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Castle in the Air by Diana Wynne JonesDealing with Dragons by Patricia C. WredeMoving Pictures by Terry PratchettGood Omens by Terry PratchettTehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Books of 1990
369 books — 198 voters
Yellowface by R.F. KuangChain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahDemon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverVictory City by Salman Rushdie
Booker Prize Eligible 2023
166 books — 209 voters

Babel by R.F. KuangSiren Queen by Nghi VoKaikeyi by Vaishnavi PatelDaughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn TanFoul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
2022 Book Releases by Asian Authors
79 books — 62 voters
Yellowface by R.F. KuangAlecto the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Chalice of the Gods by Rick RiordanThe Sun and the Star by Rick RiordanChildren of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi
Can't Wait Books of 2023
1,149 books — 1,519 voters

Some Desperate Glory by Emily TeshUntethered Sky by Fonda LeeA House with Good Bones by T. KingfisherWarrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2023
470 books — 1,087 voters
Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirFevered Star by Rebecca RoanhorseThe Thousand Eyes by A.K. LarkwoodSpeaking Bones by Ken LiuKaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2022
549 books — 1,413 voters

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirBabel by R.F. KuangFevered Star by Rebecca RoanhorseSiren Queen by Nghi VoHell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
Can't Wait Books of 2022
1,216 books — 2,067 voters
Servant Mage by Kate ElliottNona the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirFevered Star by Rebecca RoanhorseSiren Queen by Nghi Vo
2022 Queer SFF
225 books — 422 voters

The Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinMaster of Poisons by Andrea Hairston
SFF Books by Black Authors
167 books — 18 voters
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikBlack Powder War by Naomi NovikThrone of Jade by Naomi NovikTongues of Serpents by Naomi NovikCrucible of Gold by Naomi Novik
gunpowder fantasy
151 books — 152 voters

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-ChanThe Unbroken by C.L. ClarkThe Jasmine Throne by Tasha SuriThe Councillor by E.J. Beaton
2021 Queer SFF
240 books — 532 voters
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataDrive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TokarczukBaba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugrešić
Women in Translation
932 books — 308 voters

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Unspoken Name by A.K. LarkwoodPhoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha LeeA Phoenix First Must Burn by Patrice CaldwellThe Tyrant Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson
2020 Queer Sci-Fi Fantasy
200 books — 402 voters
The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home by Joseph FinkA Deadly Education by Naomi NovikHarrow the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirThe Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2020
521 books — 1,309 voters

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne CollinsThe City We Became by N.K. JemisinThe Unspoken Name by A.K. LarkwoodThe Gilded Ones by Namina FornaThe Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan
Can't Wait Books of 2020
1,115 books — 2,477 voters
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThe Obelisk Gate by N.K. JemisinNinefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
Diverse Sci-Fi
129 books — 58 voters

Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Full Cast Audio Books
295 books — 116 voters
Skim by Mariko TamakiKeeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters
Lesbian teen fiction
521 books — 725 voters

The Book of Lost Things by John ConnollyDeathless by Catherynne M. ValenteHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesUprooted by Naomi NovikMy Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me by Kate Bernheimer
Fairy Tales for Grown Children
326 books — 281 voters
Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. ValenteDeathless by Catherynne M. ValenteUprooted by Naomi Novik
Best Adult Fairytale Fantasy
196 books — 348 voters

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesI Shall Wear Midnight by Terry PratchettWyrd Sisters by Terry PratchettWitches Abroad by Terry PratchettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Speculative Fiction that Passes the Bechdel Test
848 books — 848 voters
Good Omens by Terry PratchettBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Dry by Augusten BurroughsGoing Postal by Terry PratchettThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Humor Writing
861 books — 907 voters

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikMoving Pictures by Terry PratchettThe Truth by Terry PratchettThe Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. WredeCatwings by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Talking-Animal Books
716 books — 725 voters
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Korean literature in English (fiction and nonfiction)
296 books — 218 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Booker Prize Winners
72 books — 2,015 voters
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikHow to Train Your Dragon by Cressida CowellEmpire of Ivory by Naomi NovikThrone of Jade by Naomi NovikThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Dragons/Serpents
438 books — 262 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonOutliers by Malcolm GladwellUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,264 books — 8,135 voters
Brave Story by Miyuki Miyabe
Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror in English Translation
178 books — 78 voters

Monstrous Regiment by Terry PratchettOuran High School Host Club, Vol. 1 by Bisco Hatori
heroine disguised as a man
116 books — 169 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Most Engaging Scientific Nonfiction
369 books — 285 voters


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