Best Novel
- A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (Del Rey; Hodderscape)
- Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (William Morrow; Gollancz)
- Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tor UK; Orbit US)
- The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (Tor US; Tor UK)
- The Incandescent by Emily Tesh (Tor US; Orbit UK)
- The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (Orbit US; Hodderscape)
1,153 ballots cast for 555 nominees. Finalists range 126-210.
Best Novella
- Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz (Tordotcom)
- Cinder House by Freya Marske (Tordotcom; Tor UK)
- Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite (Tordotcom)
- The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar (Tordotcom; Arcadia UK)
- The Summer War by Naomi Novik (Del Rey US; Del Rey UK)
- What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher (Nightfire; Titan UK)
807 ballots cast for 172 nominees. Finalists range 90-241.
Best Novelette
- “Kaiju Agonistes” by Scott Lynch (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 62)
- “Never Eaten Vegetables” by H.H. Pak (Clarkesworld, Issue 220)
- “Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy” by Martha Wells (Reactor, July 10, 2025)
- “The Girl That My Mother Is Leaving Me For” by Cameron Reed (Reactor, April 2, 2025)
- “The Millay Illusion” by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 67)
- “When He Calls Your Name” by Catherynne M. Valente (Uncanny Magazine, Issue 65)
414 ballots cast for 144 nominees. Finalists range 36-64
The other nominees can be seen at https://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2026-hugo-awards/
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