For fun, I’ve been going over all of the Hugo Award ballots, starting in 1953, and deciding how I would have voted in each of them. In each post, I detail my reasons for voting the way I did, including my thoughts and reactions to each book.
These are the ballots, with links to each of the posts. As I continue to add new posts to this series, I will update this page.
1953
(Abstain)
1955
- They’d Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley
1956
1958
(Abstain)
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
- The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
- Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
- No Award
- Man Plus by Frederik Pohl
- Shadrach in the Furnace by Robert Silverberg
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
- Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
- Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
- No Award
- Learning the World by Ken MacLeod
2007
2008
2009
- No Award
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
2010
2011
- Blackout / All Clear by Connie Willis
- No Award
- Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold
- The Dervish House by Ian McDonald
2012
- Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
- No Award
- Among Others by Jo Walton
- Embassytown by China Mieville
2013
2014
2015
- Skin Game by Jim Butcher
- The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu and Ken Liu, trans.
- No Award
- The Dark Between Stars by Kevin J. Anderson
- The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
2016
- The Aeronaut’s Windlass by Jim Butcher
- No Award
- Uprooted by Naomi Novik
- Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
2017
- No Award
- Death’s End by Cixin Liu and Ken Liu, trans.
2018
- Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
- No Award
2019
- Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
- No Award
- Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
2020
- No Award
2021
- Network Effect by Martha Wells
- No Award
- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
2022
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
- No Award
2023
- No Award
- The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
2024
- No Award