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 1–14 of 14

2014Science fiction & fantasy

Ancillary Justice

Ann Leckie

Hugo Award for Best Novel

2014Science fiction & fantasy

Ancillary Sword

Anne Leckie

NPR Books We Love

2014Science fiction & fantasy

Annihilation

Jeff VanderMeer

Nebula Award for Best Novel

2014Science fiction & fantasy

Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation; Authority; Acceptance

Jeff VanderMeer

NPR Books We Love

2014Science fiction & fantasy

California: A Novel

Edan Lepucki

NPR Books We Love

2014Science fiction & fantasy

Definitely Maybe

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, translated by Antonina W. Bouis

NPR Books We Love

2014Science fiction & fantasy

On Such A Full Sea: A Novel

Chang-rae Lee

NPR Books We Love

2014Science fiction & fantasy

Station Eleven: A Novel

Emily St. John Mandel

NPR Books We Love

2014Science fiction & fantasy

The Bees: A Novel

Laline Paull

NPR Books We Love

2014Science fiction & fantasy

The Bone Clocks: A Novel

David Mitchell

NPR Books We Love

2014Science fiction & fantasy

The Inheritance Trilogy

N.K. Jemisin

NPR Books We Love

2014Science fiction & fantasy

The Last Illusion: A Novel

Porochista Khakpour

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2014Science fiction & fantasy

The Man With The Compound Eyes: A Novel

Wu Ming-Yi

NPR Books We Love

2014Science fiction & fantasy

The Memory Garden

Mary Rickert

NPR Books We Love