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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 289–336 of 341

2015Science fiction & fantasy

The Just City

Jo Walton

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2015Science fiction & fantasy

The Only Ones

Carola Dibbell

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2015Science fiction & fantasy

The Vorrh

Brian Catling

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2015Science fiction & fantasy

Uprooted

Naomi Novik

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

2015Science fiction & fantasy

Vermilion

Molly Tanzer

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2014Science fiction & fantasy

Definitely Maybe

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, translated by Antonina W. Bouis

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2013Science fiction & fantasy

Ancillary Justice

Ann Leckie

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

2013Science fiction & fantasy

Going Under

Lauren Dane

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2013Science fiction & fantasy

YOU

Austin Grossman

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