# Hugo Award for Best Related Work

The Hugo Award for Best Related Work is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for primarily non-fiction works related to science fiction or fantasy, published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The Hugo Awards have been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction" and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing".
It was originally titled the Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book and was first awarded in 1980. In 1999 the Award was retitled to the Hugo Award for Best Related Book, and eligibility was officially expanded to fiction works that were primarily noteworthy for reasons besides their fictional aspects. In 2010, the title of the award was again changed, to the Hugo Award for Best Related Work. In addition to the regular Hugo awards, beginning in 1996 Retrospective Hugo Awards, or "Retro Hugos", have been available to be awarded for years 50, 75, or 100 years prior in which no awards were given. The Retro Best Related Work Hugo was awarded for 1954, 50 years later, but had not been awarded for any other year due to insufficient nominations, eventually reappearing in 2020 for 1945.
During the 47 nomination years, 249 individuals and 1 organization have had works nominated; 59 people and 1 organization have won, including co-authors and Retro Hugos. John Clute has won four times; once by himself, once with John Grant as a co-author, once with Peter Nicholls, and once with Nicholls, David Langford, and Graham Sleight. Nicholls has won a third time, and Grant has won a second time, sharing the award with his co-authors Elizabeth L. Humphrey and Pamela D. Scoville. Thomas Disch and Ursula K. Le Guin have also won twice, both without co-authors; no other author has won more than once. The Organization for Transformative Works was the organization that won, for its Archive of Our Own fanwork repository. Cathy and Arnie Fenner have been nominated eight times for their work on writing and editing the Spectrum: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art series, both the most nominations received by any author/editor and the most nominations without winning. Clute has been nominated seven times and Farah Mendlesohn seven times with one win; Le Guin five times with two wins; Isaac Asimov and Langford four times with one win; and Mike Resnick four times with no wins. The Writing Excuses team, consisting of Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Howard Tayler, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Jordan Sanderson, have been nominated four times and won once. Seven other authors have been nominated three times. Many of these writers, editors, and artists have won Hugos in other categories, from Fan Writer to Best Novel.

## Selection

Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by supporting or attending members of the annual non-profit World Science Fiction Convention, or Worldcon, and the presentation evening constitutes its central event. The selection process is defined in the World Science Fiction Society Constitution as instant-runoff voting with six nominees, except in the case of a tie. The works on the ballot are the six most-nominated by members that year, with no limit on the number of works that can be nominated. Initial nominations are made by members in January through March, while voting on the ballot of six nominations is performed roughly in April through July, subject to change depending on when that year's Worldcon is held. Prior to 2017, the final ballot was five works; it was changed that year to six, with each initial nominator limited to five nominations. Worldcons are generally held near the start of September, and are held in a different city around the world each year. Members are permitted to vote "no award", if they feel that none of the nominees is deserving of the award that year, and in the case that "no award" takes the majority the Hugo is not given in that category. This happened in the Best Related Work category in 2015 and 2016.

## Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the work was first published. Each date links to the "year in literature" article corresponding with when the work was eligible. Entries with a yellow background and an asterisk (*) next to the author's name have won the award; those with a gray background are the nominees on the short-list.
* Winners and joint winners  + No winner selected
Winners and nominees :
| Year | Author(s) | Work | Publisher or publication |
| 1980 | Peter Nicholls* | The Science Fiction Encyclopedia | Doubleday |
| 1980 | Isaac Asimov | In Memory Yet Green | Doubleday |
| 1980 | Wayne Barlowe | Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials | Workman Publishing Company |
| 1980 | Ian Summers | Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials | Workman Publishing Company |
| 1980 | Michael Whelan | Wonderworks | The Donning Company |
| 1980 | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Language of the Night | Putnam Publishing Group |
| 1980 | Susan Wood | The Language of the Night | Putnam Publishing Group |
| 1981 | Carl Sagan* | Cosmos | Random House |
| 1981 | Isaac Asimov | In Joy Still Felt | Doubleday |
| 1981 | Charles Platt | Dream Makers | Berkley Books |
| 1981 | Vincent Di Fate | Di Fate's Catalog of Science Fiction Hardware | Workman Publishing Company |
| 1981 | Ian Summers | Di Fate's Catalog of Science Fiction Hardware | Workman Publishing Company |
| 1981 | Richard Bergeron | Warhoon 28 (The Writings of Walter A. Willis) | Richard Bergeron |
| 1982 | Stephen King* | Danse Macabre | Everest Publishing |
| 1982 | Leo Dillon | The Art of Leo & Diane Dillon | Ballantine Books |
| 1982 | Diane Dillon | The Art of Leo & Diane Dillon | Ballantine Books |
| 1982 | Byron Preiss | The Art of Leo & Diane Dillon | Ballantine Books |
| 1982 | Ron Miller | The Grand Tour | Workman Publishing Company |
| 1982 | William K. Hartmann | The Grand Tour | Workman Publishing Company |
| 1982 | Dougal Dixon | After Man: A Zoology of the Future | Macmillan Publishers |
| 1982 | Neil Barron | Anatomy of Wonder, 2nd Edition | R.R. Bowker |
| 1983 | James Gunn* | Isaac Asimov: The Foundations of Science Fiction | Oxford University Press |
| 1983 | J. J. Llewellyn | The World of the Dark Crystal | Alfred A. Knopf |
| 1983 | Brian Froud | The World of the Dark Crystal | Alfred A. Knopf |
| 1983 | Baird Searles | A Reader's Guide to Fantasy | Avon Publications |
| 1983 | Beth Meacham | A Reader's Guide to Fantasy | Avon Publications |
| 1983 | Michael Franklin | A Reader's Guide to Fantasy | Avon Publications |
| 1983 | Barry N. Malzberg | The Engines of the Night | Doubleday |
| 1983 | Tim Underwood | Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King | Underwood-Miller |
| 1983 | Chuck Miller | Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King | Underwood-Miller |
| 1984 | Donald H. Tuck* | The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Vol. 3: Miscellaneous | Advent |
| 1984 | Joy Chant | The High Kings | Bantam Books |
| 1984 | Charles Platt | Dream Makers, Volume II | Berkley Books |
| 1984 | Norman Spinrad | Staying Alive: A Writer's Guide | The Donning Company |
| 1984 | Rowena Morrill | The Fantastic Art of Rowena | Pocket Books |
| 1985 | Jack Williamson* | Wonder's Child: My Life in Science Fiction | Bluejay Books |
| 1985 | Patti Perret | The Faces of Science Fiction | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1985 | Harlan Ellison | Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed | Borgo Press |
| 1985 | George Turner | In the Heart or in the Head: An Essay in Time Travel | Analog Science Fact & Fiction |
| 1985 | Willis E. McNelly | The Dune Encyclopedia | Berkley Putnam |
| 1986 | Tom Weller* | Science Made Stupid | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 1986 | Perry A. Chapdelaine, Sr. | The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1 | AC Projects |
| 1986 | Tony Chapdelaine | The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1 | AC Projects |
| 1986 | George Hay | The John W. Campbell Letters, Vol. 1 | AC Projects |
| 1986 | Harlan Ellison | An Edge in My Voice | The Donning Company |
| 1986 | Algis Budrys | Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf | Southern Illinois University Press |
| 1986 | Brian Aldiss | The Pale Shadow of Science | Serconia Press |
| 1986 | Douglas E. Winter | Faces of Fear: Encounters with the Creators of Modern Horror | Berkley Books |
| 1987 | Brian Aldiss* | Trillion Year Spree | Victor Gollancz Ltd |
| 1987 | David Wingrove* | Trillion Year Spree | Victor Gollancz Ltd |
| 1987 | Frank Miller | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | DC Comics |
| 1987 | Klaus Janson | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | DC Comics |
| 1987 | Lynn Varley | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | DC Comics |
| 1987 | Thomas G. Smith | Industrial Light and Magic | Del Rey Books |
| 1987 | Charles N. Brown | Science Fiction In Print: 1985 | Locus Press |
| 1987 | William G. Contento | Science Fiction In Print: 1985 | Locus Press |
| 1987 | Paul Williams | Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick | Arbor House |
| 1988 | Michael Whelan* | Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder | Del Rey Books |
| 1988 | David A. Cherry | Imagination: The Art & Technique of David A. Cherry | Starblaze Graphics |
| 1988 | Jack Matthews | The Battle of Brazil | Crown Publishing Group |
| 1988 | Neil Barron | Anatomy of Wonder, 3rd Edition | R.R. Bowker |
| 1988 | Charles N. Brown | Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1986 | Locus Press |
| 1988 | William G. Contento | Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1986 | Locus Press |
| 1989 | Samuel R. Delany* | The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village 1957-1965 | Arbor House |
| 1989 | Don Maitz | First Maitz | Ursus Publishing |
| 1989 | James Gunn | The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | Viking Press |
| 1989 | Robert Weinberg | A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists | Greenwood Publishing Group |
| 1989 | Charles N. Brown | Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1987 | Locus Press |
| 1989 | William G. Contento | Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1987 | Locus Press |
| 1990 | Alexei Panshin* | The World Beyond the Hill: Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence | J. P. Tarcher |
| 1990 | Cory Panshin* | The World Beyond the Hill: Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence | J. P. Tarcher |
| 1990 | Robert A. Heinlein | Grumbles from the Grave | Del Rey Books |
| 1990 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Dancing at the Edge of the World | Grove Press |
| 1990 | Arthur C. Clarke | Astounding Days | Victor Gollancz Ltd |
| 1990 | Harlan Ellison | Harlan Ellison's Watching | Underwood-Miller |
| 1990 | Greg Thokar | Noreascon 3 Souvenir Book | Massachusetts Convention Fandom, Inc |
| 1991 | Orson Scott Card* | How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy | Writer's Digest |
| 1991 | Norman Spinrad | Science Fiction in the Real World | Southern Illinois University Press |
| 1991 | Kristine Kathryn Rusch | Science Fiction Writers of America Handbook | Writer's Notebook Press |
| 1991 | Dean Wesley Smith | Science Fiction Writers of America Handbook | Writer's Notebook Press |
| 1991 | Brian Aldiss | Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith's | Hodder & Stoughton |
| 1991 | David J. Skal | Hollywood Gothic | W. W. Norton & Company |
| 1992 | Charles Addams* | The World of Charles Addams | Alfred A. Knopf |
| 1992 | Everett F. Bleiler | Science-Fiction: The Early Years | Kent State University Press |
| 1992 | Jack L. Chalker | The Science Fantasy Publishers: A Critical and Bibliographic History: Third Edition | Mirage Press |
| 1992 | Mark Owings | The Science Fantasy Publishers: A Critical and Bibliographic History: Third Edition | Mirage Press |
| 1992 | Jeanne Gomoll | The Bakery Men Don't See Cookbook | (SF)$^3$ |
| 1992 | Stephen Jones | Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden | Underwood-Miller |
| 1993 | Harry Warner, Jr.* | A Wealth of Fable: An Informal History of Science Fiction Fandom in the 1950s | SCIFI Press |
| 1993 | David Langford | Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man | NESFA Press |
| 1993 | Virgil Finlay | Virgil Finlay's Women of the Ages | Underwood-Miller |
| 1993 | Thom Boswell | The Costumemaker's Art | Lark Books |
| 1993 | Camille Bacon-Smith | Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| 1993 | Damon Knight | Monad Number Two | Pulphouse Publishing |
| 1994 | John Clute* | The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | Orbit Books |
| 1994 | Peter Nicholls* | The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction | Orbit Books |
| 1994 | Michael Whelan | The Art of Michael Whelan: Scenes/Visions | Bantam Spectra |
| 1994 | Robert Bloch | Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography | Tor Books |
| 1994 | Scott McCloud | Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art | Tundra Books |
| 1994 | Theodore Cogswell | PITFCS: Proceedings of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies | Advent |
| 1995 | Isaac Asimov* | I. Asimov: A Memoir | Doubleday |
| 1995 | Christopher Priest | The Book on the Edge of Forever | Fantagraphics Books |
| 1995 | Samuel R. Delany | Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics | University Press of New England |
| 1995 | Teresa Nielsen Hayden | Making Book | NESFA Press |
| 1995 | Cathy Fenner | Spectrum: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books |
| 1995 | Arnie Fenner | Spectrum: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books |
| 1996 | John Clute* | Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia | Dorling Kindersley |
| 1996 | Isaac Asimov | Yours, Isaac Asimov | Doubleday |
| 1996 | Bob Eggleton | Alien Horizons: The Fantastic Art of Bob Eggleton | Paper Tiger Books |
| 1996 | Cathy Fenner | Spectrum 2: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books |
| 1996 | Arnie Fenner | Spectrum 2: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books |
| 1996 | Joanna Russ | To Write Like a Woman: Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction | Indiana University Press |
| 1997 | L. Sprague de Camp* | Time & Chance: An Autobiography | Donald M. Grant |
| 1997 | Diana Wynne Jones | The Tough Guide To Fantasyland | Vista Books |
| 1997 | John Clute | Look at the Evidence | Serconia Press |
| 1997 | David Langford | The Silence of the Langford | NESFA Press |
| 1997 | Patti Perret | The Faces of Fantasy | Tor Books |
| 1998 | John Clute* | The Encyclopedia of Fantasy | Orbit Books |
| 1998 | John Grant* | The Encyclopedia of Fantasy | Orbit Books |
| 1998 | Vincent Di Fate | Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art | Penguin Studio |
| 1998 | Ben Bova | Space Travel | Writer's Digest Books |
| 1998 | Anthony R. Lewis | Space Travel | Writer's Digest Books |
| 1998 | Robert Silverberg | Reflections and Refractions: Thoughts on Science-Fiction, Science and Other Matters | Underwood Books |
| 1998 | Cathy Fenner | Spectrum 4: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books |
| 1998 | Arnie Fenner | Spectrum 4: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books |
| 1998 | Jim Loehr | Spectrum 4: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books |
| 1999 | Thomas Disch* | The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World | Free Press |
| 1999 | Richard A. Hauptmann | The Work of Jack Williamson: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide | NESFA Press |
| 1999 | Everett F. Bleiler | Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years | Kent State University Press |
| 1999 | Howard DeVore | The Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Awards | Advent |
| 1999 | Cathy Fenner | Spectrum 5: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books |
| 1999 | Arnie Fenner | Spectrum 5: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books |
| 2000 | Frank M. Robinson* | Science Fiction of the 20th Century | Collector's Press |
| 2000 | Neil Gaiman | The Sandman: The Dream Hunters | Vertigo |
| 2000 | Yoshitaka Amano | The Sandman: The Dream Hunters | Vertigo |
| 2000 | Terry Pratchett | The Science of Discworld | Ebury Publishing |
| 2000 | Ian Stewart | The Science of Discworld | Ebury Publishing |
| 2000 | Jack Cohen | The Science of Discworld | Ebury Publishing |
| 2000 | Cathy Fenner | Spectrum 6: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books |
| 2000 | Arnie Fenner | Spectrum 6: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books |
| 2000 | Karen Cooper | Minicon 34 Restaurant Guide | Rune Press |
| 2000 | Bruce Schneier | Minicon 34 Restaurant Guide | Rune Press |
| 2001 | Bob Eggleton* | Greetings from Earth: The Art of Bob Eggleton | Paper Tiger Books |
| 2001 | Nigel Suckling* | Greetings from Earth: The Art of Bob Eggleton | Paper Tiger Books |
| 2001 | James Gifford | Robert A. Heinlein: A Reader's Companion | Nitrosyncretic Press |
| 2001 | Anthony R. Lewis | Concordance to Cordwainer Smith, Third Edition | NESFA Press |
| 2001 | Andrew M. Butler | Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature | Science Fiction Foundation |
| 2001 | Edward James | Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature | Science Fiction Foundation |
| 2001 | Farah Mendlesohn | Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature | Science Fiction Foundation |
| 2001 | Mike Resnick | Putting It Together: Turning Sow's Ear Drafts Into Silk Purse Stories | Wildside Press |
| 2002 | Ron Miller* | The Art of Chesley Bonestell | Paper Tiger Books |
| 2002 | Frederick C. Durant III* | The Art of Chesley Bonestell | Paper Tiger Books |
| 2002 | Melvin H. Schuetz* | The Art of Chesley Bonestell | Paper Tiger Books |
| 2002 | Michael Swanwick | Being Gardner Dozois | Old Earth Books |
| 2002 | Tom Shippey | J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century | HarperCollins |
| 2002 | Karen Haber | Meditations on Middle-earth | St. Martin's Press |
| 2002 | Jane Frank | The Art of Richard Powers | Paper Tiger Books |
| 2002 | Howard Frank | The Art of Richard Powers | Paper Tiger Books |
| 2002 | Mike Resnick | I Have This Nifty Idea...Now What Do I Do With It? | Wildside Press |
| 2003 | Judith Merril* | Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril | Between the Lines |
| 2003 | Emily Pohl-Weary* | Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril | Between the Lines |
| 2003 | Jerry Weist | Ray Bradbury: An Illustrated Life | William Morrow and Company |
| 2003 | Bob Eggleton | Dragonhenge | Paper Tiger Books |
| 2003 | John Grant | Dragonhenge | Paper Tiger Books |
| 2003 | Cathy Fenner | Spectrum 9: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books |
| 2003 | Arnie Fenner | Spectrum 9: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books |
| 2003 | Justine Larbalestier | The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction | Wesleyan University Press |
| 2004 | John Grant* | The Chesley Awards for SF & Fantasy Art: A Retrospective | Artist's and Photographer's Press |
| 2004 | Elizabeth L. Humphrey* | The Chesley Awards for SF & Fantasy Art: A Retrospective | Artist's and Photographer's Press |
| 2004 | Pamela D. Scoville* | The Chesley Awards for SF & Fantasy Art: A Retrospective | Artist's and Photographer's Press |
| 2004 | Jeff VanderMeer (editor) | The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases | Night Shade Books |
| 2004 | Mark Roberts (editor) | The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases | Night Shade Books |
| 2004 | Cathy Fenner | Spectrum 10: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books |
| 2004 | Arnie Fenner | Spectrum 10: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books |
| 2004 | Brian Herbert | Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert | Tor Books |
| 2004 | John Clute | Scores: Reviews 1993–2003 | Beccon Publications |
| 2004 | William J. Widder | Master Storyteller: An Illustrated Tour of the Fiction of L. Ron Hubbard | Galaxy Press |
| 2005 | Edward James* | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction | Cambridge University Press |
| 2005 | Farah Mendlesohn* | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction | Cambridge University Press |
| 2005 | Peter Weston | With Stars in My Eyes: My Adventures in British Fandom | NESFA Press |
| 2005 | David A. Hardy | Futures: 50 Years in Space: The Challenge of the Stars | Artists' and Photographers' Press |
| 2005 | Patrick Moore | Futures: 50 Years in Space: The Challenge of the Stars | Artists' and Photographers' Press |
| 2005 | William Tenn | Dancing Naked: The Unexpurgated William Tenn, Volume 3 | NESFA Press |
| 2005 | Richard A. Lupoff | The Best of Xero | Tachyon Publications |
| 2006 | Kate Wilhelm* | Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop | Small Beer Press |
| 2006 | Mike Ashley | Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970 | Liverpool University Press |
| 2006 | David Langford | The SEX Column and Other Misprints | Cosmos |
| 2006 | Gary Westfahl | Science Fiction Quotations | Yale University Press |
| 2006 | Gary K. Wolfe | Soundings, Reviews 1992–1996 | Beccon Publications |
| 2007 | Julie Phillips* | James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon | St. Martin's Press |
| 2007 | Mike Resnick | Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches | ISFiC Press |
| 2007 | Joe Siclari | Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches | ISFiC Press |
| 2007 | Joseph T. Major | Heinlein's Children: The Juveniles | Advent |
| 2007 | Samuel R. Delany | About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews | Wesleyan University Press |
| 2007 | John Picacio | Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio | MonkeyBrain Books |
| 2008 | Jeff Prucher* | Brave New Words: the Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction | Oxford University Press |
| 2008 | Barry N. Malzberg | Breakfast in the Ruins: Science Fiction in the Last Millennium | Baen Books |
| 2008 | Diana Glyer | The Company They Keep: C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien as Writers in Community | Kent State University Press |
| 2008 | Luis Ortiz | Emshwiller: Infinity x Two | Nonstop Press |
| 2008 | Shaun Tan | The Arrival | Arthur A. Levine Books |
| 2009 | John Scalzi* | Your Hate Mail Will be Graded: A Decade of Whatever, 1998–2008 | Subterranean Press |
| 2009 | Farah Mendlesohn | Rhetorics of Fantasy | Wesleyan University Press |
| 2009 | Paul Kincaid | What Is It We Do When We Read Science Fiction | Beccon Publications |
| 2009 | Lillian Stewart Carl | The Vorkosigan Companion: The Universe of Lois McMaster Bujold | Baen Books |
| 2009 | John Helfers | The Vorkosigan Companion: The Universe of Lois McMaster Bujold | Baen Books |
| 2009 | Cathy Fenner | Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books |
| 2009 | Arnie Fenner | Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books |
| 2010 | Jack Vance* | This is Me, Jack Vance! (Or, More Properly, This is "I") | Subterranean Press |
| 2010 | John Clute | Canary Fever: Reviews | Beccon Publications |
| 2010 | Michael Swanwick | Hope-In-The-Mist: The Extraordinary Career and Mysterious Life of Hope Mirrlees | Temporary Culture |
| 2010 | Farah Mendlesohn | The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children's and Teens' Science Fiction | McFarland & Company |
| 2010 | Farah Mendlesohn | On Joanna Russ | Wesleyan University Press |
| 2010 | Helen Merrick | The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of SF Feminisms | Aqueduct Press |
| 2011 | Lynne M. Thomas* | Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It | Mad Norwegian Press |
| 2011 | Tara O'Shea* | Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It | Mad Norwegian Press |
| 2011 | Gary K. Wolfe | Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001 | Beccon Publications |
| 2011 | Mike Resnick | The Business of Science Fiction: Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing | McFarland & Company |
| 2011 | Barry N. Malzberg | The Business of Science Fiction: Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing | McFarland & Company |
| 2011 | William H. Patterson, Jr. | Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Volume 1: (1907–1948): Learning Curve | Tor Books |
| 2011 | Brandon Sanderson | Writing Excuses, Season 4 | Writing Excuses |
| 2011 | Jordan Sanderson | Writing Excuses, Season 4 | Writing Excuses |
| 2011 | Howard Tayler | Writing Excuses, Season 4 | Writing Excuses |
| 2011 | Dan Wells | Writing Excuses, Season 4 | Writing Excuses |
| 2012 | John Clute* | The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition | Victor Gollancz Ltd |
| 2012 | David Langford* | The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition | Victor Gollancz Ltd |
| 2012 | Peter Nicholls* | The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition | Victor Gollancz Ltd |
| 2012 | Graham Sleight* | The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Third Edition | Victor Gollancz Ltd |
| 2012 | Daniel M. Kimmel | Jar Jar Binks Must Die…and other Observations about Science Fiction Movies | Fantastic Books |
| 2012 | Jeff VanderMeer | The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature | Abrams Image |
| 2012 | S. J. Chambers | The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature | Abrams Image |
| 2012 | Seanan McGuire | Wicked Girls | Seanan McGuire |
| 2012 | Brandon Sanderson | Writing Excuses, Season 6 | Writing Excuses |
| 2012 | Dan Wells | Writing Excuses, Season 6 | Writing Excuses |
| 2012 | Howard Tayler | Writing Excuses, Season 6 | Writing Excuses |
| 2012 | Mary Robinette Kowal | Writing Excuses, Season 6 | Writing Excuses |
| 2012 | Jordan Sanderson | Writing Excuses, Season 6 | Writing Excuses |
| 2013 | Brandon Sanderson* | Writing Excuses, Season 7 | Writing Excuses |
| 2013 | Dan Wells* | Writing Excuses, Season 7 | Writing Excuses |
| 2013 | Howard Tayler* | Writing Excuses, Season 7 | Writing Excuses |
| 2013 | Mary Robinette Kowal* | Writing Excuses, Season 7 | Writing Excuses |
| 2013 | Jordan Sanderson* | Writing Excuses, Season 7 | Writing Excuses |
| 2013 | Edward James | The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature | Cambridge University Press |
| 2013 | Farah Mendlesohn | The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature | Cambridge University Press |
| 2013 | Lynne M. Thomas | Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them | Mad Norwegian Press |
| 2013 | Sigrid Ellis | Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them | Mad Norwegian Press |
| 2013 | Deborah Stanish | Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who | Mad Norwegian Press |
| 2013 | L. M. Myles | Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who | Mad Norwegian Press |
| 2013 | Martin H. Greenberg | I Have an Idea for a Book... The Bibliography of Martin H. Greenberg | Battered Silicon Dispatch Box |
| 2013 | John Helfers | I Have an Idea for a Book... The Bibliography of Martin H. Greenberg | Battered Silicon Dispatch Box |
| 2014 | Kameron Hurley* | "We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative" | A Dribble of Ink |
| 2014 | Michael Damian Thomas | Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It | Mad Norwegian Press |
| 2014 | Sigrid Ellis | Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It | Mad Norwegian Press |
| 2014 | Justin Landon | Speculative Fiction 2012: The Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary | Jurassic London |
| 2014 | Jared Shurin | Speculative Fiction 2012: The Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary | Jurassic London |
| 2014 | Jeff VanderMeer | Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction | Abrams Image |
| 2014 | Jeremy Zerfoss | Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction | Abrams Image |
| 2014 | Brandon Sanderson | Writing Excuses, Season 8 | Writing Excuses |
| 2014 | Dan Wells | Writing Excuses, Season 8 | Writing Excuses |
| 2014 | Howard Tayler | Writing Excuses, Season 8 | Writing Excuses |
| 2014 | Mary Robinette Kowal | Writing Excuses, Season 8 | Writing Excuses |
| 2014 | Jordan Sanderson | Writing Excuses, Season 8 | Writing Excuses |
| 2015 | (no award)+ | | |
| 2015 | Ken Burnside | "The Hot Equations: Thermodynamics and Military SF" | Riding the Red Horse (Castalia House) |
| 2015 | Lou Antonelli | Letters from Gardner | The Merry Blacksmith Press |
| 2015 | John C. Wright | Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth | Castalia House |
| 2015 | Tedd Roberts | "Why Science is Never Settled" | Baen.com |
| 2015 | Michael Z. Williamson | Wisdom from My Internet | Patriarchy Press |
| 2016 | (no award)+ | | |
| 2016 | Marc Aramini | Between Light and Shadow: An Exploration of the Fiction of Gene Wolfe, 1951 to 1986 | Castalia House |
| 2016 | Jeffro Johnson | "The First Draft of My Appendix N Book" | jeffro.wordpress.com |
| 2016 | Daniel Eness | "Safe Space as Rape Room" | castaliahouse.com |
| 2016 | Vox Day | SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police | Castalia House |
| 2016 | Moira Greyland | "The Story of Moira Greyland" | askthebigot.com |
| 2017 | Ursula K. Le Guin* | Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016 | Small Beer Press |
| 2017 | Kameron Hurley | The Geek Feminist Revolution | Tor Books |
| 2017 | Carrie Fisher | The Princess Diarist | Blue Rider Press |
| 2017 | Robert Silverberg | Traveler of Worlds: Conversations with Robert Silverberg | Fairwood |
| 2017 | Alvaro Zinos-Amaro | Traveler of Worlds: Conversations with Robert Silverberg | Fairwood |
| 2017 | Neil Gaiman | The View From the Cheap Seats | William Morrow |
| 2017 | Sarah Gailey | The Women of Harry Potter posts | Tor.com |
| 2018 | Ursula K. Le Guin* | No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| 2018 | Zoe Quinn | Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate | PublicAffairs |
| 2018 | Paul Kincaid | Iain M. Banks (Modern Masters of Science Fiction) | University of Illinois Press |
| 2018 | Nat Segaloff | A Lit Fuse: The Provocative Life of Harlan Ellison | NESFA Press |
| 2018 | Alexandra Pierce | Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler | Twelfth Planet Press |
| 2018 | Mimi Mondal | Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler | Twelfth Planet Press |
| 2018 | Liz Bourke | Sleeping with Monsters: Readings and Reactions in Science Fiction and Fantasy | Aqueduct Press |
| 2019 | Organization for Transformative Works* | Archive of Our Own | Self-published |
| 2019 | Alec Nevala-Lee | Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction | Dey Street Books |
| 2019 | Lindsay Ellis | The Hobbit Duology | Self-published via YouTube |
| 2019 | Angelina Meehan | The Hobbit Duology | Self-published via YouTube |
| 2019 | Jo Walton | An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953-2000 | Tor Books |
| 2019 | Julia Rios | www.mexicanxinitiative.com: The Mexicanx Initiative at Worldcon 76 | Self-published |
| 2019 | Libia Brenda | www.mexicanxinitiative.com: The Mexicanx Initiative at Worldcon 76 | Self-published |
| 2019 | Pablo Defendini | www.mexicanxinitiative.com: The Mexicanx Initiative at Worldcon 76 | Self-published |
| 2019 | John Picacio | www.mexicanxinitiative.com: The Mexicanx Initiative at Worldcon 76 | Self-published |
| 2019 | Ursula K. Le Guin | Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing | Tin House Books |
| 2019 | David Naimon | Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing | Tin House Books |
| 2020 | Jeannette Ng* | "2019 John W. Campbell Award Acceptance Speech" | Jeannette Ng |
| 2020 | J. Michael Straczynski | Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood | Harper Voyager |
| 2020 | Gwyneth Jones | Joanna Russ | University of Illinois Press |
| 2020 | Mallory O'Meara | The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick | Hanover Square Press |
| 2020 | Farah Mendlesohn | The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein | Unbound |
| 2020 | Arwen Curry | Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin | Arwen Curry |
| 2021 | Maria Dahvana Headley* | Beowulf: A New Translation | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| 2021 | Claire Rousseau | CoNZealand Fringe | Self-published |
| 2021 | C | CoNZealand Fringe | Self-published |
| 2021 | Cassie Hart | CoNZealand Fringe | Self-published |
| 2021 | Adri Joy | CoNZealand Fringe | Self-published |
| 2021 | Marguerite Kenner | CoNZealand Fringe | Self-published |
| 2021 | Cheryl Morgan | CoNZealand Fringe | Self-published |
| 2021 | Alasdair Stuart | CoNZealand Fringe | Self-published |
| 2021 | L. D. Lewis | FIYAHCON | Self-published |
| 2021 | Brent Lambert | FIYAHCON | Self-published |
| 2021 | Iori Kusano | FIYAHCON | Self-published |
| 2021 | Vida Cruz | FIYAHCON | Self-published |
| 2021 | Natalie Luhrs | "George R.R. Martin Can Fuck Off into the Sun; Or, The 2020 Hugo Awards Ceremony (Rageblog Edition)" | Pretty Terrible |
| 2021 | Lynell George | A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia E. Butler | Angel City Press |
| 2021 | Jenny Nicholson | The Last Bronycon: A Fandom Autopsy | Self-published via YouTube |
| 2022 | Charlie Jane Anders* | Never Say You Can't Survive | Tordotcom Publishing |
| 2022 | Elsa Sjunneson | Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism | Tiller Press |
| 2022 | Camestros Felapton | The Complete Debarkle: Saga of a Culture War | Self-published |
| 2022 | Andrew Nette (editor) | Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985 | PM Press |
| 2022 | Iain McIntyre (editor) | Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950 to 1985 | PM Press |
| 2022 | Emily St. James | "How Twitter can ruin a life" | Vox |
| 2022 | Abraham Riesman | True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee | Crown |
| 2023 | Rob Wilkins* | Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes | Doubleday |
| 2023 | Kyle Buchanan | Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road | William Morrow |
| 2023 | Lawrence M. Schoen | Buffalito World Outreach Project | Paper Golem |
| 2023 | Yang Feng | Chinese Science Fiction: An Oral History, Volume 1 | Chengdu Times Press |
| 2023 | S. L. Huang | "The Ghost of Workshops Past" | Tor.com |
| 2023 | Wil Wheaton | Still Just a Geek: An Annotated Memoir | William Morrow |
| 2024 | Kelly Weinersmith* | A City on Mars | Penguin Press / Particular Books |
| 2024 | Zach Weinersmith* | A City on Mars | Penguin Press / Particular Books |
| 2024 | Niall Harrison | All These Worlds: Reviews & Essays | Briardene Books |
| 2024 | Yang Feng | Chinese Science Fiction: An Oral History, Volumes 2 and 3 | 8-Light Minutes Culture / Chengdu Time Press |
| 2024 | Iain M. Banks | The Culture: The Drawings | Orbit Books |
| 2024 | Tina Wong | Discover X | Tina Wong |
| 2024 | Maureen Kincaid Speller | A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller | Luna Press Publishing |
| 2024 | Nina Allan (editor) | A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller | Luna Press Publishing |

### Retro Hugos

Beginning with the 1996 Worldcon, the World Science Fiction Society created the concept of "Retro Hugos", in which the Hugo award could be retroactively awarded for 50, 75, or 100 years prior. Retro Hugos may only be awarded for years after 1939 in which no awards were originally given. The Hugo Award for Best Related Work has only been retroactively awarded twice, in 2004 and 2020; all other years it was not on the ballot or was dropped due to insufficient response.
Retro Hugo winners and nominees :
| Year | Year awarded | Author(s) | Work | Publisher |
| 1945 | 2020 | Leigh Brackett* | "The Science-Fiction Field" | Writer's Digest |
| 1945 | 2020 | Jack Speer | Fancyclopedia | Forrest J. Ackerman |
| 1945 | 2020 | H. G. Wells | '42 To '44: A Contemporary Memoir Upon Human Behavior During the Crisis of the World Revolution | Secker & Warburg |
| 1945 | 2020 | George Gamow | Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom | Cambridge University Press |
| 1945 | 2020 | Willy Ley | Rockets: The Future of Travel Beyond the Stratosphere | Viking Press |
| 1945 | 2020 | Fritz Leiber | "The Works of H.P. Lovecraft: Suggestions for a Critical Appraisal" | The Acolyte |
| 1954 | 2004 | Wernher von Braun* | Conquest of the Moon | Viking Press |
| 1954 | 2004 | Fred L. Whipple* | Conquest of the Moon | Viking Press |
| 1954 | 2004 | Willy Ley* | Conquest of the Moon | Viking Press |
| 1954 | 2004 | L. Sprague de Camp | Science-Fiction Handbook | Hermitage Press |
| 1954 | 2004 | Reginald Bretnor | Modern Science Fiction: Its Making and Future | Coward-McCann |