After that I included the reviews for all Hugo (and Nebula) awards winners / finalists / long-listed work I have read over the years. Backgrounds on the Hugos, courtesy of wikipedia: The World Science Fiction Society (WSFS) gives out the Hugo Awards each year for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The Hugos are widely considered the premier award in science fiction. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, who founded the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories and who is considered one of the "fathers" of the science fiction genre. Works are eligible for an award if they were published in the prior calendar year, or translated into English in the prior calendar year. There are no written rules as to which works qualify as science fiction or fantasy, and the decision of eligibility in that regard is left up to the voters, rather than to the organizing committee. Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by supporting or attending members of the annual World Science Fiction Convention, or Worldcon, and the presentation evening constitutes its central event.
2025
The 2025 Hugo awards was presented at the 83rd World Science Fiction Convention in Seattle, United States in August 2025.
Best Novel
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of forty thousand (40,000) words or more.
Best Novella
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of between seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) and forty thousand (40,000) words.
Best Novelette
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of between seven thousand five hundred (7,500) and seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) words.
Best Short Story
Awarded for science fiction or fantasy story of less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) words.
2024
The 2024 Hugo awards was presented at the 82nd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, United Kingdom on August 11th 2024. The event motto was "A Worldcon For Our Futures".
Best Novel
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of forty thousand (40,000) words or more.
Best Novella
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of between seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) and forty thousand (40,000) words.
Best Novelette
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of between seven thousand five hundred (7,500) and seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) words.
Best Short Story
Awarded for science fiction or fantasy story of less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) words.
2023
The 2023 Hugo awards was presented at the 81st World Science Fiction Convention in Chengdu, China on October 21st 2023.
Best Novel
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of forty thousand (40,000) words or more.
Best Novella
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of between seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) and forty thousand (40,000) words.
Best Novelette
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of between seven thousand five hundred (7,500) and seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) words.
Best Short Story
Awarded for science fiction or fantasy story of less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) words.
2022
The 2022 Hugo awards will be presented at Chicon 8, the 80th World Science Fiction Convention in Chicago, Illinois, USA in September 2022.
Best Novel
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of forty thousand (40,000) words or more.
Best Novella
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of between seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) and forty thousand (40,000) words.
Best Novelette
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of between seven thousand five hundred (7,500) and seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) words.
Best Short Story
Awarded for science fiction or fantasy story of less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) words.
2021
The Hugo award Cerimony was held in December this year, because of the Coronavirus pandemic. It took place during DisCon III, the 79th World Science Fiction Convention in Washington, DC, USA on the evening of Saturday, December 18, 2021.
Best Novel
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of forty thousand (40,000) words or more.
Best Novella
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of between seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) and forty thousand (40,000) words.
Best Novelette
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of between seven thousand five hundred (7,500) and seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) words.
Best Short Story
Awarded for science fiction or fantasy story of less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) words.
2020
The Hugo Award Cerimony was held at the 78th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as CoNZealand, was scheduled to take place 29 July to 2 August 2020, in Wellington, New Zealand; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers announced in March 2020 that it would be a "virtual" con. It was the first virtual worldcon in history.
Best Novel
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of forty thousand (40,000) words or more.
Best Novella
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of between seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) and forty thousand (40,000) words.
Best Novelette
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of between seven thousand five hundred (7,500) and seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) words.
Best Short Story
Awarded for science fiction or fantasy story of less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) words.
2019
The Hugo Award Cerimony was held at the 77th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon), also known as Calso known as "Dublin 2019: An Irish Worldcon", was held in in Dublin, Ireland from August 15 to 19, 2019.
Best Short Story
Awarded for science fiction or fantasy story of less than seven thousand five hundred (7,500) words.
Best Novelette
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of between seven thousand five hundred (7,500) and seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) words.
Best Novella
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of between seventeen thousand five hundred (17,500) and forty thousand (40,000) words.
Best Novel
Awarded for a science fiction or fantasy story of forty thousand (40,000) words or more.
Reviews
The reviews of all Hugo (and Nebula) awards winners / finalists / long-listed work I have read over the years.