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Curated category · 2006—2025

Best science fiction & fantasy

Award-winning and editorially recommended science fiction & fantasy across twenty years, organized for discovery rather than sales ranking.

Selections
341
Authors
263
Lists & prizes
5

Showing 145–192 of 341

2020Science fiction & fantasy

Black Sun

Rebecca Roanhorse

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2020Science fiction & fantasy

Flyaway

Kathleen Jennings

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2020Science fiction & fantasy

Hearts Of Oak

Eddie Robson

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2020Science fiction & fantasy

Hench

Natalie Zina Walschots

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2020Science fiction & fantasy

Ring Shout

P. Djèlí Clark

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2020Science fiction & fantasy

Riot Baby

Tochi Onyebuchi

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2020Science fiction & fantasy

The Regrets

Amy Bonnaffons

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2019Science fiction & fantasy

A Song for a New Day

Sarah Pinsker

On 2 lists: Nebula Award for Best Novel, NPR Books We Love

2019Science fiction & fantasy

A Spectral Hue

Craig Laurance Gidney

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2019Science fiction & fantasy

Dark Age

Pierce Brown

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2019Science fiction & fantasy

Hollow Kingdom

Kira Jane Buxton

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2019Science fiction & fantasy

Jade War

Fonda Lee

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2019Science fiction & fantasy

Middlegame

Seanan McGuire

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2019Science fiction & fantasy

Ninth House

Leigh Bardugo

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