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Hunchback by Saou IchikawaCold Thief Place by Esther LinTerror Counter by Fargo Nissim Tbakhi
2025 National Book Awards Longlist
50 books — 7 voters
Mending Bodies by Hon Lai-chuWoodworm by Layla MartínezTrysting by Emmanuelle Pagano
Two Lines Press
70 books — 6 voters

Obligations to the Wounded by Mubanga KalimamukwentoMasquerade by O.O. SangoyomiCreation Lake by Rachel Kushner
2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Longlist
15 books — 4 voters
Alien Clay by Adrian TchaikovskyThe Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa
2024 Locus SF Novels Recommended Reading List
30 books — 5 voters

The City in Glass by Nghi VoThe Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí ClarkThe Siege of Burning Grass by Premee MohamedThe Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine ArdenA Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
2024 Locus Fantasy Novels Recommended Reading List
25 books — 3 voters
Toward Eternity by Anton HurThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane BradleyHammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto
2024 Locus First Novels Recommended Reading List
23 books — 2 voters

James by Percival EverettThe Safekeep by Yael van der WoudenCreation Lake by Rachel Kushner
The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2024
100 books — 18 voters
The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-EssaYour Utopia by Bora ChungJames by Percival EverettThe Safekeep by Yael van der WoudenYou Glow in the Dark by Liliana Colanzi
TIME's 100 Must-Read Books of 2024
100 books — 6 voters

Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah JohnsonAlien Clay by Adrian TchaikovskyThe Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-EssaToward Eternity by Anton HurThe Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
Hugo 2025 Eligible Novels
133 books — 140 voters
James by Percival EverettThe Safekeep by Yael van der WoudenMadwoman by Chelsea BiekerSky Full of Elephants by Cebo CampbellAnita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González
2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist
14 books — 4 voters

The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-EssaSomething About Living by Lena Khalaf TuffahaPink Slime by Fernanda TríasJames by Percival Everett[...] by Fady Joudah
2024 National Book Awards Longlist
50 books — 8 voters
Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah JohnsonSome Desperate Glory by Emily TeshThe Siege of Burning Grass by Premee MohamedMammoths at the Gates by Nghi VoThe Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera
2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize
10 books — 1 voter

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon JimenezMeet Us by the Roaring Sea by Akil KumarasamySpear by Nicola GriffithArboreality by Rebecca CampbellWolfish by Christiane M. Andrews
2023 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize
9 books — 1 voter
The Past Is Red by Catherynne M. Valente
Shortlist for 1st Ursula K. Le Guin Fiction Prize
9 books — 5 voters

Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah CaudwellRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Broken Vessel by Kate Ross
IMBA 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century
102 books — 5 voters
The Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadHow to be Both by Ali SmithPachinko by Min Jin Lee
NYT The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
118 books — 272 voters

In the Streets of Tehran by NilaYour Utopia by Bora ChungPink Slime by Fernanda TríasKibogo by Scholastique MukasongaNails and Eyes by Kaori Fujino
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2024 eligible submissions
147 books — 13 voters
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahTo Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill BlackgooseSome Desperate Glory by Emily TeshThese Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs
2023 Locus First Novels Recommended Reading List
26 books — 2 voters

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinWild Seed by Octavia E. ButlerThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin1984 by George OrwellMore Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels
100 books — 106 voters
The Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellRosewater by Tade ThompsonThe Old Drift by Namwali SerpellThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Arthur C. Clarke Award Winners
38 books — 94 voters

Shubeik Lubeik by Deena MohamedA spell of good things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀Maame by Jessica George
100 Notable African Books of 2023
100 books — 6 voters
The New Seoul Park Jelly Massacre by Cho yeeunYour Utopia by Bora ChungFirst Love by Rio ShimamotoThe Underground Village by Kang Kyeong-aeCursed Bunny by Bora Chung
Honford Star books
28 books — 16 voters

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahDeep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-EppigSome Desperate Glory by Emily TeshLand of Milk and Honey by C Pam ZhangTranslation State by Ann Leckie
Hugo 2024 Eligible Novels
97 books — 93 voters
Death in Captivity by Michael GilbertThese Names Make Clues by E.C.R. LoracMystery in White by J. Jefferson FarjeonQuick Curtain by Alan Melville
British Library Crime Classics
166 books — 129 voters

Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam ZhangA Council of Dolls by Mona Susan PowerLoot by Tania JamesCocktail by Lisa AlwardBirnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Longlist
16 books — 4 voters
When We Were Sisters by Fatimah AsgharBrown Girls by Daphne Palasi AndreadesNatural History by Andrea BarrettActivities of Daily Living by Lisa Hsiao ChenGod Isn't Here Today by Francine Cunningham
2023 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Longlist
16 books — 2 voters

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon JimenezNona the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirSiren Queen by Nghi VoNettle & Bone by T. KingfisherOur Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Hugo 2023 Eligible Novels
127 books — 276 voters
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers SolomonAmatka by Karin TidbeckThe Prey of Gods by Nicky DraydenLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
2017 Locus First Novels Recommended Reading List
23 books — 8 voters


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