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Every 2010s Hugo Winning Book Reviewed & Ranked!

  • Ranking · 11 books

Reviews11

Among OthersJo Walton
Mixed

this one to me while lovingly familiar and I really enjoyed relating to morwenna who likes science fiction as well the story itself didn't have any science fiction or fantasy in it and I really didn't feel like the story itself pushed the boundaries of the genre

Ancillary JusticeAnn Leckie
Mixed

this book is one that had everything about science fiction that I should love who doesn't like AI who doesn't like stories of Vengeance and yet I found it really hard to relate to this character I found myself often confused with the writing often confused with the storyline it wasn't very well done in terms of pacing

I think it's because this one is the most superficial of all of the Hugo Award winners of this entire decade and I while enjoyed red shirts wanted something that had a little bit more substance to win in this spot

I have to admit that when I first read this book I wasn't as over the moon about it as everyone else was what's the big deal what's the big deal but this story has grown on me over time despite the fact that I had have yet to reread this story

I take it very seriously when I say this is the worst China maval book that I have read now that said China is a fantastic writer so this book is still really good it's just not his best in my opinion

The Fifth SeasonN. K. Jemisin
Loved it

I still remember sitting in that chair over there and finishing the fifth season and just having that moment that mic drop moment of that perfect last line I cannot think of a single word a single comma a single plot point that I would change in all of that first story I think it's a masterpiece

this is book number two in the broken Earth series and to be honest I just didn't think that book number two was that fantastic to have taken a Hugo away from any of the other authors who were there that year I think it was a great book number two but it wasn't a Hugo winning story

The Stone SkyN.K. Jemisin
Mixed

again a incredible conclusion to the Trilogy one that I still think about however I just don't know that the whole series deserves a Hugo and that's why it's a little bit lower on my list

The Windup GirlPaolo Bacigalupi
Loved it

this one is a incredible hard sci-fi climate thriller story I absolutely adored it I read this story in college I have not reread it and I still remember details of the story