Winners of the Nebula Award for Best Novel. Year listed is per the official Nebula web site, and reflects the award eligibility period, rather than the year it was announced. For example, the "1965 winner" reflects that the award was for novels published in 1965.
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Phil in SF says: 1965 winner
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4 stars
During an interstellar war one side develops a language, Babel-17, that can be used as a weapon. Learning it turns …
Phil in SF says: 1966 co-winner
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Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
5 stars
Until he was thirty-two, Charlie Gordon --gentle, amiable, oddly engaging-- had lived in a kind of mental twilight. He knew …
Phil in SF says: 1966 co-winner
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Phil in SF says: 1967 winner
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Rite of passage by Alexei Panshin
After the destruction of Earth, humanity has established itself precariously among a hundred planets. Between them roam the vast Ships, …
Phil in SF says: 1968 winner
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The left hand of darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin (An Ace book)
4 stars
[Comment by Kim Stanley Robinson, on The Guardian's website][1]: The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin (1969) …
Phil in SF says: 1969 winner
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4 stars
The ' (1970–2004), by science fiction author Larry Niven, is a part of his Known Space set of stories. Its …
Phil in SF says: 1970 winner
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A Time of Changes by Robert Silverberg
In the far future, Earth is a worn-out backwater and humanity is spread across the galaxy on worlds that began …
Phil in SF says: 1971 winner
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The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
4 stars
The Gods Themselves is a 1972 science fiction novel written by Isaac Asimov, and his first original work in the …
Phil in SF says: 1972 winner
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Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (Rama, #1)
4 stars
In his best novel since the classic Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke has made something quite new and wholly …
Phil in SF says: 1973 winner
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #6)
5 stars
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
Phil in SF says: 1974 winner
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The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (Forever War, #1)
4 stars
The Earth’s leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand–despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy they would …
Phil in SF says: 1975 winner
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Phil in SF says: 1976 winner
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Gateway by Frederik Pohl (Heechee, #1)
4 stars
Gateway opened on all the wealth of the Universe...and on reaches of unimaginable horror. When prospector Bob Broadhead went out …
Phil in SF says: 1977 winner
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Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre (duplicate)
4 stars
In a world devastated by nuclear holocaust, Snake is a healer. One of an elite band dedicated to caring for …
Phil in SF says: 1978 winner
