Well, everyone seems to be doing the ‘which award winning novels have you read’ thing at the moment, so here’s my go at it. So far I’ve read forty-six of the fifty-three novels (87%) to win the Hugo Award. Rather than go through book by book, I’ll just say I’ve not read:
- Paladin of Souls, Lois McMaster Bujold
- Hominids, Robert J. Sawyer
- Dreamsnake, Vonda N. McIntyre
- Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
- Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
- (tie) “…And Call Me Conrad” (This Immortal), Roger Zelazny
- They’d Rather Be Right (The Forever Machine), Mark Clifton & Frank Riley
Of these, I’ve meant to read the Brunner for a long time, and the Zelazny is actually in my to-read stack at the moment. I didn’t do quite so well with the Nebulas (we parted ways in recent years). Of the forty-one novels to win, I’ve read just thirty-two (78%). I’ve not read:
- Paladin of Souls, Lois McMaster Bujold
- The Speed of Dark, Elizabeth Moon
- The Quantum Rose, Catherine Asaro
- The Moon and the Sun, Vonda N. McIntyre
- The Terminal Experiment, Robert J. Sawyer
- The Healer’s War, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
- No Enemy But Time, Michael Bishop
- Dreamsnake, Vonda N. McIntyre
- The Einstein Intersection, Samuel R. Delany
Of the thirty-five novels to win the World Fantasy Award, I’ve read twenty-eight (80%). While I really mean to read the Walton, which sounds great, I’ve not got to:
- Tooth and Claw, Jo Walton
- The Antelope Wife, Louise Erdrich
- Godmother Night, Rachel Pollack
- Lyonesse: Madouc, Jack Vance
- Perfume, Patrick Süskind
- Doctor Rat, William Kotzwinkle
- Bid Time Return, Richard Matheson
Of the thirty-four novels to win the John W Campbell Award, I’ve read just twenty-four (71%, my worst of all of the major awards). I’ve not read:
- Market Forces, Richard K. Morgan
- Omega, Jack McDevitt
- (tie) Terraforming Earth, Jack Williamson
- Genesis, Poul Anderson
- Brute Orbits, George Zebrowski
- Brother to Dragons, Charles Sheffield
- A Door Into Ocean, Joan Slonczewski
- The Alteration, Kingsley Amis
- Malevil, Robert Merle
- Beyond Apollo, Barry N. Malzberg
Looking at the list, in all likelihood this won’t change. And, as a quick follow-on, I’ve not read 12 of the Philip K. Dick Award winners or six of the Arthur C. Clarke Award winners.
Finally, Locus has presented the Locus Awards to novels in five categories. Of the hundred books to win in those categories (SF/Fantasy/Horror/YA/First), I’ve read eight-six, which seems a pretty good record. The ones I’ve not read actually overlap the above list a bit. I probably should read the Dreamsnake, huh?