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Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Hourglass Throne by K.D. EdwardsA Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra RowlandThe Oleander Sword by Tasha SuriOcean's Echo by Everina Maxwell
2022 Queer SFF
225 books — 422 voters
Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra RowlandEarthflown by Frances WrenA Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison SaftThe Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson BennettSo Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole
2024 Queer SFF
180 books — 230 voters

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. SchwabKatabasis by R.F. KuangNostalgia by Iris LakeHesha Vira's Challenge by Lyn McGinnisAmarel Mountain by Lyn McGinnis
2025 Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
260 books — 201 voters
PixieWorks by Nancy Tardiff LessemThis Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona AndrewsThe Last Contract of Isako by Fonda LeePlatform Decay by Martha WellsLove Lethal, Death Divine by Jelena Dunato
2026 Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
188 books — 139 voters

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-MohtarGideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha ShannonThe Jasmine Throne by Tasha SuriHarrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Best Adult SFF with Sapphics
186 books — 117 voters
He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-ChanA Day of Fallen Night by Samantha ShannonSome Desperate Glory by Emily TeshA Power Unbound by Freya MarskeThe Faithless by C.L. Clark
2023 Queer SFF
114 books — 108 voters

The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha SuriThe Tomb of Dragons by Katherine AddisonA Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson BennettBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. SchwabThe River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
2025 Queer SFF
186 books — 108 voters
The Architects of The Universe by Charusheel ManeA Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson BennettThe Architects of The Universe द आर्किटेक्ट्स ऑफ द यूनिवर्स by C.M. ManeShroud by Adrian TchaikovskyThe Devils by Joe Abercrombie
Hugo 2026 Eligible Novels
70 books — 87 voters

The Tusks of Extinction by Ray NaylerThe Butcher of the Forest by Premee MohamedWhat Feasts at Night by T. KingfisherThe Brides of High Hill by Nghi VoThe Truth of the Aleke by Moses Ose Utomi
Hugo 2025 Eligible Novellas
52 books — 37 voters
Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirSiouca Remembers by James MurdoMemory's Legion by James S.A. CoreyThe Saints of Salvation by Peter F. HamiltonSowing the Dragon's Teeth by Jonathan E. Hernandez
Space Opera Magnificentus!
62 books — 34 voters

Legends & Lattes by Travis BaldreeEmily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettEmily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather FawcettA Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. KingfisherThe Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
Cozy Fantasy Readathon List
255 books — 32 voters
Mr. Yay by Emily JanePiranesi by Susanna ClarkePaulie Zahn by Ed SorensenThe Hollow Places by T. KingfisherIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Liminal Spaces, Timeslips and Matrix Glitches in Fiction
98 books — 25 voters

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangHouston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree Jr.All Systems Red by Martha WellsThis Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-MohtarAsimov's Science Fiction, October/November 2011 by Sheila Williams
Nebula Award: Best Novella
53 books — 21 voters
Eleventh Cycle by Kian N. ArdalanGalaxy of Thorns by Bogdan TăbușcăWistful Ascending by J.C.M. BerneThe Crew by Sadir S. SamirA Touch of Light by Thiago Abdalla
Indie Accords Books
107 books — 19 voters

All Systems Red by Martha WellsThe Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi VoCemetery Boys by Aiden ThomasThe Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph WhiteHell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
SFF With Trans and Non-Binary Leads
143 books — 11 voters
Nine Bar Blues by Sheree Renée ThomasThe City We Became by N.K. JemisinCry of Metal & Bone by L. PenelopeTrouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn JohnsonMaster of Poisons by Andrea Hairston
2020 Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy by African-Americans
14 books — 10 voters

Forging a Nightmare by Patricia A. JacksonBacchanal by Veronica G. HenryThe Conductors by Nicole GloverThe Undertakers by Nicole GloverSorrowland by Rivers Solomon
2021 Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy by African-Americans
13 books — 6 voters
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
sf masterworks by women
34 books — 6 voters

Redemption by Regina M. JosephI Shall Wear Midnight by Terry PratchettThe Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le GuinIn the Cities of Coin and Spice by Catherynne M. ValenteOn the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle
Poetic Titles in Speculative Fiction
25 books — 5 voters
Legends & Lattes by Travis BaldreeCan't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca ThorneThe Lily and the Crown by Roslyn SinclairThe Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha ShannonBreaking Legacies by Zoe Reed
fav-f-f-wlw-fantasy-sff
11 books — 4 voters

Redemption by Regina M. JosephAngel Eye by Madeleine NakamuraAncestors by Adrienne Maree BrownAnother World Isn't Possible by Brendan C. ByrneSleep Phase by Mohamed Kheir محمد خير
Can’t Miss Indie Press Speculative Fiction for May and June 2025
24 books — 4 voters
Where Shadows Meet by Patrice CaldwellThe Summer I Ate the Rich by Maika MouliteA Dance to Wake a Dragon by Richard PrattThis Monster of Mine by Shalini AbeysekaraBeasts by Ingvild Bjerkeland
All the New Young Adult SFF Books Arriving in April 2025
26 books — 3 voters

The Midwich Cuckoos by John WyndhamFantastic Four (1961-1998) #1 by Stan LeeBlakely's Ark by Ian MacMillanDune by Frank Patrick HerbertUnder the Dome by Stephen King
Barriers, Force Fields and Domes in Fiction Part I
101 books — 3 voters
The End is Now by John Joseph AdamsReCOgnition by Mark DowsonThe Man Who Watched the World End by Chris DietzelOn the Beach by Nevil ShuteThe Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Radio Free Megiddo: Broadcasting Live From the Apocalypse
33 books — 2 voters

Secret of the Sangraal by Arthur MachenOrnaments in Jade by Arthur MachenThe Hill of Dreams by Arthur MachenThe Collected Strange Papers of Christopher Blayre by Edward Heron-AllenThe Green Round by Arthur Machen
Checklist: Tartarus Press: The First 100 (1990-2007)
100 books — 2 voters
The Sand-Man and other Night Pieces by E.T.A. HoffmannDouble Eye by W.F. HarveyThe Saint Perpetuus Club of Buenos Aires by Eric Stener CarlsonThe Collected Connoisseur by Mark ValentineN by Arthur Machen
Checklist: Tartarus Press: The Second 100 (2007-2020).
100 books — 2 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Martian by Andy Weir
Isolation, Seclusion and Solitude in Speculative Fiction
65 books — 1 voter
The Wall Around the World by Theodore R. CogswellKing Kong by Delos W. LovelaceThe Lost World by Arthur Conan DoyleLost Horizon by James HiltonThe Giver by Lois Lowry
The Wall Around the World: Obscured Communities in Fiction
35 books — 1 voter

The Twilight Zone (Gold Key) #1 by VariousThe Twilight Zone (Gold Key) #2 by VariousThe Twilight Zone (Gold Key) #3 by VariousThe Twilight Zone (Gold Key) #5 by VariousThe Twilight Zone (Gold Key) #6 by Various
Best of The Twilight Zone Comics and Graphic Novels
100 books — 1 voter
The Fisherman by John LanganThe Weird by Ann VanderMeerThe Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies by John LanganThis Thing Between Us by Gus MorenoThe Haar by David Sodergren
Amazon Customers Also Bought or Read: Weird Edition I
100 books — 1 voter

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