Boy Parts by Eliza  ClarkSeverance by Ling  MaSuch a Fun Age by Kiley ReidGoodbye, Vitamin by Rachel KhongMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
women vs the void
235 books — 590 voters

The Outside by Ada HoffmannA Memory Called Empire by Arkady MartineDead Astronauts by Jeff VandermeerInfinite Detail by Tim MaughanNinth House by Leigh Bardugo
SFFH 2020 Award Nominees
76 books — 4 voters

Detransition, Baby by Torrey PetersSterling Karat Gold by Isabel WaidnerLuster by Raven LeilaniThe Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila HarrisAbsorbed by Kylie Whitehead
Booker Prize Eligible 2021
153 books — 177 voters

Underground Airlines by Ben H. WintersRed Mars by Kim Stanley RobinsonAmerican Hippo by Sarah GaileyŌoku by Fumi YoshinagaAmerican War by Omar El Akkad
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
769 books — 1,295 voters
Semiosis by Sue BurkeBlindsight by Peter WattsSpace Opera by Catherynne M. ValenteRejoice, A Knife to the Heart by Steven EriksonStories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
First Contact
279 books — 375 voters

A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiEmbassytown by China MiévilleCorpus Delicti by Juli ZehOsama by Lavie TidharZoo City by Lauren Beukes
The Kitschies Finalists
25 books — 3 voters

Blue of Noon by Georges BatailleA Spy in the House of Love by Anaïs NinAlex by Pierre LemaitreHHhH by Laurent BinetSimple Passion by Annie Ernaux
Best French Literature
873 books — 1,574 voters
The Following Story by Cees NooteboomDe donkere kamer van Damokles by Willem Frederik HermansThe Assault by Harry MulischNooit meer slapen by Willem Frederik HermansRituals by Cees Nooteboom
The best Dutch literature
414 books — 387 voters

The Vegetarian by Han KangTongue by Kyung-ran JoYour Republic Is Calling You by Young-ha KimI Have The Right To Destroy Myself by Young-ha KimHuman Acts by Han Kang
Korean Literature in Translation
29 books — 21 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiSteppenwolf by Hermann HessePale Fire by Vladimir NabokovLabyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Metafiction
442 books — 579 voters

Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria RilkeConcrete by Thomas BernhardThe Piano Teacher by Elfriede JelinekWittgenstein’s Nephew by Thomas BernhardThe Loser by Thomas Bernhard
Best Austrian Literature
136 books — 59 voters
We by Yevgeny ZamyatinFeed by M.T. AndersonThe Unit by Ninni HolmqvistRoadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyThe Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,768 books — 26,024 voters

Monstress, Volume 1 by Marjorie M. LiuWytches, Volume 1 by Scott SnyderInvisible Republic, Vol. 1 by Gabriel HardmanBitch Planet, Vol. 1 by Kelly Sue DeConnickSaga, Volume 7 by Brian K. Vaughan
Best of Image Comics
386 books — 447 voters

Ōoku by Fumi YoshinagaToddler-Hunting & Other Stories by Taeko KōnoShame in the Blood by Tetsuo MiuraHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
772 books — 3,248 voters
V13 by Emmanuel CarrèreWayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya HartmanWith the End in Mind by Kathryn MannixThe Family That Couldn't Sleep by D.T. MaxThe Possessed by Elif Batuman
Best Narrative Nonfiction
185 books — 165 voters

In the Land of Invented Languages by Arika OkrentLingo by Gaston DorrenFar from the Madding Gerund by Mark LibermanNative Tongue by Suzette Haden ElginThe Etymologicon by Mark Forsyth
Books for Language Lovers
201 books — 73 voters
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy by Irvin D. YalomA Shining Affliction by Annie G. RogersSanity, Madness and the Family by R.D. LaingWhy Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette WintersonWasted by Marya Hornbacher
Memoirs of Madness
292 books — 374 voters

V for Vendetta by Alan             MooreSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanWatchmen by Alan             MooreViolent Cases by Neil GaimanSignal to Noise by Neil Gaiman
Best Graphic Novels
3,450 books — 6,769 voters
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiNight Falls Fast by Kay Redfield JamisonReasons to Stay Alive by Matt HaigThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyNorwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Suicide
706 books — 494 voters


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