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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 241–288 of 341

2017Science fiction & fantasy

The Stone Sky

N. K. Jemisin

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

2017Science fiction & fantasy

The Unyielding

Shelly Laurenston

NPR Books We Love

2016Science fiction & fantasy

All the Birds in the Sky

Charlie Jane Anders

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

2016Science fiction & fantasy

Borderline

Mishell Baker

NPR Books We Love

2016Science fiction & fantasy

Crosstalk

Connie Willis

NPR Books We Love

2016Science fiction & fantasy

Fellside

M.R. Carey

NPR Books We Love

2016Science fiction & fantasy

Smoke: A Novel

Dan Vyleta

NPR Books We Love

2016Science fiction & fantasy

The Fireman

Joe Hill

NPR Books We Love

2015Science fiction & fantasy

Find Me: A Novel

Laura van den Berg

NPR Books We Love

2015Science fiction & fantasy

Of Noble Family

Mary Robinette Kowal

NPR Books We Love

2015Science fiction & fantasy

Speak: A Novel

Louisa Hall

NPR Books We Love