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
Reset

Showing 1–33 of 33

2023Science fiction & fantasy

Chain Gang All Stars

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

On 2 lists: NPR Books We Love, The New York Times — 10 Best Books

2023Science fiction & fantasy

Family Lore

Elizabeth Acevedo

NPR Books We Love

2023Science fiction & fantasy

Fourth Wing

Rebecca Yarros

NPR Books We Love

2023Science fiction & fantasy

Monstrilio

Gerardo Sámano Córdova

NPR Books We Love

2023Science fiction & fantasy

Nestlings

Nat Cassidy

NPR Books We Love

2023Science fiction & fantasy

People Collide

Isle McElroy

NPR Books We Love

2023Science fiction & fantasy

Starling House

Alix E. Harrow

NPR Books We Love

2023Science fiction & fantasy

Thornhedge

T. Kingfisher

NPR Books We Love

2023Science fiction & fantasy

Victory City

Salman Rushdie

NPR Books We Love

2023Science fiction & fantasy

Witch King

Martha Wells

NPR Books We Love