Hugo Award for Best Related Work
The Hugo Award for Best Related Work is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for primarily non-fiction works related to science fiction or fantasy, published or translated into English during the previous calendar year. The Hugo Awards have been described as "a fine showcase for speculative fiction" and "the best known literary award for science fiction writing".
It was originally titled the Hugo Award for Best Non-Fiction Book and was first awarded in 1980. In 1999 the Award was retitled to the Hugo Award for Best Related Book, and eligibility was officially expanded to fiction works that were primarily noteworthy for reasons besides their fictional aspects. In 2010, the title of the award was again changed, to the Hugo Award for Best Related Work. In addition to the regular Hugo awards, beginning in 1996 Retrospective Hugo Awards, or "Retro Hugos", have been available to be awarded for years 50, 75, or 100 years prior in which no awards were given. The Retro Best Related Work Hugo was awarded for 1954, 50 years later, but had not been awarded for any other year due to insufficient nominations, eventually reappearing in 2020 for 1945.
During the 43 nomination years, 214 authors or artists and 1 organization have had works nominated; 52 authors and 1 organization have won, including co-authors and Retro Hugos. John Clute has won four times; once by himself, once with John Grant as a co-author, once with Peter Nicholls, and once with Nicholls, David Langford, and Graham Sleight. Nicholls has won a third time, and Grant has won a second time, sharing the award with his co-authors Elizabeth L. Humphrey and Pamela D. Scoville. Thomas Disch and Ursula K. Le Guin have also won twice, both without co-authors; no other author has won more than once. The Organization for Transformative Works was the organization that won, for its Archive of Our Own fanwork repository. Cathy and Arnie Fenner have been nominated eight times for their work on the Spectrum: The Best In Contemporary Fantastic Art series, both the most number of nominations received by any author and the most number of nominations without winning. Clute has been nominated seven times and Farah Mendlesohn seven times with one win; Le Guin five times with two wins; Isaac Asimov and Langford four times with one win; and Mike Resnick four times with no wins. The Writing Excuses team, consisting of Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Howard Tayler, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Jordan Sanderson, have been nominated four times and won once. Seven other authors have been nominated three times. Many of these writers, editors and artists have won Hugos in other categories, from Fan Writer to Best Novel.
Selection
Hugo Award nominees and winners are chosen by supporting or attending members of the annual non-profit World Science Fiction Convention, or Worldcon, and the presentation evening constitutes its central event. The selection process is defined in the World Science Fiction Society Constitution as instant-runoff voting with six nominees, except in the case of a tie. The works on the ballot are the six most-nominated by members that year, with no limit on the number of works that can be nominated. Initial nominations are made by members in January through March, while voting on the ballot of six nominations is performed roughly in April through July, subject to change depending on when that year's Worldcon is held. Prior to 2017, the final ballot was five works; it was changed that year to six, with each initial nominator limited to five nominations. Worldcons are generally held near the start of September, and are held in a different city around the world each year. Members are permitted to vote "no award", if they feel that none of the nominees is deserving of the award that year, and in the case that "no award" takes the majority the Hugo is not given in that category. This happened in the Best Related Work category in 2015 and 2016.Winners and nominees
In the following table, the years correspond to the date of the ceremony, rather than when the work was first published. Each date links to the "year in literature" article corresponding with when the work was eligible. Entries with a blue background and an asterisk next to the author's name have won the award; those with a white background are the nominees on the short-list.* Winners and joint winners
+ No winner selected
| Year | Author | Work | Publisher or publication | Ref. |
| 1980 | * | Doubleday | ||
| 1980 | In Memory Yet Green | Doubleday | ||
| 1980 | Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials | Workman Publishing Company | ||
| 1980 | Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials | Workman Publishing Company | ||
| 1980 | Wonderworks | |||
| 1980 | Putnam Publishing Group | |||
| 1980 | Putnam Publishing Group | |||
| 1981 | * | Cosmos | Random House | |
| 1981 | In Joy Still Felt | Doubleday | ||
| 1981 | Dream Makers | Berkley Books | ||
| 1981 | Di Fate's Catalog of Science Fiction Hardware | Workman Publishing Company | ||
| 1981 | Di Fate's Catalog of Science Fiction Hardware | Workman Publishing Company | ||
| 1981 | Warhoon 28 | Richard Bergeron | ||
| 1982 | * | Danse Macabre | Everest Publishing | |
| 1982 | Ballantine Books | |||
| 1982 | Ballantine Books | |||
| 1982 | Ballantine Books | |||
| 1982 | Workman Publishing Company | |||
| 1982 | Workman Publishing Company | |||
| 1982 | ' | Macmillan Publishers | ||
| 1982 | Anatomy of Wonder, 2nd Edition | R.R. Bowker | ||
| 1983 | * | ' | Oxford University Press | |
| 1983 | Alfred A. Knopf | |||
| 1983 | Alfred A. Knopf | |||
| 1983 | Avon Publications | |||
| 1983 | Avon Publications | |||
| 1983 | Avon Publications | |||
| 1983 | Doubleday | |||
| 1983 | Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King | Underwood-Miller | ||
| 1983 | Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King | Underwood-Miller | ||
| 1984 | * | Advent | ||
| 1984 | Bantam Books | |||
| 1984 | Dream Makers, Volume II | Berkley Books | ||
| 1984 | ' | |||
| 1984 | Pocket Books | |||
| 1985 | * | ' | Bluejay Books | |
| 1985 | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | |||
| 1985 | Sleepless Nights in the Procrustean Bed | Borgo Press | ||
| 1985 | In the Heart or in the Head: An Essay in Time Travel | Analog Science Fact & Fiction | ||
| 1985 | Berkley Putnam | |||
| 1986 | * | Science Made Stupid | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | |
| 1986 | AC Projects | |||
| 1986 | AC Projects | |||
| 1986 | AC Projects | |||
| 1986 | ||||
| 1986 | Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf | Southern Illinois University Press | ||
| 1986 | Serconia Press | |||
| 1986 | Faces of Fear: Encounters with the Creators of Modern Horror | Berkley Books | ||
| 1987 | * | Trillion Year Spree | Victor Gollancz Ltd | |
| 1987 | * | Trillion Year Spree | Victor Gollancz Ltd | |
| 1987 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | DC Comics | ||
| 1987 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | DC Comics | ||
| 1987 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns | DC Comics | ||
| 1987 | Industrial Light and Magic | Del Rey Books | ||
| 1987 | Science Fiction In Print: 1985 | Locus Press | ||
| 1987 | Science Fiction In Print: 1985 | Locus Press | ||
| 1987 | ' | Arbor House | ||
| 1988 | * | Michael Whelan's Works of Wonder | Del Rey Books | |
| 1988 | Imagination: The Art & Technique of David A. Cherry | Starblaze Graphics | ||
| 1988 | Crown Publishing Group | |||
| 1988 | Anatomy of Wonder, 3rd Edition | R.R. Bowker | ||
| 1988 | Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1986 | Locus Press | ||
| 1988 | Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1986 | Locus Press | ||
| 1989 | * | Arbor House | ||
| 1989 | First Maitz | Ursus Publishing | ||
| 1989 | Viking Press | |||
| 1989 | Greenwood Publishing Group | |||
| 1989 | Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1987 | Locus Press | ||
| 1989 | Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror: 1987 | Locus Press | ||
| 1990 | * | J. P. Tarcher | ||
| 1990 | * | J. P. Tarcher | ||
| 1990 | Grumbles from the Grave | Del Rey Books | ||
| 1990 | Dancing at the Edge of the World | Grove Press | ||
| 1990 | Astounding Days | Victor Gollancz Ltd | ||
| 1990 | Harlan Ellison's Watching | Underwood-Miller | ||
| 1990 | Noreascon 3 Souvenir Book | Massachusetts Convention Fandom, Inc | ||
| 1991 | * | How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy | Writer's Digest | |
| 1991 | Science Fiction in the Real World | Southern Illinois University Press | ||
| 1991 | Science Fiction Writers of America Handbook | Writer's Notebook Press | ||
| 1991 | Science Fiction Writers of America Handbook | Writer's Notebook Press | ||
| 1991 | Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith's | Hodder & Stoughton | ||
| 1991 | Hollywood Gothic | W. W. Norton & Company | ||
| 1992 | * | Alfred A. Knopf | ||
| 1992 | Science-Fiction: The Early Years | Kent State University Press | ||
| 1992 | Mirage Press | |||
| 1992 | Mirage Press | |||
| 1992 | 3 | |||
| 1992 | Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden | Underwood-Miller | ||
| 1993 | * | SCIFI Press | ||
| 1993 | Let's Hear It for the Deaf Man | NESFA Press | ||
| 1993 | Virgil Finlay's Women of the Ages | Underwood-Miller | ||
| 1993 | Lark Books | |||
| 1993 | Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth | University of Pennsylvania Press | ||
| 1993 | Monad Number Two | Pulphouse Publishing | ||
| 1994 | * | Orbit Books | ||
| 1994 | * | Orbit Books | ||
| 1994 | Bantam Spectra | |||
| 1994 | Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography | Tor Books | ||
| 1994 | Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art | Tundra Books | ||
| 1994 | PITFCS: Proceedings of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies | Advent | ||
| 1995 | * | I. Asimov: A Memoir | Doubleday | |
| 1995 | Fantagraphics Books | |||
| 1995 | Silent Interviews: On Language, Race, Sex, Science Fiction, and Some Comics | University Press of New England | ||
| 1995 | Making Book | NESFA Press | ||
| 1995 | Underwood Books | |||
| 1995 | Underwood Books | |||
| 1996 | * | ' | Dorling Kindersley | |
| 1996 | Yours, Isaac Asimov | Doubleday | ||
| 1996 | Alien Horizons: The Fantastic Art of Bob Eggleton | Paper Tiger Books | ||
| 1996 | Underwood Books | |||
| 1996 | Underwood Books | |||
| 1996 | To Write Like a Woman: Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction | Indiana University Press | ||
| 1997 | * | ' | Donald M. Grant | |
| 1997 | Vista Books | |||
| 1997 | Look at the Evidence | Serconia Press | ||
| 1997 | NESFA Press | |||
| 1997 | Tor Books | |||
| 1998 | * | Orbit Books | ||
| 1998 | * | Orbit Books | ||
| 1998 | Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art | Penguin Studio | ||
| 1998 | Space Travel | Writer's Digest Books | ||
| 1998 | Space Travel | Writer's Digest Books | ||
| 1998 | Reflections and Refractions: Thoughts on Science-Fiction, Science and Other Matters | Underwood Books | ||
| 1998 | Underwood Books | |||
| 1998 | Underwood Books | |||
| 1998 | Underwood Books | |||
| 1999 | * | Free Press | ||
| 1999 | NESFA Press | |||
| 1999 | Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years | Kent State University Press | ||
| 1999 | Advent | |||
| 1999 | Underwood Books | |||
| 1999 | Underwood Books | |||
| 2000 | * | Science Fiction of the 20th Century | Collector's Press | |
| 2000 | Vertigo | |||
| 2000 | Vertigo | |||
| 2000 | Ebury Publishing | |||
| 2000 | Ebury Publishing | |||
| 2000 | Ebury Publishing | |||
| 2000 | Underwood Books | |||
| 2000 | Underwood Books | |||
| 2000 | Minicon 34 Restaurant Guide | Rune Press | ||
| 2000 | Minicon 34 Restaurant Guide | Rune Press | ||
| 2001 | * | ' | Paper Tiger Books | |
| 2001 | * | ' | Paper Tiger Books | |
| 2001 | Robert A. Heinlein: A Reader's Companion | Nitrosyncretic Press | ||
| 2001 | Concordance to Cordwainer Smith, Third Edition | NESFA Press | ||
| 2001 | Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature | Science Fiction Foundation | ||
| 2001 | Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature | Science Fiction Foundation | ||
| 2001 | Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature | Science Fiction Foundation | ||
| 2001 | Putting It Together: Turning Sow's Ear Drafts Into Silk Purse Stories | Wildside Press | ||
| 2002 | * | Paper Tiger Books | ||
| 2002 | * | Paper Tiger Books | ||
| 2002 | * | Paper Tiger Books | ||
| 2002 | Being Gardner Dozois | Old Earth Books | ||
| 2002 | ' | HarperCollins | ||
| 2002 | Meditations on Middle-earth | St. Martin's Press | ||
| 2002 | Paper Tiger Books | |||
| 2002 | Paper Tiger Books | |||
| 2002 | I Have This Nifty Idea...Now What Do I Do With It? | Wildside Press | ||
| 2003 | * | ' | Between the Lines | |
| 2003 | * | ' | Between the Lines | |
| 2003 | Ray Bradbury: An Illustrated Life | William Morrow and Company | ||
| 2003 | Dragonhenge | Paper Tiger Books | ||
| 2003 | Dragonhenge | Paper Tiger Books | ||
| 2003 | Underwood Books | |||
| 2003 | Underwood Books | |||
| 2003 | Wesleyan University Press | |||
| 2004 | * | Artist's and Photographer's Press | ||
| 2004 | * | Artist's and Photographer's Press | ||
| 2004 | * | Artist's and Photographer's Press | ||
| 2004 | Night Shade Books | |||
| 2004 | Night Shade Books | |||
| 2004 | Spectrum 10: The Best in Fantastic Contemporary Art | Underwood Books | ||
| 2004 | Spectrum 10: The Best in Fantastic Contemporary Art | Underwood Books | ||
| 2004 | Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert | Tor Books | ||
| 2004 | Scores: Reviews 1993–2003 | Beccon Publications | ||
| 2004 | Master Storyteller: An Illustrated Tour of the Fiction of L. Ron Hubbard | Galaxy Press | ||
| 2005 | * | Cambridge University Press | ||
| 2005 | * | Cambridge University Press | ||
| 2005 | With Stars in My Eyes: My Adventures in British Fandom | NESFA Press | ||
| 2005 | Futures: 50 Years in Space: The Challenge of the Stars | Artists' and Photographers' Press | ||
| 2005 | Futures: 50 Years in Space: The Challenge of the Stars | Artists' and Photographers' Press | ||
| 2005 | Dancing Naked: The Unexpurgated William Tenn, Volume 3 | NESFA Press | ||
| 2005 | Tachyon Publications | |||
| 2006 | * | ' | Small Beer Press | |
| 2006 | Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970 | Liverpool University Press | ||
| 2006 | Cosmos | |||
| 2006 | Science Fiction Quotations | Yale University Press | ||
| 2006 | Soundings, Reviews 1992–1996 | Beccon Publications | ||
| 2007 | * | ' | St. Martin's Press | |
| 2007 | Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches | ISFiC Press | ||
| 2007 | Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches | ISFiC Press | ||
| 2007 | Heinlein's Children: The Juveniles | Advent | ||
| 2007 | About Writing: Seven Essays, Four Letters, and Five Interviews | Wesleyan University Press | ||
| 2007 | Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio | MonkeyBrain Books | ||
| 2008 | * | Brave New Words: the Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction | Oxford University Press | |
| 2008 | Breakfast in the Ruins: Science Fiction in the Last Millennium | Baen Books | ||
| 2008 | Kent State University Press | |||
| 2008 | Emshwiller: Infinity x Two | Nonstop Press | ||
| 2008 | Arthur A. Levine Books | |||
| 2009 | * | ' | Subterranean Press | |
| 2009 | Rhetorics of Fantasy | Wesleyan University Press | ||
| 2009 | What Is It We Do When We Read Science Fiction | Beccon Publications | ||
| 2009 | Baen Books | |||
| 2009 | Baen Books | |||
| 2009 | Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books | ||
| 2009 | Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art | Underwood Books | ||
| 2010 | * | This is Me, Jack Vance! | Subterranean Press | |
| 2010 | Canary Fever: Reviews | Beccon Publications | ||
| 2010 | Hope-In-The-Mist: The Extraordinary Career and Mysterious Life of Hope Mirrlees | Temporary Culture | ||
| 2010 | McFarland & Company | |||
| 2010 | On Joanna Russ | Wesleyan University Press | ||
| 2010 | Aqueduct Press | |||
| 2011 | * | ' | Mad Norwegian Press | |
| 2011 | * | ' | Mad Norwegian Press | |
| 2011 | Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001 | Beccon Publications | ||
| 2011 | McFarland & Company | |||
| 2011 | McFarland & Company | |||
| 2011 | Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Volume 1: : Learning Curve | Tor Books | ||
| 2011 | Writing Excuses, Season 4 | Writing Excuses | ||
| 2011 | Writing Excuses, Season 4 | Writing Excuses | ||
| 2011 | Writing Excuses, Season 4 | Writing Excuses | ||
| 2011 | Writing Excuses, Season 4 | Writing Excuses | ||
| 2012 | * | Victor Gollancz Ltd | ||
| 2012 | * | Victor Gollancz Ltd | ||
| 2012 | * | Victor Gollancz Ltd | ||
| 2012 | * | Victor Gollancz Ltd | ||
| 2012 | Jar Jar Binks Must Die…and other Observations about Science Fiction Movies | Fantastic Books | ||
| 2012 | Abrams Image | |||
| 2012 | Abrams Image | |||
| 2012 | Wicked Girls | Seanan McGuire | ||
| 2012 | Writing Excuses, Season 6 | Writing Excuses | ||
| 2012 | Writing Excuses, Season 6 | Writing Excuses | ||
| 2012 | Writing Excuses, Season 6 | Writing Excuses | ||
| 2012 | Writing Excuses, Season 6 | Writing Excuses | ||
| 2012 | Writing Excuses, Season 6 | Writing Excuses | ||
| 2013 | * | Writing Excuses, Season 7 | Writing Excuses | |
| 2013 | * | Writing Excuses, Season 7 | Writing Excuses | |
| 2013 | * | Writing Excuses, Season 7 | Writing Excuses | |
| 2013 | * | Writing Excuses, Season 7 | Writing Excuses | |
| 2013 | * | Writing Excuses, Season 7 | Writing Excuses | |
| 2013 | Cambridge University Press | |||
| 2013 | Cambridge University Press | |||
| 2013 | Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them | Mad Norwegian Press | ||
| 2013 | and | Chicks Dig Comics: A Celebration of Comic Books by the Women Who Love Them | Mad Norwegian Press | |
| 2013 | Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who | Mad Norwegian Press | ||
| 2013 | Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who | Mad Norwegian Press | ||
| 2013 | I Have an Idea for a Book... The Bibliography of Martin H. Greenberg | Battered Silicon Dispatch Box | ||
| 2013 | I Have an Idea for a Book... The Bibliography of Martin H. Greenberg | Battered Silicon Dispatch Box | ||
| 2014 | * | |||
| 2014 | Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It | Mad Norwegian Press | ||
| 2014 | Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It | Mad Norwegian Press | ||
| 2014 | Speculative Fiction 2012: The Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary | Jurassic London | ||
| 2014 | Speculative Fiction 2012: The Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary | Jurassic London | ||
| 2014 | Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction | Abrams Image | ||
| 2014 | Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction | Abrams Image | ||
| 2014 | Writing Excuses, Season 8 | Writing Excuses | ||
| 2014 | Writing Excuses, Season 8 | Writing Excuses | ||
| 2014 | Writing Excuses, Season 8 | Writing Excuses | ||
| 2014 | Writing Excuses, Season 8 | Writing Excuses | ||
| 2014 | Writing Excuses, Season 8 | Writing Excuses | ||
| 2015 | + | |||
| 2015 | Riding the Red Horse | |||
| 2015 | Letters from Gardner | The Merry Blacksmith Press | ||
| 2015 | Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth | Castalia House | ||
| 2015 | Baen.com | |||
| 2015 | Wisdom from My Internet | Patriarchy Press | ||
| 2016 | + | |||
| 2016 | Between Light and Shadow: An Exploration of the Fiction of Gene Wolfe, 1951 to 1986 | Castalia House | ||
| 2016 | jeffro.wordpress.com | |||
| 2016 | castaliahouse.com | |||
| 2016 | SJWs Always Lie: Taking Down the Thought Police | Castalia House | ||
| 2016 | askthebigot.com | |||
| 2017 | * | Words Are My Matter: Writings About Life and Books, 2000-2016 | Small Beer Press | |
| 2017 | ' | Tor Books | ||
| 2017 | ' | Blue Rider Press | ||
| 2017 | Traveler of Worlds: Conversations with Robert Silverberg | Fairwood | ||
| 2017 | Traveler of Worlds: Conversations with Robert Silverberg | Fairwood | ||
| 2017 | ' | William Morrow | ||
| 2017 | Tor.com | |||
| 2018 | * | ' | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | |
| 2018 | Crash Override: How Gamergate Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate | PublicAffairs | ||
| 2018 | Iain M. Banks | University of Illinois Press | ||
| 2018 | ' | NESFA Press | ||
| 2018 | Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler | Twelfth Planet Press | ||
| 2018 | Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler | Twelfth Planet Press | ||
| 2018 | Sleeping with Monsters: Readings and Reactions in Science Fiction and Fantasy | Aqueduct Press | ||
| 2019 | Organization for Transformative Works* | Archive of Our Own | Self-published | |
| 2019 | Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction | Dey Street Books | ||
| 2019 | Self-published via YouTube | |||
| 2019 | Self-published via YouTube | |||
| 2019 | Tor Books | |||
| 2019 | www.mexicanxinitiative.com: The Mexicanx Initiative at Worldcon 76 | Self-published | ||
| 2019 | www.mexicanxinitiative.com: The Mexicanx Initiative at Worldcon 76 | Self-published | ||
| 2019 | www.mexicanxinitiative.com: The Mexicanx Initiative at Worldcon 76 | Self-published | ||
| 2019 | www.mexicanxinitiative.com: The Mexicanx Initiative at Worldcon 76 | Self-published | ||
| 2019 | Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing | Tin House Books | ||
| 2019 | Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing | Tin House Books | ||
| 2020 | Becoming Superman: My Journey from Poverty to Hollywood | Harper Voyager | ||
| 2020 | Joanna Russ | University of Illinois Press | ||
| 2020 | Hanover Square | |||
| 2020 | Unbound | |||
| 2020 | "2019 John W. Campbell Award Acceptance Speech" | Jeannette Ng | ||
| 2020 | Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin | Arwen Curry |
Retro Hugos
Beginning with the 1996 Worldcon, the World Science Fiction Society created the concept of "Retro Hugos", in which the Hugo award could be retroactively awarded for 50, 75, or 100 years prior. Retro Hugos may only be awarded for years after 1939 in which no awards were originally given. The Hugo Award for Best Related Work has only been retroactively awarded twice, in 2004 and 2020; all other years it was not on the ballot or was dropped due to insufficient response.| Year | Year awarded | Author | Work | Publisher | Ref. |
| 1945 | 2020 | Fancyclopedia | Forrest J. Ackerman | ||
| 1945 | 2020 | 42 To 44: A Contemporary Memoir Upon Human Behavior During the Crisis of the World Revolution | Secker & Warburg | ||
| 1945 | 2020 | Mr. Tompkins Explores the Atom | Cambridge University Press | ||
| 1945 | 2020 | Rockets: The Future of Travel Beyond the Stratosphere | Viking Press | ||
| 1945 | 2020 | Writer's Digest | |||
| 1945 | 2020 | ||||
| 1954 | 2004 | * | Conquest of the Moon | Viking Press | |
| 1954 | 2004 | * | Conquest of the Moon | Viking Press | |
| 1954 | 2004 | * | Conquest of the Moon | Viking Press | |
| 1954 | 2004 | Science-Fiction Handbook | Hermitage Press | ||
| 1954 | 2004 | Modern Science Fiction: Its Making and Future | Coward-McCann |