Best science fiction novels by decade

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Here’s an update to this list.   Winner Runner Ups Decade Author Title Author Title 2020s Adrian Tchaikovsky The Doors of Eden Becky Chambers The Galaxy, and the Ground Within       Marina J. Lostetter Noumenon Ultra       Robert J. Sawyer The Oppenheimer Alternative       John Scalzi The Last Emperox […]

Tie-in books

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Here’s an update to this list. Novels Best of the best ENT: Rise of the Federation — Live by the Code by Christopher L. Bennett VOY: Full Circle by Kirsten Beyer VOY: A Pocket Full of Lies by Kirsten Beyer B5: The Passing of the Techno-Mages #1 — Casting Shadows by Jeanne Cavelos B5: The […]

Fiction books

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Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Gai-jin by James Clavell Noble House by James Clavell Shogun by James Clavell Tai-pan by James Clavell Whirlwind by James Clavell Generation X by Douglas Coupland Aztec by Gary Jennings Too Many […]

Nonfiction books

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Here’s an update to this list. Best of the best Last Chance to See… by Douglas Adams & Mark Carwardine How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams The Roving Mind by Isaac Asimov (%) 1984: Spring – A Choice of Futures by Arthur C. Clarke The Ancestor’s Tale by […]

SF & fantasy collections & anthologies

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Here’s an update to this list. Collections Best of the best I, Robot by Isaac Asimov Nightfall by Isaac Asimov Virtual Unrealities by Alfred Bester The Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury Keeper of Dreams by Orson Scott Card Maps in a Mirror by Orson Scott Card Exhalation by Ted Chiang Stories of […]

Fantasy novels

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Here’s an update to this list. It still only includes books I reviewed on my blog (ie. ones I’ve read in the last 10 years). Best of the best Dragon and Phoenix by Joanne Bertin Replay by Ken Grimwood How to Stop Time by Matt Haig The Midnight Library by Matt Haig The Last Light […]

Science fiction novels

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Here’s an update to this list. It still only includes books I reviewed on my blog (ie. ones I’ve read in the last 10 years). Best of the best Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks Navigator by Stephen Baxter The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter Existence by David […]

Best tie-in novels by year

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Here’s an update to this list.   Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2021 Christopher L. Bennett TOS: Living Memory Cassandra Rose Clarke TNG: Shadows Have Offended 2020 Una McCormack PICARD: The Last Best Hope Christopher L. Bennett TOS: The Higher Frontier       Kirsten Beyer VOY: To Lose the Earth   […]

Best science fiction novels by year

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Here’s an update to this list.   Winner Runner Ups Year Author Title Author Title 2021 Becky Chambers The Galaxy, and the Ground Within     2020 Adrian Tchaikovsky The Doors of Eden Marina J. Lostetter Noumenon Ultra       Robert J. Sawyer The Oppenheimer Alternative       John Scalzi The Last Emperox […]

Best fantasy novels by year

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Here’s an update to this list.   Winner   Runner Ups   Year Author Title Author Title 2021 Claire North Notes from the Burning Age     2020 Matt Haig The Midnight Library Robert Jackson Bennett Shorefall       Jo Walton Or What You Will 2019 Jo Walton Lent Melissa Caruso The Unbound Empire […]