2025 Hugos: Goodreads / Librarything stats | Novel | Novella | Novelette | Short Story | Graphic Story or Comic | Related Work | Dramatic Presentation, Long and Short | Fancast | Poem | Lodestar | Astounding
As I have done for many years, here are the statistics for the finalists for this year’s Hugo Award categories (and the Lodestar Award) where the finalists are on Goodreads and LibraryThing. As I have said before, this shows how well a book has permeated the general market, but that is not the same as appealing to the Hugo electorate.
| Best Novel | GR | LT | |||
| The Ministry of Time | Kaliane Bradley | 124,781 | 3.60 | 1,737 | 3.71 |
| The Tainted Cup | Robert Jackson Bennett | 37,491 | 4.31 | 916 | 4.37 |
| A Sorceress Comes to Call | T. Kingfisher | 31,087 | 4.09 | 903 | 4.16 |
| Service Model | Adrian Tchaikovsky | 10,488 | 4.04 | 316 | 3.87 |
| Someone You Can Build a Nest In | John Wiswell | 9,557 | 3.99 | 324 | 3.94 |
| Alien Clay | Adrian Tchaikovsky | 8,551 | 4.03 | 280 | 3.88 |
A clear lead for The Ministry of Time in market penetration, though The Tainted Cup has the most enthusiastic readers.
| Best Novella | GR | LT | |||
| What Feasts at Night | T. Kingfisher | 28,342 | 3.81 | 381 | 3.87 |
| The Butcher of the Forest | Premee Mohamed | 5,895 | 3.89 | 216 | 3.77 |
| The Brides of High Hill | Nghi Vo | 4,436 | 4.15 | 200 | 4.10 |
| The Tusks of Extinction | Ray Nayler | 4,808 | 3.82 | 183 | 3.83 |
| The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain | Sofia Samatar | 1,811 | 3.83 | 123 | 3.76 |
| Navigational Entanglements | Aliette de Bodard | 542 | 3.90 | 68 | 3.68 |
Similarly, a clear lead for What Feasts at Night in market penetration, though The Brides of High Hill has the most enthusiastic readers.
| Best Graphic Story or Comic | GR | LT | |||
| My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Book 2 | Emil Ferris | 3,126 | 4.24 | 245 | 3.96 |
| The Deep Dark | Molly Knox Ostertag | 4,429 | 4.34 | 131 | 4.36 |
| We Called Them Giants | Gillen, Hans & Cowles | 1,180 | 3.58 | 49 | 3.46 |
| Monstress, vol. 9: The Possessed | Liu & Takeda | 723 | 4.31 | 69 | 3.85 |
| Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way | North & Fenoglio | 297 | 4.59 | 46 | 4.42 |
| The Hunger and the Dusk: Vol 1 | Wilson & Wildgoose | 700 | 4.17 | 16 | 3.90 |
Much closer between the top two here, while Warp Your Own Way has the best reader ratings of any book in this post.
| Lodestar Award for Best YA Book | GR | LT | |||
| Heavenly Tyrant | Xiran Jay Zhao | 7,402 | 3.92 | 430 | 4.03 |
| So Let Them Burn | Kamilah Cole | 6,052 | 3.84 | 245 | 3.94 |
| The Maid and the Crocodile | Jordan Ifueko | 2,176 | 4.40 | 84 | 3.93 |
| Sheine Lende | Darcie Little Badger | 993 | 4.26 | 88 | 4.38 |
| Moonstorm | Yoon Ha Lee | 364 | 3.52 | 63 | 3.50 |
| The Feast Makers | H.A. Clarke | 371 | 4.40 | 20 | 4.38 |
A solid ownership lead for Heavenly Tyrant; The Feast Makers has the fewest readers, but they are enthusiastic!
I usually add Best Related Work here too, but only two of this year’s finalists are logged on GR/LT.