Best Novel
The Everlasting
By: Alix E. Harrow
A scholar back from the war is sent into the past to shadow the knight who became his country's legend.
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Alix E. Harrow won Best Novel with a time-travel fantasy. Amal El-Mohtar took Novella with a riverside fairy tale. And John Scalzi finally saw Old Man's War win as a series.
Winners
Best Novella
The River Has Roots
By: Amal El-Mohtar
Two sisters sing to the magic river between their town and the land of the fae, until one sister's love life gets in the way.
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Best Series
Old Man's War
By: John Scalzi
Winning series. In book one, a 75-year-old retiree joins a space army and gets a young body to fight aliens. ISBN is for the first book.
View on Amazon →Other 2026 awards
Oscars 2026Best PictureOne Battle After Another
Golden Globes 2026Best Motion Picture – DramaHamnet
Cannes 2026Palme d'OrFjord
Venice 2026Golden LionWoman Unknown
Berlinale 2026Golden BearYellow Letters
Nobel in Literature 2026Nobel Prize in LiteratureAutobiography of Red
Pulitzer 2026FictionAngel Down
Booker 2026Announced November 9, 20262025 winner: Flesh
International Booker 2026International Booker PrizeTaiwan TravelogueJabuti 2026Announced October 27, 20262025 winner: O ouvidor do Brasil: 99 vezes Tom Jobim
Goodreads Choice 2026Not announced yet2025 winner: My FriendsSources: kirkusreviews.com · shelf-awareness.com · thehugoawards.org
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