NESFA continues to maintain a list of Good Stuff to read. Any NESFA member who reads something that they would like to recommend to others to be considered for a Hugo nomination can add it to the list. We will publish it from time to time in Instant Message and on the nets. (Feel free to reproduce it provided you reproduce it intact!) It’s neither definitive nor complete, but it contains the stories, novels and non-fiction works that a bunch of well-read fans feel may be worthy of a Hugo nomination.
Even when the period for Hugo nominations is over, we will keep the lists for the current year, as well as previous years, available on the nets. It provides a reference source for finding a good book, as well as for Hugo recommendations.
Lists for a given year tend to get updated until the Hugo finalists for that year are released, so that 2016 lists, for example, will be updated through early 2017.
Any NESFA member may add items to a current list.
The reading lists for the following years are available:
- 2018 <– the year which will be awarded at Dublin 2019 in August 2019
- 2017 <– the year which was awarded at Worldcon 76 in 2018
- 2016 <– the year which was awarded at Worldcon 75 in 2017
- 2015 <– the year which was awarded at MidAmeriCon II in 2016
- 2014 <– the year which was awarded at Sasquan in 2015
- 2013 <– the year which was awarded at Loncon 3 in 2014
- 2012 <– the year which was awarded at Lone Star Con 3 in 2013
- 2011 <– the year which was awarded at Chicon 7 in 2012
- 2010 <– the year which was awarded at Renovation in 2011
- 2009 <– the year which was awarded at Aussiecon 4 in 2010
- 2008 <– the year which was awarded at Anticipation in 2009
- 2007 <– the year which was awarded at Denvention 3 in 2008
- 2006 <– the year which was awarded at Nippon 2007 in 2007
- 2005 <– the year which was awarded at LA Con IV in 2006
- 2004 <– the year which was awarded at Interaction in 2005
- 2003 <– the year which was awarded at Noreascon 4 in 2004
- 2002 <– the year which was awarded at Torcon 3 in 2003
- 2001 <– the year which was awarded at ConJosé in 2002
- 2000 <– the year which was awarded at The Millenium Philcon in 2001
- 1999 <– the year which was awarded at Anticipation in 2000
- 1998 <– the year which was awarded at Aussiecon 3 in 1999
- 1997 <– the year which was awarded at Bucconneer in 1998
- 1996 <– the year which was awarded at LoneStarCon 2 in 1997
- 1995 <– the year which was awarded at LA Con III in 1996
- 1994 <– the year which was awarded at Intersection in 1995
- 1993 <– the year which was awarded at ConAdian in 1994
- 1992 <– the year which was awarded at ConFrancisco in 1993
- 1953 Noreascon 4 awarded the Retro-Hugos for 1953 in 2004
- 1950 Millennium Philcon awarded the Retro-Hugos for 1950 in 2001
- 1945 LA Con III awarded the Retro-Hugos for 1945 in 1996
- 1943 Dublin 2019 will award the Retro-Hugos for 1943 in 2019
- 1942 Worldcon 76 awarded the Retro-Hugos for 1942 in 2018
- 1940 MidAmeriCon II awarded the Retro-Hugos for 1940 in 2016
No reading lists are available for the following:
- 1939 Loncon 3 awarded the Retro-Hugos for 1939 in 2014
We also maintain a list of author homepages for authors whose works appear on the recommended lists. In addition we have the NESFA core recommended reading list
