Science fiction & fantasy · 2016

Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2016

Central Station by Lavie Tidhar was the most-recognized science fiction & fantasy book of 2016, named by 5 of the 153 sources we track. The table ranks all 23 by how many sources named them.

Sources is the number of distinct awards and year-end lists that name the book's ISBN, in any year. 2016 is the award or list year in our catalog.

#	Book	Author	Sources	Named by
1	Central Station	Lavie Tidhar	5	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2017 Winner Locus Awards 2017 Finalist Arthur C. Clarke Award 2017 Shortlist The Guardian Best Books of the Year 2016 Selection NPR Books We Love 2016 Selection
2	Jerusalem	Alan Moore	3	Kirkus Best Books of the Year 2016 Selection NPR Books We Love 2016 Selection Washington Post Best Books of the Year 2016 Selection
3	The Singing Bones	Shaun Tan	3	Aurealis Awards 2015 Winner Kirkus Best Books of the Year 2016 Selection NPR Books We Love 2016 Selection
4	Crosstalk	Connie Willis	2	Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 Nominee NPR Books We Love 2016 Selection
5	Necessity: A Novel	Jo Walton	2	Locus Awards 2017 Finalist NPR Books We Love 2016 Selection
6	Version Control: A Novel	Dexter Palmer	2	Dublin Literary Award 2018 Longlist NPR Books We Love 2016 Selection
7	A Promise Of Fire	Amanda Bouchet	0
8	All the Birds in the Sky	Charlie Jane Anders	0
9	Borderline	Mishell Baker	0
10	Certain Dark Things	Silvia Garcia-Moreno	0
11	Dark Matter: A Novel	Blake Crouch	0
12	Death's End	Cixin Liu	0
13	Every Anxious Wave	Mo Daviau	0
14	Fellside	M.R. Carey	0
15	Smoke: A Novel	Dan Vyleta	0
16	The Dream-Quest Of Vellitt Boe	Kij Johnson	0
17	The Fifth Season	N. K. Jemisin	0
18	The Fireman	Joe Hill	0
19	The Lost Time Accidents: A Novel	John Wray	0
20	The Obelisk Gate	N.K. Jemisin	0
21	The Story Of Hong Gildong	edited and translated by Minsoo Kang	0
22	The Sunlight Pilgrims	Jenni Fagan	0
23	The Winged Histories	Sofia Samatar	0