By JJ: To assist Hugo nominators, listed below are the series believed to be eligible as of this writing for the 2018 Best Series Hugo next year *†.
Each series name is followed by the main author name(s) and the 2017-published work.
Feel free to add missing series and the name of the 2017-eligible work in the comments, and I will get them included in the main post.
I just ask that suggesters (1) first do a Find on author surname on this page, to check whether the series is already on the list, and (2) then make an effort to verify that a series does indeed have 3 volumes, that it has a 2017-published work, and that it has likely met the 240,000 word threshold; last year I spent a considerable amount of time trying to verify suggested series, only to discover that they had fewer than 3 volumes, or nothing published in the current year, or weren’t anything close to 240,000 words (e.g., children’s books). Self-published works may or may not be added to the list at my discretion.
Note that the 2017 Hugo Administrator ruled that nominations for a series and one of its subseries will not be combined. Therefore, when nominating a subseries work, think carefully under which series name it should be nominated. If the subseries does not yet meet the 3-volume, 240,000 threshold, then the main series name should be nominated. If the subseries does meet that threshold, then the subseries name should probably be nominated. This will ensure that another subseries in the same universe, or the main series itself, would still be eligible next year if this subseries is a finalist this year.
Note also that the 2017 Best Series Finalists were not technically finalists for the newly-established Hugo; they were finalists for a special one-time Hugo of the same name given by Worldcon 75. However, it is possible – perhaps even probable – that the Hugo Administrator may choose to rule them ineligible in 2018 according to the rules for the category, so bear that in mind when making your nominations.
- 1632 by Eric Flint and a cast of thousands, 1636: The Ottoman Onslaught, 1636: Mission to the Mughals
- Alex Verus by Benedict Jacka, Bound
- Aliens by Alan Dean Foster, Alien Covenant and Alien Covenant Origins
- American Craft by Tom Doyle, War and Craft
- Ancillaryverse by Ann Leckie, Provenance
- Anno Dracula by Kim Newman, One Thousand Monsters
- Aspect-Emperor by R. Scott Bakker, The Unholy Consult
- Bel Dame Apocrypha by Kameron Hurley, “The Crossroads at Jannah”, “Godspeaker”, “Paint It Red” (short stories on Patreon)
- Ben Gold by Rajan Khanna, Raining Fire
- Birthright / Dead Enders by Mike Resnick, The Castle in Cassiopeia
- Bobiverse by Dennis E. Taylor, All These Worlds
- Bone Street Rumba by Daniel José Older, Battle Hill Bolero
- Bone Universe by Fran Wilde, Horizon
- Books of the Realms by Peter F Hamilton, A Voyage Through Air
- Broken Earth by N. K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky
- Bryant & May by Christopher Fowler, Wild Chamber
- Burned Man by Peter McLean, Damnation
- Cainsville by Kelley Armstrong, Rituals
- Cassandra Palmer by Karen Chance, Ride the Storm
- Celaena / Throne of Glass by Sarah J Maas, Tower of Dawn
- Central Corps by Elizabeth Bonesteel, Breach of Containment
- Change by S.M Stirling, The Sea Peoples
- Chicagoland Vampires by Chloe Neil, Blade Bound
- Children Trilogy by Ben Peek, The Eternal Kingdom
- Chronicles of Lucifer Jones by Mike Resnick, Voyages
- Chronicles of St. Mary’s by Jodi Taylor, And the Rest is History and The Long and the Short of It
- Clan Chronicles / Reunification by Julie E. Czerneda, To Guard Against the Dark
- Confederation / Peacekeeper by Tanya Huff, A Peace Divided
- Corporation Wars by Ken MacLeod, Emergence
- Cosmere / Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer
- Court of Fives by Kate Elliott, Buried Heart
- Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin
- *Craft Sequence by Max Gladstone, The Ruin of Angels (possibly ineligible due to being a finalist in 2017)
- Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab, A Conjuring of Light
- DarkHaven by A. F. E. Smith, Windsinger
- Darkship Thieves by Sarah A. Hoyt, Darkship Revenge
- Demon Cycle by Peter V. Brett, The Core
- Destroyermen by Taylor Anderson, Devil’s Due
- Devils’s Engine by Alexander Gordon Smith, Hellwalkers
- Diamond City Magic by Diana Pharaoh Francis, Shades of Memory
- Dinosaur Lords by Victor Milán, The Dinosaur Prince
- Dire Earth by Jason M. Hough, Injection Burn and Escape Velocity
- Divine Cities by Robert Jackson Bennett, City of Miracles
- Diviners by Libba Bray, Before the Devil Breaks You
- Diving Universe by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, The Runabout (novella)
- Doctor Who by a cast of millions, The Pirate Planet by Douglas Adams and James Goss
- Dominion of the Fallen by Aliette de Bodard, The House of Binding Thorns and “Children of Thorns, Children of Water” (novelette) (2 novels and 1 novelette totalling more than 240,000 words)
- Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige, The End of Oz
- Dune by Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, “The Waters Of Kanly” (novelette)
- Electric Empire by Viola Carr, The Dastardly Miss Lizzie
- Elemental Assassin by Jennifer Estep, Snared
- Empire of Storms by Jon Skovron, Blood and Tempest
- Enderverse by Orson Scott Card, Children of the Fleet and Renegat (novella)
- Eternal Sky / Lotus Kingdoms by Elizabeth Bear, The Stone in the Skull
- *Expanse by James S.A. Corey, Persepolis Rising and Strange Dogs (novella) (possibly ineligible due to being a finalist in 2017)
- Extinction Cycle by Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction War
- Fever by Karen Marie Morning, Feversong
- Fitz and the Fool by Robin Hobb, Assassin’s Fate
- Forbidden Library by Django Wexler, The Fall of the Readers
- Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh, Convergence
- Frontlines by Marko Kloos, Fields of Fire
- Generations Trilogy by Scott Sigler, Alone
- Ghosts of Manhattan by George Mann, Ghosts of Empire
- Glass Thorns by Melanie Rawn, Playing to the Gods
- Golgotha by R.S. Belcher, The Queen of Swords
- Grand Tour: Star Quest Trilogy by Ben Bova, Survival
- Great Library by Rachel Caine, Ash and Quill
- Greatcoats by Sebastien de Castell, Tyrant’s Throne
- Green Rider by Kristen Britain, Firebrand
- Grudgebearer Trilogy by J. F. Lewis, Worldshaker
- Harmony Black by Craig Schaefer, Glass Predator
- Heartstrikers by Rachel Aaron, A Dragon of a Different Color
- Hesperian Trilogy by Alan Smale, Eagle and Empire
- Hidden Legacy by Ilona Andrews, Wildfire
- His Dark Materials / Book of Dust by Philip Pullman, La Belle Sauvage
- Honorverse by David Weber, “Our Sacred Honor” (novelette)
- Hot War by Harry Turtledove, Armistice
- Hunter by Mercedes Lackey, Apex
- Imager Portfolio by L. E. Modesitt Jr., Assassin’s Price
- In Death by J.D. Robb, Echoes in Death and Secrets in Death
- Incrementalists by Steven Brust and Skyler White, The Skill of Our Hands (check word count)
- InCryptid by Seanan McGuire, Magic for Nothing
- Indranan War by K. B. Wagers, Beyond The Empire
- Infernal Devices by K. W. Jeter, Grim Expectations
- Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman, The Lost Plot
- Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne, Staked
- Ishmael Jones by Simon R. Green, Death Shall Come and Into the Thinnest of Air
- Ixia / Sitia by Maria V. Snyder, Dawn Study
- James Asher by Barbara Hambly, Pale Guardian
- Jane Yellowrock by Faith Hunter, Cold Reign
- Jill Kismet by Lilith Saintcrow, “Kiss” (short story)
- Joe Ledger by Jonathan Maberry, Dogs of War
- John Cleaver by Dan Wells, Nothing Left to Lose
- Jurisdiction by Susan R. Matthews, Blood Enemies
- Keeper of Tales by Ronlyn Domingue, The Plague Diaries
- Keiko by Mike Brooks, Dark Sky, Dark Deeds
- Kencyrath by P.C. Hodgell, The Gates of Tagmeth
- Kitty Katt by Gini Koch, Alien Education and Aliens Abroad
- Kitty Norville by Carrie Vaughn, “Dead Men in Central City” and “Bellum Romanum” (short stories)
- Kylara Vatta / Vatta’s Peace by Elizabeth Moon, Cold Welcome and “All in a Day’s Work” (short story) (must be nominated under Kylara Vatta, because the Vatta’s Peace subseries does not yet qualify based on wordcount)
- Lady Trent by Marie Brennan, Within the Sanctuary of Wings
- Langdon St. Ives by James P. Blaylock, River’s Edge
- Laundry Files by Charles Stross, The Delirium Brief
- Legend of the Galactic Heroes by Yoshiki Tanaka and translated by Tyran Grillo, Vol. 4: Stratagem and Vol. 5: Mobilization
- Legion of the Damned by William C. Dietz, “The Good Shepherd” (short story)
- Liaden Universe by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, The Gathering Edge
- Lightless by C. A. Higgins, Radiate
- Lightship Chronicles by Dave Bara, Defiant and “Last Day Of Training” (short story)
- Lockwood & Co. by Jonathan Stroud, The Empty Grave
- Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, Beren and Lúthien
- Lost Fleet by Jack Campbell (John G. Hemry), Vanguard and “Shore Patrol” (short story)
- Machine Dynasties by Madeline Ashby, reV
- Magisterium by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare, The Silver Mask
- Maradaine by Marshall Ryan Maresca, The Holver Alley Crew
- Mass Effect by Jason M. Hough and K. C. Alexander (Karina Cooper), Nexus Uprising
- Merchant Princes by Charles Stross, Empire Games
- Mercy Thompson by Patricia Briggs, Silence Fallen
- Memory, Sorrow & Thorn by Tad Williams, The Heart of What Was Lost
- Micah Grey by Laura Lam, Masquerade
- Millennium’s Rule by Trudi Canavan, Successor’s Promise
- Miriam Black by Chuck Wendig, Thunderbird
- Monster Hunter by Larry Correia, Monster Hunter Siege
- *October Daye by Seanan McGuire, The Brightest Fell and Of Things Unknown (novella) (possibly ineligible due to being a finalist in 2017)
- Olympus Bound by Jordanna Max Brodsky, Winter of the Gods and Olympus Bound
- One Second After by William R. Forstchen, The Final Day
- Others by Anne Bishop, Etched in Bone
- Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, Seven Stones to Stand or Fall (collection)
- Oversight Trilogy by Charlie Fletcher, The Remnant
- Owl by Kristi Charish, Owl and the Electric Samurai
- Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger, Romancing the Werewolf (novella)
- Percy Jackson / Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan, The Ship of the Dead
- Percy Jackson / The Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan, The Dark Prophecy (only book 2 of the subseries, so must be nominated as Percy Jackson)
- Perry Rhodan by a cast of billions, Terminus
- Pip and Flinx by Alan Dean Foster, Strange Music
- Plague Times by Louise Welsh, No Dominion
- Polity by Neal Asher, Infinity Engine
- Powder Mage / Gods of Blood and Powder by Brian McClellan, Sins of Empire (must be nominated under Powder Mage, because the Gods of Blood and Powder subseries does not yet qualify based on wordcount)
- Prospero’s War by Jaye Wells, Fire Water
- Psalms of Isaak by Ken Scholes, Hymn
- Psi-Tech by Jacey Bedford, Nimbus
- Queen of the Dead by Michelle Sagara West, Grave
- Queen’s Thief by Megan Whalen Turner, Thick as Thieves
- Rachel Morgan / The Hollows by Kim Harrison, The Turn
- Raksura by Martha Wells, The Harbors of the Sun
- Reckoners by Doranna Durgin, Reckoner Redeemed
- Recluce by L. E. Modesitt Jr., The Mongrel Mage and Recluce Tales (collection)
- Recoletta by Carrie Patel, The Song of the Dead
- Red Series by Linda Nagata, “Region Five” (short story)
- Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds, “Night Passage” (novelette)
- *Rivers of London / Peter Grant by Ben Aaronovitch, The Furthest Station (novella) (possibly ineligible due to being a finalist in 2017)
- Riverside / Tremontaine by Ellen Kushner and gang, Tremontaine Season #3
- Roads to Moscow by David Wingrove, The Master of Time
- Roboteer by Alex Lamb, Exodus
- San Angeles by Gerald Brandt, The Rebel
- Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey, The Kill Society
- Scorched Continent by Megan E. O’Keefe, Inherit the Flame
- Secret Histories by Simon R. Green, Moonbreaker
- Seraphim by David Dalglish, Shadow Born
- Seriously Wicked by Tina Connolly, Seriously Hexed
- Shadow by Lila Bowen, Malice of Crows
- Shadow Ops by Myke Cole, Siege Line
- Shannara by Terry Brooks, The Black Elfstone
- Shards of Heaven by Michael Livingston, The Realms of God
- Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi, Tool of War
- Silence by D. Nolan Clark, Forbidden Suns
- Sin du Jour by Matt Wallace, Idle Ingredients and Greedy Pigs and Gluttony Bay (novellas) (series contains 6 novellas and 1 novelette, and may or may not meet the word count requirement)
- Skolian Empire / Major Bhaajan by Catherine Asaro, The Bronze Skies, “The Wages of Honor” (novelette) (must be nominated under Skolian Empire, because the Major Bhaajan subseries does not yet qualify based on wordcount)
- Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy, Resurrection
- Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin, The Sons of the Dragon (novella)
- Song of Shattered Sands by Bradley P. Beaulieu, With Blood Upon the Sand
- Souls of Fire by Keri Arthur, Ashes Reborn
- Soulwood by Faith Hunter, Flame in the Dark
- Spectra Files by Douglas Wynne, Cthulhu Blues
- Spellcrackers.com by Suzanne McLeod, The Hidden Rune of Iron
- Spiral Wars by Joel Shepherd, Defiance
- Split Worlds by Emma Newman, All Good Things
- Star Carrier by Ian Douglas, Dark Mind
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: by David R. George III, The Long Mirage; by Una McCormack, Enigma Tales
- Star Trek: Enterprise: Rise of the Federation by Christopher L. Bennett, Patterns of Interference
- Star Trek: The Next Generation by Dayton Ward, Headlong Flight and Hearts and Minds
- Star Trek: The Next Generation: Titan by David Mack and others, Fortune of War
- Star Trek: The Original Series by Christopher L. Bennett, The Face of the Unknown
- Star Trek: Section 31 by David Mack, Control
- Star Wars by Beth Revis, Rogue One: Rebel Rising; by Christie Golden, Inferno Squad; by various, From a Certain Point of View (anthology)
- Star Wars: Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Delilah S. Dawson, Phasma; by Claudia Gray, Leia, Princess of Alderaan; by Ken Liu, The Legends of Luke Skywalker
- Star Wars: Thrawn by Timothy Zahn, Thrawn
- Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig, Empire’s End
- Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind, Death’s Mistress
- Tales of the 22nd Century / Caine Riordan by Charles E. Gannon, Caine’s Mutiny, Taste of Ashes (novella)
- Task Force Ombra by Weston Ochse, Grunt Hero
- Tau Ceti Agenda by Travis S. Taylor, Kill Before Dying
- *Temeraire by Naomi Novik, Golden Age and Other Stories (collection of Temeraire stories) (possibly ineligible due to being a finalist in 2017)
- Terra Ignota by Ada Palmer, The Will to Battle
- Theirs Not To Reason Why by Jean Johnson, “How To Be A Barbarian in the Late 25th Century” (short story)
- Traitor Son Cycle by Miles Cameron, The Fall of Dragons
- Transcendental Machine by James E. Gunn, Transformation
- Tufa by Alex Bledsoe, Gather Her Round
- Twenty-Sided Sorceress by Annie Bellett, Dungeon Crawl
- Vagrant by Peter Newman, The Seven
- View from the Imperium by Jody Lynn Nye, “Imperium Imposter” (short story)
- Virtues of War by Bennett R. Coles, March of War and “Twenty Excellent Reasons” (short story)
- Vlad Taltos by Steven Brust, Vallista
- Wars of Light and Shadow by Janny Wurts, Destiny’s Conflict
- White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland, White Trash Zombie Unchained
- Wild Cards by George R.R. Martin and a cast of thousands, Mississippi Roll by George R.R. Martin, “The Atonement Tango” by Stephen Leigh (novelette) and “When the Devil Drives” by Melinda Snodgrass (novelette)
- Witcher Saga by Andrzej Sapkowski, Lady of the Lake
- Wode by J. Tullos Hennig, Summerwode
- World of the Five Gods / Penric and Desdemona by Lois McMaster Bujold, Mira’s Last Dance and Penric’s Fox (novellas)
- Worldbreaker Saga by Kameron Hurley, The Broken Heavens
- Xanth by Piers Anthony, Ghost Writer in the Sky
- Xeelee Sequence by Stephen Baxter, Xeelee: Vengeance
- Xuya Universe by Aliette de Bodard, “First Presentation” (short story) (series consists of 24 short fiction works, including 2 novellas; author has verifed that it meets the word count)
- Yelena Zaltana by Maria V. Snyder, Dawn Study
- Young Wizards by Diane Duane, Interim Errantry: On Ordeal (collection)
* no warranties are made about series eligibility (or lack thereof) based on word count
† no warranties are made about the presumed quality (or lack thereof) of listed series
Updated 9/9/2017: 13 entries added. // 9/14/2017: Additions and corrections. // 10/25/2017: Additions and corrections. // 11/27/17: Additions and corrections.
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Andrew M:
Scott Lynch said in an interview during Worldcon that he hopes to finish up and turn in The Thorn of Emberlain in a couple months. If so, we should hear something about publication plans after that.
http://gentlemenbastards.com/scot-lynch-talks-about-the-thorn-of-emberlain-writing-world-building-and-more/
Looking at the Best Series longlist for last year, the following series also have an eligible work this year:
The Laundry Files by Charles Stross
Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh
World of the Five Gods by Lois McMaster Bujold
This one doesn’t have an eligible work this year, but the main Cosmere series does:
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
These don’t have an eligible work this year (as far as I’m aware):
Remembrance of Earth’s Past by Cixin Liu
Thessaly by Jo Walton
Newsflesh by Mira Grant
Young Wizards by Diane Duane
Fairyland by Catherynne Valente
JJ – Diane Duane did self-publish a book of three novellas in the YW series. I can’t find it on Amazon, but here’s the link to her website where she is selling it. It’s called Interim Errantry: On Ordeal.
http://www.dianeduane.com/interim-errantry-2-on-ordeal
I’m also going to put in a word for a fellow Wash U alum:
Ancillaryverse, by Ann Leckie (Provenance, Sep 2017)
Is “Ancillaryverse” official? If not then I’d like to put in a bid for Radchalaxy 🙂
There are some short stories in the setting as well.
Small point of order. R.S. Belcher’s series is called the Golgotha series, not the Six Gun Tarot series. Golgotha is the town where most of the going-on’s originate from.
I think the official title is “Imperial Radch series” based on the banner of Ann Leckie’s website, although I like both Ancillaryverse and Radchalaxy…
@Andrew M
I do, but there’s, well, a lot of popular series out there. 🙂 And I’d rather spend most of my time on the categories I care about more, like Novel, the short fiction categories, Related Work, etc.
I’m not sure how many popular series there are which are actually likely Hugo finalists. Certainly if they come up with six new long series every year, we are stuck. But I think what is more likely to happen is either:
a. There are a few series which keep coming back at two- or three-yearly intervals, in the manner of Doctor Who, Saga etc., though not quite as fast,
or
b. (preferably), when the crowd of long series with large bodies of fans has thinned out a bit, we begin to see more trilogies (or tetralogies), which are easier to follow as they appear.
@Andrew M
The thing is, people keep writing new very long series that get gradually more popular over time. 🙂 Or updating old ones.
(I’m trying to be the change I want to see in the world and ferret out trilogies that I want to nominate, because the last thing I want to see is another shortlist like the last one, worthy finalists though they were.)
My intention is to prioritise series which have reached some sort of completion point – not necessarily finished but at least at an internal arc point – and I think that will cause a natural trend towards shorter series.
I also don’t intend to repeat any of last year’s finalists, whether or not we get a ruling on their eligibility, until they’ve had another couple of books added.
Powder Mage Series, most recent book was Sins of Empire released in March, 2017.
Jonathan Stroud’s Lockwood & Co. ought to be eligible – the fifth and final book comes out this month.
Mark: I also don’t intend to repeat any of last year’s finalists, whether or not we get a ruling on their eligibility, until they’ve had another couple of books added.
The Hugo Administrator, as far as I’m aware, has always declined to rule on eligibility of anything unless, and until, it garners enough nominations to make the final ballot — so I don’t think we are going to get any guidance on that beforehand.
However, I will not be nominating any of last year’s finalists this year, either. There are still more than 6 other series on the eligibility list I think worthy.
Divine Cities by Robert Jackson Bennett
Diving Universe by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Skolian Empire by Catherine Asaro
Kylara Vatta by Elizabeth Moon
Kencyrath by P.C. Hodgell
Split Worlds by Emma Newman
Laundry Files by Charles Stross
Xuya Universe by Aliette de Bodard
And even though these are only trilogies so far, I have gotten a huge amount of enjoyment out of them:
Indranan War by K. B. Wagers
Central Corps by Elizabeth Bonesteel
Of the ones I’ve read so far and not on last year’s list, I say Fitz, Terra Ignota, and Vlad Taltos ftw! 🙂
That’s one problem for me this year — I haven’t read nearly as many of the likely nominees this year as I had last year. Lots of reading to do!
@ Mark @ Meredith It’s a bit tricky – Ann Leckie’s blog post of June 13th indicates that it is not set in Radch space and does not share any characters but says it is in the same universe and calls that universe “Ancillaryverse.” Most other sources list the three Ancillary novels as the “Imperial Radch series” and don’t mention Provenance. I feel safest deferring to the author.
I think the Riverside series, (Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman et al.) would be eligible, for Tremontaine – the manner of its publication is rather confusing, but some new material definitely seems to be appearing this year.
Lilith Saintcrow’s Cormorant Run is not part of her Bannon and Clare series, which doesn’t have a 2017 installment as far as I can make out.
Mike has now posted an updated list for me.
In addition, these series have been included on the list:
Souls of Fire by Keri Arthur, Ashes Reborn
Star Trek: Enterprise: Rise of the Federation by Christopher L. Bennett, Patterns of Interference
Star Trek: The Original Series by Christopher L. Bennett, The Face of the Unknown
Star Wars: Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Delilah S. Dawson, Phasma; by Claudia Gray, Leia, Princess of Alderaan; by Ken Liu, The Legends of Luke Skywalker
White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland, White Trash Zombie Unchained
I’m not sure whether Tremontaine is up to the word count threshold yet. I will try sending Kushner an e-mail.
Tremontaine is part of the Riverside series, which already has three full-size novels. (Compare World of the Five Gods.)
Ticky
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Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy, Resurrection.
What else is there in the YA/children’s fields?
Sarah Maas is already on the list twice.
I feel there must be something by Rick Riordan. I’m not sure if his current series, Magnus Chase, has enough words yet, but all his series are set within one universe; also his earlier series, Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus, are represented – perhaps, not sure of the rules on this – by graphic novels.
Also eligible this year:
Micah Grey by Laura Lam, Masquerade
Mike has now updated this post for additions of series and books, including everything in the comments through October 17.
New Series in the list are:
Ghosts of Manhattan by George Mann, Ghosts of Empire
Grand Tour: Star Quest Trilogy by Ben Bova, Survival
Micah Grey by Laura Lam, Masquerade
Percy Jackson / Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard by Rick Riordan, The Ship of the Dead
Percy Jackson / The Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan, The Dark Prophecy (only book 2 of the subseries, so must be nominated as Percy Jackson)
Psalms of Isaak by Ken Scholes, Hymn
Psi-Tech by Jacey Bedford, Nimbus
Riverside / Tremontaine by Ellen Kushner and gang, Tremontaine Season #3
San Angeles by Gerald Brandt, The Rebel
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy, Resurrection
Soulwood by Faith Hunter, Flame in the Dark
Spectra Files by Douglas Wynne, Cthulhu Blues
Spiral Wars by Joel Shepherd, Defiance
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Titan by David Mack and others, Fortune of War
You’ve got Simon R. Green’s Secret Histories series, but you’ve missed his Ishmael Jones Mysteries, which has two books out this year, Death Shall Come and Into the Thinnest of Air.
The Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger is eligible this year for Best Series.
Qualifying work “Romancing the Werewolf” by Gail Carriger.
It is a novella and was published in 2017, and I loved it. Highly recommended to fans of the series.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31287528-romancing-the-werewolf
At my request, Mike has now updated this post for additions of series and books, including everything in the comments through November7.
Series which have now been added to the list are:
Devils’s Engine by Alexander Gordon Smith, Hellwalkers
Dune by Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, “The Waters Of Kanly” (novelette)
Extinction Cycle by Nicholas Sansbury Smith, Extinction War
Honorverse by David Weber, “Our Sacred Honor” (novelette)
Ishmael Jones by Simon R. Green, Death Shall Come and Into the Thinnest of Air
Legion of the Damned by William C. Dietz, “The Good Shepherd” (short story)
Lightship Chronicles by Dave Bara, Defiant and “Last Day Of Training” (short story)
Parasol Protectorate by Gail Carriger, Romancing the Werewolf (novella)
Red Series by Linda Nagata, “Region Five” (short story)
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds, “Night Passage” (novelette)
Seriously Wicked by Tina Connolly, Seriously Hexed
Shards of Heaven by Michael Livingston, The Realms of God
Theirs Not To Reason Why by Jean Johnson, “How To Be A Barbarian in the Late 25th Century” (short story)
View from the Imperium by Jody Lynn Nye, “Imperium Imposter” (short story)
Virtues of War by Bennett R. Coles, March of War and “Twenty Excellent Reasons” (short story)
I don’t see Django Wexler’s The Forbidden Library series on this list yet … the final book just came out on December 5. (Qualifying work: The Fall of the Readers.)
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Charles Stross requested (on his blog) that people do not nominate his series (Laundry Files and Merchant Princes) this year.
The Doctor Who novelisations are surely eligible; Doctor Who: the Pirate Planet, by Douglas Adams and James Goss, was published in 2017.
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Shouldn’t Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher be eligible, since British edition of Lady of the Lake come out in 2017?
@Lfex
It wouldn’t necessarily matter when the UK date was, but since it’s the first English translation and was released in the USA in 2017 as well it should be eligible.
Note that Nicholas Whyte has published a list of eligible series for the 1943 Retro Hugos:
Best Series Hugo: Eligible Series from 1942
ticky
American Craft series by Tom Doyle War and Craft
Mike has made a final update to the list for me, with these additions:
American Craft by Tom Doyle, War and Craft
Diamond City Magic by Diana Pharaoh Francis, Shades of Memory
Doctor Who by a cast of millions, The Pirate Planet, by Douglas Adams and James Goss
Forbidden Library by Django Wexler, The Fall of the Readers
Witcher Saga by Andrzej Sapkowski, Lady of the Lake
As it’s only a few hours to go and I’m finalising my ballot, I’d like to sign off with thanks to JJ for the serious hard work put into this listing.
Motion seconded
Chair calls for a serpentine!
<standing enthusiastically in support>
Fifth-thed! Thank you, JJ!
Second fifthed! Thanks, JJ! Now I know all the series I need to catch up with. 🙂
You are all most welcome!
And now, since you are all feeling great relief at having your Hugo nominations completed for another year, I just wanted to point out that
The 2018 Eligible Best Series list is already up to 68 series.
MWAHAHAHAHAHA
Seriously, y’all, go put your feet up and have a drink or a lap cat. You’ve got at least a couple of days before you have to start worrying about next year’s nominations. 😉
@JJ:
AAAAAAAAAAAA!!
68? 😮 Wow!
Looking forward to the next list, because I’ll be trawling for interesting trilogies finishing this year to try.
Mark: Looking forward to the next list, because I’ll be trawling for interesting trilogies finishing this year to try.
I probably won’t have Mike post it until after the Hugo Awards at the end of August, because it’s much easier for me to just keep updating it all year long and then send Mike a fairly complete list, than it is for me to keep going through the comments, compiling a list of updates, and having Mike make changes. Last year it was originally posted with around 165 entries, with another ~50 added in subsequent updates.
But I can e-mail you the list as I’ve got it so far, if you wish.