As a big fan of science fiction, I am currently attempting to read every novel that has won the Hugo Award for Best Novel since their inception in 1953. Novels marked with an asterisk I have already read. Novels marked with an exclamation point I started to read but just couldn't finish (usually because they stunk IMO). Novel titles colored in yellow are my favorite Hugo winners, and certainly worth reading.
Just finished reading Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke. I was underwhelmed.
* 1953 The Demolished Man...............................Alfred Bester
1954 NO AWARD GIVEN
* 1955 They'd Rather Be Right...........................Mark Clifton and Frank Riley
(currently sold under title of "The Forever Machine")
* 1956 Double Star..................................... Robert A. Heinlein
1957 NO AWARD GIVEN
* 1958 The Big Time.....................................Fritz Leiber
* 1959 A Case of Conscience.............................James Blish
* 1960 Starship Troopers................................Robert A. Heinlein
* 1961 A Canticle for Leibowitz.........................Walter M. Miller, Jr.
* 1962 Stranger in a Strange Land.......................Robert A. Heinlein
1963 The Man in the High Castle.......................Philip K. Dick
* 1964 Way Station......................................Clifford Simak
1965 The Wanderer.....................................Fritz Leiber
* 1966 ...And Call Me Conrad (This Immortal)............Roger Zelazny (tie)
* Dune.............................................Frank Herbert (tie)
* 1967 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.....................Robert A. Heinlein
1968 Lord of Light....................................Roger Zelazny
! 1969 Stand on Zanzibar................................John Brunner
1970 The Left Hand of Darkness........................Ursula K. Le Guin
* 1971 Ringworld........................................Larry Niven
* 1972 To Your Scattered Bodies Go......................Philip Jose Farmer
* 1973 The Gods Themselves..............................Isaac Asimov
* 1974 Rendezvous With Rama.............................Arthur C. Clarke
* 1975 The Dispossessed.................................Ursula K. Le Guin
* 1976 The Forever War..................................Joe Haldeman
* 1977 Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang..................Kate Wilhelm
* 1978 Gateway..........................................Frederik Pohl
* 1979 Dreamsnake.......................................Vonda McIntyre
* 1980 The Fountains of Paradise........................Arthur C. Clarke
* 1981 The Snow Queen...................................Joan Vinge
! 1982 Downbelow Station................................C.J. Cherryh
* 1983 Foundation's Edge................................Isaac Asimov
* 1984 Startide Rising..................................David Brin
* 1985 Neuromancer......................................William Gibson
* 1986 Ender's Game.....................................Orson Scott Card
* 1987 Speaker For the Dead.............................Orson Scott Card
* 1988 The Uplift War...................................David Brin
! 1989 Cyteen...........................................C.J. Cherryh
1990 Hyperion.........................................Dan Simmons
* 1991 The Vor Game.....................................Lois McMaster Bujold
1992 Barrayar.........................................Lois McMaster Bujold
1993 A Fire Upon the Deep.............................Vernor Vinge (tie)
Doomsday Book....................................Connie Willis (tie)
* 1994 Green Mars.......................................Kim Stanley Robinson
1995 Mirror Dance.....................................Lois McMaster Bujold
1996 The Diamond Age..................................Neal Stephenson
* 1997 Blue Mars........................................Kim Stanley Robinson
* 1998 Forever Peace....................................Joe Haldeman
* 1999 To Say Nothing of the Dog........................Connie Willis
2000 A Deepness in the Sky............................Vernor Vinge
* 2001 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire..............J.K. Rowling
* 2002 American Gods....................................Neil Gaiman
2003 Hominids.........................................Robert J. Sawyer
2004 Paladin of Souls.................................Lois McMaster Bujold
* 2005 Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell..................Susanna Clarke
2006 Spin.............................................Robert Charles Wilson