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Science Fiction released in 2021 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:
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:
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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Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
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Martha Wells (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 97,881 ratings
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A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot, #1)
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Becky Chambers (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 174,148 ratings
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Light from Uncommon Stars
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Ryka Aoki (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 37,662 ratings
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A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
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Arkady Martine (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 35,129 ratings
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Project Hail Mary
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Andy Weir (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 967,341 ratings
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The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)
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Becky Chambers (Goodreads Author)
4.40 avg rating — 40,655 ratings
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Elder Race
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Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 23,374 ratings
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Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
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James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author)
4.54 avg rating — 67,567 ratings
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Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
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Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 32,042 ratings
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Remote Control
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Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 18,678 ratings
score: 187,
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Termination Shock
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Neal Stephenson (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 20,261 ratings
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Noor
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Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 8,145 ratings
score: 179,
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A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
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Arkady Martine (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 35,129 ratings
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The Echo Wife
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Sarah Gailey (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 37,482 ratings
score: 166,
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Winter’s Orbit
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Everina Maxwell (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 26,888 ratings
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Firebreak
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Nicole Kornher-Stace (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 3,128 ratings
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2020: Injection
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Ashley McCoury (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Truth of the Divine (Noumena, #2)
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Lindsay Ellis (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 7,195 ratings
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Appleseed
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Matt Bell (Goodreads Author)
3.56 avg rating — 3,315 ratings
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Ascender, Vol. 4: Star Seed
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3.97 avg rating — 1,318 ratings
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The Past Is Red
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Catherynne M. Valente (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 6,039 ratings
score: 98,
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The 22 Murders of Madison May
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Max Barry (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 10,176 ratings
score: 97,
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The Actual Star
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Monica Byrne (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 2,820 ratings
score: 96,
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Notes from the Burning Age
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Doors of Sleep (Journals of Zaxony Delatree, #1)
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Tim Pratt (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 1,542 ratings
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Chaos on CatNet (CatNet #2)
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Naomi Kritzer (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 940 ratings
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Victories Greater Than Death (Unstoppable, #1)
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Charlie Jane Anders (Goodreads Author)
3.49 avg rating — 3,419 ratings
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We Are Satellites
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Sarah Pinsker (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 3,122 ratings
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Mirror's Edge (Impostors, #3)
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Scott Westerfeld (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 3,846 ratings
score: 93,
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Inhibitor Phase (Revelation Space, #4)
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Defekt (LitenVerse, #2)
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Nino Cipri (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 2,978 ratings
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Far from the Light of Heaven
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The Kingdoms
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Hummingbird Salamander
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Jeff VanderMeer (Goodreads Author)
3.25 avg rating — 11,576 ratings
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You Sexy Thing (Disco Space Opera #1)
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Cat Rambo (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 2,338 ratings
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Several People Are Typing
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Calvin Kasulke (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 20,313 ratings
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The Rock from the Sky
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Constance (Constance, #1)
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Matthew FitzSimmons (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 20,340 ratings
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Post York
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2.56 avg rating — 241 ratings
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We Could Be Heroes
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Mike Chen (Goodreads Author)
3.43 avg rating — 5,909 ratings
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ReDawn (Skyward, #2.2)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 21,925 ratings
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The World Gives Way
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Marissa Levien (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 2,884 ratings
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The End of Men
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Christina Sweeney-Baird (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 21,558 ratings
score: 87,
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The Ninth Metal (The Comet Cycle, #1)
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Benjamin Percy (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 2,509 ratings
score: 86,
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Gearbreakers (Gearbreakers, #1)
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Zoe Hana Mikuta (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 9,816 ratings
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A History of What Comes Next (Take Them to the Stars, #1)
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Sylvain Neuvel (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 5,424 ratings
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Sunreach (Skyward, #2.1)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 25,427 ratings
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Day Zero (Sea of Rust, #0)
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C. Robert Cargill (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 5,534 ratings
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The Future Is Yours
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Dan Frey (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 2,135 ratings
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We Shall Sing a Song into the Deep
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Persephone Station
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Stina Leicht (Goodreads Author)
3.46 avg rating — 5,197 ratings
score: 82,
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Machinehood
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S.B. Divya (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 3,584 ratings
score: 81,
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Light of the Jedi
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Charles Soule (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 32,860 ratings
score: 81,
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Aurora's End (The Aurora Cycle, #3)
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Amie Kaufman (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 25,201 ratings
score: 80,
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One Last Stop
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Casey McQuiston (Goodreads Author)
3.89 avg rating — 279,586 ratings
score: 79,
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The Ones We're Meant to Find
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Joan He (Goodreads Author)
3.54 avg rating — 11,293 ratings
score: 78,
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The Last Watch (The Divide, #1)
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J.S. Dewes (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 11,749 ratings
score: 77,
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The Darkness Outside Us (The Darkness Outside Us, #1)
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Eliot Schrefer (Goodreads Author)
4.32 avg rating — 30,574 ratings
score: 76,
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The Last Cuentista
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Donna Barba Higuera (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 27,325 ratings
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Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 259,491 ratings
score: 73,
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Remote Control
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Nnedi Okorafor (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 18,678 ratings
score: 72,
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Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
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Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 32,042 ratings
score: 71,
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Cytonic (Skyward, #3)
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Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 64,407 ratings
score: 70,
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Iron Widow (Iron Widow #1)
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Xiran Jay Zhao (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 106,570 ratings
score: 65,
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Klara and the Sun
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Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author)
3.74 avg rating — 419,842 ratings
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