Science fiction & fantasy · 2017

Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of 2017

An Unkindness Of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon was the most-recognized science fiction & fantasy book of 2017, named by 9 of the 151 sources we track. The table ranks all 18 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. 2017 is the award or list year in our catalog.

#	Book	Author	Sources	Named by
1	An Unkindness Of Ghosts	Rivers Solomon	9	Otherwise Award 2017 Honor Stonewall Book Awards 2018 Honor Hurston/Wright Legacy Award 2018 Finalist Lambda Literary Awards 2018 Finalist Locus Awards 2018 Finalist Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2017 Selection Library Journal Best Books 2017 Selection NPR Books We Love 2017 Selection Publishers Weekly Best Books 2017 Selection
2	The Marrow Thieves	Cherie Dimaline	7	Governor General's Literary Awards 2017 Winner Kirkus Prize 2017 Winner The Globe and Mail Globe 100 2017 Selection Kirkus Best Books of the Year 2017 Selection NPR Books We Love 2017 Selection New York Public Library Best Books 2017 Selection School Library Journal Best Books of the Year 2017 Selection
3	The Rules Of Magic	Alice Hoffman	4	Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards 2018 Finalist Barnes & Noble Best Books of the Year 2017 Selection NPR Books We Love 2017 Selection Reese's Book Club 2017 Selection
4	Frontier	Can Xue, translated by Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping	1	The Boston Globe Best Books of the Year 2017 Selection
5	Out In The Open: A Novel	Jesus Carrasco	1	Library Journal Best Books 2017 Selection
6	American War: A Novel	Omar El Akkad	0
7	Jade City	Fonda Lee	0
8	Norse Mythology	Neil Gaiman	0
9	Reincarnation Blues: A Novel	Michael Poore	0
10	Spoonbenders: A Novel	Daryl Gregory	0
11	The Book Of Joan: A Novel	Lidia Yuknavitch	0
12	The Cold Eye (The Devil's West Book 2)	Laura Anne Gilman	0
13	The Obelisk Gate	N. K. Jemisin	0
14	The Stone Sky	N. K. Jemisin	0
15	The Twenty Days Of Turin: A Novel	Giorgio De Maria, translated by Ramon Glazov	0
16	The Unyielding	Shelly Laurenston	0
17	Walkaway: A Novel	Cory Doctorow	0
18	Winter Tide (The Innsmouth Legacy)	Ruthanna Emrys	0