Science Fiction/Fantasy books ONLY (no romance or fiction, mystery, etc.) for 2022

See also:

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 Samuel (new)

Samuel Alecto the Ninth has been pushed out to 2023, Nona the Ninth is the 2022 book for the series.


message 2: by Ayo (new)

Ayo Odun Base Notes is not Science fiction or Fantasy it's a non SFF crime thriller


message 3: by David (new)

David The Winds of Winter and The Doors of Stone on this list? Somebody's an optimist.


message 4: by Christine (new)

Christine Amari and the Night Brothers (#112 on the list) is middle grade and not YA.


message 5: by Janet (last edited Mar 16, 2022 02:03PM) (new)

Janet Martin I've just deleted about 10 books from the first page of this list that are not scheduled to be published in 2022. Several such as Doors of Stone and Winds of Winter may never appear. Others, including Some Desperate glory, These Violent Delights, Alecto the Ninth have been scheduled for 2023. I am sorry if your favorite is gone--I've been wishing hard for some of these, too. Position on this list is important to writers and books that will actually be published this year, so it's not fair to use up slots high on the list for imaginary books. I have researched every book deleted--a large number of them "untitled."


message 6: by Leon (new)

Leon Enciso Removed Hell Bent


message 7: by LeAnn (new)

LeAnn #240 A Dance of Smoke and Steel has been moved to May 2023, per Amazon


message 8: by Tandri Reviews (new)

Tandri Reviews Christine wrote: "Amari and the Night Brothers (#112 on the list) is middle grade and not YA."
It's not a YA specific list. It's only showing as a Science Fiction and Fantasy list.


message 9: by Janet (last edited Jul 23, 2022 07:46AM) (new)

Janet Martin I just deleted 9 books from this list, all of which were either scheduled for 2023, or not scheduled at all. Doors of Stone, possibly never to see print, was deleted a 2nd time--it's certain not to show up in 2022. It has no scheduled date, but we can hope! I probably missed a few and didn't even try subsequent pages. As I said last time I did this, placement matters to writers and it isn't fair to tie up the top of the list with books that don't meet the 2022 criteria. I very much want to see some of those titles I deleted, but there's always 2023.


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