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Cixin Liu: Awards and Best-of Lists

Cixin Liu has won 2 awards, including the Hugo Award (book categories) (2015) for The Three-Body Problem, with 3 shortlist or finalist places, 1 longlist or nominee place, and 6 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2020Hold Up the SkyFinancial Times Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Science fiction
2019Supernova EraNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We LoveJoel Martinsen
2018Ball LightningNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We LoveJoel Martinsen
2017Death's EndLocus Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · SF Novel
2017Death's EndHugo Award (book categories) source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · NovelKen Liu
2016Death's EndNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love
2016Death's EndKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · FictionKen Liu
2015The Three-Body ProblemHugo Award (book categories) source (opens in a new tab)Winner · NovelKen Liu
2015The Three-Body ProblemJohn W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Best Science Fiction NovelKen Liu
2015The Three-Body ProblemLocus Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · SF Novel
2015The Three-Body ProblemNebula Award (Novel, Novella and Andre Norton) source (opens in a new tab)Nominee · NovelKen Liu
2014The Three-Body ProblemNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We Love

Books

  1. The Three-Body Problem5 sources · 2014 to 2015
  2. Death's End4 sources · 2016 to 2017
  3. Ball Lightning1 source · 2018
  4. Hold Up the Sky1 source · 2020
  5. Supernova Era1 source · 2019