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Awesome science fiction and fantasy books, published in 2020, to add to your "Want to Read" list.
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The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
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Zen Cho (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 7,342 ratings
score: 265,
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Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
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Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 121,385 ratings
score: 198,
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
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3.99 avg rating — 1,128,947 ratings
score: 194,
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Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.59 avg rating — 228,414 ratings
score: 192,
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Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)
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Tamsyn Muir (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 87,025 ratings
score: 189,
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House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1)
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Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
4.45 avg rating — 1,082,122 ratings
score: 189,
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The Winds of Winter (A Song of Ice and Fire, #6)
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4.39 avg rating — 14,105 ratings
score: 175,
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Peace Talks (The Dresden Files, #16)
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Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 53,579 ratings
score: 172,
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The Burning God (The Poppy War, #3)
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R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 159,268 ratings
score: 169,
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A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)
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Naomi Novik (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 216,085 ratings
score: 167,
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2 people voted
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Forest of Souls (Shamanborn, #1)
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Lori M. Lee (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 4,489 ratings
score: 165,
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2 people voted
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Ink & Sigil (Ink & Sigil, #1)
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Kevin Hearne (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 10,506 ratings
score: 161,
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Under the Lesser Moon (The Marked Son, #1)
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Shelly Campbell (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 81 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Stormblood (The Common, #1)
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Jeremy Szal (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 630 ratings
score: 100,
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Spirit Sight (Last of the Gifted, #1)
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Marie Powell (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 58 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Chosen Ones (The Chosen Ones, #1)
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Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 27,408 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Fractalverse, #1)
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Christopher Paolini (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 69,084 ratings
score: 97,
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The Unspoken Name (The Serpent Gates, #1)
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A.K. Larkwood (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 9,445 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
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N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 77,602 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Riot Baby
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3.71 avg rating — 11,898 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Incendiary (Hollow Crown, #1)
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Zoraida Córdova (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 9,064 ratings
score: 88,
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1 person voted
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A Song Below Water (A Song Below Water, #1)
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Bethany C. Morrow (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 11,907 ratings
score: 87,
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1 person voted
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
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4.17 avg rating — 1,453,274 ratings
score: 86,
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1 person voted
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Goldilocks
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L.R. Lam (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 5,658 ratings
score: 85,
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1 person voted
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The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1)
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Namina Forna (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 55,358 ratings
score: 84,
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1 person voted
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Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)
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Jordan Ifueko (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 31,484 ratings
score: 83,
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1 person voted
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A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, #1)
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Roseanne A. Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 20,628 ratings
score: 82,
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1 person voted
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Cinderella Is Dead
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Kalynn Bayron (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 86,159 ratings
score: 81,
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1 person voted
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A Heart So Fierce and Broken (Cursebreakers, #2)
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Brigid Kemmerer (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 75,619 ratings
score: 80,
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1 person voted
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Liberated in Ikenga: Orphan Corps Shepherds (Lost Sheep Book 3)
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4.50 avg rating — 32 ratings
score: 79,
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1 person voted
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The Midnight Bargain
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C.L. Polk (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 16,543 ratings
score: 78,
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1 person voted
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The Doors of Stone (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #3)
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Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 5,559 ratings
score: 77,
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1 person voted
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Shorefall (The Founders Trilogy, #2)
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Robert Jackson Bennett (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 24,685 ratings
score: 75,
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1 person voted
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The Girl and the Stars (Book of the Ice, #1)
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Mark Lawrence (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 12,584 ratings
score: 73,
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1 person voted
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A Dream of Spring (A Song of Ice and Fire, #7)
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4.33 avg rating — 2,513 ratings
score: 71,
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1 person voted
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The Hidden Palace (The Golem and the Jinni, #2)
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Helene Wecker (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 17,921 ratings
score: 70,
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1 person voted
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The Left-Handed Booksellers of London (Left-Handed Booksellers of London, #1)
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Garth Nix (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 25,189 ratings
score: 69,
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1 person voted
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Star Daughter
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Shveta Thakrar (Goodreads Author)
3.29 avg rating — 8,331 ratings
score: 64,
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1 person voted
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Scavenge the Stars (Scavenge the Stars, #1)
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Tara Sim (Goodreads Author)
3.54 avg rating — 5,756 ratings
score: 63,
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1 person voted
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Witchshadow (The Witchlands, #4)
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Susan Dennard (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 4,785 ratings
score: 62,
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1 person voted
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The Once and Future Witches
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Alix E. Harrow (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 103,508 ratings
score: 60,
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1 person voted
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The Obsidian Tower (Rooks and Ruin, #1)
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Melissa Caruso (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 4,023 ratings
score: 59,
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1 person voted
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The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea (The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 12,260 ratings
score: 58,
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Infinity Son (Infinity Cycle, #1)
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Adam Silvera (Goodreads Author)
3.30 avg rating — 13,913 ratings
score: 57,
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1 person voted
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The Empire of Dreams (Fire and Thorns, #4)
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4.12 avg rating — 3,100 ratings
score: 56,
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1 person voted
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Beyond the Ruby Veil (Beyond the Ruby Veil, #1)
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Mara Fitzgerald (Goodreads Author)
3.45 avg rating — 2,041 ratings
score: 55,
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1 person voted
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Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers, #2)
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Nicki Pau Preto (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 5,419 ratings
score: 54,
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1 person voted
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list created August 21st, 2020
by Allison Alexander (votes) .
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