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Award Category: Best Novel (Retro Hugo Award)

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1996
1 The Mule Isaac Asimov
2 The World of Null-A A. E. van Vogt
3 That Hideous Strength C. S. Lewis
4 Destiny Times Three Fritz Leiber
5 Red Sun of Danger Edmond Hamilton
2001
1 Farmer in the Sky Robert A. Heinlein
2 Pebble in the Sky Isaac Asimov
3 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis
4 First Lensman Edward E. Smith
5 The Dying Earth Jack Vance
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* Gormenghast Mervyn Peake
* Needle Hal Clement
* The Voyage of the Space Beagle A. E. van Vogt
2004
1 Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
2 Childhood's End Arthur C. Clarke
3 Mission of Gravity Hal Clement
4 The Caves of Steel Isaac Asimov
5 More Than Human Theodore Sturgeon
2014
1 The Sword in the Stone T. H. White
2 Out of the Silent Planet C. S. Lewis
3 Galactic Patrol Edward E. Smith
4 The Legion of Time Jack Williamson
5 Carson of Venus Edgar Rice Burroughs
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* At Midnight on the 31st of March Josephine Young Case
* Synthetic Men of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs
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ⓘNominations also appeared under the alternate title The Red Star of Tarzan
 Tarzan and the Forbidden City Edgar Rice Burroughs
* The Doomsday Men J. B. Priestley
* The Drums of Fu Manchu Sax Rohmer
* The Silver Princess in Oz Ruth Plumly Thompson
* Towers in the Mist Elizabeth Goudge
2016
1 Slan A. E. van Vogt
2 Gray Lensman Edward E. Smith
3 The Ill-Made Knight T. H. White
4 The Reign of Wizardry Jack Williamson
5 Kallocain Karin Boye
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ⓘWithdrawn before the final ballot was released
 The Incomplete Enchanter L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
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* A Million Years to Conquer Henry Kuttner
* Captain Future and the Space Emperor Edmond Hamilton
* Final Blackout L. Ron Hubbard
* Synthetic Men of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs
* The Man Who Went Back Warwick Deeping
* The Twenty-Fifth Hour Herbert Best
* The Wonder City of Oz John R. Neill
* Twice in Time Manly Wade Wellman
* Typewriter in the Sky L. Ron Hubbard
2018
1 Beyond This Horizon Robert A. Heinlein
2 Second Stage Lensmen Edward E. Smith
3 Darkness and the Light Olaf Stapledon
4 Donovan's Brain Curt Siodmak
5 The Uninvited Dorothy Macardle
6 Islandia Austin Tappan Wright
--- Withdrawn -- Official Publication in a Previous Year -------
* The Screwtape Letters C. S. Lewis
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* Grand Canyon Vita Sackville-West
* Rocket to the Morgue Anthony Boucher
* Superman George Lowther
* The Land of Unreason L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
* The Sorcerer's Ship Hannes Bok
2019
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Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
Conjure Wife 139 139 157 170 224 269 415
The Weapon Makers 122 122 133 153 184 231
Perelandra 116 117 128 147 168
Gather, Darkness! 85 85 100 117
Das Glasperlenspiel [The Glass Bead Game] 87 87 93
Earth's Last Citadel 78 79
No Award 10 21
66 nominations with 30.7 final points.
 Conjure Wife (Complete Novel) (variant of Conjure Wife) Fritz Leiber, Jr.
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Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5
Gather, Darkness! 135 135 166 195 242
The Weapon Makers 146 146 163 189 239
Perelandra 135 136 147 175
Das Glasperlenspiel [The Glass Bead Game] 101 101 113
Earth's Last Citadel 90 91
No Award 10
33 nominations with 11 final points.
 Gather, Darkness! Fritz Leiber
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Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4
The Weapon Makers 193 193 223 287
Perelandra 157 158 194 235
Earth's Last Citadel 126 127 145
Das Glasperlenspiel [The Glass Bead Game] 115 115
No Award 10
32 nominations with 13.7 final points.
 The Weapon Makers A. E. van Vogt
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ⓘtie
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3
Earth's Last Citadel 202 203 248
Perelandra 197 198 248
Das Glasperlenspiel [The Glass Bead Game] 136 136
No Award 13
45 nominations with 19.53 final points.
 Earth's Last Citadel Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
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ⓘtie
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3
Earth's Last Citadel 202 203 248
Perelandra 197 198 248
Das Glasperlenspiel [The Glass Bead Game] 136 136
No Award 13
62 nominations with 31.08 final points.
 Perelandra C. S. Lewis
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Finalist Pass 1
Das Glasperlenspiel [The Glass Bead Game] 302
No Award 42
35 nominations with 17.2 final points.
 Das Glasperlenspiel Hermann Hesse
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ⓘ3 nominations with 1.33 final points
 Fog Magic Julia L. Sauer
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ⓘ31 nominations with 11.78 final points
 Judgment Night C. L. Moore
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ⓘ4 nominations with 1.03 final points
 Malpertuis Jean Ray
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ⓘ14 nominations with 8.08 final points/
 Mary Poppins Opens the Door P. L. Travers
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ⓘ6 nominations with 2.48 final points
 Ravage
René Barjavel?Rene Barjavel
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ⓘ3 nominations with 3 final points
 Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord Olaf Stapledon
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ⓘ2 nominations with 1.33 points
 The Black, Black Witch Kenneth Robeson
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ⓘ15 nominations with 4.15 final points
 The Book of Ptath A. E. van Vogt
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ⓘ17 nominations with 8.4 final points.
 The Case of Charles Dexter Ward H. P. Lovecraft
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ⓘ9 nominations with 4.57 final points
 The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton
2020
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Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
Shadow Over Mars 94 96 101 113 135 165 242
Sirius 81 84 84 88 108 122
The Winged Man 48 49 50 64 72
The Golden Fleece 52 52 57 63
Land of Terror 47 47 47
The Wind on the Moon 19 19
No Award 18 27
28 nominations with 15.42 final points.
 Shadow Over Mars Leigh Brackett
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Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5
Sirius 97 98 103 112 148
The Winged Man 77 78 82 106 125
The Golden Fleece 59 59 65 77
Land of Terror 62 62 64
The Wind on the Moon 24 25
No Award 21
46 nominations with 29.00 final points.
 Sirius: A Fantasy of Love and Discord Olaf Stapledon
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Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4
The Winged Man 107 109 116 146
The Golden Fleece 84 84 94 112
Land of Terror 74 74 78
The Wind on the Moon 35 26
No Award 23
11 nominations with 4.33 final points.
 The Winged Man E. Mayne Hull and A. E. van Vogt
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Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3
The Golden Fleece 101 101 125
Land of Terror 110 110 121
The Wind on the Moon 54 57
No Award 27
16 nominations with 5.83 final points.
 The Golden Fleece Robert Graves
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Finalist Pass 1
Land of Terror 146
The Wind on the Moon 85
No Award 28
10 nominations with 4.75 final points.
 Land of Terror Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Finalist Pass 1
The Wind on the Moon 155
No Award 34
11 nominations with 4.33 final points.
 The Wind on the Moon Eric Linklater
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ⓘ2 nominations with 0.75 final points
 Animal Farm George Orwell
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ⓘ2 nominations with 1.50 final points
 Destiny Times Three Fritz Leiber
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ⓘ4 nominations with 1.83 final points
 Le voyageur imprudent
René Barjavel?Rene Barjavel
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ⓘ3 nominations with 1.83 final points
 Magic Moon Edmond Hamilton
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ⓘ3 nominations with 0.90 final points
 Miss Shumway Waves a Wand James Hadley Chase
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ⓘ7 nominations with 2.33 final points
 Renaissance Raymond F. Jones
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ⓘ3 nominations with 3.00 total points
 That Hideous Strength C. S. Lewis
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ⓘ6 nominations with 2.78 final points
 The Delicate Ape Dorothy B. Hughes
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ⓘ2 nominations with 0.70 final points
 The Golden Amazon John Russell Fearn
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ⓘ2 nominations with 0.75 final points
 The World of Null-A A. E. van Vogt
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ⓘ4 nominations with 3.00 final points
 Time Must Have a Stop Aldous Huxley
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ⓘ6 nominations with 2.73 final points
 Worlds Beginning Robert Ardrey
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