A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson BennettAgnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather FawcettThe Tapestry of Fate by Shannon ChakrabortyPlatform Decay by Martha WellsVillain by Natalie Zina Walschots
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2026
252 books — 223 voters
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson BennettEmily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather FawcettThe Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí ClarkA Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
Can't Wait Books of 2024
991 books — 1,358 voters

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson BennettA Sorceress Comes to Call by T. KingfisherEmily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather FawcettThe Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí ClarkThe Daughters' War by Christopher Buehlman
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2024
496 books — 934 voters
Nettle & Bone by T. KingfisherBabel by R.F. KuangDaughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn TanThe Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'FarrellTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Best Books of 2022
1,538 books — 1,854 voters

Debunked by Dito Abbott
Indie Accords Books
107 books — 19 voters
Babel by R.F. Kuang
Best books of August, 2022
140 books — 73 voters

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha ShannonRed Side Story by Jasper FfordeYellowface by R.F. KuangSong of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen ZhaoWitch King by Martha Wells
Can't Wait Books of 2023
1,149 books — 1,531 voters
Red Paint by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe
Memoir Published in Year: 2022
304 books — 107 voters

Nettle & Bone by T. KingfisherThe Kaiju Preservation Society by John ScalziUnder Fortunate Stars by Ren HutchingsThe Stardust Thief by Chelsea AbdullahSea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Hugo 2023 Eligible Novels
126 books — 271 voters
The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah
Best books of May, 2022
144 books — 46 voters

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirA Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí ClarkShe Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanThe Fall of Koli by M.R. CareyLight from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Hugo 2022 Eligible Novels
96 books — 131 voters
The Mask Falling by Samantha ShannonFugitive Telemetry by Martha WellsA Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2021
597 books — 1,494 voters

Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeShorefall by Robert Jackson BennettThe Book of Koli by M.R. CareyBlack Sun by Rebecca RoanhorseNetwork Effect by Martha Wells
Hugo 2021 Eligible Novels
121 books — 215 voters
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha ShannonRecursion by Blake CrouchThe Winter of the Witch by Katherine ArdenA Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Hugo 2020 Eligible Novels
135 books — 357 voters

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabAmerican Dirt by Jeanine CumminsShorefall by Robert Jackson BennettNetwork Effect by Martha WellsThe City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
Can't Wait Books of 2020
1,121 books — 2,489 voters
Shorefall by Robert Jackson BennettPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeNetwork Effect by Martha WellsThe Last Emperox by John Scalzi
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2020
516 books — 1,305 voters

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha ShannonThe Winter of the Witch by Katherine ArdenGideon the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirRecursion by Blake Crouch
Best Books of 2019
1,389 books — 1,961 voters
Venus on the Half-Shell by Kilgore TroutMartians, Go Home by Fredric BrownThe Space Merchants by Frederik PohlThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted by Harry Harrison
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
610 books — 1,189 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySnow Crash by Neal StephensonShades of Grey by Jasper FfordeThe Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Best Dystopian Books
523 books — 1,029 voters
The Republic of Thieves by Scott LynchThe Crown Tower by Michael J. SullivanThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanRed Side Story by Jasper Fforde
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2013
623 books — 2,901 voters