9 Top short stories books like The Year's Best Science Fiction, Volume 2: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2021 by Jonathan Strahan

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The Year's Best Science Fiction, Volume 2: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2021

By: Jonathan Strahan

3.87

Format: 624 pages, Paperback

Multi-award-winning editor and Locus Magazine critic Jonathan Strahan presents the second definitiv…

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Cover of Jackalope Wives And Other Stories by T. Kingfisher

1. Jackalope Wives And Other Stories

By: T. Kingfisher

3.67

Format: 230 pages,

Winner of the Nebula and WSFA Short Fiction Awards From award-winning author T. Kingfisher comes a … read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
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2. The Goblin Emperor

By: Katherine Addison

3.84

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A vividly imagined fantasy of court intrigue and dark magics in a steampunk-inflected world, by a b… read more

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  • fantasy
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3. Spirits Abroad

By: Zen Cho

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

"If you live near the jungle, you will realize that what is real and what is not real is not always… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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4. Possession

By: A.S. Byatt , None

3.89

Format: 555 pages, Paperback

Winner of England's Booker Prize and the literary sensation of the year, Possession is an exhilarat… read more

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  • fiction
"To a dusty shelf we aspire."

-A.S. Byatt, Possession

"I wanted to be a Poet and a Poem."

-A.S. Byatt, Possession

"Randolph Henry Ash: “What is it? My dear?"

-A.S. Byatt, Possession

"Outside our small safe place flies mystery."

-A.S. Byatt, Possession

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5. A Shadow in Summer (Long Price Quartet, #1)

By: Daniel Abraham

3.47

Format: 156 pages,

The city-state of Saraykeht dominates the Summer Cities. Its wealth is beyond measure; its port is … read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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6. The Price of Spring (Long Price Quartet, #4)

By: Daniel Abraham , Jackie Aber

4.10

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Fifteen years have passed since the devastating war between the Galt Empire and the cities of the K… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
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7. An Autumn War (Long Price Quartet, #3)

By: Daniel Abraham

3.76

Format: 6 pages,

Daniel Abraham delighted fantasy readers with his brilliantly original and engaging first novel, an… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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8. Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

By: Peter Watts

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Two months since the stars fell... Two months since sixty-five thousand alien objects clenched a… read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Evolution has no foresight. Complex machinery develops its own agendas. Brains — cheat. Feedback loops evolve to promote stable heartbeats and then stumble upon the temptation of rhythm and music. Th…"

-Peter Watts, Blindsight (Firefall, #1)

9. A Betrayal in Winter (Long Price Quartet, #2)

By: Daniel Abraham

4.10

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Daniel Abraham delighted fantasy readers with his brilliant, original, and engaging first novel, A … read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction

10. Dangerous Visions

By: Isaac Asimov , John Brunner , Robert Silverberg , Carol Emshwiller , Fritz Leiber , Michael Moorcock , Frederik Pohl , Roger Zelazny , Robert Bloch , Damon Knight , Philip K. Dick , Keith Laumer , Norman Spinrad , Harlan Ellison , Larry Niven , Brian W. Aldiss , Theodore Sturgeon , Poul Anderson , Lester del Rey , Samuel R. Delany , J.G. Ballard , R.A. Lafferty , Philip José Farmer , Joe L. Hensley , Henry Slesar , Sonya Dorman , Kris Neville , David R. Bunch , James Cross , None , Miriam Allen deFord , None , None , None

3.45

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

The most honored anthology of fantastic fiction ever published, featuring the works of such luminar… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
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  • science fiction
  • fantasy

11. The Wandering Earth

By: Liu Cixin , Holger Nahm , None , None

3.73

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

First published in Science Fiction World, July 2000. I've never seen the night, nor seen a star; I'… read more

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12. Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century

By: Isaac Asimov , George R.R. Martin , William Gibson , Ursula K. Le Guin , Orson Scott Card , Robert Silverberg , Michael Swanwick , Robert A. Heinlein , Ray Bradbury , Arthur C. Clarke , Edmond Hamilton , Harry Turtledove , Frederik Pohl , Karen Joy Fowler , C.J. Cherryh , Harlan Ellison , Larry Niven , James Patrick Kelly , Brian W. Aldiss , James Blish , Theodore Sturgeon , George Alec Effinger , Poul Anderson , John Kessel , Terry Bisson , R.A. Lafferty , Lisa Goldstein , Lloyd Biggle Jr.

3.44

Format: 216 pages,

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13. Arrows of the Queen (Heralds of Valdemar, #1)

By: Mercedes Lackey

3.46

Format: None pages,

A KINGDOM IMPERILED! Chosen by the Companion Rolan, a mystical horse-like being with powers beyond … read more

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14. Anomaly

By: Peter Cawdron

3.89

Format: 272 pages,

Mankind's first contact with an alien intelligence is far more radical than anyone has ever dared i… read more

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15. Lexicon

By: Max Barry

3.00

Format: 107 pages, Hardcover

At an exclusive school somewhere outside of Arlington, Virginia, students aren't taught history, ge… read more

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16. The Spare Man

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Tesla Crane, a brilliant inventor and an heiress, is on her honeymoon on an interplanetary space li… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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17. Light from Uncommon Stars

By: Ryka Aoki

4.06

Format: 372 pages, Hardcover

A defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian … read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
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"Lindsey Stirling?"

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"I shall make you feel all the joy, the terror in loving who you are."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"A sandwich that is more than a sandwich. Coffee that is more than coffee."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

"When you rush, all you are doing is practicing your mistakes at a faster pace."

-Ryka Aoki, Light from Uncommon Stars

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18. The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

By: N.K. Jemisin

3.86

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

Five New Yorkers must come together in order to defend their city. Every city has a soul. Some … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
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"Dread works best in complete silence."

-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

"The world might be awful, but we don't have to like it that way."

-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

"Home isn't where the heart is; it's wherever the wind feels right."

-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

"You're very optimistic for a possible serial killer. I like that about you."

-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

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19. The Object

By: Joshua T. Calvert

4.19

Format: 380 pages, Kindle Edition

Deep space holds secrets……and one astronomer for NASA has found a big one.But it’s not what she thi… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

20. The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

By: Janelle Monáe

3.76

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion ico… read more

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  • anthologies
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  • science fiction
  • fantasy
"Dreams aren't memories. They are memories' voices."

-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

"Some days Artis had to remind himself that his dad actually existed, that his mother was not a phantom. Remembering the dead was hard work."

-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

"Hearing her name, she gathered herself within the span of normalcy, just barely escaping the extra beat that would have made it weird. "Hey," she said. "I'm good, good."

-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

"Grandpapa and even Artis's friends believed that New Dawn was the most dangerous thing in their world. But Artis knew that wasn't true. Hope was. Having too much, having too little. Trying to work ou…"

-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer

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21. Into the Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle, #3)

By: Nghi Vo

4.03

Format: 100 pages, Hardcover

Wandering cleric Chih of the Singing Hills travels to the riverlands to record tales of the notorio… read more

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  • fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fantasy
  • short stories
Cover of Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Stories of the Witch Knight and the Puppet Sorcerer by Garth Nix

22. Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Stories of the Witch Knight and the Puppet Sorcerer

By: Garth Nix

3.84

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

New York Times  bestselling author Garth Nix’s exciting adult debut: a new collection including all… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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23. Black Water Sister

By: Zen Cho

3.86

Format: 371 pages, Paperback

A reluctant medium discovers the ties that bind can unleash a dangerous power in this compelling Ma… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Maybe that was what true love meant: a bitterness that stayed on the tongue when everything else faded."

-Zen Cho, Black Water Sister

"What a thing a bad death was. It made a mythology that caught up in its wake old trees and young women alike, the violence of it reverberating through the years."

-Zen Cho, Black Water Sister

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24. Julia

By: Sandra Newman

3.78

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceana. It's 1984 and Julia… read more

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  • science fiction
  • fiction
"У цьому весь жах. Ти не маєш вибору, а все ж мусиш діяти точно так, ніби маєш."

-Sandra Newman, Julia

Cover of Ancestral Night (White Space, #1) by Elizabeth Bear

25. Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

By: Elizabeth Bear

3.79

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Haimey Dz thinks she knows what she wants. She thinks she knows who she is. She is wrong. … read more

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  • science fiction
  • science fiction fantasy
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"Rest,"

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

"I felt even more hollow than I had."

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

"Good thing for me you’re not a murderer."

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

"I was raised in a clade. There is no real me."

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

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26. The Path of Thorns

By: A.G. Slatter

4.00

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Alone in the world, Asher Todd travels to the remote estate of Morwood Grange to become governess t… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I shake myself, feel the past cascade from my shoulders."

-A.G. Slatter, The Path of Thorns

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27. The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 6

By: Neil Clarke

3.83

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

From Hugo Award-Winning Editor Neil Clarke, the Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Collected … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
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28. Hello World

By: Peter Cawdron

4.09

Format: 74 pages, Kindle Edition

HELLO WORLD represents a decade of science fiction by author Peter Cawdron. This collection of sixt… read more

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  • short stories
  • collections
  • fiction
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29. The Year's Best Science Fiction, Volume 2: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2021

By: Jonathan Strahan

3.87

Format: 624 pages, Paperback

Multi-award-winning editor and Locus Magazine critic Jonathan Strahan presents the second definitiv… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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30. Gamechanger (The Bounceback, #1)

By: L.X. Beckett

3.70

Format: 567 pages, Hardcover

Neuromancer meets Star Trek in Gamechanger, a fantastic new book from award-winning author L. X. Be… read more

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Cover of The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1) by James S.A. Corey

31. The Mercy of Gods (The Captive’s War, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.24

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

How humanity came to the planet called Anjiin is lost in the fog of history, but that history is ab… read more

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25 Top fiction books like The Year's Best Science Fiction, Volume 2: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2021 by Jonathan Strahan

Transform Your Habits

Jackalope Wives And Other Stories

T. Kingfisher

3.67

Transform Your Habits

The Goblin Emperor

Katherine Addison

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Spirits Abroad

Zen Cho

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Possession

A.S. Byatt , None

3.89

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17 Top fiction books like Ancestral Night (White Space, #1) by Elizabeth Bear

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Taming Flame

Therisa Peimer

4.30

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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

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The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1)

Megan E. O'Keefe

4.11

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Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

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