neal Asher
144 members
6 reviews
3.9
Member
andyl
62
Million Mile Road Trip
by Rudy Rucker
47 members
3 reviews
3.1
Member
andyl
63
Snakeskins
by Tim Major
40 members
½ 3.7
Member
andyl
64
Salvation Lost
by Peter F. Hamilton
401 members
7 reviews
4
Member
andyl
65
Daikaiju
by Kim Newman
79 members
1 review
½ 3.6
Member
andyl
66
Shadows of the Short Days
by Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson
80 members
2 reviews
3
Member
andyl
67
World Engines: Destroyer
by Stephen Baxter
103 members
1 review
½ 3.5
Member
andyl
68
The Starless Sea
by Erin Morgenstern
5,352 members
205 reviews
3.9
69
Lent
by Jo Walton
333 members
18 reviews
4
70
This is How You Lose the Time War
by Amal El-Mohtar
4,614 members
228 reviews
3.9
Member
g33kgrrl,karenb ,jain
Explanations
karenb : Definitely a novella.
jain : Technically eligible for Best Novel due to the 20% rule, but probably better suited for the novella category.
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Miranda in Milan
by Katharine Duckett
171 members
10 reviews
½ 3.4
Explanations
karenb : A novella
jain : isfdb lists this book as a novella.