Winners of the Hugo Award for best related book (previously best non-fiction). Awards given in one year are for works released during the previous calendar year.

Winners and other nominees

• 2005:
  • The Best of Xero
    by Richard Lupoff, Pat Lupoff
  • The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction
    by Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
  • Dancing Naked: The Unexpurgated William Tenn, Volume 3
    by William Tenn
  • Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert
    by Brian Herbert
  • Futures: 50 Years in Space: The Challenge of the Stars
    by David A. Hardy & Patrick Moore
  • With Stars in My Eyes: My Adventures in British Fandom
    by Peter Weston

• 2004: The Chesley Awards for SF & Fantasy Art: A Retrospective
  by John Grant , Elizabeth L. Humphrey , & Pamela D. Scoville
  • Scores: Reviews 1993–2003 by John Clute
  • Spectrum 10: The Best in Fantastic Contemporary Art
    by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner
  • Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert
    by Brian Herbert
  • The Thackery T Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases
    by Jeff VanderMeer & Mark Roberts
  • Master Storyteller: An Illustrated Tour of the Fiction of L. Ron Hubbard
    by William J. Widder

• 2003:
  by Judith Merril & Emily Pohl-Weary
  • Dragonhenge by Bob Eggleton & John Grant
  • Spectrum 9: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art
    edited by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner
  • The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction by Justine Larbalestier
  • Bradbury: An Illustrated Life by Jerry Weist

• 2002: The Art of Chesley Bonestell
  by Ron Miller & Frederick C. Durant III , with Melvin H. Schuetz
  • The Art of Richard Powers by Jane Frank
  • Meditations on Middle-Earth by Karen Haber
  • I Have This Nifty Idea...Now What Do I Do With It? by Mike Resnick
  • J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century by Tom Shippey
  • Being Gardner Dozois by Michael Swanwick

• 2001:
  by Bob Eggleton & Nigel Suckling
  • Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature by Andrew M. Butler , Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn
  • Robert A. Heinlein: A Reader's Companion by James Gifford
  • Concordance to Cordwainer Smith: Third Edition by Anthony R. Lewis
  • Purse Stories by Mike Resnick

• 2000: Science Fiction of the 20th Century by Frank M. Robinson
  • The Sandman: The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano
  • The Science of Discworld by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen
  • Minicon 34 Restaurant Guide by Karen Cooper & Bruce Schneier
  • Spectrum 6: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art
    edited by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner

• 1999: The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World by Thomas M. Disch
  • Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years by Everett F. Bleiler
  • The Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Awards by Howard DeVore
  • Spectrum 5: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art
    edited by Cathy Fenner & Arnie Fenner
  • The Work of Jack Williamson: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide
    by Richard A. Hauptmann

This category replaced the best non-fiction (awarded 1980 to 1998).

The "Retro Hugos"

(awarded 50 or 75 years after years in which World Conventions didn't give awards)

• 1954: Conquest of the Moon by Wernher von Braun, Fred L. Whipple & Willy Ley (awarded in 2004)
  • Modern Science Fiction: Its Making and Future by Reginald Bretnor
  • Science-Fiction Handbook by L. Sprague de Camp

See also

• Hugo Award for Best Novel
• Hugo Award for Best Novella
• Hugo Award for Best Novelette
• Hugo Award for Best Short Story
• Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (awarded since 1961)
• Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book (awarded 1980 to 1998)
• Hugo Award for Best Related Book (awarded since 1999)

Fanac

• Hugo Award for Best Fanzine
• Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist
• Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer

Pro's ac

• Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine
• Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist
• Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor

External links

• Hugo Award official site
• Original proposal of the award in Philcon II
• http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Hugo.html