Science fiction and fantasy fans who belong to the World Science Fiction Convention vote annually on the year's best science fiction and fantasy. And the winners receive a Hugo Award (named after Hugo Gernsback, a magazine editor).

If you're new to science fiction, this is a great list to find out the "big names."

By David Barnett, in The Guardian 21 August 2016.

By Amy Wallace, in Wired 8/23/15.

The Nebula Awards® are voted on, and presented by, active members of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. N.K. Jemisin's book, The Obelisk Gate (Bk 2 of her series, The Broken Earth) was nominated for best novel in 2016.

See the winners from 2016 and past winners back to 1965 when the awards started.