Of the joint hugo/nebula winners that I'm reading for 2023*, the first one where people felt like people, rather than spacegoing robots or whatever. Included societal changes that felt material to the story, rather than just thrown in for shock or speculative value.


(note: I've read many before, and am not rereading, also I am going slightly out of order, as I didn't have [b:The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia|13651|The Dispossessed An Ambiguous Utopia|Ursula K. Le Guin|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353467455l/13651._SY75_.jpg|2684122] at hand when I started this one)