The Hugos came into existence as part of the World Science Fiction Society in 1953.
The 'Retrospective Hugo Awards' were given, starting in 1996, for works published between 1939-1954, in which no Hugos were awarded (as the World Science Fiction Convention wasn't held in every year).
1939
Year
Author
Title
Publisher
Bought
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Hardcover
1939
T. H. White*
The Sword in the Stone
-
1939
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Carson of Venus
Argosy
1939
E. E. Smith
Galactic Patrol
Astounding Stories
1939
Jack Williamson
The Legion of Time
Astounding Science-Fiction
1939
C. S. Lewis
Out of the Silent Planet
The Bodley Head
1941
Year
Author
Title
Publisher
Bought
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Hardcover
1941
A. E. van Vogt*
Slan
-
1941
E. E. Smith
Gray Lensman
Astounding Science Fiction
1941
T. H. White
The Ill-Made Knight
William Collins, Sons
1941
Karin Boye
Kallocain
Bonnier Group
1941
Jack Williamson
The Reign of Wizardry
Unknown
1943
Year
Author
Title
Publisher
Bought
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Kindle
Hardcover
1943
Robert A. Heinlein (as Anson MacDonald)*
Beyond This Horizon
-
1943
Olaf Stapledon
Darkness and the Light
Methuen Publishing
1943
Curt Siodmak
Donovan's Brain
Black Mask
1943
Austin Tappan Wright
Islandia
Farrar & Rinehart
1943
E. E. Smith
Second Stage Lensmen
Astounding Science Fiction
1943
Dorothy Macardle
The Uninvited
Doubleday
1944
Year
Author
Title
Publisher
Bought
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Kindle
Hardcover
1944
Fritz Leiber*
Conjure Wife
-
1944
C. L. Moore / Henry Kuttner
Earth's Last Citadel
Argosy
1944
Fritz Leiber
Gather, Darkness!
Astounding Science-Fiction
1944
Hermann Hesse
Das Glasperlenspiel (The Glass Bead Game)
Fretz & Wasmuth
1944
C. S. Lewis
Perelandra
John Lane, The Bodley Head
1944
A. E. van Vogt
The Weapon Makers
Astounding Science-Fiction
1946
Year
Author
Title
Publisher
Bought
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Hardcover
1946
Isaac Asimov*
The Mule
-
1946
A. E. van Vogt
The World of Null-A
Astounding Science-Fiction
1946
C. S. Lewis
That Hideous Strength (also known as The Tortured Planet)