Recs if you like The Snow Queen...

A list of all the novels which won the Best Novel category of the Hugo Awards. To be nominated for this award a story must be 40,000 words or more and written in or translated to English and it must be either a science fiction or fantasy story. This list should be in descending order (most recent winners first while earlier winners are further down.

original fantasies INSPIRED by mythology and folklore (Greek, Arthurian, Norse, Buddhist, Slavic, Jewish, Irish, and more!)

Sci-fi books about clones

A collection of older, sometimes lesser-known, fantasy (or science fantasy) books written by incredible women and published primarily between the 1980s and early 2000s (with nods to a few older ones). In a time when female fantasy authors were few and far between, these authors carved out their own space in the genre. These stories might not be mainstream hits today, but they are full of brilliant magic, deep characters, and/or worlds that helped shape the genre. (First in Series / standalones only for now - open to suggestions!)

Winners of the Hugo Award for Best Novel of science fiction/fantasy

The most comprehensive list of award winning sci-fi and fantasy novels. The books on this list have won either 1 or multiple awards out of the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Locus Sci-Fi, Locus Fantasy, goodreads Choice Fantasy, or goodreads Science Fiction Awards.

Novels written by women/nonbinary folks that won a Hugo or Nebula award for best novel.

Some fun facts:

• Lois McMaster Bujold has 5 Hugo/Nebula best novel awards, the most all-time
• Women have authored over 70% of the winning novels since 2015
• 9 women have won both awards and 2 of them (Ursula K. Le Guin and Connie Willis) won both awards twice

A curated list of books concerning or taking place in space empires

Women (or nonbinary) winners of Hugo for best novel

Books that challenge my brain and make me think again after rotting it with smut...mostly non-fiction, with a smattering of impactful fiction

A list of books selected for the Sword and Laser Podcast