The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018
By: N.K. Jemisin
3.82
Format: 357 pages, Paperback
A collection of the best American science fiction and fantasy stories from 2017. Today’s readers…
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1. Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
By: Ann Leckie
4.08
Format: 359 pages, Paperback
Seeking atonement for past crimes, Breq takes on a mission as captain of a troublesome new crew of … read more
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- science fiction fantasy
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"Captain,"-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
"Do you even know,"-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
" Not tea but blood! "-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
"I’d run straight into a bulkhead trying to walk and receive data at the same time…"-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
2. Babel-17
By: Samuel R. Delany
4.25
Format: 355 pages, Hardcover
Babel-17is all about the power of language. Humanity, which has spread throughout the universe, is … read more
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- science fiction
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3. Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
By: Ann Leckie
4.22
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
Ancillary Mercy is the third book in the trilogy that began with Ancillary Justice. For a moment… read more
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- adult
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"Please, sir."-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
"I’ve been thinking about it, since you said it,"-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
"The point is, there is no point. Choose your own!"-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
"There was not ... universal enthusiasm at the prospect of treating Humans as Significant beings."-Ann Leckie, Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
4. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2016
By: John Joseph Adams , Vandana Singh , Kelly Link , Catherynne M. Valente , Rachel Swirsky , Charlie Jane Anders , Karen Joy Fowler , Dexter Palmer , Maria Dahvana Headley , Ted Chiang , Kij Johnson , Adam Johnson , S.L. Huang , Dale Bailey , Will Kaufman , Sofia Samatar , Sam J. Miller , Seth Dickinson , Nick Wolven , None , None , None
4.16
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
From quiet, elegiac, contemporary tales to far-future, deep-space sagas, the stories chosen by seri… read more
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5. Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
By: Neil Gaiman
4.02
Format: 365 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In the deft hands of Neil Gaiman, magic is no mere illusion... and anything is possible. In this, G… read more
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"As we write we summon little demons."-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
"He was the boy with the book. Always and forever."-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
"It was love, I knew, and it tasted like champagne in my mind."-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
" Love will be an impulse that will inspire and ruin in equal measure."-Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
6. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015
By: John Joseph Adams , Kelly Link , Seanan McGuire , Cat Rambo , Alaya Dawn Johnson , Neil Gaiman , Adam-Troy Castro , T. Coraghessan Boyle , A. Merc Rustad , Karen Russell , Susan Palwick , Joe Hill , Jo Walton , Daniel H. Wilson , Nathan Ballingrud , Carmen Maria Machado , Sofia Samatar , Sam J. Miller , Theodora Goss , Kelly Sandoval , Jess Row
3.89
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
Science fiction and fantasy enjoy a long literary tradition, stretching from Mary Shelley, H. G. We… read more
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7. Provenance (Imperial Radch)
By: Ann Leckie
3.84
Format: 481 pages, Kindle Edition
Though she knows her brother holds her mother's favor, Ingray is determined to at least be consider… read more
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"Diplomat does not mean nice,"-Ann Leckie, Provenance (Imperial Radch)
8. Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements
By: Mumia Abu-Jamal , Terry Bisson , Tara Betts , Tananarive Due , David F. Walker , Kalamu ya Salaam , Bao Phi , LeVar Burton , Alexis Pauline Gumbs , Walidah Imarisha , None , Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha , Autumn Brown , Adrienne Maree Brown , None , None , None , None , None , None , Dani McClain , None , None
4.27
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Whenever we envision a world without war, without prisons, without capitalism, we are producing vis… read more
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9. The Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories
By: Neil Gaiman , K.J. Parker , Claire North , Sami Shah , Helene Wecker , Jamal Mahjoub , James Smythe , Kirsty Logan , Jared Shurin , Monica Byrne , E.J. Swift , Saad Z. Hossain , Mahvesh Murad , Kuzhali Manickavel , Catherine King , J.Y. Yang , None , Hermes , Sophia Al-Maria , None , None , None , None
3.96
Format: 286 pages, Paperback
A fascinating collection of new and classic tales of the fearsome Djinn, from bestselling, award-wi… read more
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10. I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons
By: Peter S. Beagle
3.78
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
A cast of characters trapped within their roles of dragon hunter, princess, and more must come toge… read more
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- adult
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"Fear cannot breed where there is action."-Peter S. Beagle, I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons
11. To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1)
By: Moniquill Blackgoose
4.17
Format: 511 pages, Paperback
A young Indigenous woman enters a colonizer-run dragon academy—and quickly finds herself at odds wi… read more
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- adult
- fantasy
- fiction
12. Translation State
By: Ann Leckie
4.09
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- fiction
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
"I am not a potato."-Ann Leckie, Translation State
"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"-Ann Leckie, Translation State
13. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022
By: Rebecca Roanhorse
3.72
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author and guest editor Rebecca Roanhorse and series edi… read more
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- science fiction fantasy
- adult
- anthologies
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14. Witch King
By: Martha Wells
3.71
Format: 415 pages, Hardcover
"I didn't know you were a... demon." "You idiot. I'm the demon." Kai's having a long day in Marth… read more
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"Mother bared her fangs. "Stop being overdramatic." Kai would have loved to, if dramatic things would stop happening to him."-Martha Wells, Witch King
15. This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
By: Lyz Lenz
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America… read more
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"So much of our culture depicts young girls dreaming about their weddings. But every middle-aged woman I know dreams about living alone in the woods, maybe with a dog."-Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
16. The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex (The Locked Tomb, #0.5)
By: Tamsyn Muir
4.12
Format: 28 pages, ebook
Each of the Empire's houses keeps secrets, even from themselves. For the bookish academics of the S… read more
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- short stories
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- horror
- science fiction
- adult
- fantasy
"I get sick thinking about some idiot trying to wheedle insight on my apparatus criticus from my ghost long after I’ve forgotten what it was"-Tamsyn Muir, The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex (The Locked Tomb, #0.5)
"I get sick thinking about some idiot trying to wheedle insight on my apparatus criticus from my ghost long after I’ve forgotten what it was."-Tamsyn Muir, The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex (The Locked Tomb, #0.5)
17. The Best American Short Stories 2022
By: Andrew Sean Greer
3.67
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer … read more
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- short story collection
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- adult
18. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017
By: Charles Yu
3.75
Format: 354 pages, Paperback
“This volume showcases the nuanced, playful, ever-expanding definitions of the genre and celebrates… read more
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19. The Best American Short Stories 2023
By: Min Jin Lee
3.77
Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition
A collection of the year’s best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee… read more
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- fiction
- short stories
- anthologies
- short story collection
20. No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.01
Format: 215 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, and with an introduction by Karen Joy Fowler, a collection… read more
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"Cats have no guilt and very little shame."-Ursula K. Le Guin, No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
"It's so much easier to blame the grownups than to be one."-Ursula K. Le Guin, No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
"The daily hummingbird assaults existence with improbability."-Ursula K. Le Guin, No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
"The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?"-Ursula K. Le Guin, No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
21. A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
By: Victor LaValle
3.79
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
What if America's founding ideals finally became reality? A future of peace, justice, and love come… read more
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"I turned to my wife and said, "Damn, this country hates women." She said, "You're only now just figuring that out?"-Victor LaValle, A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
"Father sat in his easy chair, occasionally shaking his head and saying how this was just the way the cycle worked—one time they vote for what they believe themselves to be and the next they get angry…"-Victor LaValle, A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
"There are stories about perfection, but those stories are lies. No one ever made the world better by being perfect. There is only mess in humans, and sometimes that mess turns to magic, and sometimes…"-Victor LaValle, A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
"It’s quiet for a second and so I start to think. About how people take from each other. They take and take. Our world itself is a great big taking. And life is just giving. We give away everything we…"-Victor LaValle, A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
22. The Best American Short Stories 2021 (The Best American Series ®)
By: Jesmyn Ward
3.76
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A collection of the year's best stories selected by celebrated two-time National Book Award winner … read more
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- fiction
- short stories
- adult
- anthologies
23. The City in the Middle of the Night
By: Charlie Jane Anders
3.50
Format: 366 pages, Hardcover
Would you give up everything to change the world? Humanity clings to life on January--a colonize… read more
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- adult
- fiction
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
"Most people die for stupid reasons. The most anyone can hope for is to make some noises before that happens."-Charlie Jane Anders, The City in the Middle of the Night
"I treat this decision the way I learned to treat my memory-panic. I stop, and I give myself space to feel all the worst emotions. Then I move forward."-Charlie Jane Anders, The City in the Middle of the Night
"Part of how they make you obey is by making obedience seem peaceful, while resistance is violence. But really, either choice is about violence, one way or another."-Charlie Jane Anders, The City in the Middle of the Night
"I can't do this thing anymore, where we live in a tiny space and pretend it's the whole world. People always have brand-new reasons for doing the same thing over and over."-Charlie Jane Anders, The City in the Middle of the Night
24. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018
By: N.K. Jemisin
3.82
Format: 357 pages, Paperback
A collection of the best American science fiction and fantasy stories from 2017. Today’s readers… read more
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- adult
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- horror
- science fiction
- speculative fiction
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25. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020
By: Diana Gabaldon
3.73
Format: 407 pages, Paperback
The best science fiction and fantasy stories from 2019, guest-edited by author of the mega-best-sel… read more
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26. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021
By: Veronica Roth
3.82
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
The best science fiction and fantasy stories of 2021, selected by series editor John Joseph Adams a… read more
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27. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
By: P. Djèlí Clark
4.05
Format: 213 pages, Hardcover
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more
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- short stories
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- adult
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28. New Suns 2: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color
By: Nisi Shawl
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
The stunning follow-up to the multiple-award-winning anthology of SFF by people of colourOctavia E.… read more
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29. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023
By: R.F. Kuang
3.68
Format: 320 pages, ebook
A collection of the year's best science fiction and fantasy writing selected by New York Times best… read more
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"The truce was over; the walls were up; they had reminded her why she'd abandoned them, which was that she could never really, properly, be one of them. And Letty, if she could not belong to a place, …"-R.F. Kuang, The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023
30. Nevertheless, She Persisted: Flash Fiction Project
By: Diana M. Pho
3.65
Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition
Tor.com's science fiction and fantasy flash fiction collection originally published in 2017 inspire… read more
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- short story collection
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"There’s a line in Delany’s Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand where he talks about re-reading and says that this time the gleam of torchlight reflected in the water was a different gold. That abo…"-Diana M. Pho, Nevertheless, She Persisted: Flash Fiction Project
31. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019
By: Carmen Maria Machado
3.95
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
This omnivorous selection of stories chosen by series editor John Joseph Adams and World Fantasy Aw… read more
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