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 1–20 of 20

2018Science fiction & fantasy

84K

Claire North

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2018Science fiction & fantasy

Bloody Rose

Nicholas Eames

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2018Science fiction & fantasy

Census

Jesse Ball

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2018Science fiction & fantasy

Circe

Madeline Miller

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2018Science fiction & fantasy

Iron Gold

Pierce Brown

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2018Science fiction & fantasy

Melmoth: A Novel

Sarah Perry

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2018Science fiction & fantasy

Monster Portraits

Sofia Samatar, illustrated by Del Samatar

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2018Science fiction & fantasy

Record Of A Spaceborn Few

Becky Chambers

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2018Science fiction & fantasy

Scribe: A Novel

Alyson Hagy

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2018Science fiction & fantasy

Severance

Ling Ma

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2018Science fiction & fantasy

Space Opera

Catherynne M. Valente

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2018Science fiction & fantasy

Spinning Silver

Naomi Novik

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2018Science fiction & fantasy

Tell The Machine Goodnight: A Novel

Katie Williams

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2018Science fiction & fantasy

The Calculating Stars

Mary Robinette Kowal

Nebula Award for Best Novel

2018Science fiction & fantasy

The Girl In The Green Silk Gown

Seanan McGuire

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2018Science fiction & fantasy

The Sky Is Yours: A Novel

Chandler Klang Smith

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2018Science fiction & fantasy

The Stone Sky

N. K. Jemisin

Hugo Award for Best Novel

2018Science fiction & fantasy

The Writer's Map: An Atlas Of Imaginary Lands

Huw Lewis-Jones

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2018Science fiction & fantasy

Trail Of Lightning

Rebecca Roanhorse

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2018Science fiction & fantasy

Witchmark

C.L. Polk

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