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Science Fiction released in 2020 tagged with science fiction at least 100 times
Other SF Lists of Note:
Best Science Fiction
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Best Forgotten Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Popular Highly Rated Science Fiction
Best Science Fiction Fantasy Books
SF Subgenres:
Alternate History
Dystopian and Post Apocalyptic Fiction
Space Opera
Steampunk
Locus Recommended Science Fiction:
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015,
2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009, 2001, 2000
Sci Fi Award Nominees
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
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
Science Fiction By Ratings:
100,000 and more, 50000 to 99999, 25000 to 49999, 10000 to 24999
1000 to 9999, 100 to 999, Less than 100
Other SF Lists of Note:
Best Science Fiction
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Best Forgotten Science Fiction of the 20th Century
Popular Highly Rated Science Fiction
Best Science Fiction Fantasy Books
SF Subgenres:
Alternate History
Dystopian and Post Apocalyptic Fiction
Space Opera
Steampunk
Locus Recommended Science Fiction:
2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015,
2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009, 2001, 2000
Sci Fi Award Nominees
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010
2009, 2008, 2007, 2006
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
Science Fiction By Ratings:
100,000 and more, 50000 to 99999, 25000 to 49999, 10000 to 24999
1000 to 9999, 100 to 999, Less than 100
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Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
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Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 119,481 ratings
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The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)
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N.K. Jemisin (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 77,333 ratings
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The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe, #3)
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Mary Robinette Kowal (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 9,601 ratings
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The Last Emperox (The Interdependency, #3)
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John Scalzi (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 31,853 ratings
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The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)
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Axiom's End (Noumena, #1)
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Lindsay Ellis (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 27,748 ratings
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Finna (LitenVerse, #1)
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Nino Cipri (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 12,249 ratings
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Tender Is the Flesh
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Providence
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Max Barry (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 6,700 ratings
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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 — 68,710 ratings
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The Present (VanWest, #2)
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3.64 avg rating — 2,282 ratings
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Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
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Max Brooks (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 56,181 ratings
score: 190,
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Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)
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Tamsyn Muir (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 86,203 ratings
score: 188,
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Agency (Jackpot #2)
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3.81 avg rating — 14,166 ratings
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Riot Baby
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Upright Women Wanted
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Sarah Gailey (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 23,928 ratings
score: 186,
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The Book of Koli (Rampart Trilogy, #1)
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M.R. Carey (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 12,741 ratings
score: 175,
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Hearts of Oak
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3.60 avg rating — 911 ratings
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QualityLand 2.0 (QualityLand, #2)
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Mexican Gothic
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 424,848 ratings
score: 95,
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Ready Player Two (Ready Player One, #2)
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Ernest Cline (Goodreads Author)
3.44 avg rating — 181,226 ratings
score: 94,
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The Doors of Eden
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Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 9,819 ratings
score: 92,
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The Past (VanWest, #1)
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3.93 avg rating — 799 ratings
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The Vanished Birds
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Simon Jimenez (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 10,099 ratings
score: 89,
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Goldilocks
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L.R. Lam (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 5,624 ratings
score: 89,
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Firewalkers
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Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 2,944 ratings
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Docile
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K.M. Szpara (Goodreads Author)
3.42 avg rating — 5,897 ratings
score: 87,
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The Last Human
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Zack Jordan (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 3,796 ratings
score: 86,
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The Last Day
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Andrew Hunter Murray (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 9,004 ratings
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)
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Chosen Spirits
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Samit Basu (Goodreads Author)
3.28 avg rating — 1,412 ratings
score: 82,
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Machine (White Space, #2)
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Elizabeth Bear (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 3,050 ratings
score: 80,
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Ghost Species
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James Bradley (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 774 ratings
score: 79,
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Failed State (Dystopian Lawyer, #2)
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Christopher Brown (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 142 ratings
score: 78,
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Bridge 108
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Anne Charnock (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 404 ratings
score: 76,
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Attack Surface (Little Brother, #3)
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Cory Doctorow (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 3,128 ratings
score: 75,
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City Under the Stars
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3.54 avg rating — 153 ratings
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Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)
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Kate Elliott (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 2,994 ratings
score: 73,
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Anthropocene Rag
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3.35 avg rating — 327 ratings
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The Eleventh Gate
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Nancy Kress (Goodreads Author)
3.52 avg rating — 305 ratings
score: 71,
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The Arrest
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3.13 avg rating — 3,466 ratings
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War of the Maps
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Paul McAuley (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 804 ratings
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Pacific Storm
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Linda Nagata (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 192 ratings
score: 68,
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Driving the Deep (Finder Chronicles, #2)
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Suzanne Palmer (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 1,962 ratings
score: 67,
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The Evidence
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3.38 avg rating — 283 ratings
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Bone Silence (Revenger, #3)
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3.89 avg rating — 4,081 ratings
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The Ministry for the Future
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3.87 avg rating — 40,915 ratings
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Fleet Elements (Dread Empire's Fall, #5)
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Walter Jon Williams (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 886 ratings
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Interlibrary Loan
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3.06 avg rating — 697 ratings
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Murder by Other Means (The Dispatcher, #2)
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John Scalzi (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 13,586 ratings
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The Barnabus Project
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Invisible Kingdom, Vol. 2: Edge of Everything
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G. Willow Wilson (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 1,211 ratings
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52 books ·
16 voters ·
list created December 5th, 2020
by Mitchell Friedman (votes) .
Mitchell
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Susan
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Rachel
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129 friends
129 friends
Julia
5832 books
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Katie.dorny
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Toni
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