Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The 2026 Hugo Award nominees are out. And I'm attending WorldCon in LA in August, which means I actually get to vote. The problem? I've never followed the Hugos before and I haven't read a single nominee. So I'm going through the Best Novel and Best Series nominees and letting YOU decide which ones I read before I cast my ballot.
Tell me in the comments: which novel should I read AND which series should I start?
Channels i mentioned
@ianthereader
Esmay (on IG: instagram.com/esmayrosalyne)
00:00 - Hugo Awards - I can vote
01:11 - Nominees: Novels
01:48 - The Raven Scholar
03:31 - A Drop of Corruption
04:49 - The Everlasting
06:38 - The Incendascent
08:50 - Shroud
10:39 - Death of the Author
12:49 - Nominees: Best Series
14:00 - The Goblin Emperor
15:39 - Emily Wilde
17:02 - Old Man’s War
18:21 - Craft Sequence/ Craft Wars
19:46 - Ancestral Night
21:21 - October Daye
24:00 - Which Books Should I read?
**📚 The 2026 Hugo Award Best Novel Nominees**
- A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett: amzn.to/4tJ05sB
- Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor: amzn.to/4tKQkKF
- Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky: amzn.to/4wQTvn1
- The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow: amzn.to/4ueFU6W
- The Incandescent by Emily Tesh: amzn.to/4f9UKY3
- The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson: amzn.to/43cb433
**📚 The 2026 Hugo Award Best Series Nominees**
- Emily Wilde by Heather Fawcett: amzn.to/4dO9M4k
- October Daye by Seanan McGuire: amzn.to/4nATzmD
- Old Man's War by John Scalzi: amzn.to/4ul3TS8
- The Chronicles of Osreth by Katherine Addison: amzn.to/4tYizG1
- The Craft Wars by Max Gladstone: amzn.to/4wuDHGh
- White Space by Elizabeth Bear: amzn.to/4ui67li
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The 2026 Hugo Award nominees are out. And I'm attending WorldCon in LA in August, which means I actually get to vote. The problem? I've never followed the Hugos before and I haven't read a single nominee. So I'm going through the Best Novel and Best Series nominees and letting YOU decide which ones I read before I cast my ballot.
Tell me in the comments: which novel should I read AND which series should I start?
Channels i mentioned
@ianthereader
Esmay (on IG: instagram.com/esmayrosalyne)
00:00 - Hugo Awards - I can vote
01:11 - Nominees: Novels
01:48 - The Raven Scholar
03:31 - A Drop of Corruption
04:49 - The Everlasting
06:38 - The Incendascent
08:50 - Shroud
10:39 - Death of the Author
12:49 - Nominees: Best Series
14:00 - The Goblin Emperor
15:39 - Emily Wilde
17:02 - Old Man’s War
18:21 - Craft Sequence/ Craft Wars
19:46 - Ancestral Night
21:21 - October Daye
24:00 - Which Books Should I read?
**📚 The 2026 Hugo Award Best Novel Nominees**
- A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett: amzn.to/4tJ05sB
- Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor: amzn.to/4tKQkKF
- Shroud by Adrian Tchaikovsky: amzn.to/4wQTvn1
- The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow: amzn.to/4ueFU6W
- The Incandescent by Emily Tesh: amzn.to/4f9UKY3
- The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson: amzn.to/43cb433
**📚 The 2026 Hugo Award Best Series Nominees**
- Emily Wilde by Heather Fawcett: amzn.to/4dO9M4k
- October Daye by Seanan McGuire: amzn.to/4nATzmD
- Old Man's War by John Scalzi: amzn.to/4ul3TS8
- The Chronicles of Osreth by Katherine Addison: amzn.to/4tYizG1
- The Craft Wars by Max Gladstone: amzn.to/4wuDHGh
- White Space by Elizabeth Bear: amzn.to/4ui67li
#booktube #hugoaward #pickmytbr #fantasybooks #scifibooks
——— D I S C L A I M E R ———
Some of my links are affiliate links which means I earn a small commission, if you use my links to shop. No worries though, you won't pay anything extra. Thanks for your support :)
——— ——— ——— ——— ——— ——— ——— ——— ———
Thanks for checking out my video! If you liked it, don't forget to subscribe: youtube.com/finereads?sub_confirmation=1
You can also follow me here:
Instagram (@HolyLise) instagram.com/holylise
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/120801909-josefine
📚 My PangoBooks Store: pangobooks.com/bookstore/josefine735709
📋 My Amazon wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AZXNZDIP4A5N
💰 Get 20% off your first order at bookshop.org: refer.bookshop.org/josefine
🎧 Join libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm866387
