These are the Finalists for the 2025 Hugo Awards

The Hugo Awards are one of the biggest and longest-running sci-fi and fantasy awards, and through the years, they’ve been plagued with controversy. This year seems to be smooth sailing so far, though, and they’ve just announced the finalists for the 2025 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award for Best New Writer.

Below, you can find the finalists in the book categories, but be sure to check out the WorldCon website for the full list, including the finalists for best game, fanzine, fancast, poem, semiprozine, professional artist, edtior, dramatic presentation, and more.

Best Novel Finalists

Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

Best Novella Finalists

The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo

The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar

The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher

Best Series Finalists

Between Earth and Sky by Rebecca Roanhorse

The Burning Kingdoms by Tasha Suri

InCryptid by Seanan McGuire

Southern Reach by Jeff VanderMeer

The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson

The Tyrant Philosophers by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Best Graphic Story or Comic Finalists

The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag

The Hunger and the Dusk: Vol. 1 written by G. Willow Wilson, art by Chris Wildgoose

Monstress, Vol. 9: The Possessed written by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Book 2 by Emil Ferris

Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way written by Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio

We Called Them Giants written by Kieron Gillen, art by Stephanie Hans, lettering by Clayton Cowles

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book Finalists

The Feast Makers by H.A. Clarke

Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao

The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko

Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger

So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

You can read the full list of finalists at the WorldCon website.

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