Science Fiction/Fantasy books for 2019

Fantasy by Decade:
1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

Locus Recommended Fantasy:
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015,
2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Science Fiction By Decade:
1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s,
1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

Science Fiction By Year:
2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009

Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy By Year:
2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

New Speculative Writers by Decade:
2000s, 2010s
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message 1: by Katie (last edited Oct 27, 2018 08:12PM) (new)

Katie On the come up
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig
are not sci-fi/fantasy and should be removed


message 2: by Betsy (new)

Betsy Katie wrote: "On the come up
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb Roehrig
are not sci-fi/fantasy and should be removed"


These three books have been removed.


message 3: by Patryk (new)

Patryk Nejmanowski Remove Skyward it's already out.


message 4: by Sarah (last edited Nov 08, 2018 01:21PM) (new)

Sarah Removed Skyward.


message 5: by Lea (new)

Lea Vickery Can you add Good Night by L.R.W. Lee? It comes out next year. On the 14th of January


message 6: by Betsy (new)

Betsy Removed Pumpkinheads, Cursed, Outside because none of them are sff.


message 8: by Katie (last edited Dec 11, 2018 08:31PM) (new)

Katie Please remove the following as they are not sff or have already been published:
All For One(Alex & Eliza #3) by Melissa de la Cruz
Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet, #1) by Roshani Chokshi
That's Not What I Heard by Stephanie Kate Strohm
Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3) by Cassandra Clare
City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments, #6) by Cassandra Clare
On the Come Up by Angie Thomas
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell


message 9: by Betsy (new)

Betsy Katie wrote: "Please remove the following as they are not sff or have already been published:
All For One(Alex & Eliza #3) by Melissa de la Cruz
Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet, #1) by Roshani C..."


These books have been removed.


message 10: by Nastassja (new)

Nastassja Doors of stone???

*insert John Cena meme here*


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Doors of Stone next to Winds of Winter? Some people are extremely optimistic, I see!


message 12: by Chris (new)

Chris Nobody had nominated R.A. Salvatore's Reckoning of Fallen Gods, the second book in The Coven series??? It's out today, Jan 29th!


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads You could add it yourself. (At the top of the list, next to "all votes.")


message 14: by Mare (new)

Mare Kuntz Is it possible to filter this list to exclude everything that is #2 or more in a series?


Susanna - Censored by GoodReads Listopias do not have filters. You could suggest it at the GR Feedback group, though.


message 16: by Mark (new)

Mark I really want to see the later books in a series the most. I hope they're not removed as I prefer to start a series later, when I have less waiting/forgetting what's happened.


message 17: by Winícius (new)

Winícius Chain of Gold, by Cassandra Clare, is no longer being released in 2019, but in the next year.


message 18: by Viscious (new)

Viscious Why is Shorefall here? It comes out in 2020


message 19: by Janet (new)

Janet Martin #110, Stormsong, one of the books for which I have been waiting, has been postponed to Jan 2020


message 20: by Liz H (new)

Liz H {Redd's Reads} Removed a bunch of 2020 releases, Untitled works with no pub date, and the Big Ones that aren't written yet.


Shera (Book Whispers) Removed The Thorn of Emberlain by Scott Lynch as there is no longer even an expected year. Also, removed The City We Became
by N.K. Jemisin officially out March 2020.


message 22: by Jessica (new)

Jessica Someone's put Pumpkinheads on again! I wonder if they think it's about people with actual pumpkin heads?


message 23: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart Removed Pumpkinheads again.

Also removed Afterland, Imagine Me, The Seven Sisters, The Scorpio Sea Tarot, The Art of Saving the World, and several superhero anthologies, which were pushed to 2020, along with Borderland, Chain of Iron, Chain of Thorns, The Iron Season, Perhaps the Stars, and A Queen for all the Worlds, which were delayed until 2021. Thornlight, Rise as One, Waking Romeo, Guardians of Dawn, Children of the River Ghost and various untitled works were also postponed, current release dates unknown.


Dua (in reading slump) ✨ Removed How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin which was published in 2018.


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