| Ancillary Justice |
Ann Leckie
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2013 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| British Science Fiction Association Awards |
| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Science Fiction Books by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| Exhalation |
Ted Chiang
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2008 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2021 | 29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
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| Station Eleven |
Emily St. John Mandel
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2014 |
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| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 2016 | Sci Femme: The Reading List edited by Shannon Turlington |
| 2016 | Book Riot 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels by Female Authors |
| 2016 | Best-Sci-Fi-Books: 31 Best Literary Science Fiction Books |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
| 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Writers |
| 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Readers |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| The Three-Body Problem |
Cixin Liu
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2014 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2021 | 29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009 - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| The Martian |
Andy Weir
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2012 |
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| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 200 |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2016 | Ranker: The Greatest Science Fiction Novels of All Time |
| 2018 | The Great American Read - PBS |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2019 | The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Penguin Random House |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2021 | 29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2023 | Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
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| All Systems Red |
Martha Wells
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2017 |
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| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| American War |
Omar El Akkad
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2017 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| Annihilation |
Jeff VanderMeer
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2014 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Amazon: 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| Binti |
Nnedi Okorafor
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2015 |
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| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| The Bird King |
G. Willow Wilson
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2019 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| Black Leopard Red Wolf |
Marlon James
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2019 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| Black Sun |
Rebecca Roanhorse
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2020 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| The Buried Giant |
Kazuo Ishiguro
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2015 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| The Calculating Stars |
Mary Robinette Kowal
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2018 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
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| The Changeling |
Victor LaValle
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2017 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| Children of Time |
Adrian Tchaikovsky
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2015 |
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| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2021 | 29 of the Best Science Fiction Books Everyone Should Read - WIRED UK |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2023 | Your Top Science Fiction Books Of All Time (Survey Results) - Media Death Cult |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
| 2024 | SciFiScavenger's 2024 Poll of All-Time Favorite SF Books |
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| Circe |
Madeline Miller
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2018 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| The City of Brass |
S. A. Chakraborty
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2017 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| City of Stairs |
Robert Jackson Bennett
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2014 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| The Collapsing Empire |
John Scalzi
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2017 |
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| Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| A Darker Shade of Magic |
Victoria Schwab
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2015 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| The Echo Wife |
Sarah Gailey
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2021 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
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| Every Heart a Doorway |
Seanan McGuire
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2016 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| The Fifth Season |
N. K. Jemisin
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2015 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
| 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Writers |
| 2024 | The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century NY Times - Poll of Readers |
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| Gideon the Ninth |
Tamsyn Muir
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2019 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
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| The Goblin Emperor |
Sarah Monette
|
2014 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| Her Body and Other Parties: Stories |
Carmen Maria Machado
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2017 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| Jade City |
Fonda Lee
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2017 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| The Just City |
Jo Walton
|
2015 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| Leviathan Wakes |
Daniel Abraham,
Ty Franck
|
2011 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century |
| 2016 | Goodreads Best Science Fiction 100 |
| 2019 | Worlds Without End: Most Read Books of All-Time |
| 2020 | Top 100 Sci Fi Books - Movie Death Cult |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| A Little Hatred |
Joe Abercrombie
|
2019 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| The Long Way to a Small, Angry, Planet |
Becky Chambers
|
2014 |
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| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | 15 Recent Sci-Fi Books That Forever Shaped The Genre - Andrew Liptak for Polygon |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2022 | Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century (Listopia/Goodreads 6/25/22) |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| A Master of Djinn |
P. Djèlí Clark
|
2021 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Winner |
| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| A Memory Called Empire |
Arkady Martine
|
2019 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Winner |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
| 2025 | Brent McLean Recommended Novels (First to finish reading all of CSF v.5) |
|
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| Mexican Gothic |
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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2020 |
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| Ninefox Gambit |
Yoon Ha Lee
|
2016 |
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2019 | 100 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Reedsydiscovery |
| 2020 | The Best Modern Classic Science Fiction Books |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| On Fragile Waves |
E. Lily Yu
|
2021 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| The Paper Menagerie |
Ken Liu
|
2011 |
|
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| Piranesi |
Susanna Clarke
|
2020 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| The Poppy War |
R. F. Kuang
|
2018 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| Radiance |
Catherynne M. Valente
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2015 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
|
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| Riot Baby |
Tochi Onyebuchi
|
2020 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| Rosewater |
Tade Thompson
|
2018 |
|
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| Arthur C. Clarke Awards |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
|
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|
| Sorcerer to the Crown |
Zen Cho
|
2015 |
|
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
|
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| The Space Between Worlds |
Micaiah Johnson
|
2020 |
|
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| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
|
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| Spinning Silver |
Naomi Novik
|
2018 |
|
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| Hugo Award - Novel Finalist |
| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2021 | Worlds Without End: Award Winning Books by Women Authors |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| A Stranger in Olondria |
Sofia Samatar
|
2012 |
|
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| Nebula Award - Novel Finalist |
| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
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| This Is How You Lose the Time War |
Amal El-Mohtar,
Max Gladstone
|
2019 |
|
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
| 2022 | The Greatest Science Fiction Books of the 2010s - The Portalist |
| 2024 | Best Sci-Fi of the 2010s - Goodreads/Listopia (1/29/24) |
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| The Traitor Baru Cormorant |
Seth Dickinson
|
2015 |
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
|
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| An Unkindness of Ghosts |
Rivers Solomon
|
2017 |
|
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| 2021 | NPR Books Summer Poll 2021: A Decade of Great Sci-Fi and Fantasy |
| 2022 | The 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time - Esquire Magazine |
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