Favorite fantasy and sci-fi novels I read in 2021

I've read 80+ fictional novels in 2021, including re-reads. Most of them were fantasy, rest would fall under sci-fi and magical realism.

Picking favorites is a tough task, so I have ordered the top list by dates I read them. I've also listed honorable mentions at the end.

The links lead to the book page on goodreads, from where I've also copied a portion of the blurbs for this post.