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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
That, and I think it's fairly rare for books that have sold extremely well to win a Hugo. I could be wrong about that, but it seems that way to me. And there's nothing wrong with trying to elevate books no one has heard of, assuming they are deserving books.
But when I worked at the library, I gave a few previous Hugo winners a shot. Meh. Not my thing.
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I don't know what your tastes are, but since 2000, the best novel winners included Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Yiddish Policeman's Union, The Graveyard Book, and Redshirts, all of which made the NYT bestsellers list.
I think a lot of the winners sold well within the genre readership because most of the winners had a fair amount of buzz in my SF circles before winning.