The finalists for the 2025 Hugo Awards have been announced. The following are some of the finalists. Click here to see the entire list from Seattle Worldcon 2025.

LODESTAR AWARD FOR BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK

The Feast Makers by H.A. Clarke

Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao

The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko

Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger

So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole

BEST NOVEL

Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

BEST NOVELLA

The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo – great series of novellas for teens!

The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed

Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard

The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar

The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler

What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher

BEST GRAPHIC STORY OR COMIC

The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag – a YA graphic novel

The Hunger and the Dusk: Vol. 1 by G. Willow Wilson, art by Chris Wildgoose

Monstress, Vol. 9: The Possessed by Marjorie Liu, art by Sana Takeda

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Book 2 by Emil Ferris

Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way by Ryan North, art by Chris Fenoglio

We Called Them Giants by Kieron Gillen, art by Stephanie Hans – a YA graphic novel