Ranking the 2026 Hugo nominees plus the other best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the year!

About this episode

We rank all the Hugo nominees, plus tell you about seven more amazing books that deserve to be in contention for the best speculative fiction novels of the year.  No spoilers at all in this episode. • Join the Hugonauts book club on discord • Or you can watch our episodes on YouTube if you prefer video If you want to jump around, here are the timestamps for the episode: • 00:00 Intro • 01:03 6 The Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor • 02:37 5 The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson • 05:20 4 The Incandescent by Emily Tesh • 07:30 3 Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky • 14:40 2 A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett • 16:56 1 The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow • 19:05 Thank you for 100 episodes! • 20:11 The Devils by Joe Abercrombie • 23:05 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones • 24:37 Sour Cherry by Natalia Theodoridou • 25:21 Slow Gods by Claire North • 29:02 The Goodreads miss list • 30:44 The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami • 33:32 There is No Antimemetics Division by QNTM