1961 Best Novel Hugo

The 1961 Best Novel Hugo was presented September 4 at Seacon. We do not have a record of the order of finish beyond first place.

Winner: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (J. B. Lippincott, 1959)

Runners-up:

• The High Crusade by Poul Anderson (Astounding Jul, Aug, Sep 1960)
• Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys (F&SF Dec 1960)
• Deathworld by Harry Harrison (Astounding Jan, Feb, Mar 1960)
• Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon (Pyramid, 1960)

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