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This is a list of books by women that have won the Hugo Award for best novel, along with nominees. Typically there are five nominees and one winner. | This is a list of books by women that have won the [[Hugo Award]] for best novel, along with nominees. Typically there are five nominees and one winner. All nominees are listed, with a gender breakdown, and books by women are bolded in the nominee list. | ||
===2000s=== | ===2000s=== | ||
*; 2007: | *; 2010: ''[[The Windup Girl]]'' by [[Paolo Bacigalupi]] and ''[[The City and the City]]'' by [[China Miéville]] | ||
*: nominees: 4M/1F | *: nominees: 4M/2F. ''[[The Windup Girl]]'' by [[Paolo Bacigalupi]]; ''[[The City and the City]]'' by [[China Miéville]]; ''[[Boneshaker]]'' by [[Cherie Priest]]; ''[[Wake]]'' by [[Robert J. Sawyer]]; ''[[Palimpsest]]'' by [[Catherynne M. Valente]]; ''[[Julian M. Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America]]'' by [[Robert Charles Wilson]] | ||
*; 2006: | |||
*: nominees: 5M | *; 2009: ''[[The Graveyard Book]]'' by [[Neil Gaiman]] | ||
*; 2005: '''''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]] | *: nominees: 5M / 0F. ''[[Little Brother]]'' by [[Cory Doctorow]]; ''[[The Graveyard Book]]'' by [[Neil Gaiman]]; ''[[Anathem]]'' by [[Neal Stephenson]]; ''[[Saturn's Children]]'' by [[Charles Stross]]; ''[[Zoe's Tale]]'' by [[John Scalzi]]. | ||
*: nominees: 4M/1F (Clarke) | |||
*; 2004: '''''[[Paladin of Souls]] | *; 2008: ''[[The Yiddish Policemen's Union]]'' by [[Michael Chabon]] | ||
*: nominees: 4M/1F (Bujold) | *: nominees: 5M/0F. ''[[The Yiddish Policemen's Union]]'' by [[Michael Chabon]]; ''[[Brasyl]]'' by [[Ian McDonald]]; ''[[Rollback]]'' by [[Robert J. Sawyer]]; ''[[The Last Colony]]'' by [[John Scalzi]]; ''[[Halting State]]'' by [[Charles Stross]]. | ||
*; 2003: | |||
*: nominees: 5M | *; 2007: ''[[Rainbow's End]]'' by [[Vernor Vinge]] | ||
*; 2002: | *: nominees: 4M/1F. ''[[Eifelheim]]'' by [[Michael F. Flynn]]; '''''[[His Majesty's Dragon]]'' by [[Naomi Novik]]'''; ''[[Glasshouse]]'' by [[Charles Stross]]; ''[[Rainbow's End]]'' by [[Vernor Vinge]]; ''[[Blindsight]]'' by [[Peter Watts]] | ||
*; 2006: ''[[Spin]]'' by [[Robert Charles Wilson]] | |||
*: nominees: 5M/0F. ''[[Learning the World]]'' by [[Ken MacLeod]]; ''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' by [[George R. R. Martin]]; ''[[Old Man's War]]'' by [[John Scalzi]]; ''[[Accelerando]]'' by [[Charles Stross]]; ''[[Spin]]'' by [[Robert Charles Wilson]] | |||
*; 2005: '''''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]'' by [[Susanna Clarke]]''' | |||
*: nominees: 4M/1F (Clarke). ''[[The Algebraist]]'' by [[Iain M. Banks]]; '''''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]'' by [[Susanna Clarke]]'''; ''[[River of Gods]]'' by [[Ian McDonald]]; ''[[Iron Sunrise]]'' by [[Charles Stross]]; ''[[Iron Council]]'' by [[China Miéville]]. | |||
*; 2004: '''''[[Paladin of Souls]]'' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]''' | |||
*: nominees: 4M/1F (Bujold). '''''[[Paladin of Souls]]'' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'''; ''[[Humans]]'' by [[Robert J. Sawyer]]; ''[[Ilium]]'' by [[Dan Simmons]]; ''[[Singularity Sky]]'' by [[Charles Stross]]; ''[[Blind Lake]]'' by [[Robert Charles Wilson]]. | |||
*; 2003: ''[[Hominids]]'' by [[Robert J. Sawyer]] | |||
*: nominees: 5M/0F. ''[[Kiln People]]'' by [[David Brin]]; ''[[The Scar]]'' by [[China Miéville]]; ''[[The Years of Rice and Salt]]'' by [[Kim Stanley Robinson]]; ''[[Hominids]]'' by [[Robert J. Sawyer]]; ''[[Bones of the Earth]]'' by [[Michael Swanwick]] | |||
*; 2002: ''[[American Gods]]'' by [[Neil Gaiman]] | |||
*: nominees: 3M/1F '''''[[The Curse of Chalion]]''''' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]; '''''[[Passage (novel)|Passage]]''''' by [[Connie Willis]]; | *: nominees: 3M/1F '''''[[The Curse of Chalion]]''''' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]; '''''[[Passage (novel)|Passage]]''''' by [[Connie Willis]]; | ||
*; 2001: '''''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''''' by [[J. K. Rowling]] | *; 2001: '''''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''''' by [[J. K. Rowling]] | ||
*: 3M/2F: Rowling (winner) & ''[[Midnight Robber]]'' by [[Nalo Hopkinson]]) | *: 3M/2F: Rowling (winner) & ''[[Midnight Robber]]'' by [[Nalo Hopkinson]]) | ||
*; 2000: | |||
*; 2000: ''[[A Deepness in the Sky]]'' by [[Vernor Vinge]] | |||
*: 3M/2F: ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' by [[J. K. Rowling]] and ''[[A Civil Campaign]]'' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]) | *: 3M/2F: ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' by [[J. K. Rowling]] and ''[[A Civil Campaign]]'' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]) | ||
===1990s=== | ===1990s=== | ||
*; 1999 | *; 1999 ''[[To Say Nothing of the Dog]]'' by [[Connie Willis]] | ||
*: 3M/2F: | *: 3M/2F: '''''[[Children of God]]''''' by [[Mary Doria Russell]]; Sawyer; Sterling; '''''[[To Say Nothing of the Dog]]''''' by [[Connie Willis]]; Wilson | ||
*; 1998 | *; 1998: ''Forever Peace'' by [[Joe Haldeman]] | ||
*: 5M | *: 5M: Haldeman, Sawyer, Simmons, Swanwick, Williams | ||
*; 1997 | *; 1997: ''Blue Mars'' by [[Kim Stanley Robinson]] | ||
*: 3M/2F | *: 3M/2F: '''''[[Memory]]''''' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]; '''''[[Remnant Population]]''''' by [[Elizabeth Moon]]; Robinson; Sawyer; Sterling | ||
*; 1996 | *; 1996: ''The Diamond Age'' by [[Neal Stephenson]] | ||
*: 4M/1F | *: 4M/1F: Baxter, Brin, Sawyer, Stephenson, '''''[[Remake]]''''' by [[Connie Willis]] | ||
*; 1995: '''''[[Mirror Dance]]''''' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]] | *; 1995: '''''[[Mirror Dance]]''''' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]] | ||
*: 3M/2F | *: 3M/2F: Barnes; Bishop; '''''[[Mirror Dance]]''''' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]; '''''[[Beggars and Choosers]]''''' by [[Nancy Kress]]; Morrow | ||
*; 1994 | *; 1994: ''Green Mars'' by [[Kim Stanley Robinson]] | ||
*: 4M/1F | *: 4M/1F: Bear, Brin, Gibson, '''''[[Beggars in Spain]]''''' by [[Nancy Kress]], Robinson | ||
*; 1993: | *; 1993: ''[[Doomsday Book]]'' by [[Connie Willis]] tied with ''A Fire Upon the Deep'' by Vernor Vinge | ||
*: 3M/2F | *: 3M/2F: '''''[[China Mountain Zhang]]''''' by [[Maureen McHugh]]; ''Red Mars'' by [[Kim Stanley Robinson]]; ''Steel Beach'' by [[John Varley]]; ''A Fire Upon the Deep'' by Vernor Vinge; '''''[[Doomsday Book]]''''' by [[Connie Willis]] | ||
*; 1992: ''[[Barrayar (novel)|Barrayar]]'' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]] | *; 1992: ''[[Barrayar (novel)|Barrayar]]'' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]] | ||
*: ''' | *: '''4F/2M''' '''''[[Barrayar (novel)|Barrayar]]''''' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]; '''''[[Bone Dance]]''''' by [[Emma Bull]]; Card; '''''[[All the Weyrs of Pern]]''''' by [[Anne McCaffrey]]; Swanwick; '''''[[The Summer Queen]]''''' by [[Joan D. Vinge]]; -- -- | ||
*; 1991 '''''[[The Vor Game]]''''' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]] | *; 1991 '''''[[The Vor Game]]''''' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]] | ||
*: 4M/1F | *: 4M/1F: Bear; Brin; '''''[[The Vor Game]]''''' by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]; Kube-McDowell; Simmons | ||
*; 1990: | *; 1990: ''Hyperion'' by Dan Simmons | ||
*: 4M/1F: ''[[Grass]]'' by [[Sheri S. Tepper]]) | *: 4M/1F: Anderson; Card; Effinger; Simmons; '''''[[Grass]]''''' by [[Sheri S. Tepper]]) | ||
===1980s=== | ===1980s=== | ||
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===1970s=== | ===1970s=== | ||
*; 1979 ''[[Dreamsnake]]'' by [[Vonda McIntyre]] | *; 1979 ''[[Dreamsnake]]'' by [[Vonda McIntyre]] | ||
*: | *: '''3F/1M''': '''''[[The Faded Sun]]''''' by [[C. J. Cherryh]]; '''''[[The White Dragon]]''''' by [[Anne McCaffrey]]; '''''[[Dreamsnake]]''''' by [[Vonda McIntyre]]; ''Blind Voices'' by Tom Reamy | ||
*; 1978 | *; 1978: Pohl | ||
*: | *: 4M/1F: '''''[[The Forbidden Tower]]''''' by [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]]; Dickson; Martin; Niven/Pournelle; Pohl | ||
*; 1977: ''[[Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang]]'' by [[Kate Wilhelm]] | *; 1977: ''[[Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang]]'' by [[Kate Wilhelm]] | ||
*: | *: 4M/1F; Haldeman; Herbert; Pohl; Silverberg; '''Wilhelm'''; | ||
*; 1976: | *; 1976: Haldeman | ||
*: | *: 5M: Bester; Haldeman; Niven/Pournelle; Silverberg; Zelazny | ||
*; 1975 '''''[[The Dispossessed]]''''' by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] | *; 1975 '''''[[The Dispossessed]]''''' by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] | ||
*: | *: 4M/1F: Anderson; Dick; '''Le Guin'''; Niven/Pournelle; Priest | ||
*; 1974 | *; 1974: Clarke | ||
*: | *: 5M: Anderson, Clarke, Gerrold, Heinlein, Niven | ||
*; 1973 | *; 1973: Asimov | ||
*: | *: 6M: Anderson, Asimov, Gerrold, Silverberg, Silverberg, Simak | ||
*; 1972 | *; 1972 ''To Your Scattered Bodies Go'' by Philip José Farmer | ||
*: | *: 3M/2F: '''''[[The Lathe of Heaven]]''''' by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]; '''''[[Dragonquest]]''''' by [[Anne McCaffrey]]; ''A Time of Changes'' by Robert Silverberg; ''Jack of Shadows'' by Roger Zelazny; Farmer | ||
*; 1971 | *; 1971: Niven | ||
*: | *: 5M: Anderson, Clement, Niven, Silverberg, Tucker | ||
*; 1970 '''''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]''''' by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] | *; 1970 '''''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]''''' by [[Ursula K. Le Guin]] | ||
*: | *: 4M/1F: '''Le Guin''', Anthony, Silverberg, Spinrad, Vonnegut | ||
===1960s=== | ===1960s=== | ||
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*: (5M) | *: (5M) | ||
*; 1966 | *; 1966 | ||
*: ( | *: (5M) | ||
*; 1964 | *; 1964 | ||
*: (4M/1F: [[Andre Norton]], ''[[Witch World]]'') | *: (4M/1F: [[Andre Norton]], ''[[Witch World]]'') | ||
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===1950s=== | ===1950s=== | ||
*; 1959 | *; 1959: ''A Case of Conscience'' by James Blish | ||
*: 5M | *: 5M: Blish; ''We Have Fed Our Sea'' (aka ''The Enemy Stars'') by Poul Anderson; ''Who?'' by Algis Budrys; ''Have Space Suit — Will Travel'' by Robert A. Heinlein; ''Time killer'' (expanded as ''Immortality, Inc.'') by Robert Sheckley | ||
*; 1958 - nominees not published; male writer won | *; 1958 - nominees not published; male writer won | ||
*; 1957 - no award | *; 1957 - no award | ||
*; 1956 - nominees not published; male writer won | *; 1956 - nominees not published; male writer won | ||
*; 1955 - nominees not published; team of two male writers won | *; 1955 - nominees not published; team of two male writers won | ||
*; 1954 - no award | *; 1954 - no award | ||
*: 5M | *: retroactively awarded in 2004 to ''Fahrenheit 451'' by Ray Bradbury | ||
*: 5M: retroactive nominees: Bradbury; ''The Caves of Steel'' by Isaac Asimov; ''Childhood's End'' by Arthur C. Clarke; ''Mission of Gravity'' by Hal Clement; ''More Than Human'' by [[Theodore Sturgeon]] | |||
*; 1953 - nominees not published; male writer won | *; 1953 - nominees not published; male writer won | ||
*; 1952 - no award | *; 1952 - no award | ||
*; 1951 - no award | *; 1951 - no award | ||
*: 5M | *: retroactively awarded in 2001 to ''Farmer in the Sky'' by Robert A. Heinlein | ||
*: 5M - Heinlein; ''Pebble in the Sky'' by Isaac Asimov; ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' by C. S. Lewis; ''First Lensman'' by Edward E. Smith; ''The Dying Earth'' by Jack Vance | |||
*; 1950 - no award | *; 1950 - no award | ||
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*; 1948 - no award | *; 1948 - no award | ||
*; 1947 - no award | *; 1947 - no award | ||
*; 1946 - no award | *; 1946 - no award | ||
*: 5M | *: retroactively awarded in 1996 to ''The Mule'' by Isaac Asimov, republished as Part II of ''Foundation and Empire'' | ||
*: 5M: retroactive nominees: Asimov; ''Red Sun of Danger'' by Edmond Hamilton (as Brett Sterling); ''That Hideous Strength'' by C. S. Lewis; ''Destiny Times Three'' by Fritz Leiber; ''The World of Null-A'' by A. E. Van Vogt | |||
[[Category:Award-winning works]] | [[Category:Award-winning works]] | ||
[[Category:Hugo Award]] | [[Category:Hugo Award]] | ||
[[Category:Hugo Award winning novels]] | |||
[[Category:Lists]] | [[Category:Lists]] | ||
[[Category:Missing information]] | [[Category:Missing information]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:03, 19 December 2010
This is a list of books by women that have won the Hugo Award for best novel, along with nominees. Typically there are five nominees and one winner. All nominees are listed, with a gender breakdown, and books by women are bolded in the nominee list.
2000s
- 2010
- The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi and The City and the City by China Miéville
- nominees: 4M/2F. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi; The City and the City by China Miéville; Boneshaker by Cherie Priest; Wake by Robert J. Sawyer; Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente; Julian M. Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Wilson
- 2009
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- nominees: 5M / 0F. Little Brother by Cory Doctorow; The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman; Anathem by Neal Stephenson; Saturn's Children by Charles Stross; Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi.
- 2008
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
- nominees: 5M/0F. The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon; Brasyl by Ian McDonald; Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer; The Last Colony by John Scalzi; Halting State by Charles Stross.
- 2007
- Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge
- nominees: 4M/1F. Eifelheim by Michael F. Flynn; His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik; Glasshouse by Charles Stross; Rainbow's End by Vernor Vinge; Blindsight by Peter Watts
- 2006
- Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
- nominees: 5M/0F. Learning the World by Ken MacLeod; A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin; Old Man's War by John Scalzi; Accelerando by Charles Stross; Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
- 2005
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- nominees: 4M/1F (Clarke). The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks; Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke; River of Gods by Ian McDonald; Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross; Iron Council by China Miéville.
- 2004
- Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
- nominees: 4M/1F (Bujold). Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold; Humans by Robert J. Sawyer; Ilium by Dan Simmons; Singularity Sky by Charles Stross; Blind Lake by Robert Charles Wilson.
- 2003
- Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
- nominees: 5M/0F. Kiln People by David Brin; The Scar by China Miéville; The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson; Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer; Bones of the Earth by Michael Swanwick
- 2002
- American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- nominees: 3M/1F The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold; Passage by Connie Willis;
- 2001
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling
- 3M/2F: Rowling (winner) & Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson)
- 2000
- A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge
- 3M/2F: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling and A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold)
1990s
- 1999 To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
- 3M/2F: Children of God by Mary Doria Russell; Sawyer; Sterling; To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis; Wilson
- 1998
- Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman
- 5M: Haldeman, Sawyer, Simmons, Swanwick, Williams
- 1997
- Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
- 3M/2F: Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold; Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon; Robinson; Sawyer; Sterling
- 1996
- The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
- 4M/1F: Baxter, Brin, Sawyer, Stephenson, Remake by Connie Willis
- 1995
- Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
- 3M/2F: Barnes; Bishop; Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold; Beggars and Choosers by Nancy Kress; Morrow
- 1994
- Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
- 4M/1F: Bear, Brin, Gibson, Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress, Robinson
- 1993
- Doomsday Book by Connie Willis tied with A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge
- 3M/2F: China Mountain Zhang by Maureen McHugh; Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson; Steel Beach by John Varley; A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge; Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
- 1992
- Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
- 4F/2M Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold; Bone Dance by Emma Bull; Card; All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey; Swanwick; The Summer Queen by Joan D. Vinge; -- --
- 1991 The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
- 4M/1F: Bear; Brin; The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold; Kube-McDowell; Simmons
- 1990
- Hyperion by Dan Simmons
- 4M/1F: Anderson; Card; Effinger; Simmons; Grass by Sheri S. Tepper)
1980s
- 1989
- Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh won
- 3M/2F
- 1988
- 5M
- 1987
- 5M
- 1986
- 4M/1F
- 1985
- 5M
- 1984
- (3M; 2F)
- 1983
- (4M; 1F)
- 1982
- Downbelow Station by C. J. Cherryh
- (3M/2F)
- 1981 The Snow Queen by Joan Vinge
- (4M/1F)
- 1980
- (4M/1F)
1970s
- 1979 Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre
- 3F/1M: The Faded Sun by C. J. Cherryh; The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey; Dreamsnake by Vonda McIntyre; Blind Voices by Tom Reamy
- 1978
- Pohl
- 4M/1F: The Forbidden Tower by Marion Zimmer Bradley; Dickson; Martin; Niven/Pournelle; Pohl
- 1977
- Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm
- 4M/1F; Haldeman; Herbert; Pohl; Silverberg; Wilhelm;
- 1976
- Haldeman
- 5M: Bester; Haldeman; Niven/Pournelle; Silverberg; Zelazny
- 1975 The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
- 4M/1F: Anderson; Dick; Le Guin; Niven/Pournelle; Priest
- 1974
- Clarke
- 5M: Anderson, Clarke, Gerrold, Heinlein, Niven
- 1973
- Asimov
- 6M: Anderson, Asimov, Gerrold, Silverberg, Silverberg, Simak
- 1972 To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José Farmer
- 3M/2F: The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin; Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey; A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg; Jack of Shadows by Roger Zelazny; Farmer
- 1971
- Niven
- 5M: Anderson, Clement, Niven, Silverberg, Tucker
- 1970 The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
- 4M/1F: Le Guin, Anthony, Silverberg, Spinrad, Vonnegut
1960s
- 1969
- (5M)
- 1968
- (5M)
- 1967
- (5M)
- 1966
- (5M)
- 1966
- (5M)
- 1964
- (4M/1F: Andre Norton, Witch World)
- 1963
- 4M/1F: The Sword of Aldones, Marion Zimmer Bradley)
- 1962
- 5M
- 1961
- 5M
- 1960
- 5M
1950s
- 1959
- A Case of Conscience by James Blish
- 5M: Blish; We Have Fed Our Sea (aka The Enemy Stars) by Poul Anderson; Who? by Algis Budrys; Have Space Suit — Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein; Time killer (expanded as Immortality, Inc.) by Robert Sheckley
- 1958 - nominees not published; male writer won
- 1957 - no award
- 1956 - nominees not published; male writer won
- 1955 - nominees not published; team of two male writers won
- 1954 - no award
- retroactively awarded in 2004 to Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- 5M: retroactive nominees: Bradbury; The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov; Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke; Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement; More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
- 1953 - nominees not published; male writer won
- 1952 - no award
- 1951 - no award
- retroactively awarded in 2001 to Farmer in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein
- 5M - Heinlein; Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis; First Lensman by Edward E. Smith; The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
- 1950 - no award
1940s
- 1949 - no award
- 1948 - no award
- 1947 - no award
- 1946 - no award
- retroactively awarded in 1996 to The Mule by Isaac Asimov, republished as Part II of Foundation and Empire
- 5M: retroactive nominees: Asimov; Red Sun of Danger by Edmond Hamilton (as Brett Sterling); That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis; Destiny Times Three by Fritz Leiber; The World of Null-A by A. E. Van Vogt