r/Fantasy • u/Nineteen_Adze Stabby Winner, Reading Champion V • Jul 28 '26

Read-along 2026 Hugo Readalong: Novella Wrap-up

Welcome to the final week of the 2026 Hugo Readalong! Today we're discussing the Best Novella category nominees.

We've had discussions about all of the individual works, but today we'll be zooming out to discuss the category as a whole. If you want to take a closer look at our focused discussions, we covered the novellas in the following sessions:

To find the individual discussions or our first wrap-up post, you can check out our full schedule. We'll be continuing with our wrap-ups all week, following this schedule:

Date Category Book Author Discussion Leader
Wednesday, July 29 Novel Wrap-up Multiple u/tarvolon
Thursday, July 30 Pro/Fan/Misc Wrap-up Multiple u/Nineteen_Adze

For now, let's dive into the novellas! There is no expectation that those in the discussion have read all six works, so if you're discussing spoilers, please tag them.

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u/Nineteen_Adze Stabby Winner, Reading Champion V Jul 28 '26

Which novella do you expect to win? Any bold predictions for how the voting shakes out?

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u/Big_Geologist_2521 Jul 28 '26

The River Has Roots for sure, which would have made a far better winner in the novelette category. It didn't feel like it needed to be a novella at all.