Here are the my looks at the six novels on the shortlist for the 2026 Hugo for Best Novel. They are listed in my order of preference, and I will say that I consider the first on the list to be by far the best book on the shortlist. The others are all good novels, and to be honest my ordering of them is my best thoughts today — but they are all close. The Everlasting, however, is on another level.
The Everlasting, by Alix E. Harrow
A Drop of Corruption, by Robert Jackson Bennett
Death of the Author, by Nnedi Okorafor
Rich Horton was a short fiction columnist for Locus for 20 years, and has edited some two dozen anthologies. He writes extensively about SF (new and old) and about older popular fiction and Victoriana for places like F&SF, Black Gate, and Journey Planet; as well as at his blog, Strange at Ecbatan (https://rrhorton.blogspot.com/) and at his Substack (https://richhorton314252.substack.com/)
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