18 Top science fiction fantasy books like The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 by Rebecca Roanhorse

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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…

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1. 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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2. 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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3. The Wishing Pool and Other Stories

By: Tananarive Due

4.04

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

American Book Award–winning author Tananarive Due’s second collection of stories includes offerings… read more

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  • collections
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  • audiobook
"All were eager to go home, happy and smiling, except when they saw her. Noticing brown or black skin was a favorite sport in the States, so most stared at her."

-Tananarive Due, The Wishing Pool and Other Stories

"...dim light bled through the threadbare curtains she recognized in the window, the ones with patterns of fish Mom had found at a garage sale with Joy a million years ago. Or yesterday. Time was a my…"

-Tananarive Due, The Wishing Pool and Other Stories

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4. 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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"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

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5. 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
  • collections
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  • short stories
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  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2) by Mur Lafferty

6. Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

By: Mur Lafferty

3.94

Format: 369 pages, Paperback

Mallory Viridian would rather not be an amateur detective, and fled to outer space to avoid it…but … read more

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Cover of The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) by Malka Ann Older

7. The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)

By: Malka Ann Older

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a brand-new mystery in the follow-up to the … read more

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  • science fiction
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Cover of The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5) by Nghi Vo

8. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

By: Nghi Vo

4.17

Format: 128 pages, ebook

The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more

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"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."

-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)

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9. Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction

By: Ann Leckie

4.05

Format: 403 pages, Hardcover

Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the SFF genre, for… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
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  • audiobook
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10. White Cat, Black Dog: Stories

By: Kelly Link

3.84

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Seven ingeniously reinvented fairy tales that play out with astonishing consequences in the modern … read more

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  • adult
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
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  • audiobook
"Pity the introvert with the face of a therapist or a kindergarten teacher. Like the werewolf, we are uneasy in human spaces and human company, though we wear a human skin."

-Kelly Link, White Cat, Black Dog: Stories

"And so, some think it may be possible to survive their presence if only one can enter into a state in which one is not afraid. Only we are so very afraid of them. How could we not be? They are monste…"

-Kelly Link, White Cat, Black Dog: Stories

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11. Out There Screaming

By: Jordan Peele

3.79

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, c… read more

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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Jesus better keep his little bitch mouth shut"

-Jordan Peele, Out There Screaming

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12. 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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  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
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13. 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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  • science fiction fantasy
  • collections
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14. 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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  • collections
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. Mal Goes to War: A Novel

By: Edward Ashton

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The humans are fighting again. Go figure. As a free A.I., Mal finds the war between the modded and… read more

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  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

By: Nisi Shawl

3.85

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color showcases emerging and seasoned writers o… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"The grand philosopher Ancient Leaf once expounded that a man who kills another out of passion or greed is condemned as a murderer, and one who kills ten people is reviled as a maniac, but one who cau…"

-Nisi Shawl, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color

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17. The Blue, Beautiful World

By: Karen Lord

3.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

As first contact transforms the Earth, a group of gifted visionaries race to create a new future in… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • adult
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)

By: Micaiah Johnson

4.15

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

Faced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a series of sudden and i… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
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  • adult
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  • audiobook
"Wanting to shift someone's boundaries is a burden and a threat, not a gift or a compliment."

-Micaiah Johnson, Those Beyond the Wall (The Space Between Worlds, #2)

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19. Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction

By: Sheree Renée Thomas

3.79

Format: 514 pages, Hardcover

From an award-winning team of editors comes an anthology of thirty-two original stories showcasing … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
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20. The Best American Essays 2022

By: Alexander Chee

3.98

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A collection of the year's best essays, selected by award-winning writer Alexander Chee. Alexand… read more

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  • collections
  • anthologies
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Cover of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 by N.K. Jemisin

21. 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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Cover of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 by Diana Gabaldon

22. 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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Cover of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 by Veronica Roth

23. 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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  • science fiction fantasy
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Cover of The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 6 by Neil Clarke

24. 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
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25. 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

Cover of The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy by Ursula K. Le Guin

26. The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.26

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Featuring a new introduction by Ken Liu, this revised edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s first full-len… read more

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"In many college English courses the words “myth"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

"I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

"The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world, and your fellow men, and your own feelings, and your destiny."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

"Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren’t real, but they also know that books about unicorns, if they are good books, are true books."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy

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27. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023

By: Carl Zimmer

3.87

Format: 272 pages, ebook

Award-winning writer, columnist, and journalists Carl Zimmer selects twenty science and nature essa… read more

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  • anthologies
  • audiobook
Cover of The Best American Mystery And Suspense 2022 by Jess Walter

28. The Best American Mystery And Suspense 2022

By: Jess Walter

3.62

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A collection of the year's best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by #1 New York Times be… read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
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Cover of The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 by Carmen Maria Machado

29. 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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30. The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2022

By: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

3.82

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A collection of the best science and nature articles written in 2021, selected by guest editor reno… read more

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31. Rakesfall

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

3.39

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Rakesfall is a groundbreaking, standalone science fiction epic about two souls bound together from … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
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"She asks the moon, who loves her, but the moon does not know."

-Vajra Chandrasekera, Rakesfall

24 Best fiction books like The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 by Rebecca Roanhorse

Transform Your Habits

The Wishing Pool and Other Stories

Tananarive Due

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

Transform Your Habits

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022

Rebecca Roanhorse

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Chaos Terminal (The Midsolar Murders, #2)

Mur Lafferty

3.94

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18 Best fiction books like Translation State by Ann Leckie

Transform Your Habits

The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

Malka Ann Older

3.64

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System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Martha Wells

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Translation State

Ann Leckie

4.09

Transform Your Habits

Starter Villain

John Scalzi

4.16

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